Showing posts with label Kursaal Flyers. Show all posts
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Sunday, 24 November 2024

Snapshots #371 - A Top Fifteen Songs About Film Stars (By Other Names)

It's a rather cumbersome title to this week's quiz... but I'm sure you all know what I mean.

Here are fifteen songs about what Ray Davies called Celluloid Heroes...


15. He allowed Zoe to get all messed up.

"He allowed Zoe" was an anagram...

Lee Hazlewood - The Performer

14. Invisible violet growing in the mountains.

If violet is invisible, it's ultraviolet. Montane means, "of or inhabiting mountainous country".

The Ultra Montanes - Aging Starlet

13. Birmingham City are a temperamental bunch.

Birmingham City are the Blues, or so I'm told.

The Moody Blues - The Actor

12. Found in Labradors and just outside Glasgow.

LaBRADors from Paisley.

Brad Paisley - Celebrity

11. Get high in a South End amusement park.

Kursaal Flyers - The Great Artiste

10. Frizzy.



That's not how I'd spell "idol", but the song fits.

9. Paranoid, like a pig.


Marvin was paranoid. Like a pig could be Ham-lish.


8. Secret panther is well hidden.


"Secret panther" is an anagram...


7. Elaborately ornamental furnishings.




I included that one just for George.

Because it's prog! No other reason...

6. Carson pulled a few.

"That's a cracker," said Frank Carson. Not Johnny.


5. Once had to deal with a sneezing baby, a broken toaster and a burnt soufflĂ©, all in the same day.


Those are the lyrics of Coming Around Again. This is a lesser known offering...


4. How much do you want for this commotion?


Name your Price for Lloyd (Cole).


3. Michael and Marti's rat meets #4's Stagger. 


Michael and Marti both sang about Ben, the rat. Lloyd Price sang about Stagger Lee.


2. LGBTQ party doesn't get a passing grade.


The LGBTQ party, so I'm reliably informed, would be a Kiki. D is not a pass.


1. Pursue Dean Martin to find the answer.


Pursue Dean Martin...

Suede - Filmstar


You're nominated for another starring role next Saturday...

Sunday, 18 February 2018

Saturday Snapshots #20 - The Answers



Sunday morning. No video games... just snapshot answers.



10. Paddington loves... a mirror of memories.


Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life

First point to Lynchie.


9. Russian prostitutes want you to dress like Prince.


Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple

Half a point each to C and CC.


8. At home in the vineyard: I really am rubbish... aren't I?


Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

First point of the week to Chris.


7. The way we say thank you differs in many places. Anyone seen Gabriel?


Ta varies.

Please yourself.

Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

Second point to Lychie.

6. Prisoner Pat finds new job in elementary house.


A little deduction required for this one.

Some time after The Prisoner TV show finished, Patrick McGoohan appeared in a short-lived US TV series called Rafferty.

Sherlock Holmes lived on Baker Street. Elementary, my dear Watson.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

(Bob Holness on sax, of course.)

Congrats to Lynchie for puzzling that one out.

5. Take a train to a southern amusement park... but don't tell the missus!


The train mentioned above, from which the band took their name, was called The Kursaal Flyer.

Kursaal Flyers - Little Does She Know

Well done to The Swede, beating George to it by about 90 seconds.


4. Iron Man goes fawlty over the mouse.


Tony Stark + Basil Fawlty + Mickey Mouse...

Toni Basil - Mickey

Another point to Chris - doing very well this week.


3. Mad King balances Yin & Yang with his wrecking crew.


The Mad King was George.

Balancing Yin & Yang would be (Thoro)Good & Bad (To The Bone).

George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad To The Bone

Lynchie knew this one, but C beat him to it.


2. Innoculation for scuba divers.


The Vaccines - Wet Suit

Another point for Chris!


1. He's desperate to join the Beach Boys - could use a rosary!


If Desperate Dan became a Wilson, perhaps he could join The Beach Boys.

The Rosary is a prayer to the Virgin Mary.

Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

Final point to Lynchie, making him this week's winner, just ahead of Chris. Well done, everybody.




More nonsense next Saturday.


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