Snapshots #426: Cat Songs

Hey there, all you cool cats and kittens!

15. Take half a Diazepam and Relax for a year.

Diazepam = Valium. Half would be Vali. Frankie said Relax. A year is Four Seasons.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Rag Doll

14. Rubbish collecting Eagle and cancelled Sugar.

Dennis Eagle made dustbin wagons. Brown Sugar was cancelled.

Dennis Brown – Wolf & Leopards

13. Are We Okay? In a way.

"We Okay" was an anagram.

Wye Oak – Siamese

12. The very latest in henchmen.

Brand New Heavies - Sphynx

11. Conventionality belongs to yesterday at police high school.

"Conventionality belongs to yesterday" is from Grease, the high school being Rydell High, and this is a Bobby.

Bobby Rydell – The Alley Cat Song

10. Disregard the big ears on those nuns.

Corn has big ears. Disregard = shed.

The Cornshed Sisters - Ocelot Song

9. Boss visits A&E with genital chafing.

Bruce Cockburn – Wondering Where The Lions Are

8. Splits her time between Blur and Culture Club.

Blur and Culture Club.

Lulu - I'm A Tiger

7. Sorrow's native sons…

That's a line from a song by The Smiths. Which song?

Pretty Girls Make Graves – Wildcat 

6. Found in Orlando, Jackson and the biggest town in Wales.

Tony Orlando, Joe Jackson and Barry... White.

Tony Joe White – Jaguar Man

5. They have cube-shaped poo.

Apparently it's a fact.

The Wombats – Cheetah Tongue

4. Revolting peasant found in football pundit.

Shearwater – The Snow Leopard

3. Buffalo goes to Howard’s End.

Buffalo Tom... Howard Jones.

Tom Jones – What’s New, Pussycat?

2. Hannah dies as a result of mix-up.

"Hannah dies" was an anagram.

Nadine Shah - Club Cougar

1.  Horniest city looks in need of illumination.

"Horniest city" was an anagram. Illumination would come from an All Seeing I.

Tony Christie & The All Seeing I - Walk Like A Panther 

Join us for more of this twaddle next Saturday morning. It's more enjoyable than cleaning out the cat's litter tray.

Snapshots #354: A Top Twenty Olympic Sport Songs

Welcome to our special Olympics 2024 edition of Snapshots. I hope you got to see all the events...

20. The perpetrators in a murder mystery.

Everybody likes to know Whodunit.

The Who - Relay

19. Do you want ketchup on your ribs?

Redbone - Cycles

18. Would you buy a Z, never worn, even if it was reupholstered?

"A Z, never worn" was an anagram...

Warren Zevon - Hit Someone! (The Hockey Song)

17. This quiz would be impossible without them.

The Photos - Skateboard

16. Ice, Double, Sour.

Cream - Anyone For Tennis?

15. Bulloch, betrothed.

Sandra Bulloch, at her wedding.

Sandra's Wedding - Humberside Gymnastics

14. Don't get stuck behind these guys.

Caravan - Golf Girl

13. And definitely try not to get mixed up with a flirty swot.

"A flirty swot" was an anagram...

Taylor Swift - The Archer

12. Corn-selling sidekick, made in sections to allow for easy assembly.

Sprout was the Green Giant's annoying sidekick. Prefab houses are as described.

Prefab Sprout - I Never Play Basketball Now

11. What Billy Ocean wanted to be.

Billy Ocean wanted to be your love, lover, Loverboy.

Loverboy - Jump

10. Stairway drummer's best friend sings little bits of a Police song.

John "Bonzo" Bonham was the drummer on Stairway To Heaven. Man's Best Friend is a dog. The Police sang De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da.

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - The Equestrian Statue

9. Sounds like a football team made up of playful birds put out to pasture.

That sounds like the Meadowlark Eleven.

Medalark 11 - Diving

8. Buried antler covers.

Antlers are often covered in velvet. And these are underground.

The Velvet Underground - Coney Island Steeplechase

7. Scottish detective guilty of regicide with an Osprey.

Hamish Macbeth & his pet hawk.

Hamish Hawk - The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973

6. Biko rubs elf... he's clearly mixed up. Fortunately, Gene and Bruce can help. 

"Biko rubs elf" was an anagram. Gene Kelly meets Bruce Willis.

Robbie Fulks & Kelly Willis - Parallel Bars

5. The doctor gave me some flu lubricants - they contained everything I needed.

Flu lubricants.

Lulu - The Boat That I Row

4. Unwelcome visitors.

The Intruders - (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game

3. Mary, Queen of Scots goes fishing. 

Mary, Queen of Scots was a Stuart. She'll need a Rod to go fishing.

Rod Stewart - Sailing

2. Blur kept him under pressure, but he managed.

Blur put Pressure On Julian. But he was able to Cope. 

Julian Cope - Trampolene

That's not how I'd spell trampoline.

1. You'll find these guys nested in a baseball. 

"Nested in a baseball" was an anagram...

Belle & Sebastian - The Stars Of Track & Field

More Olympics tunes tomorrow, in a special Snapshots Spillover.

The quiz returns next Saturday...

Snapshots #331: A Top Ten Tiger Songs

Ten tiger-tastic tunes to make your Sunday roar-some!

10. Half a city in Hawaii.

That city would be Honolulu.

Lulu - I'm A Tiger

If you only watch one video this week, make it that one. The way that tiger's pacing, I'm convinced it's going to eat Lulu by the end of the song.

9. Those obnoxious aliens.

That's their name, translated from Japanese - the band were named after a famous manga comic.

Urusei Yatsura - Hello Tiger

8. Befuddled by Dundee Day.

Dundee Day was an anagram.

Duane Eddy - Tiger Love and Turnip Greens

7. They came, they saw, they conquered.

The Caesars - Paper Tigers

6. Travelling saint demands his coffee white.

St. Christopher needs his milk.

Apparently these guys were one of David Bowie's favourite bands back in the day...

Christopher Milk - Tiger

5. Feels good inside.

Feels good inside.

Eels - Tiger In My Tank

4. Greasy ladies knock on wood.

The Pink Ladies were in Grease. Eddie Floyd knocked on wood.

Pink Floyd - When The Tigers Broke Free

3. Lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

Bermuda Triangle.

Mud - Tiger Feet

2. Events spiral, out of control.

"Events spiral" is an anagram.

April Stevens - Teach Me, Tiger

Parental advisory suggested.

1. Stoic leftovers.

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

I'll be rising up, back on the street with more of this nonsense next Saturday.

Saturday Snapshots #169 - The Answers

 

Here are the answers to the final Saturday Snapshots... in its current format.

10. Loud toilets.

Lulu - Shout

9. Are you covered in cuts?

The Scars - All About You

8. Sincere barrel, cheers.

Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot

7. No return once the volcano blows.

Eruption - One Way Ticket

6. Tree-planting missionary riffing on peyote.

The tree planting missionary was Johnny Appleseed.

Peyote is another name for mescal. Riffing is like strumming.

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed

5. Auntie Fanny woofs at Mike Hammer's ma.

"Auntie Fanny woofs" was an anagram.

Mike Hammer was played by Stacy Keach.

Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom

4. Stage school brats like Nick Hornby.

The Kids From FAME - High Fidelity

You had to be there.

3. Contemporary poms get too close to the fire.

Modern English - I Melt With You

2. Former Cry partner sets up his own company to cause trouble.

Cry's former partner was Hue.

Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat

1. Metal workers with inextinguishable candles.

New year, new Saturday Snapshots... next week.