Saturday Snapshots #110 - The Answers

If you were a rebel without a clue yesterday morning, here comes a giant relief... this week's answers.


10. Repetitive male title can't get Minogue right.

You spell it Kylie, not...

Mr. Mister - Kyrie

9. Double Tutu for holy people.

Double Decker + Desmond Tutu.

Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

Still hard to hear that without thinking of Vitalite.

8. Sounds like a pink loft... or what happens to Neil Diamond after he stops talking and starts getting emotional.

Pink!'s real name is Alecia Moore.

Neil Diamond sang I Am I Said.

Alisha's Attic - I Am I Feel

7. Wedlock between two fellas creates powerful medicine woman.

Two men with Fred (Wedlock) in between.

Dr. Quinn was a Medicine Woman.

Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn

6. Unlikely weather forecast threatens us all with death.

I'm amazed that Brian got this by recognising the artist from the photo.

Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered

5. Dustin Hoffman meets girl with axe, by muddled, rackety aunt.

"Rackety aunt" is Tanya Tucker muddled up.

Dustin Hoffman was the Rain Man.

Lizzie Borden had an axe.

Tanya Tucker - Lizzie & The Rain Man

4. Bumbled horses cross the line every time.

Bumble Bees + Gee Gees...

Bee Gees - You Win Again 

3. Sovereign & subject together promise a brighter future.

Tough one this. But Brian saved the day!

Citizen King - Better Days

2. Most babies are: it's the amniotic fluid. The hell, you say!

Hell is The Underworld.

Babies are born slippy.

Underworld - Born Slippy

1. Flawless relation found beneath pitch.

Pitch = tone.

Is there are more perfect pop song? I know Teenage Kicks takes the Peel plaudits, but it doesn't contain this line...

His mother bought him a synthesizer
Got the Human League into advise her

...which is surely one of the best rhymes ever written into a chart hit.

Why aren't teenage lads making noises like this anymore?



Live Fast, Die Young... but not before coming back next week for more of the same.

Hot 100 #32

Apologies. I got two thirds of the way through this countdown before life got in the way. But I don't like leaving things unfinished, so the Hot 100 is back... maybe not every week, but whenever I get the time. Your suggestions, as always, are very welcome.

Wretch 32, pictured above, is a popular grime star, apparently. We used to have grime round these parts, then we got a new window cleaner.

Way back in July, George wondered whether the unsavoury lyrics in this oldie might make it unpalatable...

Robert Johnson - 32:20 Blues 

Far be it from me to let unsavoury lyrics spoil the day. And Lynchie seemed similarly undeterred, suggesting the Cowboys Junkies version...

The Cowboy Junkies - 32:20 Blues

And here's the Charlatans with the same song... but not The Charlatans you and I know, the Manc band fronted by Tim Burgess, no, this is the original Charlatans...

The Charlatans - 32:20 Blues

Speaking of 32 calibre weapons, Douglas came close to taking the title this week by suggesting one of my all-time favourites...

Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

He got a custom Continental

He got an Eldorado too

He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun

He got a razor in his shoe

C went a different lyrical route, with this one from a band I only knew in passing. Some great guitar to be hear here though.

The Au Pairs - Armagh

You can ignore the 32

There are 32 women in Armagh jail

political prisoners here at home

the British state's got nothing to lose

It's a subject better left alone

The Swede was up next, with one that had made my shortlist

The House of Love - 32nd Floor

Alyson, meanwhile, dug up this rarity, ten streets away from fame...

Ronnie Lane - 32nd Street

While Martin was bang up to date with a tune from the latest Joe Jackson album, which I've not heard... but I might have to investigate further.

Joe Jackson - 32 Kisses

For a laugh, Martin also suggested this oldie-but-mouldie...

Mr. Mister - 32

And that was it for your suggestions. But what did my record collection throw up? Let's see if we can go even lower than Mr. Mister to start with, and climb up from there, shall we?

Genesis - The Chamber of 32 Doors

I do like Peter Gabriel, but... you have to draw the line somewhere.

What else?

Craic Haus - 32 Girls

No idea where that came from, but it's better than The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

The Mekons - 32 Weeks

That made me smile.

Ani DiFranco - 32 Flavors

I like that. From a CD I bought in a charity shop. Back when I could still find decent CDs in charity shops.

Van Morrison - Thirty Two

Not really a song, more a warm-up.

Finally, an obscure b-side...

REM - 32 Chord Song

But this week's winner was chosen by Rigid Digit, who found another old favourite of mine...



Coming soon: 31. I promise.