Showing posts with label Neutral Milk Hotel. Show all posts
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Sunday, 12 September 2021

Snapshots #206: A Top Ten Netherlands Songs


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. But I've never seen anything like you guys working together to crack the answers on Saturday Snapshots.

As our songs today all relate to The Netherlands, I called up one of their famous sons, the late Rutger Hauer, to help us hitch a ride to the answers... 


10. Where Impartial Ernie stays, next door to 5.

Ernie was a Milkman. If he was impartial, he'd be neutral. #5 is a hotel.

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

9. Interesting snooker player, not a bad guy.

The snooker player was Steve "Interesting" Davis (thank, Spitting Image).

Steve Goodman - The Dutchman

8. Middling racecar.

Malcolm was in the middle. McLaren builds racecars.

Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch

7. Stern nephew. Geddit?

That's one big anagram.

The Wedding Present - Rotterdam

6. Probably one of the places the Human League went on holiday.

The Human League went to The Lebanon. The capital city is Beirut.

Beirut - August Holland

5. Hotel for me and him.

The Two Ronnies said "Goodnight from me and him".

Ronnie Hilton - A Windmill in Old Amsterdam

4. I'm outraged by the price some petrol stations charge.

Me... Shell-Shocked!

Michelle Shocked - 5AM In Amsterdam

3. French Jim, not quite brill.

James in French is Jacques.

Jacques Brel - Amsterdam

2. Sweet Home Alabama?

The Beautiful South - Rotterdam

1. He covets lollies.


Anagram!

(And yes, I know New Amsterdam was the original name for New York... so nowhere near The Netherlands. But I'm presuming it was named by Dutch settlers.)


Nether mind if you didn't get them all. There will be another chance next Saturday.


Sunday, 29 October 2017

Saturday Snapshots #6: The Answers


What took you so long? Was there a queue at the post office?



10. He waits for a heartbreaker at the disco, talking to Robin a lot.


Tom Waits

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Disco = Club

Talking to Robin a lot...?

Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood

Points for George.

9. The indigenous people of northern Europe like long jazz, Dallas and horror films.


The indigenous people of northern Europe = Sami

Long jazz = (Miles) Davis

Dallas = J.R.

Which Sammy Davis Jr. hit shares its name with a horror film?

Alyson trawled her extensive collection of video nasties to solve the riddle..

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candyman

8. Flying over the channel to Switzerland, Israel and California.


CC finally figured this one out, with extra clues.

If you were flying over the channel, you would be in the aeroplane over the sea.

Switzerland was neutral in WWII.

Israel was the Land of Milk (and honey)

Welcome to the Hotel California...

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

7. Don't take Huey Lewis to town, not like Siouxsie did.


Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town) plus (Huey Lewis & The) News = Rubinoos

Lynchie got the artist. Then C discovered, the Rubinoos had a song (a cover of a 50s hit by The Cadillacs) which shares its name with a Siouxsie & The Banshees track...

The Rubinoos - Peek-A-Boo

6. Keeping you safely in one lane, like the preachers with an empty tank.


The Swede gets extra points for this one. That said, whenever you make it look really easy, I'm just tempted to try harder.

Rumble Strips are those things that make a loud noise on your tyres when you drift out of your lane on a big road.

The Manic Street Preachers sang about Motorcycle Emptiness

The Rumble Strips - Motorcycle

(Great trumpet in that.)

5. Dylan Thomas loses his milk. Don't stop: duplicity ahead!


Gave Charity Chic no problems at all...

Dylan Thomas wrote Under Milk Wood - take away the milk...

Don't stop? Carry on...

Duplicity ahead?

Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats

4. Satan wants a satellite - can Jack's southern brother help?


Jack Daniels is the king of Southern drinks... and until I stopped drinking 17 years ago, it was my tipple of choice.

If Satan went down (south) he might be looking for a Georgia Satellite.

The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Well done, Chris. CC is still kicking himself.

3. Girls from paradise go goth.


Paradise is also known as Shangri-La.

Goths wore black.

A combined effort from Lynchie, C & Chris.

The Shangri-Las - Dressed In Black

2. Venerable Batman can't iron, just like a Red (not Green) Arrow.


The title is pretty self-explanatory... the artist clue required knowledge (or a good google) of obscure comic book trivia... either that, or you watch the Green Arrow TV show (which I don't). Anyway, there's a comic book character called Red Arrow whose real name is...

Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease  

I figured The Swede would get that one. One of John Peel's favourites too... just a gorgeous, gorgeous song.

1. A nice Yorkshire greeting shouted across the Atlantic.


Thankfully, being from Yorkshire, I'm allowed to make this gag,

Eeh - 'ello!

Well done, CC.

ELO - Calling America




Ten more next week.

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