Showing posts with label Passions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passions. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 May 2022

Snapshots #238: A Top Ten Songs About Germany


You really didn't need the extra clue of Marlene Dietrich yesterday, did you? So you definitely won't need Claudia Schiffer, above. Still, they are both famous Germans. And here are ten (some famous, some not so) songs about Germany. Das ist gut!


10. Car-phones.

The Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin

9. Man in hospital, sometimes mistaken for doctor.

The Male Nurse - A German Sleeps In My Bed

8. Merry Hit CD.

Anagram!

Mitch Ryder - Berlin

7. Lecherous and Butch.

Randy & Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy).

Randy Newman - In Germany Before The War

6. Binman cab.

Anagram!

Ian McNabb - German Soldier's Helmet Circa 1943 

5. Siblings of the silo.

The Cornshed Sisters - Dresden

4. Brokers.

The Go-Betweens - German Farmhouse

3. Fruit favoured by Christ.

The Passion(Fruit) of the Christ?

The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star

2. Used to get lots of letters from readers.

Editors - Munich

1. In December, Linda scores two points.


Berlin the band with a song that mentions Berlin the city. Zwei punkte.


More Snapshots next week? Jawohl!

Sunday, 11 March 2018

Saturday Snapshots #23 - The Answers



Lose Yourself in the answers to this week's quiz... while pondering what your Saturdays would be like Without Me...


10. Bizet's loneliness.


Bizet's most famous opera was Carmen.

Eric Carmen - All By Myself

Rigid Digit woke up first this weekend to snap this one up.

9. Animal doctor siblings stir feelings between us.


An animal doctor is a vet. D'oh.

The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You

Knew Charity Chic would get this one.

8. Van & Laura's girl won't die.


Van Morrison and Laura Branigan both sang about Gloria.

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Another point for Rigid Digit.

7. A blogging hero gets sad about his tactile addiction.


The Swede gets the blues... But Alyson gets the clue.

Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling

6. Billet doux on the cost of keeping time.


Metronomes keep time. Economy counts the cost.

Metronomy - Love Letters

Well done, Chris.

5. 50 shades of spliff will have you floating off...


A spliff is a doobie (hence The Doobie Brothers). 50 Shades of Grey, obviously.

Dobie Gray - Drift Away

Lynchie was hip enough to get this one.

4. An indistinct packet of Alecia's daylight.


Pink!'s real name is Alecia Beth Moore.

An indistinct packet would be a fuzzy box.

Fuzzbox (or, if you prefer, We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It!!) - Pink Sunshine

Another point for RD!

3. I am intensely enthusiastic about Franka Potente.


As Chris pointed out, I spelled Franka Potente incorrectly. Sorry, that wasn't part of the clue.

The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Filmstar

Half a point to Lynchie, half a point to Chris.

2. American mother reveals excessive excerpts of erotic envy.


Momus - A Complete History Of Sexual Jealousy (parts 17 to 24)

Lynchie got the artist (half a point), The Swede beat Chris to the song by one minute (half a point).

1. Gregory Peck goes west for a solitary fireplace.


Gregory Peck was in a western called The Big Country.

A fireplace has a grate.

Another one for Rigid Digit, making him this week's undisputed winner.


Thanks for playing. More next week.


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