Snapshots #434: Well Done! Songs

Did you get them all right?

Well done! Congratulations! You ROCK!

15. Clio knew she was all wrong.

"Clio knew" was an anagram.

Nick Lowe - Awesome!

14. Enormously boring.

What a giant drag.

Giant Drag - Smashing!

13. What General Zod said to Jesus.

Kneel (before Zod), Christian!

Neil Christian - That's Nice!

12. Native American Confederacy mucking around in the studio.

Jay Kay apparently got his stage name by mix Jam (sessions) with the name of the Native American Iroquois people.

There are two good reasons why this is the first time he's appeared in this quiz. One is that it's very difficult to come up with a clue...

Jamiroquai - Alright!

11. Forecasters.

The Weather Prophets - Well Done, Sonny!

10. Joint. Room. Grease.

Elbow join, elbow room, elbow grease.

Elbow - Magnificent! (She Says)

9. Residents at Nick's gaff.

The Troggs - Hip Hip Hooray!

8. Pet Shop Boy who lives in a Van.

Neil Tennant & Van Morrison... but not.

Tennent and Morrison - Good For You!

7. Shout! If you want to become a cannibal.

Lulu wants to eat some flesh...

Flesh For Lulu - Way To Go!

6. JR rival, gone for a Burton.

In Dallas, JR's rival was Cliff Barnes. Mix him up with Richard Burton and you get...

Cliff Richard - Congratulations!

5. Glennis sighted - but it might be someone else.

"Glennis sighted" was an anagram.

Lightning Seeds - Marvellous!

4. Rose Bowlers.

The Rose Bowl stadium is in Pasadena... maybe Brian could have helped you with that one.

The Pasadenas - Tribute (Right On!)

3. I've been listening to your voice on the radio...

Lyrics from Pilot of the Airwaves...

Pilot - Magic!

2. Sounds like Jaki is in charge of the rowing team.

Jaki Graham becomes a Coxswain.

Graham Coxon - Spectacular!

1. AKA Erhart Flinn.

Anagram!

Aretha Franklin - Respect!

Bravo, everyone. 

More next week.

Namesakes #172: Pilot

Can you fly this plane, and land it?

Surely you can't be serious.

I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

Here are some songs sung by Pilots... but which ones would you fly with?

PILOT #1

We kick off today in the glorious year of 1972 with a Proggy Pilot, formed in London, though the guitarist and lead singer were American and the bassist was a Kiwi. The other two members were also in Rod Stewart’s backing band.

Pilot - Rider

 

PILOT #2

When former Bay City Rollers “substitutes” David Paton & Billy Lyall got sick of sitting on the bench in 1973, they formed Pilot… flying high for a couple of years before their plane encountered engine difficulties. Lyall went solo, with Phil Collins on drums… and I guess he missed again.

Because it’s January, I’m going to have to choose the tune below – sorry, George. I know it'll be the wrong one.

Pilot - Magic

PILOT #3

Took me a while to track this one down. The songwriter here is one J. Michael Nuccio, later known as Michael James, who also appeared to have led the bands Omaha Pilot, Pilot and Pilot III. This, from 1971, is the one that concerns us today…

Pilot - For Your Children to See

PILOT #4

Dutch Pilot from 1974, rather obsessed with Buddy Holly. An unfortunate choice of band name given what happened to Buddy.

Pilot – Oh Buddy Holly

 

PILOT #5

LA hard rock Pilot from 1980 – I couldn’t find a picture, but I love the typewritten record sleeve. Reminds me of some of my first zines back in the mid-80s.

Pilot – Star Like Me

PILOT #6

A one trip only collaboration from 1984, featuring co-pilots Will Downing and soon-to-be-in-demand producer Shep Pettibone.

Pilot - You Are The One

 

PILOT #7

Portland Oregon Pilot, struggling to take off in 1993…

Pilot - Another Day Has Begun

PILOT #8

A Russian PilOt – with a Big O - founded by Ilya Knabengof in 1997.

PilOt - Сердце машины

PILOT #9

Swedish electronic Euro-house pop band who switched on the autopilot in 1998 and appear to have been racking up the air miles ever since.

Pilot - You Better Get Used to It

PILOT #10

Although the tube of you confuses these guys with the Russian Pilot above (not the Russian Pilot below), the Og of Discs informs me that they’re actually from Kazakhstan in 2003. They look and sound very different to the Russkies.

Pilot - Белый снег

 

PILOT #11

Another Russian Pilot – presumably of a MiG-23 – DJ Сергей Ткачев (Sergey Tkachev) was piloting the decks with this one in 2006…

Pilot – Crash My Heart

PILOTE #12

Next we have a Pilot who takes an E… probably the last thing you want from your Jet 2 Holiday. Stuart Cullen is from Somerset and spent most of the 90s and 00s releasing “intelligent dance music” before shifting focus to folk and bluegrass in the mid 2010s. Obviously I chose one of his latter efforts.

 Pilote – Shapeshifter Blues

 

PILOT #13

A Boston punk Pilot, touching down briefly in 2013…

Pilot - Vision

 

PILOT #14

And we blow out the pilot light today with this “progressive psychedelic trance project” from Denmark’s Peter Pagh, aka PiLot.

PiLOt – Dancing Elephants

Which is your Top Gun... and which one do you want to drop?