Snapshots #385: Twelve Newspaper Songs

I read the news today... oh boy!

Hear all about it below...

12. No longer a choking hazard.

He used to be a Strangler, but he's alright now.

Hugh Cornwell - Stuck In Daily Mail Land

11. What did you do in art class yesterday? I sketched a small mountain...

You drew a hill?

Dru Hill - These Are The Times

10. All you do to me is...

Lyrics from their eponymous single: "All you do to me is... talk talk."

Talk Talk - Today

Remember Today? Eddie Shah? The newspaper revolution? 

9. Go on. You know you want to. Give it a go. You'll love it.

The Persuasions - The Sun

8. AR-15, M-16, AK-47.

The Rifles - She's Got Standards

7. Direct train to Sheffield.

S'Express - Theme from S'Express

6. Tidier Tsars re-establish order.

"Tidier Tsars" was an anagram.

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

5. Michael Stipe's lot judged "not bad" by muddy deposits at the mouth of a river.

Muddy deposits at the mouth of a river create a Delta. Good REM?

Delta Goodrem - The Guardian

4. Choosing shades in the detective agency.

Pinkertons were the detective agency in the Wild West.

Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - Mirror Mirror

3. The Munch Bunch. 

Edvard Munch painted The Scream.

Primal Scream - Star

2. O'Connor was a small baby.

Des? Tiny Child!

Destiny's Child - Independent Women

1. Stuck, and sticky.

The Jam - News Of The World

Written and sung by Bruce Foxton. RIP, Rick. 

That's all the news that's fit to print today. But another edition will hit the streets next Saturday - don't miss it!

Snapshots #207: A Top Ten Mirror Songs

Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the best Saturday morning photo-based pop music quiz of them all?

Really? Shucks.

10. Aloe needs one.

Aloe Blacc sang I Need A Dollar.

Dollar - Mirror Mirror

9. Cots & copies.

Cots are cribs. You can also crib someone else's answers.

The Cribs - Mirror Kissers

8. Western detectives come in all shades.

Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - Mirror Mirror

7. Aunt found in decrepit subject.

Aunt Sally in an old field (as in, "what's your field of study?")

Sally Oldfield - Mirrors

6. Beach Boy goes to work for NASA.

Mike Love goes to work with Rockets.

Love & Rockets - Mirror People

5. Mixed up coin in silky tube.

The mixed up COIN is NICO.

The silky tube is obvious.

The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror

4. Difficult to distinguish from your arse.

You just can't tell your arse from your elbow, can you?

Elbow - Mirrorball

3. Good for drums, eggs and carpets.

They're all things you might beat.

The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom

2. Advanced scrapple.

Scrapple is an early form of Meatloaf. Apparently.

Meat Loaf - Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are 

1. Founded in the year 2415 A.D.

This is where they got their name from.

The Human League - Mirror Man

More next Saturday...