Snapshots #383: A Top 15 Crimes Against Music

You have been brought before me today charged with some of the most heinous crimes known to man. 

How do you plead...?

15. Seen in various lit stadiums. 

VariouS LIT Stadiums...

The Slits - Shoplifting

14. None of your.

None of your business!

The Business - Drinking & Driving

13. Favoured by horses...

The Sugarcubes - Theft

12. Mate's wake.

Funeral For A Friend - I Am The Arsonist

11. Looks like it's where the sweet train stops.

It's almost like the Candy Station!

Candi Staton - Blackmail

10. Miss Diane, you f***ing ****!

That may be my favourite clue ever. But I'm easily pleased.

Benny Profane - Rob A Bank

9. Located in the Grenadines? Hah! 

Grenadine sHah! 

Nadine Shah - Stealing Cars

8. What is love? In a modern museum.

Howard Jones sang What Is Love? In the Tate Modern.

Howard Tate - She's A Burglar

7. Holds up a group of geese.

A prop for a gander.

Propaganda - Abuse

6. The Rock, Just Like...

The Rock is Dwayne Johnson. 

Just Like... Eddy!

Duane Eddy - Stalkin'

5. Almost like Britney on a bonfire.

Imagine a burning Spear(s)...

Burning Spear - Slavery Days

4. Just like heaven.

Nirvana - Rape Me

3. There's nearly a thousand of them! 

999 - Homicide

2. Just part of the audience.

In fact, she used to be lead singer in theaudience...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor

1. The exported leopards find themselves in a bit of a tangle.

The Teardrop Explodes - Treason

I sentence you all to more Snapshots next Saturday...

Saturday Snapshots #83 - The Answers

Welcome, Fresh Princes (and Princesses), it's time to Boom Boom, Shake the Room Big Willie Style (did I mention my first name is William?).

Alternatively, you can get the answers to Saturday Snapshots straight from the Men In Black. Be careful though: they won't let you remember...

Hot competition just after 8.30 yesterday morning, though I think Lynchie clinched the win with his superior knowledge of Iron Maiden songs. Thank you all for playing, as always.


10. Devastating hurricane with burnt feet.

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.

Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine

Pound for pound, you'll still struggle to find a purer pop song.

9. Which Engine Type gets you furthest from Oklahoma?

Engine Type was an irresistible anagram.

Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa

8. Shroud stops car with paracetamol.

Turin shroud.

Brakes stop the car.

Paracetamol is a painkiller.

Turin Brakes - Painkiller

C saved the day with this one - I thought it was pretty obvious. But then I would, wouldn't I?

7. Limerick lad finds friend in the blizzard.

Phoebe was a Friend.

A blizzard is lots of snow.

Lynchie questioned whether a limerick is poetry - I refer him to Alyson, our resident poetry expert.

Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man

6. Torturer joins Suggs on stage.

A medieval torture device was an Iron Maiden.

Suggs is in Madness.

Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness?

5. Mausoleum launches noose into space.

Rocket From The Crypt - On A Rope

Rigid Digit had a lie in yesterday but turned up in time to nab this one.

4. Fake news causes sword fight.

Propaganda - Duel

Within the space of one minute, Alyson, George and Walter all got this one.

3. Substance friars shake the street.

The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

Despite not being a dance music fan, I always loved this one. George claimed to have identified the song (although he didn't name it) and also claimed to have never heard it. Which made me wonder if he spent the whole of 1997 underground.

2. Vegas wrap overhead.

Burritos come in wraps. If they're overhead, they might be flying.

Las Vegas is Sin City.

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City

1. Itinerants found beneath pier.

Just The Two Of Us can get together again next Saturday for more of the same...