Snapshots #423: Sampled Songs

This is Kanye West, an artist known for using lots of samples in his work. Has he used any of the songs below? Let's find out...

15. That time Lee Mavers' group played in the middle of the Church Hall, initially.

Lee Mavers was the man behind The Las. Put Las in the middle of the C H and you get...

The Clash - Straight to Hell 

Sampled in...

MIA - Paper Planes

14. Hamburger bun turns over a new leaf.

A Patty turns a Page...

Patti Page - Old Cape Cod 

Sample in...

Groove Armada - At The River

13. Spherical extraterrestrial found in West Berlin.

The spherical extra terrestrial would be a Ball ET...

Spandau Ballet - True 

Sampled in...

PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

12. Take a Mallett to that Tank Engine.

Timmy Mallett goes for Thomas The Tank Engine...

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 

Sampled in...

Drake - Hotline

11. It's a Dalek's thing. Sort of. 

"A Dalek's thing" was an anagram.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 

Sampled in...

Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

10. Not the youngest Mynah Bird.

The Mynah Birds were a Canadian band active in the mid 60s, featuring one Neil Young... and the gentleman above.

Rick James - Super Freak

Sampled in...

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This

9. Sancho Panza was a gruff one. 

Sancho Panza was a Squire (to Don Quixote). Billy was a Gruff goat.

Billy Squier - Big Beat 

One of the most sampled tracks ever, featured in over 300 different songs, including...

Jay-Z – 99 Problems

Kanye West feat Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prynce & J Cole - Looking For Trouble

Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire

8. Fancy an ethanol salad? Tossed, of course.

"An ethanol salad" was an anagram.

Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That 

Sampled in...

De La Soul - Say No Go

7. King's dad gets the cane.

Elvis's Dad was Vernon Presley. A cane was a birch.

Vernon Burch - Get Up 

Sampled in...

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

6. Since when did origami contain any answers?

When did origami?

Dido - Thank You 

Sampled in...

Eminem - Stan

5. Etta & Lola get mixed up in a former London prison.

Etta Lola was an anagram... Holloway was the prison.

Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 

Sampled in...

Black Box - Ride On Time

4. K-pop reality show.

I'm sure you're all fans of the show in question.

Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town 

Sampled in...

Dario G - Sunchyme

3. That time the TV Hulk met Mr. Fantastic.

The TV Hulk was Lou Ferringo. Mr. Fantastic is Reed Richards.

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 

Sampled in...

A Tribe Called Quest - Can We Kick It?

2. CC + Drake, Lowe, Berry.

CC is our own Stevie. The rest are Nicks.

Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen 

Sampled in...

Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious 

1. Rocky and his brood...but not all of them.

Rocky was Sly Stallone. Take all from Stallone and you have Stone.

Sly & The Family Stone - Into My Own Thing

Sampled in...

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice

Any excuse to watch this video again...

More of this nonsense next Saturday.

Saturday Snapshots #165 - The Answers

Hey - how YOU doing?

Here's this week's answers, my Friends...

10. Squashed pals may reach nirvana.

The Flatmates - I Could Be In Heaven

9. Sidekick is a bit of a knob, but is he a man of his word?

Batman's sidekick was Robin.

Cock Robin - The Promise You Made

You may not realise that you remember that.

8. Afternoon scones with lots of strawberry, raspberry or blueberry turns me into a dead man walking.

That sounds like a jammy tea.

Jamie T - Zombie

Great video.

7. Wild Bill Hicoke, Butch Hash-heady & Annie Tokely meet Mardi Dawn.

They must be the Cowboy Junkies!

Mardi is Tuesday.

Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

6. Tardis, beseeching.

The Tardis is a timebox.

Timebox - Beggin'

5. Kerb crawler and his envious pick-up are confident they know the way back to their house.

A John is slang for a man who uses prostitutes. (Apologies to all the Johns I know, particularly John Medd.)

A green-eyed pick up would be a jealous van... or a van jealous.

Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home

I love Jon Anderson's voice.

4. Mrs. Jackie joins the X-Men, perhaps?

Mrs. Jackie is an anagram.

The X-Men were super freaks.

Rick James - Super Freak

You can't touch that!

3. Hymn for other people.

Gloria is a hymn. Other people are them.

Them - Gloria

That bloke in the middle isn't wearing a mask.

2. Animal whistler & chavs.

Animal Whistler is an anagram.

Support here is given by Ben Folds on the left and Joe Jackson on the right. The bloke in the middle though is...

William Shatner - Common People

Not as good as the original, but not far off. Although Bill clearly has no idea what "chip stain grease" is.

1. Terrible pinkie, regardless.

I'll be there for you again next Saturday...