Snapshots #191: A Top Ten Ship Songs

Yesterday was Leo, today it's Kate. Together they sailed on the most famous ship ever to sink.

Sink your teeth into these answers...

10. Earth's main political group?

World Party - Ship Of Fools

9. Crispy relations.

Walkers Crisps, obviously.

The Walker Brothers - My Ship Is Coming In

8. Dougal's owner plays with her contraption.

Florence & The Machine - Ship To Wreck

7. Eastern European moons.

The Georgia Satellites - Battleship Chains

6. That's quite a neck, Vic.

"A neck, Vic" was an anagram.

Nick Cave - The Ship Song

5. In & Out.

The Doors - The Crystal Ship

Or

The Doors - Ship of Fools

4. Birds hug Cher.

Anagram!

Chris DeBurgh - Ship To Shore

3. Improves your garden before June.

April showers bring forth May flowers... 

April Showers - Abandon Ship

2. Longer British lawman meets Western equivalent.

A Bobby becomes a Robert.

Wyatt Earp was the Western lawman.

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

1. Being obsessed with the games people play makes him more than just a pretty face.

Joe South sang about The Games People Play.

This is still amazing...

By the way, if you've not caught the divine Ms. Winslet in Mare of Easttown, you really have been missing out.

More Snapshots next week, even if there's nothing else in between...

Saturday Snapshots #89 - The Answers

Welcome back to Saturday Snapshots. Yesterday's clues were so fiendish, you may well have needed a Black Magic Woman to help you work out the answers. Hopefully you didn't have to make a Soul Sacrifice to Satan, or Santa, or anyone with a similar name. Sigh. Let's put the crowbar away and get on with the answers...

Yesterday saw a closely fought three-way battle between Alyson, Chris and George... who might have been a joint winner with Chris, had he not gone off to brush his teeth, allowing Lynchie to sneak in and steal his final point. So Chris takes this week's crown. Thanks for playing, as always.


10. Starting fires with a score of tiny cars makes you sick.

A score is 20.

Matchbox make tiny cars. Matchboxes contain matches to start fires. But really, when was the last time you used a match? I get quite nostalgic when I see one.

Matchbox 20 - Unwell

9. Constant pain at the depressed diner.

Sad Cafe - Every Day Hurts

One of George's favourite bands, according to Charity Chic.

8. Above all, John and Bobby confused L.A. with Berlin.

"Deutsche über alles" comes from the German national anthem, meaning Germany above all.

John and Bobby were both Kennedies, now sadly deceased.

The Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles

7. No king, no queen... but still up for it!

A country without a king or queen is a republic.

Republica - Ready To Go

6. Harry Connick and Sammy Davis find an Irish boy where rabbits dance.

Harry and Sammy were both juniors.

Danny Boy is the Irish tune.

Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop

Some top dancing in this video... especially the proto-breakdancing in the instrumental break.

5. What the BBC used to be: Supermarine!

The BBC used to be Public Service Broadcasting. Nowadays it's the mouthpiece of the establishment.

Supermarine made Spitfires.

Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire

4. No to the Easter punk, yes to the bird of prey... a romantic shortfall.

It's not Patti (Easter) Smith.

It is an Eagle.

Patti Smyth & Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

3. Run run run run runaway spelling aid - I bet that information has just astounded you!

Del Shannon sang Runaway.

Phonics help kids learn to spell.

The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)

2. Naval engineering reversed @ Y.

Reverse @ Y and you get Y @. Simples.

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

1. Top sheep lads wage lightning war - pow!

Boy sheep are rams - if they're top, then they're number one.

A lightning war is a blitzkrieg.

Pow is what happens when you get bopped.

You try and find a picture of the Ramones where they don't look OBVIOUSLY like the Ramones. 

Saturday Snapshots returns next Saturday. Smooth!