Showing posts with label Roches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roches. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 August 2019

Saturday Snapshots #95 - The Answers



Girls, Girls, Girls... and boys, boys, boys: welcome to the Mötley Crüe that is the Saturday Snapshots answers for this week. Hopefully these will Kickstart Your Heart for Sunday morning...

(Speaking of kickstart, I'll be back later this week to talk about a project I'm involved in that may be of interest to one or two of you.)

No scores this week due to my computer still being in a box, but you all did very well. #9 was pretty obscure...


10. Johnny's pal sounds bitter alongside young adults, considering passionate idiots.


Frankie & Johnny.

Bitter lemon.

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

9. Black Widow stolen by part of 10.


Take the Teenagers from #10 and add Scarlett Johansson. (Or Starlett Johansson, as they changed the title to.)

The Teenagers - Starlett Johansson

8. Big easy invitation to boogie.


New Orleans is The Big Easy.

Orleans - Dance With Me

7. Can you see swirls in the pattern on the rug, by yourself?


Spirals in the carpet?

The Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (To Be Lonely)

6. Undyed tennis player sings for Irish lad.


Andy Murray, without the dy, becomes Ann Murray.

Danny Boy is an Irish lad.

Anne Murray - Danny's Song

Gorgeous tune. Written by Kenny Loggins, of all people.

I have not seen Family Guy, but apparently Lynchie reckons you can learn all sorts about Anne Murray from it.

5. Fling, forever, no score.


A fling is another word for a love affair.

Forever is Everlasting.

No score (in tennis) is love.

Love Affair - Everlasting Love

4. Lazes, like 6, with Aussie outlaw and zero moose.


Lazes = Idles.

#6 was Danny's Song.

Aussie Outlaw was Ned Kelly.

A moose is an elk.

Zero = 0.

Ned+elk+o.

Hard work this, sometimes.

Idles - Danny Nedelko

3. Oklahoma resident in Armani has shocking nightmare.


A person from Oklahoma is an Okie.

Giorgio Armani.

Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams

2. Survivors of the apocalypse politely address Magnum.



They says roaches will survive the apocalypse.

Magnum was Tom Selleck.

The Roches - Mr. Sellack

1. Oldest string game played by Potter in dry-lipped pub.


Harry (Potter) has chap(ped) lips at the inn.

The cat's cradle, according to iffypedia, is one of the oldest games in recorded human history. THis is what kids did for fun before Xbox and Netflix...


Mansize tissues at the ready...



No need to Shout At The Devil - Saturday Snapshots will be back next week.



Sunday, 4 June 2017

June #10: Getting Seduced By The Roches



10. Maggie & Terre Roche - Underneath The Moon

I mentioned a few weeks back my accidental discovery of New Jersey folkies The Roches. Since then, I've been doing a little digging into their back catalogue. The first thing I came up with was the 1975 debut album by two of the three Roche sisters, Maggie & Terre. Lyrically, there's a cheeky wit underlying many of the songs (even the heartbreakers) which makes them stand out all the more to me. It's reminiscent of Paul Simon - no surprise, since the ladies provided backing vocals for his third solo album just prior to their debut. He was obviously an influence.

The battle of the sexes, interracial romance, loneliness, the perils of songwriting... it's all here, with a sound that also reminds me of the contemporary queens of quirky folk, First Aid Kit.

I overheard a wise gal say
Whose gentleman was her ruin
"Sweetness gets me nowhere
'Cept, underneath the moon."

Good men want a virgin
So don't you give yourself too soon
'Cept in an emergency
Like underneath the moon.




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