Snapshots #402: Songs About Boys (First Initial J)

Johnny Mathis is here to welcome us to a Snapshots dedicated to boys beginning with J. And you're Justin time!

15. You need to apply some game logic here.

"Game logic here" was an anagram.

George Michael - Jesus To A Child

14. Roger, Gene and Dave turn up the volume.

Roger, Gene and Dave were The Byrds, and here they are ROCKING.

The Rockingbirds - Jonathan Jonathan 

13. Place in town where James, Bobby and Charlie catch the train.

James Brown, Bobby Brown and Charlie Brown go to the Brownsville Station...

Brownsville Station - Jonah's Here To Stay

12. Vaguely related to big companies.

Something Corporate - If You C Jordan

11. Rebel Without A Mack.

James Dean was a Rebel Without A Cause. Jimmy had a Mack. (When are you coming back?)

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John

10. Super speedster and critical utensil.

The Flash is a super speedster. A pan would be a critical utensil.

Flash & The Pan - Hey Jimmy

9. Gatsby man, follows Cinder & Barbar.

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Cinder-ella & Barbar-ella.

Ella Fitzgerald - Jim

8. When I'm with you, something you do, bounces me off the ceiling.

Lyrics from Tracy, by The Cuff Links.

Tracie - The House That Jack Built

7. A scary sight.

Terrorvision - Jason

6. Café Americain, among the buffalo.

In Casablanca, Bogey operated Rick's Café Americain. Buffalo Springfield.

Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

5. What Ray, Toyah and Freddie all wanted to be.

Ray Davies sang Set Me Free. Toyah sang I Want To Be Free. Freddie sang I Want To Break Free.

Free - My Brother Jake

4. Junior Officers Ali & Foreman.

J.O. - Boxers.

Jo Boxers - Johnny Friendly

3. Rolsam.

Fatherson - James

2. Moderna champion.

She spent a heck of a lot of money to help develop the covid vaccine.

Dolly Parton - Joshua 

1. Experience required.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe

Hey Jude, don't make it bad... come back for more Snapshots next Saturday and make it better.

Na na na nana na naaaaaaaa...

Saturday Snapshots #7 - The Answers

Well, I think I actually won a couple this week. There were some stinkers though, so congrats for getting the ones you did...

As usual, I highly recommend giving the songs a listen if you don't know them. They're chosen because they're good ones!



10. Hatless, eyeless Mitchell, could be a Beach Boy... insists on keeping the central heating off.

Yes, as Lynchie points out, it does look a bit like "the late, great John Martyn after he's had a long weekend on the booze" (most weekends, then?) but it's not...

Hatless = Hats off... to Larry

Eyeless Mitchell = Joni without the i (well done, C)

Beach Boys = Wilson

Keeping the central heating on...?

Charity Chic got there in the end (with a little help from C), as I knew he would.

Larry Jon Wilson - Melt Not My Igloo

9. A future resident of Monaco shares Bond's Martini.

Alyson got up extra early to be first to spot this youngster... surely she couldn't possibly remember him when he looked like this?

Monaco = (Princess) Grace-land

Bond's Martini = shaken, not stirred

Elvis Presley - All Shook Up

8. Pretty good at bathroom renovation; will also clean up if she fancies you enough.

Took you a while, and caused much debate over what she was wearing...

Pretty = Bonnie

For your bathroom renovation, I'd recommend a good Tyler

Will clean up...?

Bonnie Tyler - Loving You's A Dirty Job, But Somebody's Got To Do It

The Swede & Alyson tag-teamed this one.

7. Twiddly diddly dee (generic version) have a slow teacher.

Gave Lynchie no problems at all - though CC was kicking himself.

Twiddly diddly dee = Rocking Robin, a more generic version woud be a Rockingbird

A slow teacher would have you Gradually Learning

The Rockingbirds - Gradually Learning

6. Holy Sidekicks, Batman - Gonzales was a mouse!

The one nobody got, which is a shame... but hardly surprising. The clues were pretty easy if you knew the band / track. But not many people do. More on that tomorrow...

Speedy - Boy Wonder

5. Liberal philosophy on the John: it's only a crowded house, geezer.

Big expert on liberal philosophers, me. Apparently, there's one called John Rawls.

The John is also what some people call a Loo.

Crowded House sang It's Only Natural.

A geezer is another name for a man.

Lou Rawls - A Natural Man

Lynchie was first to get Lou; nobody got the song.

4. Scissor Sisters' girl goes off road while eating too many chocolate bars.

The Swede swooped in to take this one.

The Scissor Sisters sang Laura.

If you go off the road, you might veer...

A popular chocolate bar in the UK is a Galaxy.

Laura Viers - Galaxies

3. Herbie & Hutch: THE HORROR!

I thought I was going to beat you with this one until The Swede dug deep...

Herbie was The Love Bug

Hutch was partnred with Starsky

The Amityville Horror was a favourite book and film when I was a teenager.

Lovebug Starski - Amityville (House On The Hill)

2. You've got zero chance of getting off without suffocating.

(Your first guess will probably be wrong.)

I knew this wouldn't trouble Alyson... though it took a while to get to the right song.

If you were suffocating, there might be a problem with your Air Supply.

Getting off is another way of saying "Making Love".

Zero = Nothing

Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

Second Steinman song of the week!

1. Jenny Agutter inspires a Schubert opera.

Took The Swede about five seconds...

The Lilac Time is the British name of Das Dreimäderlhaus, a Schubert light opera.


In the Railway Children, Jenny Agutter waved at trains.

The Lilac Time - The Girl Who Waves At Trains