Saturday Snapshots #447: Songs About Famous Female Singers

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Here are 15 songs dedicated to famous ladies of song...

15. Christ's sons' lay a band... that would cause a kerfuffle.

"Christ's sons' lay a band" was a very convoluted anagram.

Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes 

Written by Stephen Stills, about his ex... blue-eyed Judy Collins.

14. Poster boys.

The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna

13. Originally called Landscape: Noon. 

John Constable's painting, originally titled Landscape: Noon, became more famous as The Haywain.

The Haywains - Dusty Springfield 

...or you could have had...

The Haywains - Bobbie Gentry's Tears

12. Be happy in Italian, with Nina.

"Felice" is be happy in Italian. With Nina Simone.

Simone Felice - Courtney Love

11. They gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

That's a quote from To Kill A Mockingbird, regarding Arthur 'Boo' Radley.

The Boo Radleys - It's Lulu!

10. Part lion, part eagle - all Vicious.

A Griffin was part-lion, part-eagle. Sid was Vicious.

Sid Griffin - Ode to Bobbie Gentry

9. Calendar Girls.

Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono

8. Often thought of as a Nancy boy.

Because he often duetted with Ms. Sinatra.

Lee Hazlewood - Dolly Parton's Guitar

7. Sand aggregates water.

Mix 'em together and what have you got?

The Concretes - Diana Ross

6. They're not interested in your Bomber, your Burner, or your Chopper.

No Raleighs! They only want to steal your BMX.

The BMX Bandits - Kylie's Got A Crush On Us

5. Go Wild, Hey-Billy-Poppa and Derek Dick.

Go Wild In The Country; Hey Joe, Billy Joe (see above), Poppa Joe; Derek Dick is Fish.

Country Joe & The Fish - Janis

4. What you talking about, Willis (junior)?

Bruce Willis's daughter is called Rumer.

Rumer - Aretha

3. Sounds like a coal train for John and Andy in Tennessee.

Robbie Coltrane meets John / Andy / Tennessee Williams.

Robbie Williams (featuring the Pet Shop Boys) - She's Madonna

2. Kurt loves fishing for pubs. What does he use?

He uses a...

Courtney Barnett - Ode to Odetta

1. Diana keels over when she's around him.

"Diana keels" was an anagram.

Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol! 

(Written about Carole King.)

I had a load of these left over, so I'll bore you with them tomorrow.

More Snapshots next Saturday.

Snapshots #300: Songs About Elvis

To celebrate Saturday Snapshots turning 300, we had a big party at Top Ten Towers last night. I cracked open the Ocean Spray, necked a couple of Paracetamol, and stayed up till at least 10.31. Feeling a bit worse for wear today, but it was worth it.

Here are 30 songs about Elvis...

30. University head has a lot of bills to pay.

The Dean is owing a lot of people.

Dean Owens - Elvis Was My Brother

29. Why aren't they twisting?

Known for Twisting By The Pool, it has to be...

Dire Straits - Calling Elvis

28. Crockett, needs a Minder. 

Sonny Crockett was in Miami Vice, George Cole needed a Minder.

Sonny Cole - I Dreamed I Was Elvis

27. Collects Bibles, Journals and Postcards.

The Holy Bible, Journal For Plague Lovers and Postcards From A Young Man are three albums by the...

Manic Street Preachers - Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier

26. When Rooney met Isaac.

Wayne Rooney meets Isaac Newton. 

Find me another blog that has the Manic Street Preachers followed by Wayne Newton.

What do you mean you don't want to?

A song based on a note Elvis wrote then threw away in 1976, during his last stay at the Las Vegas Hilton. Newton, who was friends with Elvis in his later years, bought the note in 1991 for $13,200 at a Sotheby's auction.

Wayne Newton - The Letter

25. Zuckerberg gets a softer finish while Leonard loses an E.

Marc with a C, Cohen without an E.

Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

24. World Champion, on the wall. 

Danny was the Champion of the World. 

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall...

Danny Mirror - I Remember Elvis Presley

23. Vera E. Smacks Guys.

Anagram!

Kacey Musgraves - Velvet Elvis

22. Elton sounds like two cymbals on a pedal stand.

John + Hihat...

John Hiatt - Riding With The King

21. Wireless person.

Human Radio - Me And Elvis

20. It's a short month, directed by Scorsese.

"Jan" is a shortened month. Martin Scorsese directs.

Janis Martin - My Boy Elvis

They tried to market her as "the female Elvis".

19. Half vicious lion, half hissing eagle.

A griffin is half lion, half eagle.

Hissing Sid & Sid Vicious.

Sid Griffin - Cadillac Elvis

Or you could have had...

Sid Griffin - Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After The Ed Sullivan Show

18. Guides.

Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead

17. Former miner.

He's been a miner for a Heart of Gold.

Neil Young - He Was The King

16. Almost Moonstruck, but won't propagate.

Nic Cage was in Moonstruck. Bad Seeds won't propagate.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo

15. Purple bloke gets mixed up and refuses to pay his debts.

Ian Gillan was in Deep Purple. Mix his name up a bit and you almost get Gillian. If you won't pay your debts, you are welching.

Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues

14. Bumpy Celine.

Anagram!

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

13. Compete at King's College, inside.

Compete at King's College, inside.

Pete Atkin - Apparition in Las Vegas

12. What you might say if you wanted to invite Kay and Z round for a casual chat.

Pop in, Jays!

The Popinjays - Vote Elvis

11. Self-confessed hobo, jogging from an early age.

"Tramps like us, baby we were born to run..."

Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye Bye

10. Let's talk LFC. Do they have the answers?

Let's talk LFC.

KLF - Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul

9. Exonerating mix-up.

"Exonerating" was an anagram.

Generation X - King Rocker

8. Nobody cares for this Smith.

Patti Smith is loveless.

Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis

7. Children of Florence.

The Nightingales - Elvis, The Last Ten Days

6. His Battenberg was sopping.

That's what happens when you leave your cake out in the rain.

Jimmy Webb - Elvis And Me

5. Loved by her dad from the first time he ever saw her face.

Daughter of Ewan MacColl, who wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

4. West Side gang outcry.

The Jets were a gang in West Side Story.

The Screaming Jets - Elvis (I Remember...)

3. Do you like Alan?

Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.

Do you like Alan?

Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

2. Tina Needs Baseball.

Anagram!

Belle & Sebastian - A Century Of Elvis

Classic.

1. One Simple Little Dicky Bird.

One little dicky bird was named Peter, one was named Paul. The Simple (Simon) one.

Paul Simon - Graceland

Snapshots #301 will be here next week. Start getting excited now.