Snapshots #450: Invisible Songs

Introducing C's guest post yesterday, we had David MacCallum, a one-time Invisible Man. Today, C sent me a lovely photo of Pauline Murray, without her Invisible Girls. And here they are reunited...

Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls - Dream Sequence

Here are some more songs you probably won't be able to see. Hopefully you can hear them all fine.

15. Atmospheric noblemen make a spelling mistake.

Dukes of (a misspelt) stratosphere.

The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl

14.  Wireless CEO.

Head of radio…

Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely

13. Fruity Hindu deity.

Rama is a Hindu deity.

Bananarama - Outta Sight

12. They left a mark.

Scars - Vanishing

11.  Confused guests win riots.

Anagram!

Swing Out Sister - I Can Hear You But I Can’t See You

10. Leggy syndrome?

Restless legs syndrome, a neurological condition.

Restless - Vanish Without A Trace

9. Sci fi villain loses final letters.

Durand Durand is a character from the film ‘Barbarella’

Duran Duran - Invisible

8. Indiana, Extra Small

IN being the state code for Indiana and XS Extra Small.

INXS - Disappear

7. Nightclub make-up.

Heaven was a London nightclub, ‘17’ a cosmetic brand.

Heaven 17 - Unseen

6. Ian or Tony might catch the ball.

Ian Curtis / Tony Curtis may field.

Curtis Mayfield - To Be Invisible

5. You just won’t get this clue.

The Misunderstood - I Unseen

4. Dusky sorrow.

The Twilight Sad - That Summer, At Home, I Had Become The Invisible Boy

3.  Get in a muddle, lick my tube.

Anagram!

Tim Buckley - I Can’t See You

2. I demand that you hit Mr Dawson!

Beat Les!

The Beatles - You Won’t See Me

1. Massive Attack song blows up.

‘Teardrop’ explodes…

Teardrop Explodes: You Disappear From View

Many thanks to C for an excellent edition of Snapshots.

Sadly, you'll be back to dealing with my nonsense again next Saturday...

Snapshots #436: Songs that share a title with an Elvis hit

They sound like an Elvis song... until you listen to them, and then they don't sound anything like an Elvis song!

15. Samuel, Gordon, Kate.

Three famous Jacksons.

The Jacksons - This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel)

Michael Jackson wrote this song in 1980. When the record company told him to change the title, he claimed never to have heard the Elvis song. The Jacksons still sing “Heartbreak Hotel” all the way through. Bearing in mind that you can’t copyright a title, they should have left it as it was.

Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel

14. Goes with Harvey and Ziggy’s son.

PJ Harvey and David “Ziggy Stardust” Bowie’s son, Duncan.

PJ & Duncan - Stuck On U

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Stuck On You

13. My hearing’s getting worse – I think he’s on Prime.

John Prine – Way Down

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Way Down

12. Sportsman Vivian comes a cropper.

“Sportsman Vivian” was an anagram.

Transvision Vamp – Baby I Don’t Care

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Baby I Don’t Care

11. Seveny dwarves not pictured.

Snowy White - Burning Love

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Burning Love

10. I bet they all feel The Mark of a Man these days.

The Mark of a Man was the tagline for Old Spice. They’re ALL Old Spice these days!

Spice Girls - Too Much

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Too Much

9. Quattro di Corleone.

Gang Of Four – Paralysed

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Paralysed

8. Sultans Wipe Shakespeare’s… erm, you can guess the rest.

Sultans of SWING, Wipe OUT, Shakespeare’s SISTER.

Swing Out Sister – Surrender

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Surrender

7. Moolah, Scratch, Wonga.

Bread – The Guitar Man

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Guitar Man

6. Interior: nine pm… it’s all confused.

“Interior: nine pm” was an anagram.

Minnie Riperton - Loving You

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Loving You

5. ¾ ft + 88/44 lines.

Three quarters of a foot is nine inches. The Nails sang 88 Lines About 44 Women.

Nine Inch Nails – Hurt

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Hurt

4. Robert, a Citizen, on his way to the Palace.

Robert Lindsay was Citizen Smith. He never got into Buckingham Palace.

Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Trouble

3. He’s Wilder about a hussy.

Gene Wilder loves a Jezebel.

Gene Loves Jezebel – Suspicion

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley - Suspicion

2. Concentrate.

I’m sure these guys were Not From Concentrate.

Orange Juice – Rip It Up

Not to be confused with…

Elvis Presley – Rip It Up

1. Lana and Kathleen join a creepy family.

Lana & Kathleen Turner with the Addams Family.

Elvis Presley - It's Only Love 

Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It’s Only Love

Put on your Blue Suede Shoes and prepare to get All Shook Up again next Saturday...

Snapshots #379 - A Top Twelve Songs About Different Times Of The Day

What's your favourite time of day?

Whatever your answer, we've got a song for it...

12. Make a liar out of a graduate director.

The director of The Graduate was Mike Nichols. He didn't direct Billy Liar.

Billy Nicholls - Daytime Girl 

11. Baseball playing nun.

Swing Out Sister - Twilight World

10. Join the Anti-RAF ranks and fight for a less confused world!

"Anti-RAF ranks" was an obvious anagram...

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

9. Carpenter bonds with fifth. 

Karen Carpenter meets the 5th Bond... Timothy Dalton. (For those of you who thought Dalton was the fourth Bond... you forgot David Niven.)

Karen Dalton - In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best)

8. Leaders of the Funky Bunch split up.

Markey Mark was the leader of the Funky Bunch. I'm sure you knew that.

The Mar-Keys - About Noon

Or you could have had...

The Mar-Keys - Last Night

7. A hunting rifle.

Flintlock - Dawn

6.  Majors, Frank, Los Angeles, one laugh, three quarters of a vase.

Damn hard to come up with a clue for her, but... Lee (Majors), Anne (Frank), LA, HA!, Vas-.

Lianne La Havas - Midnight

5. Visit the Taylor & Womack Cleansing Spa.

Let James (Taylor) and Bobby (Womack) Purify you...

James & Bobby Purify - Morning Glory

4. 5c change.

You'll be wanting a nickel back.

Nickelback - This Afternoon

3. Nirvana play one's opus.

Nirvana is heaven. Our #1 act today sang Opus 17.

 Heaven 17 - Sunset Now

2. Throwaway storytelling.

Pulp fiction...

Pulp - Sunrise

1. Artichokes, tomatoes and basil, mushrooms, ham and olives.

All the ingredients of a quattro stagioni... or a four seasons pizza.

I would have allowed...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Dawn

But the real #1 answer is this...

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 

More Snapshots next Saturday... from 8.30 in the morning.

Saturday Snapshots #33 - The Answers

I wouldn't normally post a picture of a young lady in the bath, but given she's the answer to one of this week's questions and she appears to have taken the photo herself, I thought it would be allowed. Sharp-eyed readers (i.e. those of you who don't just come here on a Saturday and/or Sunday) will have noticed that she's already featured on this blog earlier this week anyway. But Snapshots are prepared well in advance of regular postings for reasons too mundane to explain.

For balance, if you want to send me a photo of your favourite male pop star in the bath holding a camera, I'll be sure to feature that some time in the future. As long as it's not Bono.

Anyway, it was pretty much a three horse race this week, with a returning George first out of the raps, followed swiftly by Rigid Digit and Martin, with Lynchie getting half a point to keep him happy. Even though Martin got more correct answers, I'm going to - somewhat controversially - award the crown to George this week because he went above and beyond the call of duty in trying to explain (at least half of) my convoluted clue to #1. And the referee's decision is final...


10. Escape with this Rat Pack sibling.

The Rat Pack did swing music. See?

Swing Out Sister - Breakout

9. The Admiral invites some mates round for a barbecue.

Admiral Nelson.

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party

8. Passing rigs steal Belinda Carlisle's shoes...

Belinda was in the Go-Gos.

Drive-By Truckers - Go Go Boots 

7. I dream of the life of a school governor in Mockingbird county.

I Dream Of Jeannie.

The Life of Riley.

Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird.

Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA

6. Teenage party game played with a bowler in the pasture.

Bowler hat in a field.

Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin The Bottle

5. Farrell & Firth are professional bigamists. A new paint job is required!

Colin Farrell & Colin Firth are Professionals... ProCol. Important that you spell this band's name correctly to get that clue.

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

4. The beauties enjoy a citrus squeeze.

LaBelle - Lady Marmalade

3. Two mules for sister Stewart! Where Chris, Cliff and Neil went.

Where Chris, Cliff and Neil went.

Where Chris, Cliff and Neil went.

Two Mules For Sister Sarah.

Muffin was a mule.

Martha Stewart.

Chris Rea, Cliff Richard & Neil Young all sang On The Beach.

Is there an echo in here?

Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach

2. Traffic report: I've been waiting for this for ages!

Delays - Long Time Coming

1. Buck Rogers teleports into Michael's disturbing house to find Billy refusing to let his T-shirt be filmed. (Most convoluted clue ever: extra marks if you can explain it all. Or any of it.)

Buck Rogers was played by Gil Gerard.

Mr. Scott worked the teleporter on the starship Enterprise.

REM (and Michael Stipe) sang about a Disturbance At The Heron House.

Billy Bragg sang that "the revolution is just a T-shirt away". (I own that T-shirt.)




The revolution will not go better with Coke
The revolution will not fight the germs that cause bad breath
The revolution WILL put you in the driver's seat
The revolution will not be televised

But Saturday Snapshots will be back next week.