Snapshots #329: A Top Ten Musical Death Threats

If you feel you've been affected by any song that has threatened your life or the life of someone you know, please call our helpine.

10. Tom calls Ricky about a mix up.

"Tom calls Ricky" is an anagram.

Kirsty MacColl - Can't Stop Killing You

9. What Hulk does.

Hulk Smash!

SMASH - (I Want To) Kill Somebody

8. Lightly slap the long eared bunny. 

Pat the hare.

Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby

Sadly, in December 1963, Pat Hare made this song a reality when he shot his girlfriend and a policeman who came to question him. He spent the last 16 years of his life in prison, where he formed the band Sounds Incarcerated.

7. Suicidal ideations.

They wanna die. But they want you to die first.

The Wannadies - Kill You

6. Inventive mother.

He was a Mother of Invention.

Frank Zappa - My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama

5. Getting bored with the hot weather?

Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered

4. Part of Marvin's hearing aid and a bit of a dick.

Marvin Heard It Through The Grapevine. Moby was a dick.

Moby Grape - Murder In My Heart For The Judge

3. That Peter Gabriel album is a Knock Out.

The Peter Gabriel album was So. It was KO.

Soko - I'll Kill Her

2. Find mayhem in Emmental cheese sandwich. 

...mayhem in Emmental cheese sandwich. 

Eminem - Kill You

1. Not suitable for vegetarians.

Meat Loaf - I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back

If you survived this one, I'll see you back here next Saturday...

Celebrity Jukebox #4: Lee Remick

 

When I started this series, Lee Remick was the obvious contender.

What do I know about Lee Remick?

Lee Remick's eyes sparkled that brilliant blue...

Her hair was just long enough so it bounced upon her shoulders...

And that's the less obvious stuff...

What do I really know about Lee Remick?

She comes from Ireland

She's very beautiful

And most of all...

She was in The Omen with Gregory Peck

She got killed, what the heck!?

I think it's fair to say that everything I know about Lee Remick, I learned from these two songs. (Oh, and the Wannadies cover version of the Go-Betweens song.) 

I can't find any other songs that mention her name, even in passing. But just one of the above would be a worthy tribute. Together, they cement her status as a legend.

Saturday Snapshots #34 - The Answers

Knowing Benny yesterday - knowing Frida today - AHA!

Sadly I couldn't find pictures of either Björn or Agnetha holding a camera, but feel free to send them my way if you have them.

Anyway, here's the answers from The Day Before You Came to see what they were... i.e. the day before today... i.e. yesterday. Sorry. I'm suffering a serious dose of Partridge this morning. I got a little worried yesterday morning because by 10am it looked like nobody had made any guesses... which led me to believe that either I'd made this week's SS way too hard... or you were all getting sick of it (or me). Then I realised that the guesses were in the comments - blogger just appears to have stopped sending comments to me. No idea why that is (probably some GDPR nonsense), but I hope they fix it soon.

Marks were spread between loads of people this week - by my calculations, Rigid Digit won with 3 1/2, narrowly beating Lynchie's 3. I'm giving Martin and C 1 1/2 marks each for their efforts on The Wannadies clue (Alyson gets a bonus "positivity" mark for deciphering the "had enough" clue as "satisfied" rather than "wannadie"). The Swede mopped up the rest with a respectable 2 1/2 - well done for getting Edward Ball!

So congratulations to RD: The Winner Takes It All!


10. When Michael met Sinatra, Jake & Elwood dealt the cards.

When Michael Jackson sees Frank Sinatra... we have Jackson C. Frank.

Jake & Elwood were the Blues Brothers.

Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run The Game

9. Dame Judi Dench shares our collective obsession.

Dame Judi was M in the James Bond movies.

Our collective obsession? Why are you doing this quiz? Because you love pop music.

M - Pop Muzik

8. The 5th (of 5) + the 3rd (of 8) = how we feel when we've had enough.

When you've had enough, you may Wannadie.

The 5th vowel is U. The third note on the scale is Mi.

Wannadies - You & Me Song

7. Genius hits the Irish Cream... and sets the turntables spinning.

Ray Charles was the Genius.

Bailey's make the Irish Cream.

Corinne Bailey-Rae - Put Your Records On

6. Pop's very dull boss begs for an extension.

Iggy Pop sang about The Chairman of the Bored.

Chairman of the Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time

5. Rambler in the Antarctic. O!

Captain Scott of the Antarctic.

Ramblers walk.

Jackie O!

Scott Walker - Jackie

4. A potato king throws a party in Barnet. We loathe ourselves for attending.

King Edwards are potatoes.

A party is a ball.

Barnet includes Mill Hill.

(Fool blows his chance for a date with Anna Friel in the video.)

Edward Ball - The Mill Hill Self-Hate Club

3. Barbie's perfect man joins Johnny on the late show to celebrate juggernauts.

Barbie's perfect man was the Ken doll.

Johnny Carson did the Late Show.

Kendel Carson - I Like Trucks (Big Trucks)

2. So angry, he kills giants and presidents with a perfect simile.

David killed Goliath.

Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK.

They were both full of wrath.

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Yes his version of California Girls was duff, but I always liked this one - bought it on 7" too!

1. Brian's on the fence about wild horses in a Field.

Brian Wilson on a Pickett Fence...

Wild horses can be Mustangs.

Sally Field.

Easy when you know how, eh?

(Yeah, he does look like Eddie Murphy there.)



More in June.