Snapshots #274: A Top Ten Law Songs

Two TV lawyers have opened proceedings this weekend. Raymond Burr's Perry Mason yesterday and Harry Hamlin from LA Law today. I would have preferred a photo of his colleague, Susan Dey, but I couldn't find a shot of her with a camera. And I spent a long time looking...

Here's ten songs about the law.

10. Close range.

Point Blank - That's The Law

9. The Blair Wife Project.

Tony "War Criminal" Blair was called Cherie.

Cheri - Murphy's Law

8. The Bump... and grind.

Kenny sang about The Bump. Work out the rest yourself.

Kenny Rogers - Long Arm Of The Law

7. Mouse + Lemon Drops.

Mighty Mouse + The Mighty Lemon Drops...

Mighty Mighty - Law

6. Band you don't want to receive in the mail.

Remember when people were sending anthrax in the mail? I'm expecting some myself if I don't cut down my hedge.

Anthrax - I Am The Law

5. English captain's team.

Harry Kane is the England Captain. Look at me with the football!

The Kane Gang - Gun Law

4. Under Boris, life began.

Life begins at 40, not UB.

UB40 - The Day I Broke The Law

3. Belly fur / Boob fur.

Anagram!

The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law 

2. Filly of fish.

A filly is a horse. Fish live in the sea. Seahorses are fish.

The Seahorses - Love Is The Law

1. Leave no trace. Hide your face.

Lyrics. From Temptation by Heaven 17.

The law decrees more Snapshots next Saturday.

My Top Ten Songs Everybody Knows

Ten songs everybody knows. You might not know them all.

Everybody knows that Sonia is not in this list...


10. The Dixie Chicks - Everybody Knows

New Dixie Chicks album out soon. I hope they stick it to Trump the same way they stuck it to Bush.

9. Echo & The Bunnymen - Everybody Knows

Late period Bunnymen, but still worth a listen.

8. The Pearlfishers - Everybody Knows It's A Dream

Like Prefab Sprout? You'll like the Pearlfishers too. Everybody should know this.

7. Janis Ian - Everybody Knows

Everybody knows loneliness sucks.

6. Mighty Mighty - Everybody Knows The Monkey

 A Smithsy jangle from C86.

5. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Timeless Neil.

4. James - Everybody Knows

From back when James could do no wrong.

3. Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows

One of those songs that could be applied to many, many situations over the years. Let's apply it to Brexit today, shall we?

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows

2. The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows

Neil Hannon is so smitten that he's boring everybody to death with his lustful obsession. Brilliant.

I told all of my friends
Again and again and again
I drove them round the bend
So now you’re my only friend
I told the passers by
I made a small boy cry
And I’ll get through to you
If it’s the last thing that I do

1. Gary Portnoy - Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Cheers was my favourite sitcom growing up. Its theme song, written by Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart Angelo still brings back warm memories from its first piano notes. Certain sitcoms succeed by fostering a mythical community everyone wants to be a part of: reminiscent yet far superior to our real life friendships. Cheers, for me, is the ultimate example of that and even its theme song contributes to the myth.



Everybody knows I missed some out. Which would you have included?