Snapshots #372: A Top Twelve Songs About Different Fabrics

Welcome, all you Material Girls and Boys to a list of songs about fabrics. Lou Reed graced our opening shot yesterday with his Velvet Underground... and today, we have Brett Anderson from Suede.

Here are twelve songs that fit the theme...

12. Can you a Ford to drive these guys around?

The Courteeners - Acrylic

11. Seen in disgusting August.

GusGus - Polyesterday

10. Goes with Marie and a Spanish Bandit.

Donny goes with Marie. A Spanish bandit would be El-Burt Reynolds.

Donnie Elbert - Little Piece Of Leather

9. Pestered by Society.

To pester is to bug. A society might also be a club.

The Bug Club - Cheap Linen

8. Wrote a diary about being a baptist.

Bridget (Jones) wrote a diary. St. John was a baptist.

Bridget St. John - Curious & Woolly

7. Hopefully nobody will think this week's Snapshots features a crap link. Er...

"Crap link. Er" was an anagram...

Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes

6. They don't know their ass from a hole in the ground.

So said Randy Newman, anyway.

Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

I apologise for that. It's the last thing anyone wants to hear on a Sunday morning.

5. Weller's necklace.

Pearl Jam - Corduroy

4. Like flour, and drawing papers.

Plain and white.

White Plains - Taffeta Rose

3. Fresh.

A very Fresh(-faced young) Prince.

Prince - Pink Cashmere

2. Would you like some insects mixed into your Kiev?

Mix together the letters in "insects" and "Kiev" until it gives you...

Stevie Nicks - Leather & Lace

Or you could have had...

Stevie Nicks - Blue Denim 

1. Where the police go to get pissed.

The Bobbies go to Vin-ton.

Amazingly, this is the first time he's appeared here...

Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet

More next Saturday.

Snapshots #323: A Top Twelve Small Town Songs

This is Karen Fairchild, from Alabama country group Little Big Town. I don't just throw this thing together, you know. I spend at least five minutes thinking about it.

Anyway, here are a bunch of small town songs... with very big tunes.

12. Chatty boss gets too close to the fire.

The chatty boss is a Talking Head. He's also a Byrne victim.

David Byrne - Tiny Town

11. Self-confessed bitch.

Hey, I'm only quoting Meredith herself.

Meredith Brooks - My Little Town

10. Kept in an ample jar.

Anagram!

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

9. Cheering on the dregs of society.

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes

8. Sounds like a bucket that needs more sun.

A pail that's too pale...

The Pale - Small Town

7. The king goes Bare.

King Charles meets Bobby Bare...

Bobby Charles - Small Town Talk

6. I'm only dancing, but I'd like to get to know you well.

John, I'm Only Dancing... with Howard Jones.

John Howard - Small Town, Big Adventures

5. Swell Maps' second.

The second album by indie darlings Swell Maps was called Jane From Occupied Europe. In 1990, a short-lived band from Salisbury took that as their own...

Jane From Occupied Europe - Little Valley Town

4. Sad chimes.

The Bluebells - Small Town Martyr

3. Charles Weedon Westover did a lot of running back in the day.

He was a Runaway. He chased after Runaround Sue (though Dion beat him to her). Then he came Runnin; On Back. And his real name was Charles Weedon Westover.

Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt

2. She was the only thing not on sale.

You could buy Everything But The Girl.

Tracey Thorn - Small Town Girl 

1. Formerly a middle-aged woman who likes to chase after younger men.

He used to be a Cougar.

John Mellencamp - Small Town

SPECIAL FESTIVE BONUS SONG!

Frank Sinatra - O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Willie Nelson - O Little Town of Bethlehem

Elvis Presley - O Little Town of Bethlehem

Mark Kozelek - O Little Town of Bethlehem

If you ask me, it's still too early for Christmas songs. But maybe next week...

Of course, this week's real Number One song should have been the one below. My brain wasn't working though, and all the searches I did for "Small Town" songs failed to remind me of the "Smalltown" songs. Rookie mistake.

Saturday Snapshots #97 - The Answers

Clue #7 this week features the gentleman above. His name isn't Jeremy, though unlike some of his contemporaries, he is still Alive. He's a Better Man than most, but even he struggled with some of this week's answers...

Well done to Rigid Digit for a clear victory this week.


10. Adele, formerly Hart, gets mixed up with a flex.

"Adele, formerly Hart" is an anagram.

So is a flex.

Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

Obliterated by the Crazy Frog.

9. Future Queen grinds teeth over basic make-up.

Future Queen is Kate. Nashing her teeth over her make-up.

Kate Nash - Foundations

8. Ghost found in cuddly toys - the answer was written on a gravestone.

There's a Spector in the Teddy Bears (Phil).

As Lynchie points out, apparently the title came from his father's gravestone.

The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him

7. Oyster sauce? Not dead.

Pearl Jam - Alive

6. Astaire finds matrimony - but still keeps dancing, despite his age.

Fred in Wedlock?

Fred Wedlock - The Oldest Swinger In Town

What does it say about Charity Chic that he was first out of the traps with this one?

5. Soaring temperatures lead to late jive.

Heatwave - Boogie Nights

4. Don't buy a puppy from these lads - it's against the law!

Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin

3. Rely on the endless highway, without Romeo.

Rely - R(omeo) = Ely.

Joe Ely - The Road Goes On Forever

Been listening to a fair bit of Joe Ely lately, so I have to admit I'd forgotten the Robert Earl Keen version.

2. Without punch, short Tanzanian ukulele won't go home till sunrise.

Judy, without Punch.

TZ + Uke.

Judy Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn

1. Mo Farah is a hack, man.

Mo Farah is an Olympian.

Gene is a Hackman.

This is still gorgeous...



Don't get in a Black mood. Saturday Snapshots will Come Back next week...