[Music] Pop Lyric Rhyme Picture Quiz

[Stato]

Number 10

Up The Junction

Incubator/ later

One of my all time favourite songs, particularly for the lyrics, but surely Chris you're missus wouldn't be actually giving birth in an incubator.

 

[Stato]

I think a lot could be trying but struggling, like me, lol. They're not easy.

Great concept! Is it your idea or something you've seen elsewhere?

It occurred to me as a game when driving home today listening to the Undertones. It's such a great couplet.

 

[1066familyman]

9) Number 65, 1983

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Is that Phil Parkes, the West Ham keeper in the 70's ?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Scrub that!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Is that Phil Parkes, the West Ham keeper in the 70's ?

Mervyn Day

 

[1066familyman]

It occurred to me as a game when driving home today listening to the Undertones. It's such a great couplet.

It's bloody genius! Well played!

If that bloke made a fortune from that Wordle game, you could be onto something here!

 

[1066familyman]

Mervyn Day

Ah yes, that's the one. Thanks

 

[1066familyman]

One of my all time favourite songs, particularly for the lyrics, but surely Chris you're missus wouldn't be actually giving birth in an incubator.

'The Sweeney's doing 90 'cause they've got the word to go,
To get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow.'

The lyrics throughout that song crack me up every single time.

 

[Stato]

Is that Phil Parkes, the West Ham keeper in the 70's ?

Not Phil Parkes, but he is a West Ham goalie. I almost used

 

[Is it PotG?]

Not Phil Parkes, but he is a West Ham goalie. I almost used

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[Stato]

'The Sweeney's doing 90 'cause they've got the word to go,
To get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow.'

The lyrics throughout that song crack me up every single time.

Yes, that's another great Squeeze one. He's very underrated as a lyricist.
In 'Labelled With Love' he wrote 'The postman delivers the final reminders, she sells off the silver and poodles in china'. I'd never seen a china poodle at that time and thought that 'poodles' was a verb meaning something similar to dabbles.

 

[Stato]

Mervyn Day

Nearly there. Just need to recognise the thoroughfare in the first picture.

 

[Is it PotG?]

9) Number 65, 1983

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Is it

 

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Here we are on the road to Wembley Way,
Fighting hard for our place on that day.

 

[Stato]

It's bloody genius! Well played!

If that bloke made a fortune from that Wordle game, you could be onto something here!

It probably owes something to one or more rounds off 'House of Games'.

 

[Is it PotG?]

7) Number 2, 1967

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[Is it PotG?]

8) Number 1, 1979

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[Ooh it’s a corner]

It’s brilliant Stato

if I could do the necessary pics I’d have the following:
a) last night of the proms
b) the countryside
c) Fords, Dagenham

No. 15 in 1985

 

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Not the one I intended, but you have the two words correct. In the song I was thinking of, they are the other way around.

 

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No, but that's definitely one I should have done.