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Terrence Chant
30-09-2016
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Chippy Tea • Lancashire Hotpots

A carpenter is often colloquially called a 'chippy'
Multimedia81
03-10-2016
Chippy Tea • Lancashire Hotpots
Live in Trouble ~ Barron Knights

The latter song included the lyric about a chippie Long ago, outside a chip shop in Walthamstow
Terrence Chant
03-10-2016
Live in Trouble ~ Barron Knights
Angelo • Brotherhood Of Man

the latter was the song it spoofed, he says showing his age!
Multimedia81
06-10-2016
Angelo • Brotherhood Of Man
Angels ~ Robbie Williams

Same title up until the final letter.

Just a thought. Angels is apparently a popular song at weddings. It would be funny if at a future wedding Angelo was played instead of Angels in error.
Terrence Chant
06-10-2016
Angels • Robbie Williams
I Will Always Love You • Whitney Houston

funny you should mention that - in the sitcom Roger Roger, in a funeral scene, the theme from Minder was accidentally played instead of IWALY from The Bodyguard 😂😂
Multimedia81
09-10-2016
I Will Always Love You • Whitney Houston
I Should Be So Lucky ~ Kylie Minogue

The former song was toppled from the no 1 spot on St Valentine's Day, which 5 years earlier was when the latter song reached no 1.
Terrence Chant
10-10-2016
I Should Be So Lucky ~ Kylie Minogue
Dr Robinson • Monochrome Set

Kylie of course was one of the Robinson clan in Neighbours, which you may have watched on a black and white 📺
Multimedia81
11-10-2016
Dr Robinson • Monochrome Set
The Snake ~ Al Wilson

Another Monochrome Set song was Jacob's Ladder. So, this link could just about resemble Snakes & Ladders.
Terrence Chant
12-10-2016
The Snake • Al Wilson
I Wanna Be Adored • Stone Roses

I remember reading in an interview once how Badly Drawn Boy once swapped his copy of the Stone Roses debut album for the Al Wilson single
geniejean
22-10-2016
I Wanna Be Adored • Stone Roses
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles

I Wanna Be Adored was the first track on The Stone Roses self-titled debut album
Black Velvet was the first single on Alannah Myles's self-titled debut album
Both albums were released in 1989
Multimedia81
23-10-2016
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Haitian Divorce ~ Steely Dan

There was a Velvet Divorce for Czechoslovakia between the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
Terrence Chant
25-10-2016
Haitian Divorce ~ Steely Dan
Crazy To Exist • Josef K

Both band names taken from literature - William Burroughs The Naked Lunch and Kafka's The Trial respectively
geniejean
30-10-2016
Crazy To Exist • Josef K
Frozen Orange Juice - Peter Sarstedt


After Josef K folded, Malcolm Ross joined the group Orange Juice
Terrence Chant
31-10-2016
Frozen Orange Juice • Peter Sarstedt
Marlene On The Wall • Suzanne Vega

Dietrich is namechecked in the opening line of PS's biggest song, Where Do You Go To My Lovely?
eugenespeed
01-11-2016
Marlene On The Wall • Suzanne Vega
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd

Both song titles contain the words "The Wall".
Terrence Chant
01-11-2016
Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
Brass In Pocket • Pretenders

The former was the last number one of the 70's, the latter the first after PF in the 80's
geniejean
01-11-2016
Brass In Pocket • Pretenders
Just Like Heaven - The Cure

Kelis covered Brass in Pocket for the soundtrack to the film Just Like Heaven
eugenespeed
01-11-2016
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory

Both song titles contain the words "Like Heaven".
Multimedia81
01-11-2016
Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
Never-Ending Story ~ Limahl

The same year, 1984, we had Fiction in the group name then a song about fiction.
Terrence Chant
02-11-2016
Never-Ending Story ~ Limahl
Dan Abnormal - Elastica

Link: anagrams. Limahl is an anagram of his (Chris') real surname, Hamill, whilst Justine Frischmann, the Elastica frontwoman, used to go out with Damon Albarn, an anagram of the latter title.
Multimedia81
04-11-2016
Dan Abnormal - Elastica
Why Did You Do It? ~ Stretch

I'm Stretch-ing Elastica here.
Terrence Chant
05-11-2016


Why did you do it - Stretch
Smurfs In Prison • Barron Knights

A 'stretch' can also be a term in prison - plus I often wondered why the Barron Knights did a lot of their songs
eugenespeed
05-11-2016
No one would listen to that song TC

Smurfs In Prison • Barron Knights
The Beer Olympics - The Lancashire Hotpots

An Olympic connection as Barron Knights had a 1968 single called The Olympic Song. Also, both are British Comedy bands.

(NB: Due to a copyright complaint from the IOC, the latter is now known as The Beer "International Non-Profit, Sporting Quad Yearly Event". This is actually a true story)
geniejean
05-11-2016
The Beer Olympics - The Lancashire Hotpots
St Helens - London Underground

The Lancashire Hotpots hail from St Helens
Multimedia81
06-11-2016
St Helens - London Underground
Going Down to Liverpool ~ the Bangles

It's what a lot of people from St Helens find themselves doing on a Saturday afternoon.
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