First, K9 to get his own series and it’s not being done by the BBC, which is interesting.
Second, the answers to last time’s quiz:
- ‘Guitar Thing’ was ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, as played by Jimi Hendrix and originally by the Beatles.
- ‘Swoopy guitar thing’ was ‘Killer Robots From Venus’, The Arrogant Worms
- ‘Twangy Thing’ was ‘Cats in the Cradle’, Ugly Kid Joe
- ‘People noisy and piano thing’ was ‘Remake, Re-Model’ by Roxy Music
- ‘Dull thumpy thing’ was ‘Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)’ by Eurythmics
- ‘Three chords thing’ was really four chords, and was ‘Crap Shag’ by Mitch Benn
- ‘Stringy whistly thing’ was ‘Gentlemen Who Fell’ by Milla Jovovich
- ‘Twiddly guitar thing’ was ‘Tell Her Tonight’ by Franz Ferdinand
- ‘Tarzan grunty thing’ was ‘Alley Oop’ by the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band
- ‘Baa baa black sheep thing’ was ‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’, by The Divine Comedy
- ‘Built up thing’ was ‘My Culture’ by One Giant Leap
- ‘Synthy droppy thing’ was “Singin’ in the Rain”, originally by Nacio Herb Brown, sung here by Jamie Cullum
- ‘Pretend trumptety thing’ was “You are the light” by Jens Lekman
- ‘Crashy guitar thing’ was “Stockholme Syndrome” by Muse
- ‘Ahhh-ahh-ah thing’ was “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” Sung here by Chantal Kreviazuk
- ‘Really obvious short guitar thing’ was ‘Californication’ by the Red Hot Chilli-peppers
- ‘Closing fuzz and drumy guitar thing’ was Billy Joel, Sleeping With The Television On
- ‘Guitar thing that I need a better description for’ was Rotterdam, by The Beautiful South
- ‘Almost backwards guitar thing’ was ‘Victoria Falls’, again by the Divine Comedy
- ‘Twangy country guitar thing’ was ‘Rough & Ready’ by Trace Atkins
- “Build up pop song thing” was Charmless Man, Blur
- ‘Folk song rock song thing’ was The Folksmen, Start Me Up, covering Rolling Stones
- ‘It might be a violin solo’ was Kiss Me, Son Of God, by They Might Be Giants
- ‘Live electric guitar thing’ was “Sister Golden Hair” by America
- ‘Bastard drum machine thing’ was “For What Its Worth” by Battlestar America. It’s a rewriting, rather than a direct cover, of Buffalo Springfield
- ‘Twangy pop song that is almost cheating thing’ was Alternative Girlfriend, Barenaked Ladies.
- ‘Foolish Bonus Thing’ was Lovefool, covered by Michael Gum (More of his music here )