In what must be a first for Readers Recommend, this week’s guru, DarceysDad, following the theme of the topic, has turned his playlist into a playful process of proactive discovery. What a devious fellow! Here he reveals the artists for his choices, and why he chose them, but also offers the chance for you to do it for yourself! So for now the song titles are left out. Why? They are all hidden in the word search grid above, alongside titles from his B-list and a couple of hidden extras. Words can go in any direction up, down, sideways or diagonally, but do not turn any corners.
Are you up to the challenge? The other way of doing it is to cheat and look at the YouTube playlist below. Or you could listen to the playlist while searching on the word grid. All the answers revealed later. Either way, have fun and just do it!
James Brown –
The Godfather of Soul makes you an offer you can’t refuse!
Snarky Puppy –
A good many instructions from a band with a good many members.
Glen Hansard –
Wow! Hear that tremble in the voice? An impassioned imperative.
GusGus –
What a perfect command to a RR list compiler!
Thunderheist –
I should hate this, but she’s so insistent!
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip –
People will do anything for you if it makes them feel good. The humour drew me in, but then … Blam! What a last line mental boobytrap that is.
The Pipkins –
An earworm par excellence of forty years standing. I’m already finding that singing those words instead of speaking them has crept back into my (mostly ignored) ultimata with my tech-addicted daughters.
The Full English –
I’ll admit it: I knew the name, but had never listened to them until this week. My mistake, obviously.
Faith No More –
This exchange between happyclapper and Nepthsolem made me snort coffee over my keyboard with laughter.
Pink Fairies –
Is this what Judas Priest sounded like played backwards?
The Plasmatics –
I was in my mid-teens when Wendy O Williams was duct tape’s most infamous customer. Stop? Not a chance.
George Thorogood & the Destroyers –
A DsD fave. I admit this was a nailed-on pick as soon as I saw it nominated.
