Songs of Phrase

Originally called Cross Words, but renamed Songs of Phrase after a listener's suggestion, this was a competition that was used in place of Rockbusters when Ricky and Steve got too sick of it. It ran for a few weeks in 2003, but Rockbusters couldn't be kept away.

Basically, Karl would take a well-used phrase from the show, e.g. "There's this Hairy Chinese Kid" or "You never see an old man eating a Twix", and form it by splicing together bits of various songs. This came unstuck slightly when he couldn't find a song with "twix" in it, so he had to substitute it for "Mars Bar".

Listeners had to name the artists used in the phrase, which were sometimes as many as 6 or 7, to win the usual tat. It was one of the harder competitions, and often people would win without getting all the answers.

Complete list of phrases used:

1. "There's this hairy Chinese kid." 15 March 2003
2. "You never see an old man eat a Mars Bar." 22 March 2003
3. "Me Auntie had wind for five minutes." 29 March 2003
4. "Me neighbour had horse in her house." 5 April 2003
5. "The Elephant Man's me favourite film." 12 April 2003
6. "No more Cheeky Freak Of The Week." 12 July 2003
7. "Daddy never gonna stop robbin' from telephone box." 19 July 2003
8. "Tell me why don't they play the game of swingball?" 26 July 2003
9. "I know you're just 16, but looking all of 21. That's because Chinese look older." 3 August 2003
10. "Galileo, don't talk to me about science. Please make me television." 9 August 2003
11. "Me girlfriend had a problem with her marrow." 6 December 2003