off the top of my head...i can only get # 5. Tom Sawyer by Rush. Great tune, taught me how to really play the drums. i'll have to ruminate on the other four.

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Ian MacLean
http://www.imfit.ca
Success comes when fear of failure goes

#1 is stairway to heaven. That's all I gots.

Ahem,

1. Led Zepplin, Stairway to Heaven
2. Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Grateful Dead, Touch of Grey
4. Janis Joplin, Me Bobby McGee
5. Rush, Tom Sawyer

#2 Bohemian Rapsody - Queen

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Wilfried Heinle

Artificial Intelligence can never beat natural stupidity.

#2 Bohemian Rhapsody

#4= Me and Bobbie Magee

1 has already been answered, 2 is "bohemian rhapsody" by queen

i've got nothing else

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http://www.theninjadon.blogspot.com

"The bicycle riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun. They did not take the race seriously except among themselves." -- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

1. "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold..." Stairway to Heaven (Zep)
2. "Is this the real life..." Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
3. "Must be getting early, clocks are running late..." Touch of Grey (Grateful Dead)
4. "Busted flat in baton rouge, waiting for a train..." Me and Bobby McGee (Joplin)
5. "A modern-day warrior
   Mean mean stride..." Tom Sawyer (Rush)

I've got 1. and 4. for sure, but since I don't have the others...I won't list the titles. The group from 1. may also be described as a blimp that is definitely not Aluminum. 4. was made popular by a Texan from the Beaumont/Port Arthur area of Texas and played at Threadgills in Austin, TX. It is written, however, by one of the Highwaymen who's initials are KK. 5. just came to me and the group might be described as 'in a hurry'. I'm close on 2., but don't have it yet.

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Brandon Marsh - Website | @BrandonMarshTX | RokaSports | 1stEndurance | ATC Bikeshop |

1. Stairway to heaven - Zep

2. not sure of title maybe that is it - Queen

5. Tom Sawyer - Rush

The others I could cheat but don't know

damn, you guys are fast!

1. Stairway to Heaven

2. Bohemian Rhapsody

3. Touch of Grey

4. Me & Bobby McGee (had to look this one up!)

5. Tom Sawyer

1. stairway to heaven - Led Zep

2. Bohemian Raspody - Queen

3. Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead

4. Me & Bobby Mcgee - Janis Jolin

5. Tom Sawyer - Rush

Thank you. Thank you.

I can use all the happy thoughts I can get.

Thanks for the earworms!!!

"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack ..."

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

congratulations

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I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'

Man...you guys/girls are good! So fast.

I will do up another one later on with some classsics that are more difficult.

I am impressed.

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Adrian in Vancouver

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack ...

Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime.



Who knows who wrote "Me & Bobby McGee"

Actually, I believe Bobby McGee was a Kris Kristofferson song. Although Janis did one of the best versions of it. I do believe in spirit of the contest all the others were sung and written by the the listed preformers. .25 deduction for not knowing that. As you could also say that Bobby Mcgee was a Grateful Dead song as they often used it on tour. Yes I did have a misspent youth, that has been a long strange trip. Aloha G

Right. I think he actually wrote it with the intention that she'd sing it, but I could be wrong.

this is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife!

I hope so, otherwise I think Mr. Kristofferson may have had some gender identification problems.

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

What he said

I just googled the original Kris Kristofferson lyrics. Perhaps its a man singing about a woman.

Busted flat in baton rouge, headin’ for the trains,
Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
Took us all the way to new orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin’ sad while bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin’ time and
Bobby clappin’ hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,
And nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free,
Feelin’ good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my bobby mcgee.

From the coalmines of kentucky to the california sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,
Standin’ right beside me through everythin’ I done,
And every night she kept me from the cold.
The somewhere near salinas, lord, I let her slip away,
She was lookin’ for the love I hope she’ll find,
Well I’d trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin’ bobby’s body close to mine.

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,
And nothin’ left was all she left to me,
Feelin’ good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and bobby mcgee.