V2 - C 5 & 6

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
5 – I Wanna Be Free	The Monkees	The Monkees
6 - (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone	Sex Pistols	-

Both songs were originally by The Monkees and written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who wrote most of the songs for the Monkees.

V2 - Connection 17 & 18

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
17 - Refugee	Melissa Etheridge	David Crosby
18 – Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	-

Melissa Etheridge and her ex-partner, Julie Cypher, had two children via sperms donoted by David Crosby. David Crosby, of course, was one of the Byrds.

In an interview in 2005, Etheridge said she and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, who held a commitment ceremony in September 2003, are considering having a baby. She said, "We won't be using my friend, .......David has been there and done that."

V2 - Connection 18 & 19

In Volume 1, no one got the connection between Rod Stewart's "Girl From The North Country" and The Pretenders' "Forever Young" - they are both originally by Bob Dylan. So, there is this easy connection between Songs 18 & 19 - and everyone got it!!!

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
18 – Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	Bob Dylan
19 – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door	Guns N’ Roses	-

V2 - Connection 11 & 12

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
11 – Romeo & Juliet	Dire Straits	Shakespeare
12 - Ophelia	Natalie Merchant	-

Notes: Ophelia is the love interest of Hamlet in Hamlet. At the end, she loses her sanity, and falls into a stream while collecting flowers. She drowns without attempting to save herself.

V2 - Connection 6 & 7

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
6 - (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone	Sex Pistols	Johnny Rotten
7 – Hey Hey My My	Neil Young	-

Note: The year Elvis Presley died and punk was getting stronger in the music scene, Neil sang "The King is gone but is not forgotten; this is the story of the Johnny Rotten (lead singer in Sex Pistols) ...."

Score Update: Laurie has climbed to the top with 84 points. Fi/Mare are following closely with 82 points. And Mick is stuck at 78 points.

V2 - Connection 14 & 15

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
14 – Thunder Road	Bruce Springsteen	Roy Orbison
15 - Only The Lonely	Roy Orbison	-

The vocal sound of Springsteen's Thunder Road was inspired by Roy Orbison. Springsteen pays homage to him with the line: "The radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely," a reference to Orbison's 1960 hit, "Only The Lonely."

(But Springsteen was never a member of the Traveling Wilburys.)

V2 - Connection 15 & 16

Both Roy Orbison and Tom Petty were part of the Traveling Wilburys formed in 1988.

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
15 - Only The Lonely	Roy Orbison	Traveling Wilburys
16 - Breakdown	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Tom Petty

V2 - Connection 1 & 2

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
1 - Luka	Suzanne Vega	Suzanne
2 - Suzanne	Leonard Cohen	-

Score Update: Fiona/Mary is leading with 81 points. Mick is in 2nd place with 78 points; and Laurie following with 68.

V2 - Connection 8 & 9

Nivirna is referenced in 1985 (most probably a good trivia in future years to come: "Who sings the one-hit wonder 1985?").

Song	Artist	Connection To The Next Song
8 – Smell like Teen Spirits	Nivirna	Nivirna
9 - 1985	Bowling For Soup	-

In his pre-Courtney Love days, Cobain went out with Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail. Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of Bikini Kill, gave Cobain the idea for the title when she spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his bedroom wall after a night of drinking. Vail wore Teen Spirit deodorant, and Hanna was implying that Cobain was marked with her scent.

There was a submission on Song 8 - Smell like Team Spirits! No point was granted on that trial.