The Week contest: Festival survivors
This week's question: A three-day festival will take place in upstate New York this summer to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. If a classic rock bond were to write a song about gray-haired, arthritic hippies trying to survive a nostalgia-driven music festival, what could the track be titled?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Enjoy the ride
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THE WINNER: "You Can't Always Get Up When You Want"
Louis Himmelstein, Novato, California
SECOND PLACE: "With a Little Help from My Depends"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
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THIRD PLACE: "Ain't No Bathroom Near Enough"
Edwin Bacher, New York City
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"(We've Got to Get Ourselves) Back to Gardening"
Erin Mistele, Peapack, New Jersey
"Over the Hill and (The Stage Is Too) Far Away"
Krista Zartman, Zionsville, Indiana
"Uncomfortably Numb"
Ujjal Kohli, Saratoga, California
"Gimme Seltzer"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"A Little Help from My Meds"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pennsylvania
"Walker This Way"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
"Antacid Queen"
Joe Valetti, San Leandro, California
"I Can't Quite Hear It Through the Grapevine"
Frank Hendricks, Stamford, Connecticut
"(My Aching) Back in Black"
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh
"Twist and Shout in Pain"
Annette Entin, North Caldwell, New Jersey
"Nights in White Support Socks"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
"Time Isn't on My Side"
John Bowen, Milwaukee
"Don't Stop Breathin'"
Thomas Mistele, Flemington, New Jersey