The Week contest: Dylan's millions
This week's question: Bob Dylan has sold his entire catalog of over 600 songs to Universal Music Publishing Group for an estimated $300 million. If the former counterculture legend were to write a new song about this deal and his now substantially larger bank balance, what should the track be titled?
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THE WINNER: "The Times They Are Ka-Chingin'"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
SECOND PLACE: "Tangled Up in Green"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
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THIRD PLACE: "Positively Wall Street"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
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Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
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Steve Brown, Biltmore Lake, North Carolina
"Pay Lady Pay"
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"Don't Think Twice, Sold the Rights"
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
"House of the Rising Sum"
Don Drissel, Seal Beach, California
"Don't Think Twice, My Bank Account's All Right"
Lou Franzini, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
"The Balance, It Is a-Changin'"
Jeff Marder, Los Angeles
"Mr. Tambourine Mammon"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
"Idiot Windfall"
Brian Easler, Moore, South Carolina
"Like a Rolling 401k"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Bonds on Bonds"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
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