Weird Fishes by Radiohead.
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Ice-T
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Flashlight by Parliament.
Engelbert Humperdinck
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I don’t like to think about that.
Alison Steadman
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The Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
John Bishop
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If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
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