Mondegreens - the answers

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We've had some good efforts - you guys have done well. Here are the answers:

1. Excuse me, while I kiss this guy
Excuse me, while I kiss the sky
(Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze")

2. Are you going to starve an old bear?
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
(Simon & Garfunkel, "Scarborough Fair")

3. I got no towel, I hung it up again, you're ne-ever gonna keep me towel
I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're ne-ever gonna keep me down
(Chumbawumba, "Tubthumping")

4. There's a bathroom on the right
There's a bad moon on the rise
(Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising")

5. You've been outright offensive
You've been out riding fences
(The Eagles "Desperado")

6. Shamu the mysterious whale
She moves in mysterious ways
(U2 "Mysterious Ways")

7. Thirty thieves and the thunder chief
Dirty Deeds and they're done dirt cheap
(AC/DC "Dirty Deeds")

8. Tape it to a biscuit
Takin' care of business
(Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Takin Care Of Business")

9. Big girl, small fry
Big girls don't cry
(Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, "Big Girls Don't Cry")

10. Pick out Jed from the line-up
Big old jet airliner
(Steve Miller Band)