Name That Tune, Game Forty-Five

The Rules:

• MAXIMUM THREE GUESSES between updates of the list, to give everyone a chance to play. An update of the list is when I post the entire list of correct guesses with the words “OFFICIAL UPDATE.” “Guess” is officially defined as “attempting to identify any one song.” Therefore, one comment that lists three songs counts as three guesses.
• While I’m not going to be a stickler for spelling and punctuation, you must guess the correct musician and song title to a close approximation.

How the game is played: I have uploaded twenty-five very brief song clips. Please bear in mind that both my record collection and knowledge of music are probably 5% of that of Scraps’, so these quizzes won’t be nearly as comprehensive – or even hit-based – as his were. I will use mostly well-known songs, but I reserve the right to use something obscure if it suits my needs, like it does this week. Live versions and covers are also fair game, though I will stay away from remixes, because that’s just mean.

There is a puzzle this week, and the songs in the game will offer a (painfully obvious) clue as to the puzzle song’s identity.

And here are the clips:

1. clip 1
2. clip 2
3. clip 3
4. clip 4
5. clip 5
6. clip 6
7. clip 7
8. clip 8
9. clip 9
10. clip 10
11. clip 11
12. clip 12
13. clip 13
14. clip 14
15. clip 15
16. clip 16
17. clip 17
18. clip 18
19. clip 19
20. clip 20
21. clip 21
22. clip 22
23. clip 23
24. clip 24
25. clip 25

Lastly, here’s the puzzle song:
Puzzle Song

I suggest subscribing to the comments on the post to more easily follow the progress of the game. Remember — please! — NO MORE THAN THREE GUESSES between updates of the list. Have fun!