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Day 6 | Mar 9, 2013 | 9:12

Roadrunner vs Dream On: Massachusetts state song showdown

When Joyce Linehan wanted to make the song "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers the state song of Massachusetts, she took it all the way to state representative Martin Walsh who filed a bill to make it official. But days later, a competing bill was put forward supporting Aerosmith's "Dream On". State Representatives Martin "Roadrunner" Walsh and Jim "Dream On" Cantwell debate which song deserves the official state song title.

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