# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1361
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27204 "2014-07-04T02:50:58Z")
Favorite Pieces Of Classical Music 1. Bach’s Little Fugue in G 2. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata 3. Orff, Carmina Burana 4. Brahms’s Lullaby 5. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture 6. Mass for Four Voices, William Byrd 7. Serenade #13 For Strings in G Major (AKA Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) W.A. Mozart 8. Media Vita, John Shephard 9. Saint Saens’ Danse Macabre 10. Rimsky-Korsakov, “Russian Easter Overture” 11. Great Fugue in G-Minor, JS Bach (not a big fan of the fantasia, but the fugue is awesome. BWV 542.) 12. Symphony #9 (aka The New World Symphony) by Antonin Dvorak 13. Piano Concerto #23, WA Mozart. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BMYjGkgzinU/hqdefault.jpg "Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 [complete]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMYjGkgzinU) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27205 "2014-07-04T02:52:04Z")
New topic: A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in Back to the Future. 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West (For purposes of this list, assume you have the chops and voice to do your song.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27206 "2014-07-04T02:54:45Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zgadFw8ISaE/maxresdefault.jpg "Usher Scream Official Video HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgadFw8ISaE) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27207 "2014-07-04T03:32:05Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVc5-W2uZV0) ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27208 "2014-07-04T03:36:24Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27209 "2014-07-04T03:38:34Z")
Is there a cut off year? Like 1985 when the movie was made? Otherwise were going into the future. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27210 "2014-07-04T03:42:30Z")
In the film, Marty goes back to November 1955, so any song post-1955, including post-1985 songs. Don’t fight the hypothetical! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27211 "2014-07-04T03:43:35Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is there a cut off year? Like 1985 when the movie was made? Otherwise were going into the future. Taking the whole series into account, I’d say anything from 2015 or earlier is okay. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27212 "2014-07-04T03:55:39Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27213 "2014-07-04T04:04:36Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27214 "2014-07-04T04:12:12Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Should be enough of a jaw dropper, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27215 "2014-07-04T04:44:03Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin Not even that huge a Zep fan, I just think that would blow people’s minds. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27216 "2014-07-04T04:50:57Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin 9. School’s Out, Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27217 "2014-07-04T05:04:07Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin 9. School’s Out, Alice Cooper 10. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27218 "2014-07-04T12:15:25Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin 9. School’s Out, Alice Cooper 10. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 11. Iron Man - Black Sabbath ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27219 "2014-07-04T13:13:28Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin 9. School’s Out, Alice Cooper 10. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 11. Iron Man - Black Sabbath 12. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27220 "2014-07-04T13:21:37Z")
A song from the future that you would have played were you Marty Mcfly in “Back to the Future.” 1. Gold Digger, Kanye West 2. Scream, Usher 3. Serenity Painted Death - Opeth 4. Yesterday - The Beatles 5. In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans 6. Billy Jean - Michael Jackson 7. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 8. The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin 9. School’s Out, Alice Cooper 10. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 11. Iron Man - Black Sabbath 12. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 13. Pac-Man Fever, Buckner and Garcia _I’d bring a Pac-Man arcade game too, just so they got the full experience._ Next: **Musical acts/bands named for a member other than the lead singer** 1. Van Halen (guitarist, drummer) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27221 "2014-07-04T14:24:28Z")
Next: Musical acts/bands named for a member other than the lead singer 1. Van Halen (guitarist, drummer) 2. Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, drummer; bassist John McVie) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27222 "2014-07-04T14:31:28Z")
Next: **Musical acts/bands named for a member other than the lead singer** 1. Van Halen (guitarist, drummer, bassist) 2. Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, drummer; bassist John McVie) 3. Montrose (guitarist) ETA : added Wolfgang Van Halen to #1 on bass. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27223 "2014-07-04T15:04:48Z")
Musical acts/bands named for a member other than the lead singer 1. Van Halen (guitarist, drummer, bassist) 2. Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, drummer; bassist John McVie) 3. Montrose (guitarist) 4. J. Geils Band (guitarist) _Thanks for the Wolfie help. Huh, it just now occurs to me that Sammy Hagar spent significant time as the frontman of two bands named for someone else._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1360) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1362)