# 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:** 1566
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31304 "2014-11-18T18:26:48Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project 10 Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31305 "2014-11-18T18:36:11Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project 10. Van Halen 11. Rolling Stones ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31306 "2014-11-18T18:44:27Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project 10. Van Halen 11. Rolling Stones 12. Journey ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31307 "2014-11-18T19:26:27Z")
1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project 10. Van Halen 11. Rolling Stones 12. Journey 13. The Who Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31308 "2014-11-18T19:45:12Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31309 "2014-11-18T19:50:22Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31310 "2014-11-18T19:56:06Z")
Bands formed in/before 1979 who still perform with 1 or more original member 1. Kansas 2. ZZ Top 3. Chilliwack 4. Rush 5. U2 (Formed in 1976 and still have all 4 original members) 6. Cheap Trick 7. Golden Earring 8. Los Lobos 9. Alan Parsons Project 10. Van Halen 11. Rolling Stones 12. Aerosmith ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31311 "2014-11-18T20:11:46Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31312 "2014-11-18T20:16:07Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31313 "2014-11-18T20:33:49Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31314 "2014-11-18T21:05:29Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31315 "2014-11-18T21:28:01Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx After a six-minute-plus song about angels and sailing away, it ends on the throwaway line “I thought that they were angels/But to my surprise/They climbed aboard their starship/And headed for the skies.” I’m not saying they were aliens…but they were aliens. [/George Tsoukalos] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31316 "2014-11-18T21:31:24Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx 9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds (a musical retelling of Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Sentinel,” the story that inspired the movie _ **2001: A Space Odyssey** _) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31317 "2014-11-18T22:28:25Z")
1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx 9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds 10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31318 "2014-11-18T22:28:57Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx 9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds 10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown 11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31319 "2014-11-18T22:58:13Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx 9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds 10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown 11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd 12. “A Spaceman Came Travelling” by Chris de Burgh ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31320 "2014-11-18T23:02:54Z")
Songs about aliens 1. “Planet Claire”, B-52’s (just shuffled randomly on my music player here) 2. “Mission (A New World Record)”, Electric Light Orchestra 3. “The Purple People Eater” by Halloween 4. “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)” by Blue Öyster Cult 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by the Carpenters 6. “A UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto” - Ry Cooder 7. “Starman” by David Bowie 8. “Come Sail Away” by Styx 9. “Space Odyssey” by the Byrds 10. “Earth Girls Are Easy” by Julie Brown 11. “Let There Be More Light,” Pink Floyd 12. “A Spaceman Came Travelling” by Chris de Burgh 13. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work 1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called _Rocinante_, referencing _Don Quixote_) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31321 "2014-11-18T23:22:45Z")
Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work 1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote) 2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31322 "2014-11-18T23:28:19Z")
Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work 1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote) 2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work) 3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book _Lolita_) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31323 "2014-11-18T23:41:14Z")
Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work 1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote) 2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work) 3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita) 4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1565) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1567)