# Circus-themed party music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336 "2017-08-11T14:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/21 "2017-08-11T18:28:40Z")
[URL=“[Three Dog Night - The Show Must Go On (1974) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAlzo_pqys&ab_channel=duderock48)"”] ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/22 "2017-08-11T18:37:14Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > You would have to include [Entry Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0) And also, at least one of: Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite The Billboard (March) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/23 "2017-08-11T19:04:32Z")
Richard and Linda Thompson - “The Great Valerio” ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/24 "2017-08-11T19:08:55Z")
[The Twisted Fate of Sweet Tooth the Clown](https://youtu.be/LRSopRWpKnw) [Kefka’s Theme](https://youtu.be/H0Oi3DEtvBQ); also [Dancing Mad](https://youtu.be/W06JEVZPGHk) [Reala’s Theme](https://youtu.be/LS0Wq4jf3F0) > [@notfrommensa](#): > > You would have to include [Entry Of The Gladiators - Julius Fucik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0) Can’t have EotG without [Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance](https://youtu.be/gqg3l3r_DRI) ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/25 "2017-08-11T19:45:49Z")
[Prefab Sprout - Carnival 2000](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYNJKZ9RDU) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/26 "2017-08-11T20:00:53Z")
**OMC** - _How Bizarre_ has a few lines in it about a circus poster ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/27 "2017-08-12T11:38:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Emerson Lake and Palmer: “Karn Evil 9, First Impression, Part 2” aka “Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends.” Hey, I thought of that one, too, but came here to suggest ELP’s version of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Not for everyone but parts may be right for the party. Ah, I see it’s tonight, so this is probably too late. Oh well, here are a few more: Skip James’ “Devil Got My Woman” from one of the Newport festivals. Sorry, don’t have CD on hand to check for details, but it’s NOT this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYk4MTSq6uA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYk4MTSq6uA) Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” (film version). Fred Steiner’s “Park Avenue Beat” (Perry Mason theme). ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/28 "2017-08-12T12:11:20Z")
[The Carny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfS7NdcwdM) - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds [The Carnival Is Over](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDLJ1UU2Uk) - Dead Can Dance (not a [Seekers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZipKdI1sY)cover) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/29 "2017-08-12T16:14:24Z")
British post-punk / New Wave band **The Skids** did **Circus Games**. A repeated chorus of ‘_Come and play circus games, come and play circus games_.’ British Ska / Pop band Madness had an ‘oompah oompah’ flavour to a lot of their stuff. **House of Fun** (actually about a young man struggling to buy condoms while only using euphanisms) or even **Baggy Trousers** (reminiscing about school days) might fit in. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/30 "2017-08-12T17:09:03Z")
“Carousel Waltz” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s \*\*\*Carousel \*\*\* [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oyEOm0RIcWo/maxresdefault.jpg "Carousel - The Carousel Waltz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEOm0RIcWo) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/31 "2017-08-12T17:32:05Z")
Dar Williams does a song about running away to join the circus. It’s on Cry Cry Cry… (side project band she was in) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/32 "2017-08-12T19:27:39Z")
Lydia the tattooed lady. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/33 "2017-08-12T20:46:22Z")
Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/34 "2017-08-12T20:51:58Z")
“Baby Elephant Walk”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b1z4JfxFb6c/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGEUgSChyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAI0iRolPQjndGs7rdbjc6inR_TDQ "Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1z4JfxFb6c) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/35 "2017-08-12T20:55:04Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Lydia the tattooed lady. [Tattooed Lady](https://youtu.be/eair8Ftmd9Q) by Rory Gallagher Oh, and how about some Elvis? [Little Egypt](https://youtu.be/qJrOQHdbJp8) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/36 "2017-08-12T20:56:12Z")
\*\*\*Dumbo \*\*\*should provide a good selection: https://www.youtube.com/embed/P75mur1xF7U?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDP75mur1xF7U&start=30 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/37 "2017-08-12T21:04:58Z")
Strauss’s **Radetzsky March** is also appropo here: So is Beethoven's \*\*Turkish March\*\*, I should think: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SWDY-6u9LWs/hqdefault.jpg "Beethoven - The Famous Turkish March") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDY-6u9LWs) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/38 "2017-08-12T21:11:09Z")
More Strauss: Verdi: Shostakovich: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vauo4o-ExoY/maxresdefault.jpg "André Rieu - The Second Waltz (Shostakovich)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vauo4o-ExoY) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/39 "2017-08-12T21:31:13Z")
“Circus Renz” "Skater's Waltz" [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2H8sDp3mXQ) ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336/40 "2017-08-12T22:03:45Z")
Thanks everyone. They’re all on the playlist. Cheers! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circus-themed-party-music/793336.md?page=3)