# Musical Theme Park-- a game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062 "2007-04-07T01:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/1 "2007-04-07T01:46:11Z")
I’ve heard a couple radio stations have lunch-hour games where listeners call in and request a song whose title fits in with a pre-determined daily “theme.” So, I’ll throw out a theme, and you have to come up with _1-3_ songs whose titles fit with that theme (no posting of long lists-- where’s the fun for everyone with that?). Once we have 15-20 songs on a theme, somebody feel free to toss out a new theme. You’re always welcome to go back and post a new song for an old theme, just make sure you point out what theme you’re responding to. Any popular music style is acceptable (rock, alternative, hip-hop, rap, R&B, oldies, country, standards…) First theme: **U.S. Geography** - “Going to California,” Led Zeppelin - “Detroit Rock City,” KISS ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/2 "2007-04-07T01:54:11Z")
I had to look up the artist on some of these, but these are all off the top of my head: _Georgia on My Mind_- Ray Charles _My Old Kentucky Home_- written by Stephen Foster _The Yellow Rose of Texas_- traditional\* _The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia_- Vicki Lawrence _The Night Chicago Died_- Paper Lace _Midnight Train to Georgia_- Gladys Knight and the Pips _New York State of Mind_- Billy Joel _Theme from “New York, New York”_- Frank Sinatra _If You’re Going To San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair_- Scott Mackenzie _Streets of Philadelphia_- Bruce Spingsteen. _Oklahoma!_- written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II [sub]\*That’s movie-credit talk for "it isn’t copyrighted and we don’t have to pay for it, so who cares who wrote it?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/3 "2007-04-07T02:51:10Z")
_Indiana Wants Me_ – R. Dean Taylor _Ohio_ – Crosby Stills Nash & Young _Allentown_ – Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/4 "2007-04-07T03:01:13Z")
_California Dreamin’_ - The Mamas and The Papas _I Love LA_ - Randy Newman _California Uber Alles_ - Dead Kennedys (I could do a whole list of California songs). ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/5 "2007-04-07T03:05:42Z")
_Okie from Muskogee_, Merle Haggard. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/6 "2007-04-07T19:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] _My Old Kentucky Home_- written by Stephen Foster [/QUOTE] I prefer Randy Newman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/7 "2007-04-07T19:05:10Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] _Okie from Muskogee_, Merle Haggard. [/QUOTE] Asshole from El Paso–Kinky Friedman ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/8 "2007-04-07T19:07:16Z")
**Streets of Laredo** – Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/9 "2007-04-07T19:12:10Z")
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd Chattanooga Choo Choo – Glenn Miller Nashville Cats – Flatt and Scruggs Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry Last Train To Clarksville – The Monkees (yeah, theirs may not have been TN) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/10 "2007-04-07T19:58:39Z")
_Luckenbach, Texas_ by Merle Haggard _Sweet Southern Comfort_ by Buddy Jewel (he talks about all the states in the South in his song, but for some reason, leaves out Florida) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/11 "2007-04-07T20:24:52Z")
New theme: Numbers - “One After 909,” The Beatles - “Star 69,” REM ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/12 "2007-04-07T20:46:41Z")
_867-5309_ Tommy Tu-Tones _Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad_ Meatloaf ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/13 "2007-04-07T21:24:29Z")
\*1,2 Step \* - Ciara _One_ - U2 \*Eight Days a Week \* - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/14 "2007-04-07T21:28:24Z")
**One** – Three Dog Night ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/15 "2007-04-07T21:34:55Z")
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians 19[sup]th[/sup] Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones 5:15 - The Who ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/16 "2007-04-08T00:21:48Z")
'39- **Queen** In Only Seven Days- **Queen** One Vision- **Queen** _staying within the 1-3 rule_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/17 "2007-04-08T03:28:09Z")
_18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses_ - Kathy Mattea _One More Payment_ - Clint Black _Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof_ - Travis Tritt ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/18 "2007-04-08T03:32:33Z")
_99 Luftballons_ - Nena _Sixteen Tons_ - as sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford _Goody Two Shoes_ - Adam Ant ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/19 "2007-04-08T04:33:37Z")
_12:51_ - The Strokes _1979_ - The Smashing Pumpkins _2+2=5_ - Radiohead ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-theme-park-a-game/399062/20 "2007-04-08T04:33:46Z")
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