# Topic Playlist! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 113
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2241 "2019-11-07T22:03:34Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2242 "2019-11-07T22:28:50Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2243 "2019-11-07T22:42:57Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers Sent from my SM-S727VL using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2244 "2019-11-07T22:47:30Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers 6. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles ---
**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 7, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2245 "2019-11-07T22:53:39Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers 6. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles 7. 57 Channels (And Nothing On) - Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2246 "2019-11-07T23:12:19Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers 6. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles 7. 57 Channels (And Nothing On) - Bruce Springsteen 8. Frank’s 2000" TV - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**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 8, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2247 "2019-11-08T00:05:23Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers 6. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles 7. 57 Channels (And Nothing On) - Bruce Springsteen 8. Frank’s 2000" TV - “Weird Al” Yankovic 9. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd “I’ve got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2248 "2019-11-08T00:46:01Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 1. Frank’s 2000" TV - “Weird Al” Yankovic I almost threw a Weird Al song onto the playlist, but I couldn’t decide which of his [many TV songs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_TV_Album) to choose, although I was leaning toward “The Brady Bunch” (which mentions a lot more TV than just “The Brady Bunch”). ---
**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 8, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2249 "2019-11-08T04:38:11Z")
What’s On: Songs About TV 1. TV Party - Black Flag 2. Sleeping with the Television On - Billy Joel 3. Spanish Pipedream (Blow Up Your TV) - John Prine 4. Television - Bad Religion 5. I’m the Slime - Zappa/Mothers 6. Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles 7. 57 Channels (And Nothing On) - Bruce Springsteen 8. Frank’s 2000" TV - “Weird Al” Yankovic 9. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd 10. Dirty Laundry - Don Henley TV news, in particular. Next category: Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2250 "2019-11-08T05:32:28Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2251 "2019-11-08T06:15:38Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band PS - #2 was by Paper Lace. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2252 "2019-11-08T07:39:28Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2253 "2019-11-08T08:45:15Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2254 "2019-11-08T08:47:45Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” 6. Der Kommissar - Falco ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2255 "2019-11-08T11:20:40Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” 6. Der Kommissar - Falco 7. The Highway Patrol - Red Simpson ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2256 "2019-11-08T11:28:22Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” 6. Der Kommissar - Falco 7. The Highway Patrol - Red Simpson 8. Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin Famously covered by The Clash. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2257 "2019-11-08T13:06:23Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” 6. Der Kommissar - Falco 7. The Highway Patrol - Red Simpson 8. Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin 9. I Fought the Law - the Bobby Fuller Four (and the Law won) ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2258 "2019-11-08T13:22:23Z")
Songs about cops (or robbers) 1. I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley 2. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band 4. Cop Killer - Body Count 5. I Love a Cop - from “Fiorello!” 6. Der Kommissar - Falco 7. The Highway Patrol - Red Simpson 8. Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin 9. I Fought the Law - the Bobby Fuller Four 10. F\*ck tha Police - N.W.A. Same title, different songs (w/artists) 11. Heaven (Bryan Adams, Talking Heads, Robyn Hitchcock, et alia) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2259 "2019-11-08T13:32:21Z")
Same title, different songs (w/artists) 1. Heaven (Bryan Adams, Talking Heads, Robyn Hitchcock, et alia) 2. Brandy Alexander (Feist, The Walkmen) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2260 "2019-11-08T13:39:44Z")
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