# 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:** 140
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2781 "2019-11-26T14:23:14Z")
Songs of the Rich and Famous 1. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (“My Maserati does 185; I lost my license and now I don’t drive.”) 2. Royals - Lorde 3. Weeping On the Inside - Dewey Cox 4. It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty 5. Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook 6. One Night In Bangkok - Chess ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2782 "2019-11-26T14:38:24Z")
Songs of the Rich and Famous 1. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (“My Maserati does 185; I lost my license and now I don’t drive.”) 2. Royals - Lorde 3. Weeping On the Inside - Dewey Cox 4. It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty 5. Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook 6. [This Is The Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1n5XqwUkYw) - Weird Al Yankovic 7. One Night In Bangkok - Chess 8. [Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2783 "2019-11-26T14:54:24Z")
Songs of the Rich and Famous 1. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (“My Maserati does 185; I lost my license and now I don’t drive.”) 2. Royals - Lorde 3. Weeping On the Inside - Dewey Cox 4. It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty 5. Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook 6. This Is The Life - Weird Al Yankovic 7. One Night In Bangkok - Chess 8. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (Removed duplicate) ---
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2784 "2019-11-26T14:56:00Z")
Songs of the Rich and Famous 1. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (“My Maserati does 185; I lost my license and now I don’t drive.”) 2. Royals - Lorde 3. Weeping On the Inside - Dewey Cox 4. It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty 5. Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook 6. This Is The Life - Weird Al Yankovic 7. One Night In Bangkok - Chess 8. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi 9. Lying Eyes - The Eagles ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2785 "2019-11-26T15:07:04Z")
Songs of the Rich and Famous 1. Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh (“My Maserati does 185; I lost my license and now I don’t drive.”) 2. Royals - Lorde 3. Weeping On the Inside - Dewey Cox 4. It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty 5. Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr.Hook 6. This Is The Life - Weird Al Yankovic 7. One Night In Bangkok - Chess 8. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi 9. Lying Eyes - The Eagles 10. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan Music for [NERRRRDS!!!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVdR19E5mU) 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2786 "2019-11-26T15:14:11Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2787 "2019-11-26T15:25:33Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult Michael Moorcock references certainly can be classed under the ‘nerd’ category ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2788 "2019-11-26T15:37:15Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2789 "2019-11-26T16:02:59Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2790 "2019-11-26T16:05:35Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls 6. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2791 "2019-11-26T16:17:10Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls 6. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 7. The Elements - Tom Lehrer The animated version: [Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" animated - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo) ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2792 "2019-11-26T16:24:10Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls 6. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 7. The Elements - Tom Lehrer 8. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin mentions Gollum and Mordor ---
**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 26, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2793 "2019-11-26T16:48:52Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls 6. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 7. The Elements - Tom Lehrer 8. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin 9. Cars - Gary Numan ---
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2794 "2019-11-26T16:58:03Z")
Music for NERRRRDS!!! 1. Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King 2. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy 3. Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult 4. Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia 5. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls 6. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 7. The Elements - Tom Lehrer 8. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin 9. Cars - Gary Numan 10. White and Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic Next up: Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2795 "2019-11-26T17:05:49Z")
Next up: Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A Another long story song by Arlo, in the style of “Alice’s Restaurant” ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2796 "2019-11-26T17:20:30Z")
Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A 3. City of New Orleans ---
**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 26, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2797 "2019-11-26T17:29:35Z")
Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A 3. City of New Orleans 4. Coming into Los Angeles Don’t touch my bags if you please… ---
**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:** [November 26, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2798 "2019-11-26T17:33:51Z")
Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A 3. City of New Orleans 4. Coming into Los Angeles 5. [The Pause of Mr. Claus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToPvZ1cL-AQ) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2799 "2019-11-26T17:43:53Z")
Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A 3. City of New Orleans 4. Coming into Los Angeles 5. The Pause of Mr. Claus 6. Lotta Freaks ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2800 "2019-11-26T18:35:18Z")
Best of Arlo 1, Alice’s Restaurant 2. The Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A 3. City of New Orleans 4. Coming into Los Angeles 5. The Pause of Mr. Claus 6. Lotta Freaks 7. The Motorcycle Song [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=141)