# 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:** 144
**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 28, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2861 "2019-11-28T00:03:44Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional Well, I mean, the word “Christmas” is not there. ---
**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 28, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2862 "2019-11-28T00:15:22Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin It’s been done by others, but I like Dean’s version. ---
**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 28, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2863 "2019-11-28T00:15:27Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2864 "2019-11-28T00:55:35Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2865 "2019-11-28T01:53:47Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2866 "2019-11-28T03:34:24Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells 7. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2867 "2019-11-28T06:08:35Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells 7. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson 8. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé ---
**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 28, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2868 "2019-11-28T08:57:56Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells 7. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson 8. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé 9. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - North Coast Men’s Chorus ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2869 "2019-11-28T13:03:32Z")
Songs that are considered “Christmas Songs,” though they never specifically mention Christmas 1. My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (from The Sound of Music) 2. Little Drummer Boy - Traditional 3. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Dean Martin 4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Jingle Bells 7. Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson 8. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé 9. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - North Coast Men’s Chorus 10. Frosty the Snowman We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie (It’s more of a challenge, so let’s give borderline calls the benefit of the doubt. Starting with mine!) ETA: The number doesn’t have to be in the title (that would be WAY too hard), just in the lyrics somewhere. Quote the applicable lyrics. ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2870 "2019-11-28T13:46:09Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2871 "2019-11-28T13:58:10Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 ---
**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 28, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2872 "2019-11-28T14:55:27Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch “14 joys and a will to be merry” ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2873 "2019-11-28T15:12:40Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg (French for 15 years; if non-English songs are forbidden, please skip mine) ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2874 "2019-11-28T15:16:43Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg 6. Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke **Art Rock** –works for me; lends a bit of class, it does. ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2875 "2019-11-28T15:20:26Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg 6. Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 7. Seventeen - Peach Pit Used this one in another list, but it fit too well not to. ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2876 "2019-11-28T15:27:19Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg 6. Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 7. Seventeen - Peach Pit 8. I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2877 "2019-11-28T15:36:16Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg 6. Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 7. Seventeen - Peach Pit 8. I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper 9. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan ---
**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 28, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2878 "2019-11-28T15:51:05Z")
We’ve counted from 1 to 10, now let’s try 11-20. 1. 11:59 - Blondie 2. 12-Step Program - Nick Lowe 3. 13 (There Is A Light) - U2 4. Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch 5. Quinze ans - Claude-Michel Schönberg 6. Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke 7. Seventeen - Peach Pit 8. I’m Eighteen - Alice Cooper 9. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan 10. Twenty Mule Team - Hank Williams Jr. Pass ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2879 "2019-11-28T16:42:02Z")
Let’s see… Chained Playlist: the title of your song has to be somehow related to the musician or band name in the previous song. 1. Song For Junior - Beastie Boys ---
**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 28, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2880 "2019-11-28T16:50:03Z")
Chained Playlist: the title of your song has to be somehow related to the musician or band name in the previous song. 1. Song For Junior - Beastie Boys 2. Beast of Burden - Bette Midler [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=145)