# 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:** 145
**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 28, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2881 "2019-11-28T17:15:08Z")
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 3. 6’1" - Liz Phair Opening track from Liz Phair’s debut album, _Exile in Guyville_, self-described by Phair as a song-by-song reply to the Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main St.” ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2882 "2019-11-28T17:51:58Z")
That would relate to the Rolling Stones, not Bette Midler. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2883 "2019-11-29T03:10:44Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger Divine Madness was Bette Midler’s 1980 concert film ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2884 "2019-11-29T03:24:57Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2885 "2019-11-29T03:50:00Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2886 "2019-11-29T05:03:54Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire 6. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2887 "2019-11-29T05:25:32Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire 6. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 7. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace ---
**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 29, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2888 "2019-11-29T05:58:10Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire 6. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 7. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace 8. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2889 "2019-11-29T06:04:12Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire 6. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 7. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace 8. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper 9. Big Fat Mama - Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2890 "2019-11-29T11:37:56Z")
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 3. Touch of Madness - Night Ranger 4. Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues 5. (Antichrist Television Blues) - Arcade Fire 6. We Didn’t Start the Fire - Billy Joel 7. Billy, Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace 8. Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper 9. Big Fat Mama - Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers 10. Shake It Up - The Cars Pass ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2891 "2019-11-29T12:49:08Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks If it was ever recorded by Nat King Cole, it doesn’t count. ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2892 "2019-11-29T13:01:06Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. [Dear Santa](https://youtu.be/FXbwcq6WZ-M) - Girl’s Generation Yes. It’s a group of KPop stars trying really hard to sound like Mariah Carey singing mostly in Korean with random splashes of English. Exactly what you’ve always needed to hear. ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2893 "2019-11-29T13:27:05Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. [Dear Santa](https://youtu.be/FXbwcq6WZ-M) - Girl’s Generation 3. [Jingle Bells](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqupRP7UNk) - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2894 "2019-11-29T13:46:56Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2895 "2019-11-29T15:08:01Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus ---
**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:** [November 29, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2896 "2019-11-29T16:31:27Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 6. Everywhere It’s Christmas - Beatles ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2897 "2019-11-29T16:46:11Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 6. Everywhere It’s Christmas - Beatles 7. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2898 "2019-11-29T18:29:06Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 6. Everywhere It’s Christmas - Beatles 7. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta 8. [Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0) Does this one still count as “non-traditional”? Serious question; it’s been over 35 years since this became the one song I needed to hear each year, so it’s traditional for _me_, and I have no idea how the Teeming Millions feel about it. ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2899 "2019-11-29T18:34:06Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 6. Everywhere It’s Christmas - Beatles 7. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta 8. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 9. [A Christmas song - Shawn Phillips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xcygZfYTf4) ---
**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 29, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/2900 "2019-11-29T19:00:45Z")
Non-traditional Christmas songs 1. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) - The Chipmunks 2. Dear Santa - Girl’s Generation 3. Jingle Bells - Don Charles and The Singing Dogs 4. Proper Crimbo - Bo Selecta 5. Coming Out on Christmas - San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus 6. Everywhere It’s Christmas - Beatles 7. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Kip Addotta 8. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 9. A Christmas song - Shawn Phillips 10. I’m Dressin’Up Like Santa Claus - Bob Rivers Next, Rocking versions of traditional Christmas songs 1. Little Drummer Boy - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=146)