# 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:** 159
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3161 "2019-12-10T17:01:44Z")
Hang it on the wall: songs about pictures, paintings, mirrors, etc. 1. Painting by Chagall - The Weepies 2. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole 3. Go to the Mirror - Tommy Soundtrack 4. Photograph - Def Leppard 5. I’m Not in Love - 10cc 6. Ducks On the Wall - The Kinks 7. Little Lotte/The Mirror - Phantom of the Opera 8. Centerfold - J. Geils Band ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3162 "2019-12-10T17:07:59Z")
Hang it on the wall: songs about pictures, paintings, mirrors, etc. 1. Painting by Chagall - The Weepies 2. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole 3. Go to the Mirror - Tommy Soundtrack 4. Photograph - Def Leppard 5. I’m Not in Love - 10cc 6. Ducks On the Wall - The Kinks 7. Little Lotte/The Mirror - Phantom of the Opera 8. Centerfold - J. Geils Band 9. Pictures of Success - Rilo Kiley ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3163 "2019-12-10T17:26:39Z")
Hang it on the wall: songs about pictures, paintings, mirrors, etc. 1. Painting by Chagall - The Weepies 2. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole 3. Go to the Mirror - Tommy Soundtrack 4. Photograph - Def Leppard 5. I’m Not in Love - 10cc 6. Ducks On the Wall - The Kinks 7. Little Lotte/The Mirror - Phantom of the Opera 8. Centerfold - J. Geils Band 9. Pictures of Success - Rilo Kiley 10. Pictures of You - The Cure Songs about sadness: 11. A Thousand Hours - The Cure “A thousand wasted hours in vain, just to feel my heart for a second, a thousand hours just thrown away, just to feel my heart for a second.” ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3164 "2019-12-10T17:31:41Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith Admittedly, posting Elliott Smith feels like cheating. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3165 "2019-12-10T17:34:54Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3166 "2019-12-10T17:36:18Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3167 "2019-12-10T17:45:22Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison Admittedly, 90% of Orbison’s songs would fit this category. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3168 "2019-12-10T18:08:02Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Shirley Bassey ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3169 "2019-12-10T18:18:01Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Shirley Bassey 7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3170 "2019-12-10T18:20:58Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Shirley Bassey 7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 8. Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3171 "2019-12-10T18:46:35Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Shirley Bassey 7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 8. Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John 9. Breathe (2AM) - Ana Nalick ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3172 "2019-12-10T18:58:34Z")
Songs about sadness: 1. A Thousand Hours - The Cure 2. Miss Misery - Elliott Smith 3. Hurts So Bad - Linda Ronstadt 4. Misery - The Beatles 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Ballad of the Sad Young Men - Shirley Bassey 7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 8. Sad Songs (Say So Much) - Elton John 9. Breathe (2AM) - Ana Nalick 10. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3173 "2019-12-10T19:08:44Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3174 "2019-12-10T19:21:26Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3175 "2019-12-10T21:29:16Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3176 "2019-12-10T21:32:00Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle 5. Stan - Eminem ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3177 "2019-12-10T21:36:32Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle 5. Stan - Eminem 6. Barbara Allen - traditional ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3178 "2019-12-10T23:32:02Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle 5. Stan - Eminem 6. Barbara Allen - traditional 7. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3179 "2019-12-10T23:34:39Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle 5. Stan - Eminem 6. Barbara Allen - traditional 7. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell 8. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3180 "2019-12-11T03:10:35Z")
Ballads 1. El Paso - Marty Robbins 2. Love of My Life - Queen 3. Ballad of the Green Berets - SSG Barry Sadler 4. The Gringo’s Tale - Steve Earle 5. Stan - Eminem 6. Barbara Allen - traditional 7. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell 8. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 9. Matthew - John Denver [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=160)