# 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:** 163
**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 12, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3241 "2019-12-12T23:35:36Z")
Songs whose titles have made up words in them 1. Abacab - Genesis 2. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 3. Mairzy Doats - The Pied Pipers 4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication - Parliament 5. Shipoopi - from The Music Man; sung by Buddy Hackett in the movie version 6. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly and the Family Stone 7. Keep on Chooglin’ - Creedence 8. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band 9. Kommienezuspadt - Tom Waits 10. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - from Mary Poppins, sung by Julie Andrews Pass. ---
**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 13, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3242 "2019-12-13T00:58:52Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU ---
**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 13, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3243 "2019-12-13T01:11:05Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3244 "2019-12-13T01:30:55Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3245 "2019-12-13T02:17:19Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper ---
**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 13, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3246 "2019-12-13T02:18:36Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes Though, it’s technically not a bass guitar – it’s Jack White, playing a regular guitar through a pedal that takes it down an octave, but that puts the notes into the bass guitar range. ---
**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 13, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3247 "2019-12-13T03:35:15Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. [“Barney Miller” theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRoRjamgfCY) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3248 "2019-12-13T03:35:21Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. “Barney Miller” theme song 7. Days and Days - Concrete Blonde ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3249 "2019-12-13T10:55:30Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. “Barney Miller” theme song 7. Days and Days - Concrete Blonde 8. Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen Technically it begins with a sound effect. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3250 "2019-12-13T13:26:04Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. “Barney Miller” theme song 7. Days and Days - Concrete Blonde 8. Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen 9. Fisticuffs - Primus Just about any song by Primus, really ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3251 "2019-12-13T13:31:35Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. “Barney Miller” theme song 7. Days and Days - Concrete Blonde 8. Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen 9. 100,000 Years - KISS ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3252 "2019-12-13T15:28:55Z")
Songs that start with the Bass Guitar only 1. Painful Reminder - SNAFU 2. Holliday Inn Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys 3. Bad Habit - The Offspring 4. Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper 5. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 6. “Barney Miller” theme song 7. Days and Days - Concrete Blonde 8. Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen 9. Fisticuffs - Primus 10. 100,000 Years - KISS Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3253 "2019-12-13T15:36:27Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins ---
**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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3254 "2019-12-13T15:50:05Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3255 "2019-12-13T15:53:47Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3256 "2019-12-13T16:53:18Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg 5. More Than A Feeling - Boston ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3257 "2019-12-13T18:19:37Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg 5. More Than A Feeling - Boston 6. Don’t Say No - Billy Squier ---
**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 13, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3258 "2019-12-13T18:37:54Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg 5. More Than A Feeling - Boston 6. Don’t Say No - Billy Squier 7. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths ---
**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 13, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3259 "2019-12-13T19:36:03Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg 5. More Than A Feeling - Boston 6. Don’t Say No - Billy Squier 7. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths 8. Eight Days a Week - The Beatles Perfect timing for that one, yes? ---
**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 13, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3260 "2019-12-13T19:44:11Z")
Songs that fade in 1. Don’t Give Up - Peter Gabriel 2. By Starlight - Smashing Pumpkins 3. Space Oddity - David Bowie 4. Back In The Saddle - Matraca Berg 5. More Than A Feeling - Boston 6. Don’t Say No - Billy Squier 7. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths 8. Eight Days a Week - The Beatles 9. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=164)