# 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:** 164
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3261 "2019-12-13T20:52:18Z")
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 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 10. The King Will Come - Wishbone Ash First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3262 "2019-12-13T21:13:15Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3263 "2019-12-13T21:25:01Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3264 "2019-12-13T21:29:24Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3265 "2019-12-13T22:21:02Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3266 "2019-12-13T22:26:49Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 6. Hello There - In Color (Cheap Trick) The greatest opener of all time!! ---
**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 13, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3267 "2019-12-13T23:08:45Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 6. Hello There - In Color (Cheap Trick) 7. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) - The Stranger (Billy Joel) ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3268 "2019-12-13T23:20:32Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 6. Hello There - In Color (Cheap Trick) 7. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) - The Stranger (Billy Joel) 8. Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (Cream) ---
**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 14, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3269 "2019-12-14T00:01:51Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 6. Hello There - In Color (Cheap Trick) 7. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) - The Stranger (Billy Joel) 8. Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (Cream) 9. Welcome to the Jungle - Appetite for Destruction (Guns ‘N’ Roses) ---
**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 14, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3270 "2019-12-14T02:06:03Z")
First song on the album 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. Yours Is No Disgrace - The Yes Album 3. Back In The U.S.S.R. - The White Album (Beatles) 4. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 5. Tangled Up In Blue - Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan) 6. Hello There - In Color (Cheap Trick) 7. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) - The Stranger (Billy Joel) 8. Strange Brew - Disraeli Gears (Cream) 9. Welcome to the Jungle - Appetite for Destruction (Guns ‘N’ Roses) 10. Fire on High - Face the Music (ELO) pass ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3271 "2019-12-14T03:26:21Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3272 "2019-12-14T03:46:16Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel ---
**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 14, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3273 "2019-12-14T04:04:24Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon ---
**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 14, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3274 "2019-12-14T04:42:02Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison Although years later, after they divorced, Harrison would deny he wrote it for this then-wife, Pattie Boyd. ---
**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 14, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3275 "2019-12-14T05:20:23Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes Written by Eric Clapton, _also_ about Pattie Boyd, who was, at that time, married to George Harrison. (Two other songs written by Clapton, about Boyd, were “Wonderful Tonight” and “Tearing Us Apart.”) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3276 "2019-12-14T15:01:39Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 6. Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens about his (by then former) girlfriend Patti D’Arbanville. ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3277 "2019-12-14T15:07:41Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 6. Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens 7. I Know Him So Well - Chess cast recording (Written by Tim Rice as a tribute to both his wife Jane and his long time mistress Elaine Paige) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3278 "2019-12-14T15:27:48Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 6. Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens 7. I Know Him So Well - Chess cast recording 8. Remember When - Alan Jackson ---
**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 14, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3279 "2019-12-14T15:56:05Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 6. Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens 7. I Know Him So Well - Chess cast recording 8. Remember When - Alan Jackson 9. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel ---
**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 15, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/3280 "2019-12-15T03:20:03Z")
Written for their love… 1. Annie’s Song - John Denver 2. She’s Always a Woman - Billy Joel 3. Dear Yoko - John Lennon 4. Something - George Harrison 5. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 6. Lady d’Arbanville - Cat Stevens 7. I Know Him So Well - Chess cast recording 8. Remember When - Alan Jackson 9. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel 10. Barbara H. - Fountains of Wayne Transportation 1. Bus Stop - Herman’s Hermits [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=165)