# 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:** 212
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4221 "2020-01-20T16:27:12Z")
Melodramatic titles 1. My Smile is Extinct - Kane Strang 2. Waiting Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt 3. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Michael Bolton 4. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 5. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. 6. My World Is Empty Without You - Diana Ross & the Supremes 7. Burn the World - AC4 8. Panic In The World - Be Bop Deluxe 9. Hooker - Tom Paxton ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4222 "2020-01-20T16:35:08Z")
Same title, more than one band 1. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd, Tom Petty 2. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey 3. Shout - The Isley Brothers, Tears for Fears 4. In Your Arms - Destine, Nico & Vinz, Kina Grannis, Illenium, Meredith Andrews, Rachel Holder, Ronan Keating, Michael Woods, Aiobahn, Matt Emery, Chris Brown, Mia Martina, Crystal Fighters, Gabrielle Alpin, Emjay, Nervo 5. Time - Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Tom Waits and many others 6. Repo Man - Iggy Pop, Ray LaMontagne 7. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane, Queen 8. Stronger - Britney Spears, Kanye West, Clean Bandit, Sugababes, Slapshock, Taxiride, and others 9. Jump - Pointer Sisters, Van Halen ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4223 "2020-01-20T16:41:11Z")
Same title, more than one band 1. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd, Tom Petty 2. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey 3. Shout - The Isley Brothers, Tears for Fears 4. In Your Arms - Destine, Nico & Vinz, Kina Grannis, Illenium, Meredith Andrews, Rachel Holder, Ronan Keating, Michael Woods, Aiobahn, Matt Emery, Chris Brown, Mia Martina, Crystal Fighters, Gabrielle Alpin, Emjay, Nervo 5. Time - Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Tom Waits and many others 6. Repo Man - Iggy Pop, Ray LaMontagne 7. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane, Queen 8. Stronger - Britney Spears, Kanye West, Clean Bandit, Sugababes, Slapshock, Taxiride, and others 9. Jump - Pointer Sisters, Van Halen 10. Forever Young - Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart Next up: Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4224 "2020-01-20T17:12:54Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4225 "2020-01-20T17:24:11Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4226 "2020-01-20T17:45:27Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4227 "2020-01-20T17:55:01Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4228 "2020-01-20T18:03:46Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club 6. War - Edwin Starr #3 is called “For What It’s Worth” and is really about the Sunset Strip riots of 1966, not the Vietnam War. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4229 "2020-01-20T18:13:26Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club 6. War - Edwin Starr 7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4230 "2020-01-20T19:27:08Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club 6. War - Edwin Starr 7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs 8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4231 "2020-01-20T19:29:26Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club 6. War - Edwin Starr 7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs 8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire 9. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4232 "2020-01-20T20:22:37Z")
Anti-war songs 1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish 2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks 3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield 4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy 5. The War Song - Culture Club 6. War - Edwin Starr 7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs 8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire 9. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 10. Go Fuck Yourself With Your Atom Bomb - The Fugs Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) His first lead on a Beach Boys track ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4233 "2020-01-20T20:28:48Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4234 "2020-01-20T21:05:05Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4235 "2020-01-20T21:13:28Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) 4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4236 "2020-01-20T21:16:09Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) 4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon) 5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo) The only time in the band’s history where someone other than Geoff Tate (former lead) or Todd La Torre (current lead) sang (solo-)lead on a song. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4237 "2020-01-20T21:23:11Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) 4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon) 5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo) 6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee) Joey sang most of the Ramones songs but Dee Dee and C Jay sang a few. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4238 "2020-01-20T21:52:35Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) 4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon) 5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo) 6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee) 7. [Willesden Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucD74L8fFo) - The Kinks (sung by bassist John Dalton) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4239 "2020-01-20T21:55:04Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) > > His first lead on a Beach Boys track Not Carl’s very first (“Girl Don’t Tell Me” came earlier), but one of the first. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/4240 "2020-01-20T22:09:14Z")
Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s) 1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson) 2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr) 3. Numb - U2 (The Edge) 4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon) 5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo) 6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee) 7. Willesden Green - The Kinks (sung by bassist John Dalton) 8. Beth - KISS (Cat) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=213)