# 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:** 22
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/421 "2019-09-19T02:38:30Z")
Toxic Playlist! 1. Poison Arrow - ABC 2. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys 3. Whose Garden Was This? - John Denver (Tom Paxton) 4. Cyanide Breathmint - Beck 5. Hemlock And Primroses - Ralph Stanley 6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye 7. Toxic - Britney Spears Written by Pharrell Williams, which makes it also an answer to the previous list. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/422 "2019-09-19T03:02:30Z")
Toxic Playlist! 1. Poison Arrow - ABC 2. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys 3. Whose Garden Was This? - John Denver (Tom Paxton) 4. Cyanide Breathmint - Beck 5. Hemlock And Primroses - Ralph Stanley 6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye 7. Toxic - Britney Spears 8. Poison - Alice Cooper ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/423 "2019-09-19T03:54:36Z")
Toxic Playlist! 1. Poison Arrow - ABC 2. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys 3. Whose Garden Was This? - John Denver (Tom Paxton) 4. Cyanide Breathmint - Beck 5. Hemlock And Primroses - Ralph Stanley 6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye 7. Toxic - Britney Spears 8. Poison - Alice Cooper 9. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/424 "2019-09-19T05:57:04Z")
Toxic Playlist! 1. Poison Arrow - ABC 2. Chemical Warfare - Dead Kennedys 3. Whose Garden Was This? - John Denver (Tom Paxton) 4. Cyanide Breathmint - Beck 5. Hemlock And Primroses - Ralph Stanley 6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye 7. Toxic - Britney Spears 8. Poison - Alice Cooper 9. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 10. Venom - Eminem Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1 - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/425 "2019-09-19T06:21:52Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/426 "2019-09-19T12:53:12Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/427 "2019-09-19T13:45:41Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/428 "2019-09-19T14:41:16Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/429 "2019-09-19T15:00:16Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) 6. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/430 "2019-09-19T15:59:32Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) 6. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon 7. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/431 "2019-09-19T16:15:43Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) 6. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon 7. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle 8. Hey Ya - Outkast ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/432 "2019-09-19T20:34:43Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) 6. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon 7. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle 8. Hey Ya - Outkast 9. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day And like “I’ll Be Watching You” apparently people make this their wedding song. Do people ever listen to (or at least look up) lyrics? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/433 "2019-09-19T21:36:18Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > And like “I’ll Be Watching You” apparently people make this their wedding song. Do people ever listen to (or at least look up) lyrics? You mean “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, right? Because at first I thought you were talking about Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me,” which makes for a really weird wedding song. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/434 "2019-09-19T23:00:23Z")
Uplifting music, sad lyrics 1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 2. Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon 3. Old Man - Art Garfunkel 4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 5. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People (kid finds his dad’s gun and plots revenge) 6. Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon 7. Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle 8. Hey Ya - Outkast 9. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day 10. Doorway into Summer - The Monkees Pass ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/435 "2019-09-20T00:00:04Z")
Songs about Drinking [S.O.B.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAYhQsQhSY) - Daniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/436 "2019-09-20T00:07:50Z")
Songs about Drinking 1. S.O.B. - Daniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/437 "2019-09-20T00:28:46Z")
Sheesh. That should be _Nathaniel_ Rateliff and then Night Sweats. What was I thinking? Songs about Drinking 1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood 3. Why Don’t We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/438 "2019-09-20T00:45:41Z")
Songs about Drinking 1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood 3. Why Don’t We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett 4. Draining the Bar - Everything But the Girl ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/439 "2019-09-20T01:10:21Z")
Songs about Drinking 1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood 3. Why Don’t We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett 4. Draining the Bar - Everything But the Girl 5. Have Another Drink - 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:** [September 20, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/440 "2019-09-20T02:02:03Z")
Songs about Drinking 1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats 2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood 3. Why Don’t We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett 4. Draining the Bar - Everything But the Girl 5. Have Another Drink - The Kinks 6. I Wish You Were a Beer - Cycle Sluts from Hell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=23)