# Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647>\
**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\
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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5181 "2020-03-02T13:42:16Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5182 "2020-03-02T13:54:36Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5183 "2020-03-02T14:34:46Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5184 "2020-03-02T15:03:05Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5185 "2020-03-02T15:08:27Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime
6. Rio - Duran Duran

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5186 "2020-03-02T15:13:39Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5187 "2020-03-02T15:16:25Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
8. Kayleigh - Marillion

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5188 "2020-03-02T16:20:33Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
8. Kayleigh - Marillion
9. Smackwater Jack - Carole King

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5189 "2020-03-02T16:56:50Z")

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Songs with Unusual First Names, Male or Female

1. Aubrey - Bread
2. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
3. My Name is - Slim Shady aka Eminem
4. Bustopher Jones - CATS
5. His Name Was Coalhouse Walker - Ragtime
6. Rio - Duran Duran
7. My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
8. Kayleigh - Marillion
9. Smackwater Jack - Carole King
10. Grizabella, the Glamour Cat - Cats

Pass

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5190 "2020-03-02T17:03:11Z")

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Movies whose entire title is the name of the holiday

1. Groundhog Day

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5191 "2020-03-02T17:05:46Z")

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Movies whose entire title is the name of the holiday

1. Groundhog Day
2. Independence Day

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5192 "2020-03-02T17:06:28Z")

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Movies whose entire title is the name of the holiday

1. Groundhog Day
2. Independence Day

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5193 "2020-03-02T17:10:41Z")

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crap! I had the wrong thread in mind.

To start again:

Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5194 "2020-03-02T17:59:07Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5195 "2020-03-02T19:21:56Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. [Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYac9O3GYTM)

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5196 "2020-03-02T21:08:59Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
4. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens

(which is [today](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day)!)

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5197 "2020-03-02T21:41:06Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
>
> …or the Dead Kennedys?

Except no singer in that group has a last name in common with a president. (In fact, no one who has ever performed in the group in any role has shared a name with a president.)

Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
4. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
5. Christmas at Ground Zero - Al Yankovic

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**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:** [March 2, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5198 "2020-03-02T22:34:08Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
4. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
5. Christmas at Ground Zero - Al Yankovic
6. Independence Day - Martina McBride

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**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:** [March 3, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5199 "2020-03-03T00:27:04Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
4. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
5. Christmas at Ground Zero - Al Yankovic
6. Independence Day - Martina McBride
7. Black Friday - Steely Dan

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**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:** [March 3, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5200 "2020-03-03T04:45:03Z")

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Songs with the name of a holiday in the title

1. Happy New Year - ABBA
2. (I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica - Tom Lehrer
3. Easter Parade - Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
4. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
5. Christmas at Ground Zero - Al Yankovic
6. Independence Day - Martina McBride
7. Black Friday - Steely Dan
8. Halloween - Rent

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