# 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:** 27
**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 27, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/521 "2019-09-27T17:14:28Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) Uncommon for Rock, anyway ---
**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 27, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/522 "2019-09-27T17:26:25Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/523 "2019-09-27T17:43:43Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) ---
**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 27, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/524 "2019-09-27T19:33:10Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) 6. Endless - Bozzio Levin Stevens ([Chapman Stick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Stick)) ---
**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 27, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/525 "2019-09-27T19:37:57Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) 6. Endless - Bozzio Levin Stevens ([Chapman Stick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Stick)) 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones (Xylophone) ---
**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 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/526 "2019-09-27T20:15:10Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) 6. Endless - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Chapman Stick) 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones (Xylophone) 8. Shoehorn with Teeth - They Might Be Giants (Glockenspiel) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/527 "2019-09-27T23:22:17Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) 6. Endless - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Chapman Stick) 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones (Xylophone) 8. Shoehorn with Teeth - They Might Be Giants (Glockenspiel) 9. Penny Lane - The Beatles (Piccolo trumpet) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/528 "2019-09-28T01:42:39Z")
Songs including unusual or uncommon musical instruments, with instrument: 1. (Don’t Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell) 2. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Grand piano, Reed and pipe organ, Glockenspiel, Bass guitar, Double-speed guitar. Two slightly distorted guitars, Mandolin, Spanish guitar and introducing acoustic guitar… Plus, tubular bells!) 3. The Distance - Cake (Trumpet) 4. Dead End Street - The Kinks (trombone) 5. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (theremin) 6. Endless - Bozzio Levin Stevens (Chapman Stick) 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones (Xylophone) 8. Shoehorn with Teeth - They Might Be Giants (Glockenspiel) 9. Penny Lane - The Beatles (Piccolo trumpet) 10. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro (ocarina, piccolo trumpet, whistler\*) \*as in, a person whistling One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind ---
**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 28, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/529 "2019-09-28T01:58:45Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/530 "2019-09-28T17:19:57Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions ---
**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 28, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/531 "2019-09-28T18:30:40Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones ---
**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:** [September 28, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/532 "2019-09-28T22:20:49Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) ---
**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 29, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/533 "2019-09-29T02:23:02Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) 6. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/534 "2019-09-29T04:22:00Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) 6. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 7. MacAthur Park - Richard Harris ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/535 "2019-09-29T12:38:02Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) 6. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 7. MacArthur Park - Richard Harris 8. Wipe Out - the Surfaris ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/536 "2019-09-29T20:11:59Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) 6. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 7. MacArthur Park - Richard Harris 8. Wipe Out - the Surfaris 9. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/537 "2019-09-30T02:32:29Z")
One-hit wonders of the 1960s (the hit has to be their pretty much their entire musical claim to fame) 1. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind 2. Telstar - the Tornadoes 3. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) - Swingin’ Medallions 4. Rainy Jane - Davy Jones 5. Dominique - Jeanne Deckers (The Singing Nun) 6. Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band 7. MacArthur Park - Richard Harris 8. Wipe Out - the Surfaris 9. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans 10. In the Garden of Eden…wait…In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly B-sides that became more popular than the A-side they were opposite. (B-side/A-side - Band) 1. How Soon Is Now/William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths ---
**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 30, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/538 "2019-09-30T03:11:32Z")
B-sides that became more popular than the A-side they were opposite. (B-side/A-side - Band) 1. How Soon Is Now/William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths 2. Rock Around the Clock/Thirteen Women - Bill Haley and His Comets ---
**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:** [September 30, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/539 "2019-09-30T04:33:21Z")
B-sides that became more popular than the A-side they were opposite. (B-side/A-side - Band) 1. How Soon Is Now/William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths 2. Rock Around the Clock/Thirteen Women - Bill Haley and His Comets 3. Dear God/Grass - XTC ---
**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 30, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/540 "2019-09-30T11:32:39Z")
B-sides that became more popular than the A-side they were opposite. (B-side/A-side - Band) 1. How Soon Is Now/William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths 2. Rock Around the Clock/Thirteen Women - Bill Haley and His Comets 3. Dear God/Grass - XTC 4. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)/Brain Stew - Green Day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=28)