# 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:** 284
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5661 "2020-03-18T21:01:38Z")
Songs that open with just drums 1. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin 2. George of the Jungle - (theme song, as covered by) Weird Al Yankovic 3. We’re an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad 4. Top Of The Pops - Kinks 5. Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra 6. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 7. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5662 "2020-03-18T21:26:56Z")
Songs that open with just drums 1. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin 2. George of the Jungle - (theme song, as covered by) Weird Al Yankovic 3. We’re an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad 4. Top Of The Pops - Kinks 5. Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra 6. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 7. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 8. I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5663 "2020-03-19T01:39:21Z")
Songs that open with just drums 1. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin 2. George of the Jungle - (theme song, as covered by) Weird Al Yankovic 3. We’re an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad 4. Top Of The Pops - Kinks 5. Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra 6. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 7. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 8. I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues 9. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladyx Knight ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5664 "2020-03-19T05:47:54Z")
Songs that open with just drums 1. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin 2. George of the Jungle - (theme song, as covered by) Weird Al Yankovic 3. We’re an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad 4. Top Of The Pops - Kinks 5. Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Orchestra 6. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen 7. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 8. I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues 9. Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladyx Knight 10. Love Stinks - The J. Geils Band Pass ---
**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 19, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5665 "2020-03-19T12:23:43Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado ---
**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 19, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5666 "2020-03-19T13:55:42Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore I’ll be singing that all day now! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5667 "2020-03-19T15:00:29Z")
[quote=“Bayaker, post:5666, topic:839647”] Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5668 "2020-03-19T16:09:40Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5669 "2020-03-19T16:36:34Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5670 "2020-03-19T19:35:23Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance 6. Behold the Lord High Executioner! - The Mikado ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5671 "2020-03-20T15:07:48Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance 6. Behold the Lord High Executioner! - The Mikado 7. A British Tar - HMS Pinafore ---
**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 20, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5672 "2020-03-20T15:21:50Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance 6. Behold the Lord High Executioner! - The Mikado 7. A British Tar - HMS Pinafore 8. A Wand’ring Minstrel - The Mikado ---
**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 20, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5673 "2020-03-20T16:55:53Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance 6. Behold the Lord High Executioner! - The Mikado 7. A British Tar - HMS Pinafore 8. A Wand’ring Minstrel - The Mikado 9. With Cat-like Tread - The Pirates of Penzance ---
**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 21, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5674 "2020-03-21T00:51:13Z")
Gilbert & Sullivan 1. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring - The Mikado 2. The First Lord’s Song(When I was a lad I served a term…) - HMS Pinafore 3. Dear Friends, Take Pity on my Lot - The Sorcerer 4. I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General - The Pirates of Penzance 5. When the Foeman Bares His Steel - The Pirates of Penzance 6. Behold the Lord High Executioner! - The Mikado 7. A British Tar - HMS Pinafore 8. A Wand’ring Minstrel - The Mikado 9. With Cat-like Tread - The Pirates of Penzance 10. I am a Pirate King - The Pirates of Penzance Next: Lerner and Lowe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5675 "2020-03-21T01:23:07Z")
Lerner and Lowe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady 2. They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon ---
**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 21, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5676 "2020-03-21T01:53:11Z")
Lerner and Lowe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady 2. They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon 3. Almost Like Being in Love - Brigadoon ---
**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 21, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5677 "2020-03-21T04:47:58Z")
Lerner and Loewe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady 2. They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon 3. Almost Like Being in Love - Brigadoon 4. If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot Fixed spelling of Loewe ---
**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 21, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5678 "2020-03-21T11:52:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Fixed spelling of Loewe Thanks. I really should just google-check everything and never trust my memory 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 21, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5679 "2020-03-21T14:05:11Z")
Lerner and Loewe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady 2. They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon 3. Almost Like Being in Love - Brigadoon 4. If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot 5. You’ve Got a Hold on Me - What’s Up? ---
**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 21, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/5680 "2020-03-21T16:01:32Z")
Lerner and Loewe 1. I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady 2. They Call the Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon 3. Almost Like Being in Love - Brigadoon 4. If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot 5. You’ve Got a Hold on Me - What’s Up? 6. Thank Heaven For Little Girls - Gigi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=285)