# 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:** 301
**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:** [April 8, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6001 "2020-04-08T23:14:12Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers [The Statler Brothers - The Movies - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MlzXoHwWo) 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6002 "2020-04-09T01:44:02Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers [The Statler Brothers - The Movies - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MlzXoHwWo) 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. [Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ClCpfeIELw) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6003 "2020-04-09T01:52:16Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers [The Statler Brothers - The Movies - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MlzXoHwWo) 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something 6. Right Before Your Eyes - America ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6004 "2020-04-09T01:56:42Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something 6. Right Before Your Eyes - America 7. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6005 "2020-04-09T02:43:35Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something 6. Right Before Your Eyes - America 7. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks 8. Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy Buffett ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6006 "2020-04-09T05:58:31Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something 6. Right Before Your Eyes - America 7. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks 8. Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy Buffett 9. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6007 "2020-04-09T14:16:36Z")
Songs That Make Reference To Old Films 1. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 2. The Movies - The Statler Brothers 3. The Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 4. The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon and Vangelis 5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Deep Blue Something 6. Right Before Your Eyes - America 7. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks 8. Pencil Thin Mustache - Jimmy Buffett 9. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 10. White Heat - Madonna Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6008 "2020-04-09T14:56:39Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6009 "2020-04-09T15:29:53Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6010 "2020-04-09T17:01:56Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy” 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6011 "2020-04-09T17:05:11Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio > > 1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Nope – Dark Side’s audio snippets were recorded by the band in the studio, not sourced elsewhere. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6012 "2020-04-09T18:45:25Z")
Oh, yes, you’re right of course. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6013 "2020-04-09T20:02:06Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6014 "2020-04-09T21:27:06Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6015 "2020-04-10T01:41:12Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) 6. Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf (Yankee game) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6016 "2020-04-10T02:14:56Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) 6. Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf (Yankee game) 7. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash - Ian Thomas (snips of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, and Bogart in the “Maltese Falcon”) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6017 "2020-04-10T03:32:46Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) 6. Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf (Yankee game) 7. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash - Ian Thomas (snips of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, and Bogart in the “Maltese Falcon”) 8. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba (clip of a speech by Pete Postlethwaite from the film “Brassed Off”) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2020, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6018 "2020-04-10T06:39:34Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) 6. Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf (Yankee game) 7. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash - Ian Thomas (snips of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, and Bogart in the “Maltese Falcon”) 8. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba (clip of a speech by Pete Postlethwaite from the film “Brassed Off”) 9. Your Gold Dress - Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC) (soundbite of [a radio listener chewing out Tuli Kupferberg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKS3l4mG6tw) for singing “Go Fuck Yourself with Your Atom Bomb”) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6019 "2020-04-10T10:53:35Z")
Songs that contain real audio from a movie, tv show or radio 1. I Am the Walrus - The Beatles (radio play) 2. What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (sample of Leonard Nimoy’s voice from the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy”) 3. Modern Music - Be Bop Deluxe 4. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim (the titular phrase is taken from the film “Strange Days” and spoken by Angela Bassett) 5. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd (snippet from an episode of Gomer Pyle) 6. Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf (Yankee game) 7. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash - Ian Thomas (snips of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, and Bogart in the “Maltese Falcon”) 8. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba (clip of a speech by Pete Postlethwaite from the film “Brassed Off”) 9. Your Gold Dress - Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC) (soundbite of a radio listener chewing out Tuli Kupferberg for singing “Go Fuck Yourself with Your Atom Bomb”) 10. He’s A Man - Madonna (snip from the movie Dick Tracy: “Where’s Tracy?”) Songs of the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth 11. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord?) - spiritual ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6020 "2020-04-10T11:16:45Z")
Songs of the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth 1. Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord?) - spiritual 2. He’s Alive - Don Francisco (also covered very well by Dolly Parton) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=302)