# 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:** ![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:** [September 28, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7283 "2020-09-28T20:28:28Z")

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Songs that reference Bob Dylan or his songs

1. I Only Want to Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish
2. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel
3. Song for Bob Dylan - David Bowie
4. Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez
5. Bob Dylan Blues - Syd Barrett
6. Garden Party - Rick Nelson
7. American Pie - Don McLean
8. The Seeker - The Who

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7284 "2020-09-28T20:32:07Z")

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Songs that reference Bob Dylan or his songs

1. I Only Want to Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish
2. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel
3. Song for Bob Dylan - David Bowie
4. Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez
5. Bob Dylan Blues - Syd Barrett
6. Garden Party - Rick Nelson
7. American Pie - Don McLean
8. The Seeker - The Who
9. Give Peace a Chance - Plastic Ono Band

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7285 "2020-09-28T21:14:43Z")

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Songs that reference Bob Dylan or his songs

1. I Only Want to Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish
2. A Simple Desultory Philippic - Simon & Garfunkel
3. Song for Bob Dylan - David Bowie
4. Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez
5. Bob Dylan Blues - Syd Barrett
6. Garden Party - Rick Nelson
7. American Pie - Don McLean
8. The Seeker - The Who
9. Give Peace a Chance - Plastic Ono Band
10. Do You Sing Any Dylan? - Eric Bogle

**Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs**

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7286 "2020-09-28T21:36:55Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company

_Well Johnny was a schoolboy/When he heard his first Beatles song_  
_‘Love Me Do’ I think it was/From then it didn’t take him long_

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**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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7287 "2020-09-28T21:38:43Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra

“My Shangri-La has gone away, faded like the Beatles on ‘Hey Jude’”

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7288 "2020-09-28T21:43:10Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy

In winter 1963, it felt like the world would freeze  
With John F. Kennedy, and The Beatles

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**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 28, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7289 "2020-09-28T21:44:03Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash

“Phony Beatlemania has bitten the _duuuust_!”

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7290 "2020-09-28T21:49:25Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf

“And it sounds like John, Paul, and George!” followed by the guitar riff from “I Feel Fine.”

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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:** [September 28, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7291 "2020-09-28T23:27:17Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf
7. The Boy With The Beatle Hair - Swans

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7292 "2020-09-29T12:00:27Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf
7. The Boy With The Beatle Hair - Swans
8. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople

“and my brother back at home with his Beatles and his Stones…”

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7293 "2020-09-29T13:16:45Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf
7. The Boy With The Beatle Hair - Swans
8. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
9. Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio - The Ramones

“Will you remember Jerry Lee  
John Lennon, T. Rex and old Moulty?”

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**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 29, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7294 "2020-09-29T19:07:41Z")

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Songs that reference The Beatles or their songs

1. I Dig Rock & Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary
2. Shooting Star - Bad Company
3. Shangri-La - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Life In a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
5. London Calling - The Clash
6. Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf
7. The Boy With The Beatle Hair - Swans
8. All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
9. Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio - The Ramones
10. The Seeker - The Who

Also a response to the previous category 😀

The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7295 "2020-09-29T19:51:47Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives

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**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:** [September 29, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7296 "2020-09-29T19:55:16Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7297 "2020-09-29T20:12:30Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7298 "2020-09-29T20:18:28Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She
5. Veronica

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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:** [September 29, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7299 "2020-09-29T20:44:38Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She
5. Veronica
6. Everyday I Write the Book

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**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 29, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7300 "2020-09-29T20:59:43Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She
5. Veronica
6. Everyday I Write the Book
7. Riot Act

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**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 29, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7301 "2020-09-29T23:34:39Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She
5. Veronica
6. Everyday I Write the Book
7. Riot Act
8. Radio, Radio

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7302 "2020-10-02T04:02:06Z")

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The Elvis Costello Playlist

1. Alison
2. Watching the Detectives
3. Pump It Up
4. She
5. Veronica
6. Everyday I Write the Book
7. Riot Act
8. Radio, Radio
9. Clobland

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