# 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\
**Page:** 383

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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:** [December 13, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7643 "2020-12-13T02:16:34Z")

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**Song that evokes a specific memory from your youth**

1. Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
2. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
3. Earth Angel —T he Penguins
4. They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
5. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
6. Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven
7. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
8. Skokiaan – Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Band

Fit right in with my stamps, maps, and anything else exotic. [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-orzKx8o4)

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7644 "2020-12-14T04:08:05Z")

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**Song that evokes a specific memory from your youth**

1. Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
2. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
3. Earth Angel —T he Penguins
4. They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
5. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
6. Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven
7. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
8. Skokiaan – Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Band
9. Since I Met You Baby – Ivory Joe Hunter

From the first pool hall I hung out at

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7645 "2020-12-14T10:44:02Z")

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**Song that evokes a specific memory from your youth**

1. Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders
2. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
3. Earth Angel —T he Penguins
4. They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
5. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
6. Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven
7. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
8. Skokiaan – Bulawayo Sweet Rhythm Band
9. Since I Met You Baby – Ivory Joe Hunter
10. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

(8th grade government teacher brought in the 45 and played it for the class to teach us what great music sounds like, not like that crap we were listening to)

Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7646 "2020-12-14T11:58:03Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7647 "2020-12-14T13:53:00Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze

Renault Wind

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7648 "2020-12-14T14:45:10Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7649 "2020-12-14T15:34:19Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues

[![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/45/7e/f4457e500d1ab19fd0dd7312df19d4b9.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/45/7e/f4457e500d1ab19fd0dd7312df19d4b9.jpg)

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7650 "2020-12-14T19:22:45Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues
6. Cadillac Jack Favor - Clint Black

A biographical song about a rodeo star, who was wrongly convicted of murder.

[https://texastrailoffame.org/inductees/jack-favor/](https://texastrailoffame.org/inductees/jack-favor/)

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7651 "2020-12-14T19:42:32Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues
6. Cadillac Jack Favor - Clint Black
7. Rio - Duran Duran

the Kia Rio

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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:** [December 14, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7652 "2020-12-14T20:43:05Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues
6. Cadillac Jack Favor - Clint Black
7. Rio - Duran Duran
8. Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues - Tracy Lawrence

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7653 "2020-12-14T23:26:31Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues
6. Cadillac Jack Favor - Clint Black
7. Rio - Duran Duran
8. Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues - Tracy Lawrence
9. Liberty - Journey

See what I did there? 🙂

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7654 "2020-12-15T02:55:13Z")

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Songs that have a vehicle make or model in the title (bonus points if the word in the song is NOT referring to the actual vehicle)

1. Escape (the Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
2. Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
3. She’s Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
4. Cosmic Thing - The B-52s
5. New Horizons - The Moody Blues
6. Cadillac Jack Favor - Clint Black
7. Rio - Duran Duran
8. Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues - Tracy Lawrence
9. Liberty - Journey
10. We Are the Champions – Queen

'47 Studebaker. Queen was also a British make or car in 1905

Pass

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7655 "2020-12-15T10:35:48Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7656 "2020-12-15T13:27:07Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7657 "2020-12-15T13:37:17Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7658 "2020-12-15T14:27:07Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7659 "2020-12-15T14:32:54Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7660 "2020-12-15T15:14:58Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting
6. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7661 "2020-12-15T16:17:36Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting
6. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
7. There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney

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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:** [December 15, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/7662 "2020-12-15T16:28:35Z")

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**Songs about the passage of time**

1. Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2. In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
3. Older - They Might Be Giants
4. Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel
5. 100 Years - Five for Fighting
6. It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra
7. There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney
8. In My Life - The Beatles

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