# 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:** 421
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8405 "2021-02-22T16:55:14Z")
**Salad of Greens** 1. The Green Green Grass of Home - Johnny Cash 2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs 3. Little Green - Joni Mitchell 4. It’s Not easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog 5. Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia - Emmylou Harris 6. Green Thoughts - The Smithereens 7. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf 8. Green Grow’th The Holly - traditional ---
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8406 "2021-02-22T19:19:54Z")
**Salad of Greens** 1. The Green Green Grass of Home - Johnny Cash 2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs 3. Little Green - Joni Mitchell 4. It’s Not easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog 5. Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia - Emmylou Harris 6. Green Thoughts - The Smithereens 7. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf 8. Green Grow’th The Holly - traditional 9. Green River - CCR ---
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8407 "2021-02-22T21:50:58Z")
**Salad of Greens** 1. The Green Green Grass of Home - Johnny Cash 2. Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs 3. Little Green - Joni Mitchell 4. It’s Not easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog 5. Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia - Emmylou Harris 6. Green Thoughts - The Smithereens 7. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf 8. Green Grow’th The Holly - traditional 9. Green River - CCR 10. Green Is the Colour - Pink Floyd **Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC ---
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8408 "2021-02-22T21:57:16Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra ---
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8409 "2021-02-22T22:07:47Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8410 "2021-02-23T00:16:13Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8411 "2021-02-23T00:30:54Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins One of the first, if not _the_ first, song about a telephone call. The Michigan J. Frog version is probably more familiar, but doesn’t have the “Hello, Central?”, etc lines. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8412 "2021-02-23T03:47:40Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8413 "2021-02-23T10:24:20Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes 7. Telephone Road - Steve Earle ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8414 "2021-02-23T11:32:21Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes 7. Telephone Road - Steve Earle 8. Telstar - The Tornados ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8415 "2021-02-23T12:38:43Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes 7. Telephone Road - Steve Earle 8. Telstar - The Tornados 9. Uncle Albert – Mccartney wings ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8416 "2021-02-23T13:51:03Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes 7. Telephone Road - Steve Earle 8. Telstar - The Tornados 9. Uncle Albert – Mccartney wings 10. Pennsylvania 6500 - Glenn Miller Next: Silence 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8417 "2021-02-23T13:54:20Z")
Next: Silence 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8418 "2021-02-23T13:55:00Z")
**Songs About Communicating** 1. Are You Receiving Me? - XTC 2. Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra 3. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley 4. Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) - Jim Croce 5. [Hello! Ma Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6kG2r41lQ) - Arthur Collins 6. BEechwood 4-5789 – Marvelettes 7. Telephone Road - Steve Earle 8. Telstar - The Tornados 9. Uncle Albert – Mccartney wings 10. 867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone **Songs with a gender twist** 1. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8419 "2021-02-23T14:01:59Z")
**Songs with a gender twist** 1. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed 2. There Are Men Who Love Women (Who Love Men) - Steve Goodman ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8420 "2021-02-23T15:39:40Z")
**Silence** 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 3. It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8421 "2021-02-23T17:51:04Z")
**Silence** 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 3. It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork 4. Silence Says It All - Martin Delray ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8422 "2021-02-23T17:55:23Z")
**Silence** 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 3. It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork 4. Silence Says It All - Martin Delray 5. Silent E - Tom Lehrer ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8423 "2021-02-23T18:09:49Z")
What happened to my list? I guess we’ll finish it after this one, even though mine was first. **Silence** 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 3. It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork 4. Silence Says It All - Martin Delray 5. Silent E - Tom Lehrer 6. Silent Night - Christmas song ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/8424 "2021-02-23T18:23:04Z")
**Silence** 1. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos 2. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 3. It’s Oh So Quiet - Bjork 4. Silence Says It All - Martin Delray 5. Silent E - Tom Lehrer 6. Silent Night - Christmas song 7. Silent e - the Bazillions > [@Rebo](#): > > What happened to my list? I guess we’ll finish it after this one, even though mine was first. ??? Yours was started two posts/four minutes after this one… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=420) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=422)