# 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:** 66

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1301 "2019-10-18T07:26:21Z")

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Outlaws

1. Wanted Man - Ratt
2. El Paso - Marty Robbins
3. Renegade - Styx
4. Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen
5. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
6. Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame
7. Highwayman - Jimmy Webb (though the Highwaymen’s cover is probably better known)
8. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
9. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1302 "2019-10-18T11:46:43Z")

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Outlaws

1. Wanted Man - Ratt
2. El Paso - Marty Robbins
3. Renegade - Styx
4. Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen
5. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
6. Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame
7. Highwayman - Jimmy Webb (though the Highwaymen’s cover is probably better known)
8. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
9. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
10. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1303 "2019-10-18T12:03:01Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1304 "2019-10-18T12:46:21Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime

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**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1305 "2019-10-18T13:07:15Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman

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**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:** [October 18, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1306 "2019-10-18T14:25:06Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1307 "2019-10-18T15:21:08Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown
6. Glass Onion - The Beatles (sampled Strawberry Fields Forever)

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1308 "2019-10-18T16:30:24Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown
6. Glass Onion - The Beatles (sampled Strawberry Fields Forever)
7. Encore - Danger Mouse (sampled Glass Onion)

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1309 "2019-10-18T17:34:02Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown
6. Glass Onion - The Beatles (sampled Strawberry Fields Forever)
7. Encore - Danger Mouse (sampled Glass Onion)
8. David Bowie - Young Americans (A Day In The Life)

Kind of a loose definition of sampling I think.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1310 "2019-10-18T17:45:36Z")

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More an interpolation.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1311 "2019-10-18T18:18:13Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown
6. Glass Onion - The Beatles (sampled Strawberry Fields Forever)
7. Encore - Danger Mouse (sampled Glass Onion)
8. David Bowie - Young Americans (A Day In The Life)
9. Push It Along - A Tribe Called Quest (Samples “All You Need Is Love”)

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1312 "2019-10-18T19:10:27Z")

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Songs using Beatles samples

1. The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
2. The Heart Gently Weeps - Wu Tang Clan
3. What I Got - Sublime
4. Michele - Gerard Lenorman
5. In My Life - Doc Brown
6. Glass Onion - The Beatles (sampled Strawberry Fields Forever)
7. Encore - Danger Mouse (sampled Glass Onion)
8. David Bowie - Young Americans (A Day In The Life)
9. Push It Along - A Tribe Called Quest (Samples “All You Need Is Love”)
10. Baby, You’re A Rich Man - Fat Boys

I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1313 "2019-10-18T19:19:26Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1314 "2019-10-18T20:20:59Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)

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**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1315 "2019-10-18T20:55:45Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1316 "2019-10-18T22:11:09Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Joe Cocker)

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1317 "2019-10-18T22:57:32Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Joe Cocker)
6. American Pie - [Don McLean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM) ([Madonna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4RDB-mMDJg))

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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:** [October 18, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1318 "2019-10-18T23:15:15Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Joe Cocker)
6. American Pie - Don McLean (Madonna)
7. Without You - Harry Nilsson (Mariah Carey)

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1319 "2019-10-19T00:19:26Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Joe Cocker)
6. American Pie - Don McLean (Madonna)
7. Without You - Badfinger (Harry Nilsson) ((Mariah Carey))

Not as famous, but still the original

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1320 "2019-10-19T00:34:56Z")

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I like the original better

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton (Elvis Presley)
2. Twist and Shout - The Isley Brothers (The Beatles)
3. Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison (Linda Ronstadt)
4. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Van Halen)
5. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Joe Cocker)
6. American Pie - Don McLean (Madonna)
7. Without You - Badfinger (Harry Nilsson) ((Mariah Carey))
8. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles (Elton John)

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