# 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:** 69
**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 19, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1361 "2019-10-19T23:40:31Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. [The Man’s Too Strong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yz62_0ToE) - Dire Straits ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1362 "2019-10-19T23:47:43Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. [The Man’s Too Strong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yz62_0ToE) - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ - Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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 19, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1363 "2019-10-19T23:52:43Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. [The Man’s Too Strong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yz62_0ToE) - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1364 "2019-10-20T00:38:39Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. [The Man’s Too Strong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2yz62_0ToE) - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the _Edmund Fitzgerald_ - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 7. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic ---
**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 20, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1365 "2019-10-20T01:07:57Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 7. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic 8. Benny The Bounder - Emerson Lake & Palmer ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1366 "2019-10-20T03:24:18Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 7. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic 8. Benny The Bounder - Emerson Lake & Palmer 9. Lyin’ Eyes - The Eagles ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1367 "2019-10-20T04:38:49Z")
Story songs 1. Taxi - Harry Chapin 2. Cross the Brazos at Waco - Billy Walker 3. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 4. The Man’s Too Strong - Dire Straits 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Alice’s Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie 7. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic 8. Benny The Bounder - Emerson Lake & Palmer 9. Lyin’ Eyes - The Eagles 10. Where do you go to my lovely - Peter Sarstedt All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1368 "2019-10-20T04:44:20Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set Dutch band ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1369 "2019-10-20T04:57:34Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim Because… the Netherlands… tulips… Look, there’s not a lot to work with here, okay? ---
**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 20, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1370 "2019-10-20T05:22:24Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring (Another Dutch band) ---
**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 20, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1371 "2019-10-20T05:25:19Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles One of the verses (bolding indicates the Dutch connection): _Drove from Paris to the **Amsterdam** Hilton, Talking in our beds for a week, The newspapers said, “Say what’re you doing in bed?” I said “We’re only trying to get us some peace.”_ ---
**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 20, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1372 "2019-10-20T05:57:28Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles 6. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Van Halen (60% of the performers Dutch-born!) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1373 "2019-10-20T10:11:37Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles 6. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Van Halen (60% of the performers Dutch-born!) 7. The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessye Norman ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1374 "2019-10-20T13:29:38Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles 6. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Van Halen (60% of the performers Dutch-born!) 7. The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessye Norman 8. Amsterdam - Buck Owens ---
**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 20, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1375 "2019-10-20T14:06:48Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles 6. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Van Halen (60% of the performers Dutch-born!) 7. The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessye Norman 8. Amsterdam - Buck Owens 9. By The Side of the Zuyder Zee - Maudi Darrell ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1376 "2019-10-20T14:17:15Z")
All things Dutch 1. If you ever come to Amsterdam - Pussycat 2. Ma Belle Ami - The Tee Set 3. Tiptoe Though the Tulips - Tiny Tim 4. Radar Love - Golden Earring 5. The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles 6. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Van Halen (60% of the performers Dutch-born!) 7. The Windmills of Your Mind - Jessye Norman 8. Amsterdam - Buck Owens 9. By The Side of the Zuyder Zee - Maudi Darrell 10. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley What? They always play this at Ajax matches. It’s sort of their unofficial anthem. Let’s build a house: 1. Cedar Room - Doves ---
**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 20, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1377 "2019-10-20T14:21:15Z")
Let’s build a house: 1. Cedar Room - Doves 2. Fixing A Hole - The Beatles ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1378 "2019-10-20T14:28:55Z")
Let’s build a house: 1. Cedar Room - Doves 2. Fixing A Hole - The Beatles 3. Proud of the House We Built - Brooks & Dunn ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1379 "2019-10-20T15:07:30Z")
Let’s build a house: 1. Cedar Room - Doves 2. Fixing A Hole - The Beatles 3. Proud of the House We Built - Brooks & Dunn 4. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1380 "2019-10-20T15:20:59Z")
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