# 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:** 73
**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 21, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1441 "2019-10-21T16:52:33Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Wha? There are practically no words in this song, and the other “Honey Pie” doesn’t mention wine. I was wondering about that myself. ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1442 "2019-10-21T17:16:04Z")
Songs for atheists 1. Dear God - XTC 2. Atheists Don’t Have No Songs - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers 3. Imagine - John Lennon 4. Superstar from Jesus Christ Superstar 5. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum 6. Losing My Religion - R.E.M. 7. God’s Away on Business - Tom Waits 8. Old Man - Randy Newman 9. The Atheist Christmas Carol - Vienna Teng 10. Freewill - Rush Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1443 "2019-10-21T17:25:29Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1444 "2019-10-21T17:30:19Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1445 "2019-10-21T17:32:45Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1446 "2019-10-21T17:43:44Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1447 "2019-10-21T17:46:42Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 6. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1448 "2019-10-21T17:49:03Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 6. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina 1447 7. Sister Christian - Night Ranger ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1449 "2019-10-21T17:52:40Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 6. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina 1447 7. Sister Christian - Night Ranger 8. Brothers - John Mellencamp ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1450 "2019-10-21T18:02:36Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 6. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina 1447 7. Sister Christian - Night Ranger 8. Brothers - John Mellencamp 9. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) - The Judds ---
**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 21, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1451 "2019-10-21T18:08:48Z")
Family Trees 1. Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield 2. Your Auntie Grizelda - The Monkees 3. Uncle Walter - Ben Folds Five 4. Son of a son of a sailor - Jimmy Buffet 5. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy 6. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins and Messina 1447 7. Sister Christian - Night Ranger 8. Brothers - John Mellencamp 9. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) - The Judds 10. We Are Family - Sister Sledge Next: Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 11. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1452 "2019-10-21T18:43:51Z")
Next: Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) ---
**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 21, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1453 "2019-10-21T18:48:43Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang Seriously, they were a top notch punk rock band. ---
**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 21, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1454 "2019-10-21T18:54:07Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. [The Inn At the End of Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-YQjFxyaUc) - Professor Elemental Received pronunciation steampunk British rapper. You’ll never mistake him for Nas, but his beats are bangin’ and he’s clearly an accomplished performer. ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1455 "2019-10-21T20:09:05Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1456 "2019-10-21T20:13:33Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic 6. GWAR ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1457 "2019-10-21T20:16:30Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic 6. GWAR 7. The worst band in the world - 10CC ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1458 "2019-10-21T20:21:43Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic 6. GWAR 7. The worst band in the world - 10CC 8. Gorillaz ---
**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 21, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1459 "2019-10-21T20:23:42Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic 6. GWAR 7. The worst band in the world - 10CC 8. Gorillaz 9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group ---
**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 21, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1460 "2019-10-21T22:00:21Z")
Gimmick songs or bands that are actually pretty good 1. Majesty of Rock - Spınal Tap [Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOxgwF9LlM) 2. Hocus Pocus - Focus [Focus - Hocus Pocus - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0F_XiR48Q) 3. The Ballad of Chasey Lain - The Bloodhound Gang 4. The Inn At the End of Time - Professor Elemental 5. Al Yankovic 6. GWAR 7. The worst band in the world - 10CC 8. Gorillaz 9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group 10. [The Red Elvises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Elvises) Great Songs by Artists you don’t really like. 1. Hollywood Nights - Bob Seeger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=74)