# 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:** 88

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1741 "2019-10-29T14:48:31Z")

</div>

Creatures of the Night, What Beautiful Music They Make

1. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
2. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
3. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
4. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - CATS
5. Vampire Bats - Wesley Willis
6. Winona’s Big Brown Beaver - Primus
7. Night Owl - Wilson Pickett
8. Fireflies - Owl City

(Double points for the title and the artist, though the East German judge gives a deduction for the fact that fireflies are silent. 😃 )

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1742 "2019-10-29T14:54:40Z")

</div>

Creatures of the Night, What Beautiful Music They Make

1. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
2. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
3. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
4. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - CATS
5. Vampire Bats - Wesley Willis
6. Winona’s Big Brown Beaver - Primus
7. Night Owl - Wilson Pickett
8. Fireflies - Owl City
9. Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1743 "2019-10-29T14:57:54Z")

</div>

Creatures of the Night, What Beautiful Music They Make

1. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
2. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf
3. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
4. Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats - CATS
5. Vampire Bats - Wesley Willis
6. Winona’s Big Brown Beaver - Primus
7. Night Owl - Wilson Pickett
8. Fireflies - Owl City
9. Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
10. Muskrat Love - Captain and Tennille

Next: Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1744 "2019-10-29T15:02:01Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. [Re: Your Brains](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmzjaN2DWc) - Jonathan Coulton

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1745 "2019-10-29T15:09:20Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1746 "2019-10-29T15:13:17Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1747 "2019-10-29T15:16:00Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1748 "2019-10-29T15:16:31Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1749 "2019-10-29T15:22:22Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett

Cleanup on Aisle 4.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1750 "2019-10-29T15:39:36Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett
7. Zomby Woof - Zappa / Mothers

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1751 "2019-10-29T15:59:56Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett
7. Zomby Woof - Zappa / Mothers
8. Thriller - Michael Jackson

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1752 "2019-10-29T16:05:32Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett
7. Zomby Woof - Zappa / Mothers
8. The Dead Don’t Die - Sturgill Simpson

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1753 "2019-10-29T16:06:30Z")

</div>

Zombies!

1. Zombie Boy - Magnetic Fields
2. Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
3. Zombie Zoo - Tom Petty
4. She’s Not There - The Zombies
5. Zombie - The Cranberries
6. Monster Mash - Boris Pickett
7. Zomby Woof - Zappa / Mothers
8. Thriller - Michael Jackson
9. The Dead Don’t Die - Sturgill Simpson
10. Zombies March - GWAR

Dammit. Pass, again.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1754 "2019-10-29T16:08:52Z")

</div>

nm

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1755 "2019-10-29T16:10:39Z")

</div>

OK, I’ll do a new category after all.

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1756 "2019-10-29T16:11:51Z")

</div>

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1757 "2019-10-29T16:52:54Z")

</div>

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
3. The Ballad of Hank - Hank Williams, Jr.

A fun ditty sung about his father.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1758 "2019-10-29T16:55:11Z")

</div>

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
3. The Ballad of Hank - Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Ty Cobb - Soundgarden

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1759 "2019-10-29T16:56:22Z")

</div>

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
3. The Ballad of Hank - Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Ty Cobb - Soundgarden
5. Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 29, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1760 "2019-10-29T17:06:11Z")

</div>

Songs with celebrities’ name(s) in the title

1. Paul McCartney - Scissor Sisters
2. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
3. The Ballad of Hank - Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Ty Cobb - Soundgarden
5. Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies
6. George Jones and Jesus - Lance Miller

A twofer!

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=87)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=89)
