# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1781 "2019-10-29T19:49:27Z")
Numerals 1. Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson 2. 7 - Prince and the New Power Generation 3. One - Metallica 4. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 5. 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell 6. 99 - Toto 7. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians 8. 99 Luftballons - Nena 9. 4+20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1782 "2019-10-29T20:16:47Z")
Numerals 1. Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson 2. 7 - Prince and the New Power Generation 3. One - Metallica 4. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago 5. 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell 6. 99 - Toto 7. 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians 8. 99 Luftballons - Nena 9. 4+20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 10. 1999 - Prince It’s gonna take me a minute to type up the next one, if that’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1783 "2019-10-29T20:19:54Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1784 "2019-10-29T20:21:30Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) Figured a couple of examples would help. ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1785 "2019-10-29T20:22:55Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1786 "2019-10-29T20:37:41Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) ---
**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 29, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1787 "2019-10-29T20:49:56Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1788 "2019-10-29T20:52:03Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) 6. The Monkees/Bananarama (Last Train to Clarksville/Cruel Summer) ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1789 "2019-10-29T21:19:16Z")
Name two bands that should have a common playlist due to nothing more than some commonality or relationship between their names. And a song from each band. (The songs don’t have to have any connection to each other, even in name.) 1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) 6. The Monkees/Bananarama (Last Train to Clarksville/Cruel Summer) 7. Captain Beefheart/The Commodores (Ashtray Heart/Easy) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1790 "2019-10-29T21:49:11Z")
1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) 6. The Monkees/Bananarama (Last Train to Clarksville/Cruel Summer) 7. Captain Beefheart/The Commodores (Ashtray Heart/Easy) 8. Florence + the Machine/Mike and the Mechanics (Ship To Wreck/The Living Years) You guys are doing great with this! ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1791 "2019-10-29T21:59:23Z")
1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) 6. The Monkees/Bananarama (Last Train to Clarksville/Cruel Summer) 7. Captain Beefheart/The Commodores (Ashtray Heart/Easy) 8. Florence + the Machine/Mike and the Mechanics (Ship To Wreck/The Living Years) 9. Tom Petty/Johnny Cash (Breakdown/Ring of Fire) (I thought of this one because I once saw an ad for a band called “Petty Cash”, which specialized in, of course, covers of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1792 "2019-10-29T22:11:04Z")
1. Cars/Motels (My Best Friend’s Girl/Only the Lonely) 2. George Ezra/Better Than Ezra (Budapest/Desperately Wanting) 3. Stray Cats/Three Dog Night (Rock This Town/One) 4. Thin Lizzy/Lizzy Borden (The Boys Are Back in Town/Me Against The World) 5. MC Hammer/Nine Inch Nails (Can’t Touch This/Head Like a Hole) 6. The Monkees/Bananarama (Last Train to Clarksville/Cruel Summer) 7. Captain Beefheart/The Commodores (Ashtray Heart/Easy) 8. Florence + the Machine/Mike and the Mechanics (Ship To Wreck/The Living Years) 9. Tom Petty/Johnny Cash (Breakdown/Ring of Fire) 10. Flora Cash/Eddie Money (You’re Somebody Else/Take Me Home Tonight) > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (I thought of this one because I once saw an ad for a band called “Petty Cash”, which specialized in, of course, covers of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash. 😃 ) Very nice! And made me think of #10. Pass. ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1793 "2019-10-29T22:27:09Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1794 "2019-10-29T22:35:57Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1795 "2019-10-29T22:48:26Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1796 "2019-10-30T02:06:33Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits 4. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1797 "2019-10-30T02:31:14Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits 4. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes 5. Never Goin’ Back To Georgia - Blues Magoos ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1798 "2019-10-30T12:23:05Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits 4. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes 5. Never Goin’ Back To Georgia - Blues Magoos 6. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1799 "2019-10-30T12:39:58Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits 4. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes 5. Never Goin’ Back To Georgia - Blues Magoos 6. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers 7. Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles (Right? They just repeat the same damn thing over and over again.) ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1800 "2019-10-30T12:42:51Z")
Third verse, same as the first 1. Please Please Me - The Beatles 2. I Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding 3. I’m Henry VIII, I Am - Herman’s Hermits 4. Prove My Love - Violent Femmes 5. Never Goin’ Back To Georgia - Blues Magoos 6. Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers 7. Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles 8. Judy is a Punk - The Ramones They literally say “Second verse same as the first” though the third verse actually has a different line than the other two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=91)