# 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:** 99

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1961 "2019-11-03T01:14:33Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers

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**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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1962 "2019-11-03T01:15:16Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1963 "2019-11-03T01:48:26Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1964 "2019-11-03T01:50:58Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang

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**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:** [November 3, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1965 "2019-11-03T02:08:21Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
6. Morning Will Come - Spirit

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1966 "2019-11-03T02:26:54Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
6. Morning Will Come - Spirit

[man, no Chicago songs yet? For shame…]

1. Saturday in the Park - Chicago

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**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:** [November 3, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1967 "2019-11-03T03:03:12Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
6. Morning Will Come - Spirit
7. Saturday in the Park - Chicago
8. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1968 "2019-11-03T03:10:40Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
6. Morning Will Come - Spirit
7. Saturday in the Park - Chicago
8. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
9. [You’ve Made Me So Very Happy - Blood Sweat & Tears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWPbLxtsLs)

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**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:** [November 3, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1969 "2019-11-03T03:27:04Z")

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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> [man, no Chicago songs yet? For shame…]
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> 1. Saturday in the Park - Chicago

(That was one I seriously considered starting the list with.)

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1970 "2019-11-03T04:03:26Z")

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Songs with horn sections

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
2. Soul Man - the Blues Brothers
3. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen
4. Vehicle - The Ides of March
5. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang
6. Morning Will Come - Spirit
7. Saturday in the Park - Chicago
8. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
9. You’ve Made Me So Very Happy - Blood Sweat & Tears
10. One Fine Morning - Lighthouse

Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1971 "2019-11-03T05:28:38Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

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**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:** [November 3, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1972 "2019-11-03T07:46:02Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

I know the most iconic New Order riff is the one from Blue Monday, but I think I already used that song once.

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1973 "2019-11-03T09:17:30Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison

Wikipedia says George was one of the first pop musicians to feature a synth in his music, but the Monkees beat him by a couple years.

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1974 "2019-11-03T09:21:50Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. [Never Been Any Reason](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgD-NwCtvrA) - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1975 "2019-11-03T10:36:06Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. Never Been Any Reason - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)
6. I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1976 "2019-11-03T12:03:50Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. Never Been Any Reason - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)
6. I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis
7. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Wendy Carlos, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1977 "2019-11-03T12:20:55Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. Never Been Any Reason - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)
6. I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis
7. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Wendy Carlos, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
8. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1978 "2019-11-03T13:01:43Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. Never Been Any Reason - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)
6. I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis
7. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Wendy Carlos, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
8. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
9. Pictures at an Exhibition - Isao Tomita

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1979 "2019-11-03T13:53:53Z")

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Synths

1. Daily Nightly - The Monkees
2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
4. Electronic Sound - George Harrison
5. Never Been Any Reason - Head East (double-tracked synth solos!)
6. I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis
7. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Wendy Carlos, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
8. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
9. Pictures at an Exhibition - Isao Tomita
10. Oxygene IV - Jean Michel Jarre

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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:** [November 3, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/1980 "2019-11-03T13:55:14Z")

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China or Japan

1. Visions of China - Japan

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