Topic Playlist! (Part 1)

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Melodramatic titles

  1. My Smile is Extinct - Kane Strang
  2. Waiting Around to Die - Townes Van Zandt
  3. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Michael Bolton
  4. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  5. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
  6. My World Is Empty Without You - Diana Ross & the Supremes
  7. Burn the World - AC4
  8. Panic In The World - Be Bop Deluxe
  9. Hooker - Tom Paxton
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Same title, more than one band

  1. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd, Tom Petty
  2. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey
  3. Shout - The Isley Brothers, Tears for Fears
  4. In Your Arms - Destine, Nico & Vinz, Kina Grannis, Illenium, Meredith Andrews, Rachel Holder, Ronan Keating, Michael Woods, Aiobahn, Matt Emery, Chris Brown, Mia Martina, Crystal Fighters, Gabrielle Alpin, Emjay, Nervo
  5. Time - Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Tom Waits and many others
  6. Repo Man - Iggy Pop, Ray LaMontagne
  7. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane, Queen
  8. Stronger - Britney Spears, Kanye West, Clean Bandit, Sugababes, Slapshock, Taxiride, and others
  9. Jump - Pointer Sisters, Van Halen
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Same title, more than one band

  1. Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd, Tom Petty
  2. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey
  3. Shout - The Isley Brothers, Tears for Fears
  4. In Your Arms - Destine, Nico & Vinz, Kina Grannis, Illenium, Meredith Andrews, Rachel Holder, Ronan Keating, Michael Woods, Aiobahn, Matt Emery, Chris Brown, Mia Martina, Crystal Fighters, Gabrielle Alpin, Emjay, Nervo
  5. Time - Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Tom Waits and many others
  6. Repo Man - Iggy Pop, Ray LaMontagne
  7. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane, Queen
  8. Stronger - Britney Spears, Kanye West, Clean Bandit, Sugababes, Slapshock, Taxiride, and others
  9. Jump - Pointer Sisters, Van Halen
  10. Forever Young - Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart

Next up: Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
  6. War - Edwin Starr

#3 is called “For What It’s Worth” and is really about the Sunset Strip riots of 1966, not the Vietnam War.

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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
  6. War - Edwin Starr
  7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
  6. War - Edwin Starr
  7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
  8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
  6. War - Edwin Starr
  7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
  8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
  9. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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Anti-war songs

  1. I-Feel-Like-I’m Fixing-To-Die Rag - County Joe & The Fish
  2. Some Mother’s Son - The Kinks
  3. Stop Children What’s That Sound - Buffalo Springfield
  4. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos - Public Enemy
  5. The War Song - Culture Club
  6. War - Edwin Starr
  7. I Ain’t Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
  8. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
  9. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  10. Go Fuck Yourself With Your Atom Bomb - The Fugs

Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)

His first lead on a Beach Boys track

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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
  4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon)
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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
  4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon)
  5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo)

The only time in the band’s history where someone other than Geoff Tate (former lead) or Todd La Torre (current lead) sang (solo-)lead on a song.

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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
  4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon)
  5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo)
  6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee)
    Joey sang most of the Ramones songs but Dee Dee and C Jay sang a few.
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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
  4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon)
  5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo)
  6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee)
  7. Willesden Green - The Kinks (sung by bassist John Dalton)
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Not Carl’s very first (“Girl Don’t Tell Me” came earlier), but one of the first.

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Songs not sung by the band’s typical lead singer(s)

  1. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (Carl Wilson)
  2. With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles (Ringo Starr)
  3. Numb - U2 (The Edge)
  4. Boris the Spider - The Who (John Entwistle, with an assist from Keith Moon)
  5. All I Want - Queensryche (Chris DeGarmo)
  6. Wart Hog - The Ramones (Dee Dee)
  7. Willesden Green - The Kinks (sung by bassist John Dalton)
  8. Beth - KISS (Cat)