# Topic Playlist! (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532 "2021-08-26T02:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 138
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2741 "2022-04-04T19:24:35Z")
**The Joni Mitchell Playlist** 1. Twisted - Joni Mitchell 2. Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows 3. Both Sides, Now 4. Raised on Robbery 5. Help Me 6. Free Man in Paris 7. Talk to Me 8. Woodstock And Counting Crows cover of Big Yellow Taxis is all right, but I prefer Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2742 "2022-04-04T20:30:49Z")
My intent was to show that many people covered her songs. For example Both Sides Now and Woodstock are better know by other people that covered her work, which is a great compliment to any artist. Now back to our regularly scheduled thread. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2743 "2022-04-04T20:37:28Z")
**The Joni Mitchell Playlist** 1. Twisted - Joni Mitchell 2. Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows 3. Both Sides, Now 4. Raised on Robbery 5. Help Me 6. Free Man in Paris 7. Talk to Me 8. Woodstock 9. Blue ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2744 "2022-04-04T21:05:59Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > My intent was to show that many people covered her songs. For example Both Sides Now and Woodstock are better know by other people that covered her work, which is a great compliment to any artist. OK I do see your point. Yes, lots of well-known covers. And some years ago I heard Judy Collins doing a really bad cover of Both Sides Now, with a very odd rhythm. She said that she had to mix it up because she was tired of it, but it just sounded weird. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2745 "2022-04-05T12:00:44Z")
**The Joni Mitchell Playlist** 1. Twisted - Joni Mitchell 2. Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows 3. Both Sides, Now 4. Raised on Robbery 5. Help Me 6. Free Man in Paris 7. Talk to Me 8. Woodstock 9. Blue 10. The Circle Game pass ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2746 "2022-04-05T12:52:26Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2747 "2022-04-05T13:00:21Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2748 "2022-04-05T13:08:38Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2749 "2022-04-05T13:09:11Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2750 "2022-04-05T13:22:52Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2751 "2022-04-05T13:28:08Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2752 "2022-04-05T14:13:10Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood 7. A Day in the Life One of the best transitions I ever heard on FM radio was merging the end of this song (the long piano chord) with the beginning of Red Rider’s “Lunatic Fringe.” ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2753 "2022-04-05T14:15:47Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood 7. A Day in the Life 8. Blackbird ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2754 "2022-04-05T14:19:06Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood 7. A Day in the Life 8. Blackbird 9. In My Life ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2755 "2022-04-05T14:27:53Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood 7. A Day in the Life 8. Blackbird 9. In My Life 10. Something I was this many years old when I learned what a Helter Skelter was. > **[Helter skelter (ride)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_skelter_(ride))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > A helter skelter, or helter-skelter lighthouse, > is an amusement ride resembling a lighthouse with a spiral shaped slide built around the tower. Typically, fairgoers climb up a flight of stairs inside the tower and slide down the spiral on the outside using a coir mat. The ride is most prevalent in amusement parks and fairgrounds in the United Kingdom. > The first known appearance of the helter skelter was at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1906, whic... pass ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2756 "2022-04-05T14:30:33Z")
**Beatles songs that are pretty much beyond reproach** 1. Yesterday 2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 3. I Want to Hold Your Hand 4. Hey Jude 5. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band 6. Norwegian Wood 7. A Day in the Life 8. Blackbird 9. In My Life 10. Here Comes the Sun (on Speaking of sun, let’s go where the sun and surf met the cars and guitars… **Beach Boys Hits** 1. Fun, Fun, Fun _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2757 "2022-04-05T14:44:18Z")
**Beach Boys Hits** 1. Fun, Fun, Fun 2. Good Vibrations ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2758 "2022-04-05T15:10:08Z")
**Beach Boys Hits** 1. Fun, Fun, Fun 2. Good Vibrations 3. I Get Around ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2759 "2022-04-05T15:18:49Z")
**Beach Boys Hits** 1. Fun, Fun, Fun 2. Good Vibrations 3. I Get Around 4. Kokomo ---
**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:** [April 5, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/2760 "2022-04-05T15:28:09Z")
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