# 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:** 271
**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 20, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5401 "2022-10-20T04:17:28Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5402 "2022-10-20T04:56:30Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette _“…It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife…”_ Didn’t make any sense to me then… or now, either — but then again, a lot of the ‘music’ over the last twenty years makes little or no sense whatsoever. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5403 "2022-10-20T05:39:19Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5404 "2022-10-20T06:05:16Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5405 "2022-10-20T06:16:13Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits 6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5406 "2022-10-20T10:30:40Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits 6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 7. Knife Edge - ELP ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5407 "2022-10-20T13:19:03Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits 6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 7. Knife Edge - ELP 8. Paradise By The Dashboard Life - Meat Loaf > And now our bodies are oh so close and tight > It never felt so good, it never felt so right > And we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife > Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5408 "2022-10-20T13:50:38Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits 6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 7. Knife Edge - ELP 8. Paradise By The Dashboard Life - Meat Loaf 9. I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen _Sometimes it’s like someone took a **knife** , baby_ _Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley_ _Through the middle of my skull_ ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5409 "2022-10-20T19:13:49Z")
**Knife Songs** 1. You Better You Bet - The Who 2. Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams 3. Ironic – Alanis Morrisette 4. The Knife - Genesis 5. Six Blade Knife – Dire Straits 6. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 7. Knife Edge - ELP 8. Paradise By The Dashboard Life - Meat Loaf 9. I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen 10. She Twists the Knife Again - Richard Thompson Pass ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5410 "2022-10-20T19:58:17Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5411 "2022-10-20T20:33:58Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) ---
**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 20, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5412 "2022-10-20T20:39:30Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) A labored rhyme, but I think it fits the category. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5413 "2022-10-20T20:40:22Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5414 "2022-10-20T21:00:01Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5415 "2022-10-20T21:08:44Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) 6. Africa - Toto (solitary company/Serengeti) ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5416 "2022-10-20T21:09:37Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) 6. Africa - Toto (solitary company/Serengeti) 7. Warren Zevon - Genius (je ne sais quoi / monkey’s paw) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5417 "2022-10-20T21:21:57Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) 6. Africa - Toto (solitary company/Serengeti) 7. Warren Zevon - Genius (je ne sais quoi / monkey’s paw) 8. Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police (apprentice/Charybdis) ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5418 "2022-10-20T21:36:33Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) 6. Africa - Toto (solitary company/Serengeti) 7. Warren Zevon - Genius (je ne sais quoi / monkey’s paw) 8. Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police (apprentice/Charybdis) 9. Dennehy - Serengeti (brats / pop and part / Skylark) ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5419 "2022-10-20T21:47:48Z")
**Songs with Unusual Rhymes** 1. You’re So Vain - Carly Simon (apricot / gavotte) 2. You’re the Top - Cole Porter (Astaire / camembert) 3. Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band (Texas / facts is) 4. Don’t Stand So Close to Me - The Police (cough/Nabokov) 5. We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer (Brinkley & Huntley / contrapuntally) 6. Africa - Toto (solitary company/Serengeti) 7. Warren Zevon - Genius (je ne sais quoi / monkey’s paw) 8. Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police (apprentice/Charybdis) 9. Dennehy - Serengeti (brats / pop and part / Skylark) 10. Angelina - Bob Dylan (head of a hyena/Angelina) **Songs with some variant of “down on my knees, begging you please”** 1. Layla - Derek & the Dominos ---
**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:** [October 20, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5420 "2022-10-20T21:57:13Z")
**Songs with some variant of “down on my knees, begging you please”** 1. Layla - Derek & the Dominos 2. Cecilla - Simon and Garfunkel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=270) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=272)