# 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:** 280
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5581 "2022-11-07T19:34:17Z")
**Songs about musical instruments** 1. Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields 2. Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles 3. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck 4. If You Wanna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In the Band - Alabama 5. Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5582 "2022-11-07T19:34:56Z")
**Songs about musical instruments** 1. Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields 2. Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles 3. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck 4. If You Wanna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In the Band - Alabama 5. Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles 7. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba - Rudy Vallee ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5583 "2022-11-07T19:42:56Z")
**Songs about musical instruments** 1. Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields 2. Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles 3. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck 4. If You Wanna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In the Band - Alabama 5. Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles 7. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba - Rudy Vallee 8. Piano Man - Billy Joel ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5584 "2022-11-07T19:45:18Z")
**Songs about musical instruments** 1. Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields 2. Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles 3. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck 4. If You Wanna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In the Band - Alabama 5. Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles 7. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba - Rudy Vallee 8. Piano Man - Billy Joel 9. Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5585 "2022-11-07T19:59:09Z")
**Songs about musical instruments** 1. Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields 2. Baby Grand - Billy Joel & Ray Charles 3. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck 4. If You Wanna Play In Texas You Gotta Have a Fiddle In the Band - Alabama 5. Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers 6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles 7. When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba - Rudy Vallee 8. Piano Man - Billy Joel 9. Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren 10. Piccolo Pete - Fred Rich & His Orchestra **Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5586 "2022-11-07T20:01:19Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond Later covered by UB40. ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5587 "2022-11-07T20:03:34Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia A 1980s side project of some of the Duran Duran members. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5588 "2022-11-07T20:06:18Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Election Day - Arcadia ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5589 "2022-11-07T20:28:41Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Election Day - Arcadia 3. Electioneering - Radiohead ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5590 "2022-11-07T20:34:10Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead (Housekeeping) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5591 "2022-11-07T21:19:06Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 Sad but possibly true ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5592 "2022-11-07T21:38:33Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 6. The Lobbyist - Lettuce ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5593 "2022-11-07T22:13:43Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 6. The Lobbyist - Lettuce 7. Know Your Rights - The Clash ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5594 "2022-11-07T23:27:55Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 6. The Lobbyist - Lettuce 7. Know Your Rights - The Clash 8. The One on the Right Is on the Left – Johnny Cash _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5595 "2022-11-08T03:29:53Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 6. The Lobbyist - Lettuce 7. Know Your Rights - The Clash 8. The One on the Right Is on the Left – Johnny Cash 9. Power to the People - John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band ---
**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 8, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5596 "2022-11-08T03:34:48Z")
**Songs to Vote By** 1. True Blue - Madonna 2. Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond 3. Election Day - Arcadia 4. Electioneering - Radiohead 5. New Years Day - U2 6. The Lobbyist - Lettuce 7. Know Your Rights - The Clash 8. The One on the Right Is on the Left – Johnny Cash 9. Power to the People - John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band 10. Elected - Alice Cooper Next: **Your Song (Songs Written About/For a Specific, Known Person)** 1. Athena - The Who (written about actress Theresa Russell) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5597 "2022-11-08T03:58:01Z")
**Your Song (Songs Written About/For a Specific, Known Person)** 1. Athena - The Who (written about actress Theresa Russell) 2. L-L-L-Linda – Jan and Dean This was actually a cover of a ballad called “Linda”, originally written in 1942 by Jack Lawrence and recorded in 1946 by Ray Noble’s orchestra (vocal by Buddy Clark). The eponymous ‘Linda’ was the one-year-old daughter of Lawrence’s attorney, Lee Eastman – the same Linda Eastman who would, in 1969, marry Beatles member Paul McCartney. I know this because I have a version of this song from 1947 or so. It was a recording of a live performance for radio from back in the day when radio stations would sometime produce their own shows with local talent – _**(that’s how the Grand Ole Opry got started, originally it was a one-hour ‘barn dance’ program on Nashville radio station WSM)**_ – with the vocal being performed by my then 20-year-old mother. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5598 "2022-11-08T04:07:41Z")
**Your Song (Songs Written About/For a Specific, Known Person)** 1. Athena - The Who (written about actress Theresa Russell) 2. L-L-L-Linda – Jan and Dean 3. Vincent - Don McLean Written as a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, it’s often mistakenly called “Starry, Starry Night.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5599 "2022-11-08T04:10:08Z")
**Your Song (Songs Written About/For a Specific, Known Person)** 1. Athena - The Who (written about actress Theresa Russell) 2. L-L-L-Linda – Jan and Dean 3. Vincent - Don McLean 4. Dear Prudence - The Beatles (written about Prudence Farrow) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/5600 "2022-11-08T04:14:43Z")
**Your Song (Songs Written About/For a Specific, Known Person)** 1. Athena - The Who (written about actress Theresa Russell) 2. L-L-L-Linda – Jan and Dean 3. Vincent - Don McLean 4. Dear Prudence - The Beatles (written about Prudence Farrow) 5. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack Originally written and recorded by Lori Lieberman about the aforementioned Don McLean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=281)