# Topic Playlist! (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6721 "2023-03-05T22:08:14Z")

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**Decisions, decisions – songs about making decisions**

1. How Can I Refuse? - Heart
2. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin’ Spoonful
3. Should I Stay, or Should I Go - the Clash
4. Choices - George Jones
5. Check Yes or No - George Strait
6. If You Leave Me Can I Come Too? - Mental As Anything
7. Questionnaire - The Rutles
8. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger

_Stood alone on a mountaintop staring out at the great divide /  
I could go east, I could go west it was all up to me to decide…_

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**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:** [March 6, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6722 "2023-03-06T17:12:55Z")

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**Decisions, decisions – songs about making decisions**

1. How Can I Refuse? - Heart
2. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin’ Spoonful
3. Should I Stay, or Should I Go - the Clash
4. Choices - George Jones
5. Check Yes or No - George Strait
6. If You Leave Me Can I Come Too? - Mental As Anything
7. Questionnaire - The Rutles
8. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
9. I Can’t Decide - Scissor Sisters

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6723 "2023-03-07T16:13:21Z")

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**Decisions, decisions – songs about making decisions**

1. How Can I Refuse? - Heart
2. Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin’ Spoonful
3. Should I Stay, or Should I Go - the Clash
4. Choices - George Jones
5. Check Yes or No - George Strait
6. If You Leave Me Can I Come Too? - Mental As Anything
7. Questionnaire - The Rutles
8. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
9. I Can’t Decide - Scissor Sisters
10. Him or Me - What’s It Gonna Be?- Paul Revere & The Raiders

pass

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6724 "2023-03-07T16:26:46Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6725 "2023-03-07T16:28:22Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6726 "2023-03-07T16:29:35Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6727 "2023-03-07T16:53:33Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6728 "2023-03-07T16:56:13Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6729 "2023-03-07T17:03:07Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2
6. Snowblind - Styx

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6730 "2023-03-07T17:19:02Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2
6. Snowblind - Styx
7. Heroin - The Velvet Underground

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6731 "2023-03-07T18:39:40Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2
6. Snowblind - Styx
7. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
8. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

_“I was taking sips of it through my nose…doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break.”_

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6732 "2023-03-07T18:45:44Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2
6. Snowblind - Styx
7. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
8. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
9. Chinese Rocks - The Heartbreakers

Johnny Thunders and Dee Dee Ramone wrote it after hearing Velvet Underground’s Heroin.

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6733 "2023-03-07T21:54:32Z")

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**Songs about drug abuse**

1. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. The Needle And The Damage Done - Neil Young
3. Mother’s Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
4. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
5. Bad - U2
6. Snowblind - Styx
7. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
8. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
9. Chinese Rocks - The Heartbreakers
10. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

Really, a song about a psychological state, but lyrics certainly makes reference to drug abuse.

**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6734 "2023-03-07T21:59:55Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6735 "2023-03-07T22:04:41Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

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**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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6736 "2023-03-07T22:20:01Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
4. Manic Monday - The Bangles

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6737 "2023-03-07T22:23:41Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
4. Manic Monday - The Bangles
5. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6738 "2023-03-07T22:24:49Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
4. Manic Monday - The Bangles
5. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
6. Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers - Al Jolson

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6739 "2023-03-07T22:49:47Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
4. Manic Monday - The Bangles
5. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
6. Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers - Al Jolson
7. Airline Amy - “Weird Al” Yankovic

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**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:** [March 8, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/6740 "2023-03-08T14:02:43Z")

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**Alliterative titles**

1. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
2. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt
3. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
4. Manic Monday - The Bangles
5. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
6. Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts For Soldiers - Al Jolson
7. Airline Amy - “Weird Al” Yankovic
8. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

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