# 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:** 383
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7642 "2023-06-07T13:41:12Z")
**Songs mentioning horses** 1. A Horse With No Name - America 2. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey 3. Ballad of a Runaway Horse - Emmylou Harris 4. Saddle Up the Palomino - Neil Young 5. Wild Horses - the Rolling Stones 6. Wild Horses - Garth Brooks 7. Run For the Roses - Dan Fogelberg ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7643 "2023-06-07T15:26:34Z")
**Songs mentioning horses** 1. A Horse With No Name - America 2. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey 3. Ballad of a Runaway Horse - Emmylou Harris 4. Saddle Up the Palomino - Neil Young 5. Wild Horses - the Rolling Stones 6. Wild Horses - Garth Brooks 7. Run For the Roses - Dan Fogelberg 8. Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7644 "2023-06-07T15:56:29Z")
**Songs mentioning horses** 1. A Horse With No Name - America 2. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey 3. Ballad of a Runaway Horse - Emmylou Harris 4. Saddle Up the Palomino - Neil Young 5. Wild Horses - the Rolling Stones 6. Wild Horses - Garth Brooks 7. Run For the Roses - Dan Fogelberg 8. Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash 9. There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives And @penultima_thule good to see posters enjoying the thread again. It took me a while to think of an entry for sports events/venues ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7645 "2023-06-07T17:03:38Z")
**Songs mentioning horses** 1. A Horse With No Name - America 2. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey 3. Ballad of a Runaway Horse - Emmylou Harris 4. Saddle Up the Palomino - Neil Young 5. Wild Horses - the Rolling Stones 6. Wild Horses - Garth Brooks 7. Run For the Roses - Dan Fogelberg 8. Tennessee Stud - Johnny Cash 9. There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Burl Ives 10. Stewball – _Peter, Paul, and Mary_ **Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7646 "2023-06-07T19:14:18Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones > Some of the historical events mentioned in this song are the crucifixion of Christ, the Russian Revolution, World War II, and the Kennedy assassinations. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7647 "2023-06-07T19:22:45Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7648 "2023-06-07T19:27:23Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding _I shot John F. Kennedy_ _In Dallas in '63_ _They blamed it on Oswald carelessly_ _But it was the devil in me_ ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7649 "2023-06-07T19:29:14Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7650 "2023-06-07T19:53:22Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7651 "2023-06-07T22:51:16Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins 7. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band The Stoneman cavalry raid in early 1865 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7652 "2023-06-07T23:23:28Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins 7. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band 8. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle (Gallipoli 1915) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7653 "2023-06-08T00:45:05Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins 7. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band 8. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle (Gallipoli 1915) 9. Waterloo - ABBA ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7654 "2023-06-08T00:52:10Z")
**Songs Mentioning A Specific Historical Event** 1. The Battle of New Orleans – _Johnny Horton_ 2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones 3. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2 4. The Devil in Me - John Wesley Harding 5. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 6. Ballad of the Alamo - Marty Robbins 7. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band 8. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle (Gallipoli 1915) 9. Waterloo - ABBA 10. American Pie - Don McLean The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper **Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7655 "2023-06-08T01:14:10Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7656 "2023-06-08T01:26:10Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7657 "2023-06-08T01:42:40Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago 4. Birthday - The Beatles ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7658 "2023-06-08T01:52:52Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago 4. Birthday - The Beatles 5. I Want Your Sex - George Michael ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7659 "2023-06-08T02:06:26Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago 4. Birthday - The Beatles 5. I Want Your Sex - George Michael 6. Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/7660 "2023-06-08T02:12:10Z")
**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago 4. Birthday - The Beatles 5. I Want Your Sex - George Michael 6. Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison 7. Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran “She beat me at darts, and then she beat me at pool, and then she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room.” ---
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**Songs about fun things** 1. Carnival - Natalie Merchant 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - baseball crowds everywhere 3. Saturday in the Park - Chicago 4. Birthday - The Beatles 5. I Want Your Sex - George Michael 6. Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison 7. Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran 8. (Ain’t Nothin’ But A) House Party - J. Geils Band [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=384)