# 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:** 449
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8962 "2023-09-26T14:03:19Z")
**Songs about people dying** 1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry 2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan 3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris 4. Born to Die in Berlin - The Ramones 5. Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks 6. Billy and Sue – B.J. Thomas 7. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones _He stopped loving her today_ _They placed a wreath upon his door_ _And soon they’ll carry him away_ _He stopped loving her today_ ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8963 "2023-09-26T15:19:23Z")
**Songs about people dying** 1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry 2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan 3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris 4. Born to Die in Berlin - The Ramones 5. Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks 6. Billy and Sue – B.J. Thomas 7. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 8. Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy’s bassist Bob Daisley wrote the lyrics both to memorialize AC/DC singer Bon Scott’s death by alcohol poisoning and to warn Ozzy himself about the imminent dangers of his excesses. The “solution” doesn’t mean “something that resolves a problem” – it means in abstract “something potable”. The “suicide solution” was alcohol. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8964 "2023-09-26T16:13:10Z")
**Songs about people dying** 1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry 2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan 3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris 4. Born to Die in Berlin - The Ramones 5. Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks 6. Billy and Sue – B.J. Thomas 7. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 8. Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne 9. Where Have All The Soldiers Gone? - Peter, Paul & Mary ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8965 "2023-09-26T19:57:53Z")
**Songs about people dying** 1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry 2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan 3. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris 4. Born to Die in Berlin - The Ramones 5. Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks 6. Billy and Sue – B.J. Thomas 7. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 8. Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne 9. Where Have All The Soldiers Gone? - Peter, Paul & Mary 10. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro pass ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8966 "2023-09-26T19:59:40Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8967 "2023-09-26T20:06:07Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8968 "2023-09-26T20:16:13Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8969 "2023-09-26T20:17:52Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8970 "2023-09-26T20:27:48Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8971 "2023-09-26T20:33:50Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks 6. Apathy - KMFDM ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8972 "2023-09-26T21:20:45Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks 6. Apathy - KMFDM 7. You’re Blase - Ella Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8973 "2023-09-26T22:08:20Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks 6. Apathy - KMFDM 7. You’re Blase - Ella Fitzgerald 8. Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) - Travis Tritt ---
**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:** [September 26, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8974 "2023-09-26T22:29:38Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks 6. Apathy - KMFDM 7. You’re Blase - Ella Fitzgerald 8. Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) - Travis Tritt 9. I Don’t Know - The Replacements ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8975 "2023-09-27T05:30:20Z")
**Songs about apathy (or just damn depressing)** 1. All Apologies - Nirvana 2. I Don’t Care - The Ramones 3. Longview - Green Day 4. Hello Helicopter - Motion City Soundtrack 5. Tired of Waiting - The Kinks 6. Apathy - KMFDM 7. You’re Blase - Ella Fitzgerald 8. Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) - Travis Tritt 9. I Don’t Know - The Replacements 10. Novocaine for the Soul - Eels New topic: **Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman _Title refers to the nickname of populist Louisiana politician Huey Long_ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8976 "2023-09-27T05:59:43Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens About the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four little Black girls in 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8977 "2023-09-27T06:23:12Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8978 "2023-09-27T06:36:56Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 4. [I Don’t Like Mondays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZuwvfmHAWA) - Tori Amos (original by The Boomtown Rats) About an elementary school shooting. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8979 "2023-09-27T07:15:50Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 4. [I Don’t Like Mondays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZuwvfmHAWA) - Tori Amos (original by The Boomtown Rats) 5. [Vimy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IflFxq8sCYc) - Tanglefoot I used to sing with a male quartet here in Canada. We could barely make it through this one; it was that emotional. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8980 "2023-09-27T11:51:03Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 4. [I Don’t Like Mondays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZuwvfmHAWA) - Tori Amos (original by The Boomtown Rats) 5. [Vimy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IflFxq8sCYc) - Tanglefoot 6. Acadian Driftwood - The Band About the expulsion (Le Grand Dérangement) of the Acadians (Cajuns) from Canada during and after the French and Indian War. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/8981 "2023-09-27T12:06:52Z")
**Songs about real historical events or people** 1. Kingfish - Randy Newman 2. [Birmingham Sunday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM) - Rhiannon Giddens 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 4. [I Don’t Like Mondays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZuwvfmHAWA) - Tori Amos (original by The Boomtown Rats) 5. [Vimy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IflFxq8sCYc) - Tanglefoot 6. Acadian Driftwood - The Band 7. Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan The JFK assassination [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=448) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=450)