# 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:** 481
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9602 "2023-11-12T03:10:51Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” Actually, two-thirds of the entire musical could fit into this category. The translation is “The Miserable People,” after all. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9603 "2023-11-12T04:15:38Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9604 "2023-11-12T04:17:22Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon ---
**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 12, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9605 "2023-11-12T04:22:44Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9606 "2023-11-12T04:23:02Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones 6. Ouch! - The Rutles ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9607 "2023-11-12T04:54:49Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones 6. Ouch! - The Rutles 7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson ---
**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:** [November 12, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9608 "2023-11-12T06:41:59Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones 6. Ouch! - The Rutles 7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson 8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9609 "2023-11-12T08:02:51Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones 6. Ouch! - The Rutles 7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson 8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. 9. Love Hurts - Nazareth ---
**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 12, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9610 "2023-11-12T14:54:50Z")
**Songs about pain** 1. King of Pain - The Police 2. Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Marius from “Les Miserables” 3. Pleasure and Pain - The Divinyls 4. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon 5. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - The Rolling Stones 6. Ouch! - The Rutles 7. No Easy Way (To Break Somebody’s Heart) - Peabo Bryson 8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. 9. Love Hurts - Nazareth 10. Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt **Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9611 "2023-11-12T14:59:44Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna One of the most beautiful songs by musicians at the top of their game. ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9612 "2023-11-12T15:01:49Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa With Jack Bruce and Jim Gordon ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9613 "2023-11-12T15:02:44Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9614 "2023-11-12T15:11:11Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9615 "2023-11-12T15:23:41Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams I once won a high-school age talent show playing a piano version of this. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9616 "2023-11-12T15:26:27Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams 7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9617 "2023-11-12T15:37:27Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams 7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills 8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9618 "2023-11-12T15:38:04Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams 7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills 8. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group ---
**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 12, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9619 "2023-11-12T15:41:07Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams 7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills 8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project 9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group Housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9620 "2023-11-12T16:54:14Z")
**Instrumentals** 1. Popcorn - Hot Butter 2. Water Song - Hot Tuna 3. Apostrophe’ - Frank Zappa 4. Rhapsody In Blue - Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, ftg. George Gershwin 5. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band 6. Classical Gas – Mason Williams 7. Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills 8. I Robot - The Alan Parsons Project 9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group 10. Poorboy Shuffle - Creedence Clearwater Revival A companion piece to “Down on the Corner,” it’s a song by their alter-ego busker band, Willy and the Poor Boys. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9621 "2023-11-12T20:04:33Z")
Okay, I’ll go. **Your favorite Motown tracks** 1. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone - The Temptations Classic vocals and a great funky slow-burn instrumental. Do yourself a favor and find the full 12:04 version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=482)