# 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:** 488
**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 25, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9742 "2023-11-25T06:05:52Z")
**Odd Duet Pairings** 1. Bing Crosby and David Bowie – [_Little Drummer Boy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpXMy5GalI) 2. Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way 3. Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - _Santa Claus Is Coming To Town_ 4. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - _The Lady is a Tramp_ 5. Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers - _We’ve Got Tonight_ 6. Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - _Barcelona_ 7. Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias - _To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before_ 8. Placido Domingo and John Denver- Perhaps Love 9. U2 and Johnny Cash - The Wanderer ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9743 "2023-11-25T06:53:24Z")
**Odd Duet Pairings** 1. Bing Crosby and David Bowie – [_Little Drummer Boy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpXMy5GalI) 2. Aerosmith and Run DMC - Walk This Way 3. Frank Sinatra and Cyndi Lauper - _Santa Claus Is Coming To Town_ 4. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - _The Lady is a Tramp_ 5. Sheena Easton and Kenny Rogers - _We’ve Got Tonight_ 6. Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - _Barcelona_ 7. Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias - _To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before_ 8. Placido Domingo and John Denver- Perhaps Love 9. U2 and Johnny Cash - The Wanderer 10. Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli - Perfect Symphony New category: **Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9744 "2023-11-25T07:19:16Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9745 "2023-11-25T07:31:51Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9746 "2023-11-25T07:34:47Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) Lennon/McCartney wrote it and The Beatles performed it first, but it turned into one of EWF’s signature songs. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9747 "2023-11-25T11:40:23Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) Knowing that it was recorded when Joey had cancer and then released posthumously adds a bittersweet edge to this version. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9748 "2023-11-25T12:35:00Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) 6. Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre (originally performed by Ethel Merman) _A side note … I was maybe 12 when this song was released as a single in 1967, and I bought a copy as a 45-rpm single. When I got home I was playing it, and my mother (who would have been in her early 40s at the time) heard it and suddenly began singing along with it – because back in the 1940s she had sung live on the radio and of course knew the song from back then. Totally blew my mind!!_ _And then – she proceeded to nuke what was left by digging out a copy of the song from her collection of 78-rpm records and playing it for me._ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) 6. Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre (originally performed by Ethel Merman) 7. 801 - Tomorrow Never Knows (originally performed by the Beatles) ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9750 "2023-11-25T16:59:54Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) 6. Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre (originally performed by Ethel Merman) 7. 801 - Tomorrow Never Knows (originally performed by the Beatles) 8. Judy Collins - Suzanne (original by Leonard Cohen) ---
**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:** [November 26, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9751 "2023-11-26T00:40:34Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) 6. Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre (originally performed by Ethel Merman) 7. 801 - Tomorrow Never Knows (originally performed by the Beatles) 8. Judy Collins - Suzanne (original by Leonard Cohen) 9. Iain Matthews - [Woodstock](https://youtu.be/qIHfuihoz70) (original by Joni Mitchell) His version made it to #1 on the charts in the UK. I heard him perform it live 2 years ago; he doesn’t have the voice he did in 1970, but he’s still great. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9752 "2023-11-26T17:20:41Z")
**Favorite cover versions of famous songs** 1. Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (original by Elton John) 2. [Der Kommissar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM) - After the Fire (original by [Falco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM)) 3. Skyway - Fast Car (original by Tracy Chapman) 4. Earth, Wind and Fire - Got to Get You into My Life (original by The Beatles) 5. Joey Ramone - [What a Wonderful World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoO5nkxT_4) (Original performed by Louis Armstrong) 6. Anything Goes – Harper’s Bizarre (originally performed by Ethel Merman) 7. 801 - Tomorrow Never Knows (originally performed by the Beatles) 8. Judy Collins - Suzanne (original by Leonard Cohen) 9. Iain Matthews - [Woodstock](https://youtu.be/qIHfuihoz70) (original by Joni Mitchell) 10. Madonna - Santa Baby (original by Eartha Kitt) **Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9753 "2023-11-26T17:40:34Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9754 "2023-11-26T21:08:06Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire ---
**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 27, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9755 "2023-11-27T13:30:21Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9756 "2023-11-27T14:49:15Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9757 "2023-11-27T15:28:17Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond 6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown ---
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**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond 6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown 7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Marilyn Maxwell and Dean Martin ---
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**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond 6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown 7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Marilyn Maxwell and Dean Martin 8. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/9760 "2023-11-27T22:54:58Z")
**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond 6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown 7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Marilyn Maxwell and Dean Martin 8. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love 9. I Only Want You For Christmas - Alan Jackson ---
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**Romantic Christmas Songs** 1. Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valiants 3. Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You - Billy Squire 4. It Must Have Been the Mistletoe (Our 1st Christmas) - Barbara Mandrell 5. You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Neil Diamond 6. Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown 7. Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Marilyn Maxwell and Dean Martin 8. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love 9. I Only Want You For Christmas - Alan Jackson 10. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=489)