# 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:** 50
**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 16, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/981 "2021-11-16T18:45:32Z")
[quote=“bordelond, post:980, topic:949532, full:true”] **Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf That’s the riff used in Neneh Cherry / Michael Stipe’s “Trout” ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/982 "2021-11-16T18:50:35Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic Considered the very first sample when the Sugar Hill Gang used it (without permission - there was no precedent at the time) for their song “Rappers Delight” ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/983 "2021-11-17T03:28:18Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons Source of a [foundational drum loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break) in drum-and-bass. ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/984 "2021-11-17T03:31:50Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons 6. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie The iconic bassline was sampled by Vanilla Ice in “Ice Ice Baby” ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/985 "2021-11-17T15:02:06Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons 6. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie 7. Funky President (People It’s Bad) - James Brown ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/986 "2021-11-17T15:23:29Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons 6. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie 7. Funky President (People It’s Bad) - James Brown 8. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd Kid Rock’s song All Summer Long featured that one, and sampled Werewolves of London, too. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/987 "2021-11-17T16:57:46Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons 6. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie 7. Funky President (People It’s Bad) - James Brown 8. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 9. Wipeout - The Surfaris The Fat Boys and Beach Boys ‘Wipeout’ collaboration famously used the sample. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/988 "2021-11-17T20:44:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > 1. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie > > The iconic bassline was sampled by Vanilla Ice in “Ice Ice Baby” [Woah, woah, woah. He did not. Theirs goes “Ding-ding-ding-da-di-ding-ding”, our goes “ding-Ding-ding-ding-da-di-ding-ding”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TLo4Z_LWu4) (in case it’s not obvious, yes, I’m making fun of Vanilla Ice.) ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/989 "2021-11-19T21:45:46Z")
**Songs that went on to be prominently sampled** 1. Funky Drummer - James Brown 2. [Holy Ghost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlAop6SyLI) - The Bar-Kays 3. The Pusher - Steppenwolf 4. Good Times - Chic 5. Amen, Brother - The Winstons 6. Under Pressure - Queen and David Bowie 7. Funky President (People It’s Bad) - James Brown 8. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 9. Wipeout - The Surfaris 10. Auld Lang Syne - traditional **The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/990 "2021-11-19T21:48:08Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/991 "2021-11-19T21:50:19Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/992 "2021-11-19T21:52:14Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/993 "2021-11-19T21:54:25Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/994 "2021-11-19T22:25:07Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville 6. Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull ---
**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 19, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/995 "2021-11-19T22:28:31Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville 6. Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull 7. Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/996 "2021-11-19T23:08:48Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville 6. Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull 7. Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time 8. Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival ---
**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:** [November 19, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/997 "2021-11-19T23:29:53Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville 6. Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull 7. Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time 8. Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival 9. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/998 "2021-11-20T03:25:49Z")
**The Tarzan of the Apes Playlist** 1. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang 2. Apeman - the Kinks 3. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora 4. King of the Jungle - Steve Chapman 5. The Witch Doctor - David Seville 6. Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull 7. Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time 8. Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival 9. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 10. Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/999 "2021-11-20T03:27:31Z")
**The “Fall” Playlist** 1. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532/1000 "2021-11-20T03:50:12Z")
**The “Fall” Playlist** 1. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline 2. Autumn Leaves - Roger Whittaker [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-2/949532.md?page=51)