Topic Playlist! (Part 2)

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I already got that. A little housekeeping:

Songs that tell a story

  1. Taxi - Harry Chapin
  2. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  3. The Gift - The Velvet Underground
  4. To Her Door - Paul Kelly & the Messengers
  5. Mary’s Boy Child - Charlotte Church
  6. Sequel - Harry Chapin
  7. El Paso – Marty Robbins

But yes, “Sequel” brings the story of Harry and Sue to its conclusion. “I finally like myself. At last, I like myself.” Hell, haul out the Kleenex at that point; there ain’t gonna be a dry eye in the house.

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They do indeed. Good call.

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Songs that tell a story

  1. Taxi - Harry Chapin
  2. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  3. The Gift - The Velvet Underground
  4. To Her Door - Paul Kelly & the Messengers
  5. Mary’s Boy Child - Charlotte Church
  6. Sequel - Harry Chapin
  7. El Paso – Marty Robbins
  8. The Babysitter’s Here - Dar Williams
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Songs that tell a story

  1. Taxi - Harry Chapin
  2. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  3. The Gift - The Velvet Underground
  4. To Her Door - Paul Kelly & the Messengers
  5. Mary’s Boy Child - Charlotte Church
  6. Sequel - Harry Chapin
  7. El Paso – Marty Robbins
  8. The Babysitter’s Here - Dar Williams
  9. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic
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Songs that tell a story

  1. Taxi - Harry Chapin
  2. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  3. The Gift - The Velvet Underground
  4. To Her Door - Paul Kelly & the Messengers
  5. Mary’s Boy Child - Charlotte Church
  6. Sequel - Harry Chapin
  7. El Paso – Marty Robbins
  8. The Babysitter’s Here - Dar Williams
  9. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic
  10. Folsum Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn

Five years after singing the praises of The Pill

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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
  6. All I Could Do - Amanda Palmer
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
  6. All I Could Do - Amanda Palmer
  7. Love Child - The Supremes
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
  6. All I Could Do - Amanda Palmer
  7. Love Child - The Supremes
  8. Blessed - Elton John
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Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
  6. All I Could Do - Amanda Palmer
  7. Love Child - The Supremes
  8. Blessed - Elton John
  9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
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Can you imagine, had he lived another ten years or so (he died as the result of a car crash in July 1981), how the third part might have gone? We could have had a trilogy of songs for the ages.

In play:
Songs about reproduction (or not)

  1. The Pill - Loretta Lynn
  2. Having My Baby - Paul Anka
  3. Pregnant Again - Loretta Lynn
  4. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
  5. One’s on the Way - Loretta Lynn
  6. All I Could Do - Amanda Palmer
  7. Love Child - The Supremes
  8. Blessed - Elton John
  9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
  10. You’re Having Our Baby – The Hallelujah Tabernacle Choir (from WKRP in Cincinnati, before the format change)

And on that note, I pass.

-“BB”-

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OK, let’s have a category on the other side of the coin

Songs about people dying

  1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
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Songs about people dying

  1. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
  2. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll - Bob Dylan
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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

There’s an old Australian stockman lying, dying
And he gets himself up onto one elbow and he turns to his mates
Who are all gathered around and he says
…
…
Tan me hide when I’m dead, Fred
Tan me hide when I’m dead
So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde
And that’s it hangin’ on the shed!

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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
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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
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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

-“BB”-