# Topic Playlist (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 127

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2521 "2024-11-29T04:48:44Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2522 "2024-11-29T06:43:24Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel
6. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2523 "2024-11-29T14:09:04Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel
6. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
7. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra

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**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 29, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2524 "2024-11-29T16:37:07Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel
6. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
7. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra
8. Nothing - The Fugs

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**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 30, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2525 "2024-11-30T15:41:47Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel
6. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
7. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra
8. Nothing - The Fugs
9. Too Low For Zero - Elton John

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2526 "2024-12-02T13:10:24Z")

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**Songs about nothing**

1. Saved by Zero - the Fixx
2. Nothin’ at All - Heart
3. Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
5. You Got Nothing I Want - Cold Chisel
6. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
7. All Or Nothing At All - Frank Sinatra
8. Nothing - The Fugs
9. Too Low For Zero - Elton John
10. Sweet Nothing - Taylor Swift

**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2527 "2024-12-02T15:29:01Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2528 "2024-12-02T16:15:14Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2529 "2024-12-02T16:22:01Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2530 "2024-12-02T16:29:52Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2531 "2024-12-02T16:41:23Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett
6. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford, Patti Page, and others

Better known as, “See the pyramids along the Nile/Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.”

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2532 "2024-12-02T17:56:12Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett
6. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford, Patti Page, and others
7. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2533 "2024-12-02T18:33:33Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett
6. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford, Patti Page, and others
7. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
8. Chances Are - Johnny Mathis

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2534 "2024-12-02T20:10:54Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett
6. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford, Patti Page, and others
7. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
8. Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
9. Moon River - Andy Williams

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2535 "2024-12-02T20:17:13Z")

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**Crooner tunes**

1. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
2. Prisoner of Love - Billy Eckstine
3. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
5. I Left My Heart (In San Francisco) – Tony Bennett
6. You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford, Patti Page, and others
7. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
8. Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
9. Moon River - Andy Williams
10. My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames

A big one from my childhood. My mother had all of Ed Ames’s records. I still have something of an otherwise inexplicable (considering my musical tastes overall) fondness for his music.

Let’s go in the other direction now:

**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2536 "2024-12-02T20:27:19Z")

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**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. The 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

One word … _ **cannons** _

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2537 "2024-12-02T21:27:19Z")

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**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. The 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2538 "2024-12-02T22:00:25Z")

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**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. The 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
4. Loudmouth - The Ramones

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**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:** [December 2, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2539 "2024-12-02T22:11:33Z")

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**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. The 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
4. Loudmouth - The Ramones
5. [Anarchy in the UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07Yq4zGTcI) - Sex Pistols

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2540 "2024-12-03T01:37:10Z")

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**Loud and noisy**

1. Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
2. The 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Cum on Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot
4. Loudmouth - The Ramones
5. [Anarchy in the UK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07Yq4zGTcI) - Sex Pistols
6. Shout - Tears For Fears

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