# Topic Playlist (Part 3) **URL:** \ **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:** 134
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2661 "2024-12-09T21:48:15Z")
**Women singing songs about boys (or men)** 1. The Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las 2. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis 3. Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack 4. I Know Him So Well - Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige 5. I Don’t Know How to Love Him - from _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 6. Let’s Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams 7. He’s So Shy - the Pointer Sisters 8. Break in the Weather - Jenny Morris _The cold in your eyes goes up and down my spine_ _A vision of a man that borders on divine_ ---
**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 9, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2662 "2024-12-09T22:35:40Z")
**Women singing songs about boys (or men)** 1. The Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las 2. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis 3. Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack 4. I Know Him So Well - Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige 5. I Don’t Know How to Love Him - from _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 6. Let’s Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams 7. He’s So Shy - the Pointer Sisters 8. Break in the Weather - Jenny Morris 9. My Man - Fanny Brice ---
**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 9, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2663 "2024-12-09T23:11:00Z")
**Women singing songs about boys (or men)** 1. The Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las 2. Where the Boys Are - Connie Francis 3. Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack 4. I Know Him So Well - Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige 5. I Don’t Know How to Love Him - from _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 6. Let’s Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams 7. He’s So Shy - the Pointer Sisters 8. Break in the Weather - Jenny Morris 9. My Man - Fanny Brice 10. Whatta Man - En Vouge with Salt-N-Pepper **Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2664 "2024-12-09T23:47:46Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2665 "2024-12-10T00:35:01Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) ---
**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 10, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2666 "2024-12-10T00:39:22Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2667 "2024-12-10T00:47:04Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police “Your brother’s gonna kill me and he’s six feet ten” ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2668 "2024-12-10T14:10:10Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police 6. Guns Are the Tongues - Richard Thompson “They called him Little John 'cause he scraped the ceiling” ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2669 "2024-12-10T14:33:09Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police 6. Guns Are the Tongues - Richard Thompson 7. The Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen _(yeah, the same dudes who gave us “Louie, Louie”)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 10, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2670 "2024-12-10T14:37:59Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police 6. Guns Are the Tongues - Richard Thompson 7. The Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen _(yeah, the same dudes who gave us “Louie, Louie”)_ 8. Fat - Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2671 "2024-12-10T15:26:41Z")
**Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police 6. Guns Are the Tongues - Richard Thompson 7. The Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen _(yeah, the same dudes who gave us “Louie, Louie”)_ 8. Fat - Weird Al Yankovic 9. Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2672 "2024-12-14T19:53:54Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:2671, topic:996687, full:true”] **Songs about big guys** 1. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3. He’s Large - Shelley Duvall (as Olive Oyl in _Popeye_ (1980)) 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Can’t Stand Losing You - The Police 6. Guns Are the Tongues - Richard Thompson 7. The Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen _(yeah, the same dudes who gave us “Louie, Louie”)_ 8. Fat - Weird Al Yankovic 9. Pigs (Three Different Ones) - Pink Floyd 10. You don’t mess around with Jim - Jim Croce Ego Driven songs 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2673 "2024-12-14T20:04:06Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2674 "2024-12-14T20:50:05Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2675 "2024-12-14T20:55:21Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis ---
**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 14, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2676 "2024-12-14T22:08:42Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis 5. Fame – Irene Cara _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2677 "2024-12-14T22:29:47Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis 5. Fame – Irene Cara 6. Such A Groovy Guy - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**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 15, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2678 "2024-12-15T14:46:00Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis 5. Fame – Irene Cara 6. Such A Groovy Guy - “Weird Al” Yankovic 7. I Am I, Don Quixote - _Man of La Mancha_ ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/2679 "2024-12-15T16:07:31Z")
**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis 5. Fame – Irene Cara 6. Such A Groovy Guy - “Weird Al” Yankovic 7. I Am I, Don Quixote - _Man of La Mancha_ 8. Under My Thumb - the Rolling Stones ---
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**Ego Driven songs** 1. Future So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades -Timbuk 3 2. I Am the Greatest - Ringo Starr 3. Everybody Loves Me, Baby - Don McLean 4. It’s Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis 5. Fame – Irene Cara 6. Such A Groovy Guy - “Weird Al” Yankovic 7. I Am I, Don Quixote - _Man of La Mancha_ 8. Under My Thumb - the Rolling Stones 9. Titties and Beer - Frank Zappa The first-person narrator is such a badass that he intimidates the devil himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=135)