# 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:** 14
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/261 "2024-02-29T18:58:17Z")
**Andrew Lloyd Webber** 1. Music of the Night - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 2. Memory - _Cats_ 3. King Herod’s Song - _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 4. Love Changes Everything - _Aspects of Love_ 5. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - _Evita_ 6. God’s Comic (Elvis Costello) 7. All I Ask of You - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 8. Any Dream Will Do - _Joseph and theTechnicolor Dreamcoat_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/262 "2024-02-29T23:14:06Z")
**Andrew Lloyd Webber** 1. Music of the Night - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 2. Memory - _Cats_ 3. King Herod’s Song - _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 4. Love Changes Everything - _Aspects of Love_ 5. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - _Evita_ 6. God’s Comic (Elvis Costello) 7. All I Ask of You - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 8. Any Dream Will Do - _Joseph and theTechnicolor Dreamcoat_ 9. No Matter What - _Whistle Down the Wind_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/263 "2024-03-01T02:15:25Z")
**Andrew Lloyd Webber** 1. Music of the Night - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 2. Memory - _Cats_ 3. King Herod’s Song - _Jesus Christ Superstar_ 4. Love Changes Everything - _Aspects of Love_ 5. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - _Evita_ 6. God’s Comic (Elvis Costello) 7. All I Ask of You - _The Phantom of the Opera_ 8. Any Dream Will Do - _Joseph and theTechnicolor Dreamcoat_ 9. No Matter What - _Whistle Down the Wind_ 10. As If We Never Said Goodbye - _Sunset Boulevard_ **Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/264 "2024-03-01T02:26:53Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John Norma Jean Baker, better known as Marilyn Monroe. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/265 "2024-03-01T08:42:25Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles About Elvis Presley ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/266 "2024-03-01T09:14:56Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/267 "2024-03-01T12:46:41Z")
[quote=“penultima\_thule, post:266, topic:996687, full:true”] **Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/268 "2024-03-01T14:08:18Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM 6. _I Am… I Said_ - Neil Diamond Autobiographical ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/269 "2024-03-01T14:54:59Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM 6. _I Am… I Said_ - Neil Diamond 7. _The Ballad of Ira Hayes_ - Johnny Cash Hayes is the guy reaching the farthest/last in line to raise the flag on Mount Suribachi as depicted in the [Iwo Jima Memorial](https://www.123rf.com/photo_15180690_iwo-jima-memorial-in-washington-dc-usa.html). ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/270 "2024-03-01T14:58:52Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM 6. _I Am… I Said_ - Neil Diamond 7. _The Ballad of Ira Hayes_ - Johnny Cash 8. _Ohio_ - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/271 "2024-03-01T15:40:35Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM 6. _I Am… I Said_ - Neil Diamond 7. _The Ballad of Ira Hayes_ - Johnny Cash 8. _Ohio_ - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 9. _Hurricane_ - Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/272 "2024-03-01T22:53:54Z")
**Biographical songs** (Songs about real people) 1. _Harry Truman_ - Chicago 2. _Candle in the Wind_ - Elton John 3. _Black Velvet_ - Alannah Myles 4. Bradman - Paul Kelly 5. Man On the Moon - REM 6. _I Am… I Said_ - Neil Diamond 7. _The Ballad of Ira Hayes_ - Johnny Cash 8. _Ohio_ - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 9. _Hurricane_ - Bob Dylan 10. _Pride (In the Name of Love)_ - U2 About Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesus **Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/273 "2024-03-01T22:55:44Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/274 "2024-03-02T00:47:09Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/275 "2024-03-02T00:53:01Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/276 "2024-03-02T02:59:20Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) 5. The Liberty Bell March - Sousa Best known from a British comedy show. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/277 "2024-03-02T03:27:10Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) 5. The Liberty Bell March - Sousa 6. The Bridal March - Wagner From the opera _Lohengrin_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/278 "2024-03-02T13:36:29Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) 5. The Liberty Bell March - Sousa 6. The Bridal March - Wagner 7. Marche de Rákóczy - Hector Berlioz ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/279 "2024-03-02T16:51:11Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) 5. The Liberty Bell March - Sousa 6. The Bridal March - Wagner 7. Marche de Rákóczy - Hector Berlioz 8. [Entrance of the Gladiators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0&t=2s) - Julius Fučík Also known as “Entry of the Gladiators”; originally named Grande Marche Chromatique; informally known as The Circus March or March of the Clowns. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/280 "2024-03-02T18:05:31Z")
**Famous marches** 1. Pomp and Circumstance - Edward Elgar 2. The Washington Post - John Phillip Sousa 3. Rondo alla Turca - Mozart 4. [The River Kwai March / Colonel Bogey March - Mitch Miller](https://youtu.be/CB8F8g1-4Uw) 5. The Liberty Bell March - Sousa 6. The Bridal March - Wagner 7. Marche de Rákóczy - Hector Berlioz 8. [Entrance of the Gladiators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0&t=2s) - Julius Fučík 9. [Wedding March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=l7_m1om82o4) - Mendelssohn [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=15)