# 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:** 162

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**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:** [February 27, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3221 "2025-02-27T16:08:56Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

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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:** [February 27, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3222 "2025-02-27T16:10:13Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush

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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:** [February 27, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3223 "2025-02-27T16:11:46Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
7. This is the One - The Stone Roses

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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:** [February 27, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3224 "2025-02-27T16:12:15Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
7. This is the One - The Stone Roses
8. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

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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:** [February 27, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3225 "2025-02-27T16:39:12Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
7. This is the One - The Stone Roses
8. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
9. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

(when I was younger I thought the “whenever I see your smiling face” and “no one can tell me that I’m doing wrong” parts were separate songs!)

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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:** [February 27, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3226 "2025-02-27T18:41:31Z")

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**Bohemian rhapsodies – songs with distinct movements**

1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - The Beatles
2. 2112 - Rush
3. Yes - Awaken
4. Judy Blue Eyes Suite - CSNY
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
6. La Villa Strangiato - Rush
7. This is the One - The Stone Roses
8. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
9. Your Smiling Face - James Taylor
10. Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

pass

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3227 "2025-02-28T00:00:22Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3228 "2025-02-28T01:12:36Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3229 "2025-02-28T01:19:09Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others

_Oh, where oh where can my baby be?_  
_The Lord took her away from me_  
_She’s gone to heaven, so I got to be good_  
_So I can see my baby when I leave this world._

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3230 "2025-02-28T01:19:21Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3231 "2025-02-28T01:29:45Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
4. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3232 "2025-02-28T01:31:13Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Henry Gross

_Shannon is gone I heard  
She’s drifting out to sea  
She always loved to swim away  
Maybe she’ll find an island  
With a shaded tree  
Just like the one in our backyard_

And housekeeping

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3233 "2025-02-28T01:31:59Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Terry Groce
7. What a World, What a World - The Swirling Eddies

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3234 "2025-02-28T01:33:17Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Henry Gross
7. What a World, What a World - The Swirling Eddies

Again, housekeeping

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3235 "2025-02-28T01:53:33Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers
5. Dear John - Styx

_There’ll be a celebration  
Where all will be revealed  
We’ll have our reunion  
High on a hill_

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3236 "2025-02-28T01:54:20Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Henry Gross
7. What a World, What a World - The Swirling Eddies
8. Dear John - Styx

Housekeeping.

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**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:** [February 28, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3237 "2025-02-28T02:01:00Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Henry Gross
7. What a World, What a World - The Swirling Eddies
8. Dear John - Styx
9. A Briefing for the Ascent - Terry Scott Taylor

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3238 "2025-02-28T13:39:43Z")

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**Songs that look forward to a blissful afterlife (that aren’t hymns)**

1. If You Love Me (Really Love Me) - Brenda Lee
2. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
3. Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers, and others
4. Rock and Roll Heaven - the Righteous Brothers
5. Don’t Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
6. Shannon - Henry Gross
7. What a World, What a World - The Swirling Eddies
8. Dear John - Styx
9. A Briefing for the Ascent - Terry Scott Taylor
10. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

**Song titles prominently featuring verbs**

1. Jump - VanHalen

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3239 "2025-02-28T13:54:16Z")

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**Song titles prominently featuring verbs**

1. Jump - VanHalen
2. Let’s Dance - The Ramones

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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:** [February 28, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3240 "2025-02-28T14:06:05Z")

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**Song titles prominently featuring verbs**

1. Jump - VanHalen
2. Let’s Dance - The Ramones
3. Run Run Run - The Who

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