# 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:** 171
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3401 "2025-03-10T15:02:20Z")
**Songs About Rivers** 1. Ol’ Man River – Paul Robeson 2. The River of Dreams - Billy Joel 3. Dirty Water - The Standells 4. Texas River Song - Townes Van Zandt 5. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads 6. River - Pink 7. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers 8. I Got to Cross the River Jordan - Blind Willie McTell ---
**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 10, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3402 "2025-03-10T15:13:33Z")
**Songs About Rivers** 1. Ol’ Man River – Paul Robeson 2. The River of Dreams - Billy Joel 3. Dirty Water - The Standells 4. Texas River Song - Townes Van Zandt 5. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads 6. River - Pink 7. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers 8. I Got to Cross the River Jordan - Blind Willie McTell 9. River, Stay Away From My Door - Ella Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3403 "2025-03-10T15:46:21Z")
**Songs About Rivers** 1. Ol’ Man River – Paul Robeson 2. The River of Dreams - Billy Joel 3. Dirty Water - The Standells 4. Texas River Song - Townes Van Zandt 5. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads 6. River - Pink 7. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers 8. I Got to Cross the River Jordan - Blind Willie McTell 9. River, Stay Away From My Door - Ella Fitzgerald 10. Boat on the River - Styx Pass. ---
**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 10, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3404 "2025-03-10T15:55:02Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3405 "2025-03-10T16:25:41Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3406 "2025-03-10T16:26:31Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3407 "2025-03-10T16:34:29Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3408 "2025-03-10T16:40:21Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3409 "2025-03-10T17:13:58Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 6. Sometime Around Midnight - The Toxic Airborne Event _Then she leaves with someone you don’t know But she makes sure you saw her She looks right at you and bolts_ ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3410 "2025-03-10T17:15:07Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 6. Sometime Around Midnight - The Toxic Airborne Event 7. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3411 "2025-03-10T17:29:24Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 6. Sometime Around Midnight - The Toxic Airborne Event 7. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt 8. Melanie - “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:** [March 10, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3412 "2025-03-10T18:59:54Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 6. Sometime Around Midnight - The Toxic Airborne Event 7. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt 8. Melanie - “Weird Al” Yankovic 9. Standing On The Corner (Watching All The Girls Go By) - The Four Lads ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3413 "2025-03-10T19:19:51Z")
**Songs about watching someone** 1. Every Breath You Take - the Police 2. Creep - Radiohead 3. Someone To Watch Over Me - Judy Garland 4. Watching Scotty Die - The Dead Milkmen 5. Somebody’s Watching Me - Rockwell 6. Sometime Around Midnight - The Toxic Airborne Event 7. You’re Beautiful - James Blunt 8. Melanie - “Weird Al” Yankovic 9. Standing On The Corner (Watching All The Girls Go By) - The Four Lads 10. Over Your Shoulder - Concrete Blonde **A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3414 "2025-03-10T19:25:20Z")
**A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead 2. Let’s Play House - Parliament, sampled in The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3415 "2025-03-10T19:28:20Z")
**A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead 2. Let’s Play House - Parliament, sampled in The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 3. The Last Time (orchestral cover) - Rolling Stones, sampled in Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve ---
**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:** [March 10, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3416 "2025-03-10T21:00:10Z")
**A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead 2. Let’s Play House - Parliament, sampled in The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 3. The Last Time (orchestral cover) - Rolling Stones, sampled in Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve 4. Funky Drummer - James Brown, sampled in I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave - Sinead O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3417 "2025-03-10T22:40:15Z")
**A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead 2. Let’s Play House - Parliament, sampled in The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 3. The Last Time (orchestral cover) - Rolling Stones, sampled in Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve 4. Funky Drummer - James Brown, sampled in I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave - Sinead O’Connor 5. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club, sampled in Fantasy - Mariah Carey ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3418 "2025-03-11T13:11:24Z")
I didn’t think this would prove such a thread-killer. Someone else feel free to offer a new topic. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3419 "2025-03-11T13:19:00Z")
**A song, and then a song that samples that song** 1. Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon & War, sampled in Wandering Star - Portishead 2. Let’s Play House - Parliament, sampled in The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 3. The Last Time (orchestral cover) - Rolling Stones, sampled in Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve 4. Funky Drummer - James Brown, sampled in I Am Stretched Out on Your Grave - Sinead O’Connor 5. Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club, sampled in Fantasy - Mariah Carey 6. Under Pressure - David Bowie/Queen, sampled in Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice ---
**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:** [March 11, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/3420 "2025-03-11T13:32:49Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I didn’t think this would prove such a thread-killer. Someone else feel free to offer a new topic. I could finish this off by myself if necessary. Topics in this thread have stalled for MUCH longer than this one. No worries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=172)