# 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:** 201
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4001 "2025-04-24T21:40:54Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4002 "2025-04-24T22:31:13Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4003 "2025-04-24T22:35:20Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4004 "2025-04-24T22:53:13Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4005 "2025-04-24T23:00:29Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel 6. Could It Be Magic (based on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20) - Barry Manilow ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4006 "2025-04-24T23:05:44Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel 6. Could It Be Magic (based on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20) - Barry Manilow 7. Dream a Dream (based on Faure’s Pavane) - Charlotte Church ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4007 "2025-04-24T23:11:53Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel 6. Could It Be Magic (based on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20) - Barry Manilow 7. Dream a Dream (based on Faure’s Pavane) - Charlotte Church 8. Funeral March (based on Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2) - The Great Kat ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4008 "2025-04-25T11:01:41Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel 6. Could It Be Magic (based on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20) - Barry Manilow 7. Dream a Dream (based on Faure’s Pavane) - Charlotte Church 8. Funeral March (based on Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2) - The Great Kat 9. The Hook (based on Pachelbel’s Canon in D) - Blues Traveler ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4009 "2025-04-25T12:20:09Z")
**Rock / Pop Songs Based on Classical Music** 1. A Fifth of Beethoven (based on Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5) - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band 2. Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3. Same Old Lang Syne (based on Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture) - Dan Fogelberg 4. Coming 2 America (based on Dvorak’s Symphony #9 and Mozart’s Dies irae) - Ludacris 5. Bridge Over Troubled Water (based on J.S. Bach’s O Sacred Head, Now Wounded) - Simon and Garfunkel 6. Could It Be Magic (based on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20) - Barry Manilow 7. Dream a Dream (based on Faure’s Pavane) - Charlotte Church 8. Funeral March (based on Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2) - The Great Kat 9. The Hook (based on Pachelbel’s Canon in D) - Blues Traveler 10. In A Gadda Da Vidda (various including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor) - Iron Butterfly \*\*Songs that incorporate childrens songs \*\* 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4010 "2025-04-25T14:11:17Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica At least the words, not really the music. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4011 "2025-04-25T14:18:08Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4012 "2025-04-25T15:17:32Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4013 "2025-04-25T15:28:23Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4014 "2025-04-25T15:33:22Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners 6. Everything Is Beautiful (Jesus Loves the Little Children) - Ray Stevens ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4015 "2025-04-25T17:41:12Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners 6. Everything Is Beautiful (Jesus Loves the Little Children) - Ray Stevens 7. Three Little Pigs (Three little pigs) - Green Jelly ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4016 "2025-04-25T19:16:34Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners 6. Everything Is Beautiful (Jesus Loves the Little Children) - Ray Stevens 7. Three Little Pigs (Three little pigs) - Green Jelly 8. School’s Out (No more pencils, no more books, etc) - Alice Cooper ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4017 "2025-04-25T19:27:08Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners 6. Everything Is Beautiful (Jesus Loves the Little Children) - Ray Stevens 7. Three Little Pigs (Three little pigs) - Green Jelly 8. School’s Out (No more pencils, no more books, etc) - Alice Cooper 9. Golden Slumbers (Cradle Song) - The Beatles McCartney saw the sheet music for the 1603 lullaby and used the lyrics but not the tune, since he couldn’t read music. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4018 "2025-04-25T22:35:08Z")
**Songs that incorporate childrens songs** 1. Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider) - Carly Simon 2. Enter Sandman (Hush Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word) - Metallica 3. Mockingbird (also Hush Little Baby) - Carly Simon and James Taylor 4. Playground In My Mind (My Name Is Michael) - Clint Holmes 5. Dublin in the Rare Old Times (Ring Around the Rosie) - The Dubliners 6. Everything Is Beautiful (Jesus Loves the Little Children) - Ray Stevens 7. Three Little Pigs (Three little pigs) - Green Jelly 8. School’s Out (No more pencils, no more books, etc) - Alice Cooper 9. Golden Slumbers (Cradle Song) - The Beatles 10. Jesus Loves Me (Jesus Loves Me) - Whitney Houston It uses some of the exact words and tune, but she makes up some new verses and a bridge. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4019 "2025-04-26T00:09:19Z")
**Songs About Science or Other STEM subjects** 1. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4020 "2025-04-26T00:32:00Z")
**Songs About Science or Other STEM subjects** 1. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 2. The Mathematics of Love from _Square One Television_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=202)