# 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:** 216

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4301 "2025-05-30T12:21:26Z")

</div>

**Rock Me, Amadeus** (the word ‘Rock’ can be in the title, lyrics, or artist’s name)

1. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim
2. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) - Nick Lowe
3. I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
4. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
5. Rock On - David Essex
6. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
7. And the Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
8. Don’t Rock The Jukebox - Alan Jackson

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4302 "2025-05-30T12:58:10Z")

</div>

**Rock Me, Amadeus** (the word ‘Rock’ can be in the title, lyrics, or artist’s name)

1. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim
2. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) - Nick Lowe
3. I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
4. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
5. Rock On - David Essex
6. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
7. And the Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
8. Don’t Rock The Jukebox - Alan Jackson
9. Like a Rock - Bob Seger

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4303 "2025-05-30T13:53:08Z")

</div>

**Rock Me, Amadeus** (the word ‘Rock’ can be in the title, lyrics, or artist’s name)

1. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim
2. I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) - Nick Lowe
3. I Am A Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
4. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
5. Rock On - David Essex
6. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
7. And the Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen
8. Don’t Rock The Jukebox - Alan Jackson
9. Like a Rock - Bob Seger
10. Rock the Casbah - The Clash

\*\*Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution” \*\* (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4304 "2025-05-30T13:55:14Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4305 "2025-05-30T13:55:53Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4306 "2025-05-30T14:28:12Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4307 "2025-05-30T14:32:27Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range

And housekeeping.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4308 "2025-05-30T14:55:18Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Noise - The Kinks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4309 "2025-05-30T14:56:06Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Noise - The Kinks
7. Cum On, Feel The Noize - Twisted Sister

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4310 "2025-05-30T15:06:50Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Noise - The Kinks
7. Cum On, Feel The Noize - Twisted Sister
8. Dirty Water - The Standells

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4311 "2025-05-30T15:18:31Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Noise - The Kinks
7. Cum On, Feel The Noize - Twisted Sister
8. Dirty Water - The Standells
9. Save Me Now - Jeff Lynne

One day the Earth woke up, said:  
Boy, I feel half dead  
Somebody’s churning up the poison  
And it’s getting in my head  
Sometimes I wish my guests  
Would move away somewhere  
'Cause I’m burning up all over  
I can’t even breathe the air

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4312 "2025-05-30T17:01:40Z")

</div>

**Rock and Roll Ain’t “Noise Pollution”** (songs about noise or pollution)

1. Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
2. Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
3. Red Skies at Night - The Fixx
4. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
5. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
6. Noise - The Kinks
7. Cum On, Feel The Noize - Twisted Sister
8. Dirty Water - The Standells
9. Save Me Now - Jeff Lynne
10. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4313 "2025-05-30T17:06:18Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4314 "2025-05-30T17:15:25Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4315 "2025-05-30T17:26:00Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4316 "2025-05-30T17:43:31Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina
5. Till We Meet Again - Bing Crosby

Originally released in 1918, during WW I. My dad, born 1912, would play it on the guitar.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4317 "2025-05-30T17:49:04Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina
5. Till We Meet Again - Bing Crosby
6. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul, and Mary

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4318 "2025-05-30T18:48:12Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina
5. Till We Meet Again - Bing Crosby
6. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul, and Mary
7. M.T.A. - Kingston Trio

I think Martin Mull said it best: “Remember the Great Folk Music Scare of the Sixties? That shit almost caught on”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 30, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4319 "2025-05-30T21:49:03Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina
5. Till We Meet Again - Bing Crosby
6. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul, and Mary
7. M.T.A. - Kingston Trio
8. Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4320 "2025-05-31T03:02:56Z")

</div>

**Your daddy didn’t Rock and Roll**

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams
2. Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
3. King of the Road - Roger Miller
4. Your Mama Don’t Dance (and Your Daddy Don’t Rock & Roll) - Loggins & Messina
5. Till We Meet Again - Bing Crosby
6. 500 Miles - Peter, Paul, and Mary
7. M.T.A. - Kingston Trio
8. Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
9. Theme from The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=215)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=217)
