# 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:** 219
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4361 "2025-06-04T15:55:02Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4362 "2025-06-04T16:01:35Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4363 "2025-06-04T16:17:00Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4364 "2025-06-04T16:20:42Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4365 "2025-06-04T16:23:52Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes 6. Our House - Crosby Stills & Nash ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4366 "2025-06-04T16:46:03Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes 6. Our House - Crosby Stills & Nash 7. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4367 "2025-06-04T17:31:33Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes 6. Our House - Crosby Stills & Nash 7. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods 8. Sweet Home Chicago - Buddy Guy ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4368 "2025-06-04T18:50:00Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes 6. Our House - Crosby Stills & Nash 7. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods 8. Sweet Home Chicago - Buddy Guy 9. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4369 "2025-06-04T18:51:20Z")
**Where are you right now?** 1. Waiting Room - Fugazi 2. At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel 3. Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel 5. Close to the Edge - Yes 6. Our House - Crosby Stills & Nash 7. Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods 8. Sweet Home Chicago - Buddy Guy 9. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson 10. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg 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:** [June 4, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4370 "2025-06-04T19:00:40Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4371 "2025-06-04T19:02:41Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4372 "2025-06-04T19:10:19Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4373 "2025-06-04T19:22:37Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4374 "2025-06-04T19:38:38Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult Not a well-known event, but the song is about [a couple of guys who were murdered trying to buy drugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%C3%96yster_Cult_(album)#%22Then_Came_the_Last_Days_of_May%22). ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4375 "2025-06-04T20:08:57Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult 6. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats About a school shooting. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4376 "2025-06-04T20:13:10Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult 6. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4377 "2025-06-04T20:14:42Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult 6. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones 8. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4378 "2025-06-04T20:36:05Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult 6. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones 8. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 9. Graduation Day - The Beach Boys ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4379 "2025-06-04T20:44:48Z")
**Songs about events** 1. Woodstock - CSN&Y 2. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicky Lawrence 3. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot 4. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple 5. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult 6. I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 7. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg - The Ramones 8. The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 9. Graduation Day - The Beach Boys 10. Ballad of Birmingham - Mahalia Fontaine & Niiella | The Spirituals Choir Dudley Randall’s moving poem about the 1963 church bombing, set to music. **Songs mentioning this time of year (late Spring/early summer)** 1. Today - The New Christy Minstrels “Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine, I’ll eat your strawberries” (written in the 60s, when fruit wasn’t shipped as far as it is now) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4380 "2025-06-04T20:50:33Z")
**Songs mentioning this time of year (late Spring/early summer)** 1. Today - The New Christy Minstrels 2. Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult Bringing back my entry from the previous list. Less than a week ago, we were there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=220)