# 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:** 220

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4381 "2025-06-04T20:54:21Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall

“It was the dark of the moon  
On the sixth of June  
In a Kenworth, pullin’ logs”

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**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4382 "2025-06-04T21:29:15Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4383 "2025-06-04T22:41:57Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry

It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty delta day

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4384 "2025-06-04T22:45:39Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Winter Coat - Paul Kelly (late Spring/early summer?, not over here buster!)

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4385 "2025-06-04T23:59:09Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry
6. Winter Coat - Paul Kelly (late Spring/early summer?, not over here buster!)
7. I Love to Sing-A - Cab Calloway

_I Love To Sing-A  
About The Moon-A And The June-A And The Spring-A_

plus housekeeping

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4386 "2025-06-05T00:02:06Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry
6. Winter Coat - Paul Kelly (late Spring/early summer?, not over here buster!)
7. I Love to Sing-A - Cab Calloway
8. Sealed With a Kiss – Bryan Hyland

_Yes, it’s gonna be a cold, lonely summer_  
_But I’ll fill the emptiness_  
_I’ll send you all my love every day in a letter_  
_Sealed with a kiss_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4387 "2025-06-05T00:27:53Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry
6. Winter Coat - Paul Kelly (late Spring/early summer?, not over here buster!)
7. I Love to Sing-A - Cab Calloway
8. Sealed With a Kiss – Bryan Hyland
9. That Sunday, That Summer - Nat “King” Cole

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**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:** [June 6, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4388 "2025-06-06T01:49:49Z")

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**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
3. Convoy - C.W. McCall
4. June Is Bustin’ Out All Over - _Carousel_
5. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbi Gentry
6. Winter Coat - Paul Kelly (late Spring/early summer?, not over here buster!)
7. I Love to Sing-A - Cab Calloway
8. Sealed With a Kiss – Bryan Hyland
9. That Sunday, That Summer - Nat “King” Cole
10. Makin’ Whoopee - Ella Fitzgerald

_Another bride, another June_  
_Another sunny honeymoon_  
_Another season, another reason_  
_For makin’ whoopee_

Pass

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4389 "2025-06-06T02:25:41Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4390 "2025-06-06T03:15:16Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4391 "2025-06-06T03:17:47Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4392 "2025-06-06T06:43:51Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4393 "2025-06-06T12:21:33Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4394 "2025-06-06T17:31:30Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
6. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4395 "2025-06-06T17:37:57Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
6. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
7. You’re the Best - Joe Esposito

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4396 "2025-06-06T20:47:35Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
6. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
7. You’re the Best - Joe Esposito
8. This Is It - Kenny Loggins

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**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:** [June 6, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4397 "2025-06-06T23:26:43Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
6. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
7. You’re the Best - Joe Esposito
8. This Is It - Kenny Loggins
9. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4398 "2025-06-07T04:44:26Z")

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**Songs about going for it**

1. Take a Chance On Me - ABBA
2. Hector the Rat - Pat Drummond
3. Going For the One - Yes
4. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
5. Hot Blooded - Foreigner
6. The Diary of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra
7. You’re the Best - Joe Esposito
8. This Is It - Kenny Loggins
9. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
10. I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

pass

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4399 "2025-06-07T05:22:53Z")

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**Songs about foreign countries/places to the performer.**

1. Winter In America - Doug Ashdown (Aust)

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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:** [June 7, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/4400 "2025-06-07T05:38:43Z")

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**Songs about foreign countries/places to the performer.**

1. Winter In America - Doug Ashdown (Aust)
2. On the Border - Al Stewart (Spain and Rhodesia)

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