# 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:** 282

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**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:** [October 15, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5621 "2025-10-15T11:36:35Z")

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**A State is in the Title** (no repeats, please)

1. California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas
2. Wisconsin - Bon Iver
3. That’s in Queensland! - Dennis Carnaghan
4. Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
5. Arizona Sky - China Crisis
6. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
7. Florida Man - Blue Oyster Cult
8. Deep in the Heart of Texas - fans during the 7th inning stretch at baseball games

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5622 "2025-10-15T13:20:58Z")

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**A State is in the Title** (no repeats, please)

1. California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas
2. Wisconsin - Bon Iver
3. That’s in Queensland! - Dennis Carnaghan
4. Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
5. Arizona Sky - China Crisis
6. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
7. Florida Man - Blue Oyster Cult
8. Deep in the Heart of Texas - fans during the 7th inning stretch at baseball games
9. Tennessee - Arrested Development

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5623 "2025-10-15T14:20:39Z")

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**A State is in the Title** (no repeats, please)

1. California Dreaming - The Mamas and the Papas

2. Wisconsin - Bon Iver

3. That’s in Queensland! - Dennis Carnaghan

4. Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell

5. Arizona Sky - China Crisis

6. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel

7. Florida Man - Blue Oyster Cult

8. Deep in the Heart of Texas - fans during the 7th inning stretch at baseball games

9. Tennessee - Arrested Development

10. Ohio - CSNY

**what I am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5624 "2025-10-15T14:25:50Z")

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**what I am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5625 "2025-10-15T14:42:58Z")

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**what I am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5626 "2025-10-15T14:55:31Z")

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**what I am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5627 "2025-10-15T15:38:34Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

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**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:** [October 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5628 "2025-10-15T16:16:35Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
6. I Am So Ordinary - Paula Cole

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5629 "2025-10-15T16:27:12Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
6. I Am So Ordinary - Paula Cole
7. Colored Spade - Galt McDermont

Embarrassing anecdote: as a kid I loved the Hair sound track and used to sing along with this song and the sodomy song, with no idea what the words meant. It was only later looking back that I learned what the words meant. I’m surprised that my parents didn’t take me aside. To be clear I am white as driven snow.

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5630 "2025-10-15T19:09:05Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
6. I Am So Ordinary - Paula Cole
7. Colored Spade - Galt McDermont
8. I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel

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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:** [October 15, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5631 "2025-10-15T19:31:11Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
6. I Am So Ordinary - Paula Cole
7. Colored Spade - Galt McDermont
8. I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
9. Skipper Dan - “Weird Al” Yankovic

“I’m a tour guide, on the jungle cruise ride…”

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**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:** [October 15, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5632 "2025-10-15T23:48:43Z")

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**What I Am songs**

1. Demolition Man - The Police
2. What I am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
3. An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
4. Major-General’s Song (a.k.a. “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”) - _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
6. I Am So Ordinary - Paula Cole
7. Colored Spade - Galt McDermont
8. I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
9. Skipper Dan - “Weird Al” Yankovic
10. D.J. - David Bowie

“I am a D.J.; I am what I play…”

pass

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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:** [October 16, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5633 "2025-10-16T00:09:35Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

The “s” stands for son.

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**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:** [October 16, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5634 "2025-10-16T00:13:15Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson

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**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:** [October 16, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5635 "2025-10-16T00:47:18Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn

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**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:** [October 16, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5636 "2025-10-16T00:49:48Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn
4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

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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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5637 "2025-10-16T01:01:09Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn
4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna

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**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5638 "2025-10-16T01:30:01Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn
4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
6. Family Man - Daryl Hall & John Oates

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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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5639 "2025-10-16T01:30:44Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson
3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn
4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna
6. Family Man - Daryl Hall & John Oates
7. Grandma’s Hands - Bill Withers

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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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5640 "2025-10-16T01:39:16Z")

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**Song titles with “family” or family members in it**

1. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats

2. Mother Hold The Candle Steady While I Shave The Chicken’s Lip - King Crimson

3. Daddy’s Hands - Holly Dunn

4. Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn

5. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna

6. Family Man - Daryl Hall & John Oates

7. Grandma’s Hands - Bill Withers

8. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffet

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