# 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:** 290

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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 26, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5781 "2025-10-26T16:18:28Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5782 "2025-10-26T16:29:05Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel
5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders

_Ay, oh, way to go, Ohio_  
(I’m halfway through a four-week job in beautiful Lewisburg.)

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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:** [October 26, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5783 "2025-10-26T20:09:01Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel
5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
6. Harbour Town - Icehouse (Sydney, NSW, Australia)

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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 26, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5784 "2025-10-26T20:43:08Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel

2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas

3. Heart of the Night - Poco

4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel

5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders

6. Harbour Town - Icehouse (Sydney, NSW, Australia)

7. The Motown Song - Rod Steward (with the Temptations)

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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 27, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5785 "2025-10-27T03:58:07Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel
5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
6. Harbour Town - Icehouse (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
7. The Motown Song - Rod Stewart (with the Temptations)
8. Cell Block Tango - _Chicago_ soundtrack

(set in the Cook County Jail; I live in Cook County, but not the jail 😉 )

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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 27, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5786 "2025-10-27T04:47:22Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel
5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
6. Harbour Town - Icehouse (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
7. The Motown Song - Rod Stewart (with the Temptations)
8. Cell Block Tango - _Chicago_ soundtrack
9. Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot

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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 27, 2025, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5787 "2025-10-27T05:45:51Z")

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**A Song About Where You Are Right Now (City, State, Country, etc.)**

1. New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
2. God Blessed Texas - Little Texas
3. Heart of the Night - Poco
4. 99 Miles from L.A. - Art Garfunkel
5. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
6. Harbour Town - Icehouse (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
7. The Motown Song - Rod Stewart (with the Temptations)
8. Cell Block Tango - _Chicago_ soundtrack
9. Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot
10. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head

**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2

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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 27, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5788 "2025-10-27T05:56:05Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

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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:** [October 27, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5789 "2025-10-27T06:07:33Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James

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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 27, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5790 "2025-10-27T06:32:53Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young

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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 27, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5791 "2025-10-27T06:41:48Z")

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\*\* Songs about being nowhere\*\*

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5792 "2025-10-27T10:18:42Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam

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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 27, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5793 "2025-10-27T11:34:10Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
7. Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas

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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 27, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5794 "2025-10-27T11:53:14Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
7. Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas
8. Going Nowhere And Gettin’ There Fast - Tanya Tucker

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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 27, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5795 "2025-10-27T16:13:23Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
7. Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas
8. Going Nowhere And Gettin’ There Fast - Tanya Tucker
9. Nowhere Again - Secret Machines

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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 28, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5796 "2025-10-28T18:41:17Z")

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**Songs about being nowhere**

1. Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
2. Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
3. Nowhere to Go - Hayden James
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
5. Nowhere man - The Beatles
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere - Dwight Yoakam
7. Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas
8. Going Nowhere And Gettin’ There Fast - Tanya Tucker
9. Nowhere Again - Secret Machines
10. This is Nowhere - The Black Keys

Next: **Words in Misfits song titles**

1. Mommy

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**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:** [October 28, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5797 "2025-10-28T18:49:16Z")

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**Words in Misfits song titles**

1. Mommy
2. Bones

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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 28, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5798 "2025-10-28T18:54:13Z")

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**Words in Misfits song titles**

1. Mommy
2. Bones
3. A

I know nothing about the band, other than they were influential, and that Glenn Danzig was a member, so I looked up some songs in order to keep the category going. 🙂

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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 28, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5799 "2025-10-28T21:37:44Z")

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**Words in Misfits song titles**

1. Mommy
2. Bones
3. A
4. Horror

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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 28, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/5800 "2025-10-28T21:40:25Z")

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**Words in Misfits song titles**

1. Mommy
2. Bones
3. A
4. Horror
5. Dead

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