# 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:** 342
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6821 "2026-03-22T23:09:53Z")
**Rain songs** 1. The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin 2. I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins 3. Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics 4. Taste of Rain - Rain 5. Rhythm of the Rain - Dan Fogelberg 6. Falling of the Rain - Billy Joel 7. The Rain - Oran “Juice” Jones 8. Rain King - Sonic Youth 9. It’s Raining Again - Supertramp 10. Kentucky Rain — Elvis And while Dan Fogelberg did have a minor hit with “Rhythm of the Rain” in 1990, I feel credit should be given to the original performers, the Cascades, who took it to #1 in 1963. Moon, Sun. Rain … how about snow? **Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6822 "2026-03-22T23:18:51Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes > [@](#): > > I was following the pack, all swaddled in their coats > With scarves of red tied ‘round their throats > To keep their little heads from fallin’ in the snow > And I turned 'round and there you go > And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow > Red as strawberries in the summertime ---
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**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6824 "2026-03-23T00:11:22Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6825 "2026-03-23T00:22:36Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6826 "2026-03-23T00:25:04Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx 6. Snowbird - Anne Murray ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6827 "2026-03-23T01:09:19Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx 6. Snowbird - Anne Murray 7. Snowbound- Donald Fagen ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6828 "2026-03-23T02:48:20Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx 6. Snowbird - Anne Murray 7. Snowbound- Donald Fagen 8. Song for a Winter’s Night - Gordon Lightfoot The snow is softly fallin’ . . . . webs of snow are driftin’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9R94DLniE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9R94DLniE) ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6829 "2026-03-23T10:47:52Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx 6. Snowbird - Anne Murray 7. Snowbound- Donald Fagen 8. Song for a Winter’s Night - Gordon Lightfoot 9. Footprints In The Snow - Bill Monroe ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6830 "2026-03-25T07:46:54Z")
**Songs About Snow** — and let’s try to avoid Christmas songs if possible, OK? 1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow — Frank Zappa 2. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes 3. Snow Day - Trip Shakespeare 4. When the Snow Is on the Roses - Ed Ames 5. Snowblind - Styx 6. Snowbird - Anne Murray 7. Snowbound- Donald Fagen 8. Song for a Winter’s Night - Gordon Lightfoot 9. Footprints In The Snow - Bill Monroe 10. 15 ft of Snow - Diesel **It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil _Out where the river broke_ _The bloodwood and the desert oak_ _Holden wrecks and boilin’ diesels_ _Steam in forty-five degrees_ ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6831 "2026-03-25T10:50:41Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6832 "2026-03-25T12:19:21Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6833 "2026-03-25T12:56:22Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6834 "2026-03-25T14:08:10Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6835 "2026-03-25T15:17:43Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 6. Hot Child in the City – Nick Gilder _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [March 25, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6836 "2026-03-25T15:25:28Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 6. Hot Child in the City – Nick Gilder 7. Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6837 "2026-03-25T15:33:05Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 6. Hot Child in the City – Nick Gilder 7. Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan 8. Hot in Herre - Nelly ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6838 "2026-03-25T15:53:01Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 6. Hot Child in the City – Nick Gilder 7. Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan 8. Hot in Herre - Nelly 9. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash ---
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6839 "2026-03-26T16:41:24Z")
**It’s Hot … dammed HOT.** 1. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil 2. Too Hot - The Kinks 3. Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter 5. When You’re Hot You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 6. Hot Child in the City – Nick Gilder 7. Hot To Go! - Chappell Roan 8. Hot in Herre - Nelly 9. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 10. The Heat is On - Glenn Frey Next: **The First Record You Bought** (or, if the first record you bought was an album, a song from it) 1. Convoy - C.W. McCall ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6840 "2026-03-26T16:53:01Z")
**The First Record You Bought** (or, if the first record you bought was an album, a song from it) 1. Convoy - C.W. McCall 2. Gall in the Family Fare - Mad Magazine This was included in a 1973 issue of Mad Magazine: [a six inch flexi record.](https://www.ebay.com/itm/136821639679) I bought it from a friend for 25 cents. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=343)