# 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\
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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:** [April 17, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6981 "2026-04-17T12:49:42Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6982 "2026-04-17T13:03:20Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6983 "2026-04-17T13:22:30Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway

_He took her down to Chinatown  
And taught her how to kick the gong around_

(Use opium)

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6984 "2026-04-17T13:35:07Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. John Prine - Sam Stone

_There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes_

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6985 "2026-04-17T13:51:00Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. John Prine - Sam Stone
6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6986 "2026-04-17T14:04:58Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. Sam Stone - John Prine
6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
7. White Horse - Laid Back

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6987 "2026-04-17T14:30:14Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. Sam Stone - John Prine
6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
7. White Horse - Laid Back
8. Mother’s Little Helper – The Rolling Stones

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [April 17, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6988 "2026-04-17T15:17:32Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. Sam Stone - John Prine
6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
7. White Horse - Laid Back
8. Mother’s Little Helper – The Rolling Stones
9. Legend of a Mind - The Moody Blues

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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:** [April 20, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6989 "2026-04-20T17:57:47Z")

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**Hard drugs**

1. Chinese Rocks - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
2. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
3. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
4. Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
5. Sam Stone - John Prine
6. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
7. White Horse - Laid Back
8. Mother’s Little Helper – The Rolling Stones
9. Legend of a Mind - The Moody Blues
10. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink

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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:** [April 20, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6990 "2026-04-20T18:13:39Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

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**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:** [April 20, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6991 "2026-04-20T20:30:04Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon

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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:** [April 20, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6992 "2026-04-20T21:49:30Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6993 "2026-04-21T04:29:54Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly  
  
“She went to her brother’s, got a little bar work  
He went to the Buttery, stayed about a year  
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you  
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare.”  
   
The Buttery is an alcohol rehab centre located on the NSW Central Coast.

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6994 "2026-04-21T04:40:43Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly
6. Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6995 "2026-04-21T13:26:57Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly
6. Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence
7. Straight Edge - Minor Threat

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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:** [April 21, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6996 "2026-04-21T14:54:49Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly
6. Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence
7. Straight Edge - Minor Threat
8. California Sober - Billy Strings & Willie Nelson

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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:** [April 22, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6997 "2026-04-22T00:05:08Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly
6. Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence
7. Straight Edge - Minor Threat
8. California Sober - Billy Strings & Willie Nelson
9. That’s Why I’m Here – Kenny Chesney

About attending an AA meeting —

_The Devil takes your hand and says."No fear –_  
_Have another shot, just one more beer…"_  
_Yeah, I’ve been there –._  
_That’s why I’m here._

_ **-“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:** [April 23, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6998 "2026-04-23T20:57:15Z")

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**Songs about getting sober**

1. Sober - Pink
2. S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
3. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
4. The No No Song - Ringo Starr
5. To Her Door - Paul Kelly
6. Call Me When You’re Sober - Evanescence
7. Straight Edge - Minor Threat
8. California Sober - Billy Strings & Willie Nelson
9. That’s Why I’m Here – Kenny Chesney
10. Wasted – Carrie Underwood

**Songs about conformity, identity or regimentation**

1. Uniform - Icehouse  
  
 🎶  
“Everybody wears a badge  
Uniform, uniform”

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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:** [April 23, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/6999 "2026-04-23T21:05:37Z")

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**Songs about conformity, identity or regimentation**

1. Uniform - Icehouse
2. The Logical Song - Supertramp

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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:** [April 23, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7000 "2026-04-23T21:06:58Z")

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**Songs about conformity, identity or regimentation**

1. Uniform - Icehouse
2. The Logical Song - Supertramp
3. Subdivisions - Rush

“Conform or be cast out”

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