# 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:** 366
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7301 "2026-05-16T11:56:02Z")
**Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7302 "2026-05-16T12:18:44Z")
**Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis 6. Star Trekkin’ - The Firm ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7303 "2026-05-16T12:33:18Z")
[quote=“Dr.Winston\_OBoogie, post:7302, topic:996687, full:true”] **Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis 6. Star Trekkin’ - The Firm 7. Operation Desert Storm - Tom Smith ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7304 "2026-05-16T14:09:54Z")
**Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis 6. Star Trekkin’ - The Firm 7. Operation Desert Storm - Tom Smith 8. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7305 "2026-05-16T14:34:37Z")
**Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis 6. Star Trekkin’ - The Firm 7. Operation Desert Storm - Tom Smith 8. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce 9. We Built This City (on sausage rolls\[1\]) - LadBaby * * * 1. > **[Sausage roll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage_roll)** > > A sausage roll is a savoury dish, popular in current and former Commonwealth nations, consisting of sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry. Although variations are known throughout Europe and in other regions, the sausage roll is most closely associated with British cuisine. The British bakery chain Greggs sells around 2.5 million sausage rolls per week, or around 140 million per year. > The basic composition of a sausage roll is sheets of puff pastry formed into tubes around sausage meat and glaze... ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7306 "2026-05-16T14:49:28Z")
**Novelty Songs** 1. They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa! - Napoleon XIV 2. I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas - Kate Miller-Heidke 3. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 4. The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun - Julie Brown 5. The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) by Ylvis 6. Star Trekkin’ - The Firm 7. Operation Desert Storm - Tom Smith 8. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce 9. We Built This City (on sausage rolls ) - LadBaby 10. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayla Peevey Next topic: **More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7307 "2026-05-16T15:04:54Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7308 "2026-05-16T16:08:06Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7309 "2026-05-16T16:31:59Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7310 "2026-05-16T17:27:22Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7311 "2026-05-16T18:17:59Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman 6. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7312 "2026-05-16T18:53:16Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman 6. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens 7. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7313 "2026-05-16T18:56:00Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman 6. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens 7. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 8. The Ho is Lazy - Chunky A (aka Arsenio Hall) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7314 "2026-05-16T19:24:35Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman 6. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens 7. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 8. The Ho is Lazy - Chunky A (aka Arsenio Hall) 9. Cocktails for Two – Spike Jones and his City Slickers _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7315 "2026-05-16T20:09:19Z")
**More Novelty Songs** 1. Wet Dream - Kip Adotta 2. Fish Heads - Barnes and Barnes 3. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 4. The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati - Rose & The Arrangement 5. Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman 6. May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens 7. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 8. The Ho is Lazy - Chunky A (aka Arsenio Hall) 9. Cocktails for Two – Spike Jones and his City Slickers 10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - The Four Lads Awesome that we made it through two such lists without once having to invoke Weird Al! **References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7316 "2026-05-16T20:11:51Z")
**References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police 2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major\* by Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7317 "2026-05-16T20:25:31Z")
**References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police 2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major\* by Electric Light Orchestra 3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7318 "2026-05-16T20:39:33Z")
**References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police 2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major\* by Electric Light Orchestra 3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos 4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7319 "2026-05-16T20:44:43Z")
**References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police 2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major\* by Electric Light Orchestra 3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos 4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac 5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel _And you read your Emily Dickinson And I my Robert Frost And we note our place with book markers That measure what we’ve lost_ ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7320 "2026-05-16T21:14:03Z")
**References to Authors** 1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police 2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major\* by Electric Light Orchestra 3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos 4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac 5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Paul Simon Chock ablock full of authors (Norman Mailer, Ayn Rand, John O’hara, Dylan Thomas) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=365) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=367)