# 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:** 370
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7381 "2026-05-20T14:35:58Z")
**Songs by bands named for animals** 1. Eagles - “Hotel California” 2. The Dingoes - “Way Out West” 3. The Black Crowes - “Hard to Handle” 4. Los Lobos - “Let’s Say Goodnight” 5. The Animals - “House of the Rising Sun” 6. Modest Mouse - “Float On” 7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets - “That’ll Be The Day” ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7382 "2026-05-20T14:41:02Z")
**Songs by bands named for animals** 1. Eagles - “Hotel California” 2. The Dingoes - “Way Out West” 3. The Black Crowes - “Hard to Handle” 4. Los Lobos - “Let’s Say Goodnight” 5. The Animals - “House of the Rising Sun” 6. Modest Mouse - “Float On” 7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets - “That’ll Be The Day” 8. Stray Cats - _Stray Cat Strut_ ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7383 "2026-05-20T15:49:27Z")
**Songs by bands named for animals** 1. Eagles - “Hotel California” 2. The Dingoes - “Way Out West” 3. The Black Crowes - “Hard to Handle” 4. Los Lobos - “Let’s Say Goodnight” 5. The Animals - “House of the Rising Sun” 6. Modest Mouse - “Float On” 7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets - “That’ll Be The Day” 8. Stray Cats - _Stray Cat Strut_ 9. Adam & The Ants - “Kings of the Wild Frontier” ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7384 "2026-05-20T17:47:06Z")
**Songs by bands named for animals** 1. Eagles - “Hotel California” 2. The Dingoes - “Way Out West” 3. The Black Crowes - “Hard to Handle” 4. Los Lobos - “Let’s Say Goodnight” 5. The Animals - “House of the Rising Sun” 6. Modest Mouse - “Float On” 7. Buddy Holly and the Crickets - “That’ll Be The Day” 8. Stray Cats - _Stray Cat Strut_ 9. Adam & The Ants - “Kings of the Wild Frontier” 10. The Beatles - “Blackbird” **Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7385 "2026-05-20T17:51:28Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John References the _New York Times._ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7386 "2026-05-20T17:53:37Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic A (fictional) supermarket tabloid. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7387 "2026-05-20T17:56:12Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7388 "2026-05-20T17:58:41Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel It did not make the New York Times But in the Daily News the headline read… ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7389 "2026-05-20T18:32:19Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel 6. _The Fear_ - Lily Allen “I’ll look at the Sun and I’ll look in The Mirror I’m on the right track, yeah I’m on to a winner” ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7390 "2026-05-20T18:49:29Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel 6. _The Fear_ - Lily Allen 7. _New York State of Mind_ - Billy Joel _The New York Times … The Daily News_ ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7391 "2026-05-20T19:26:36Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel 6. _The Fear_ - Lily Allen 7. _New York State of Mind_ - Billy Joel 8. _Stayin’ Alive -_ The Bee Gees (“But we can try to understand _The New York Times_’ effect on man.” ---
**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:** [May 20, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7392 "2026-05-20T22:17:15Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel 6. _The Fear_ - Lily Allen 7. _New York State of Mind_ - Billy Joel 8. _Stayin’ Alive -_ The Bee Gees 9. The People’s Drug - John Wesley Harding “You don’t get to read the news in USA Today” ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7393 "2026-05-21T01:28:15Z")
**Songs that reference newspapers or magazines** 1. _The Cover of the Rolling Stone_ - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 2. _Levon_ - Elton John 3. _Midnight Star_ - “Weird Al” Yankovic 4. _Vogue_ - Madonna 5. _Save The Life Of My Child_ - Simon and Garfunkel 6. _The Fear_ - Lily Allen 7. _New York State of Mind_ - Billy Joel 8. _Stayin’ Alive -_ The Bee Gees 9. The People’s Drug - John Wesley Harding 10. _The Washington Post March_ – John Philip Sousa in 1888 Sousa was commissioned to compose a march for the Washington Post newspaper’s essay contest awards ceremony, in conjunction with a campaign to promote the newspaper under new ownership. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7394 "2026-05-21T02:54:31Z")
That’s 10. Your category, @Bicycle_Bill . ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7395 "2026-05-21T03:25:17Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child ---
**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 21, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7396 "2026-05-21T05:25:02Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child 2. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Billy Joel ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7397 "2026-05-21T05:29:09Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child 2. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Billy Joel 3. My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7398 "2026-05-21T05:38:34Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child 2. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Billy Joel 3. My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford 4. Billy Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace ---
**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 21, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7399 "2026-05-21T10:42:43Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child 2. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Billy Joel 3. My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford 4. Billy Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace 5. Billy the Mountain - The Mothers of Invention ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7400 "2026-05-21T11:38:50Z")
**Songs with “Bill” in the title** 1. Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny’s Child 2. The Ballad of Billy the Kid - Billy Joel 3. My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford 4. Billy Don’t Be a Hero - Paper Lace 5. Billy the Mountain - The Mothers of Invention 6. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=371)