# 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:** ![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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7421 "2026-05-21T22:39:41Z")

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**Songs from The Muppets**

1. “The First Time It Happens” from _The Great Muppet Caper_
2. “The Rainbow Connection” from _The Muppet Movie_
3. “[Danny Boy](https://youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU?si=mD5k89TV1TIjsnS0)” from (according to AI anyway) S5E20 of _The Muppet Show_
4. “Ma Nah Ma Nah” from _The Muppet Show_, _The Ed Sullivan Show_, _The Dick Cavett Show_, and many others
5. “You Can’t Take No for an Answer” from _The Muppets Take Manhattan_
6. “One More Sleep Till Christmas” from _Muppets Christmas Carol_
7. “Bein’ Green” (aka “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”) from _Sesame Street_ and _The Muppet Show_
8. [_Fever_](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1164212232439858) – Rita Moreno performs along with Animal in season 1, episode 5 of _The Muppet Show_

interestingly enough, she won an Emmy for this, making her only the third person _(at that time)_ to achieve EGOT status

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7422 "2026-05-21T22:49:01Z")

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**Songs from The Muppets**

1. “The First Time It Happens” from _The Great Muppet Caper_
2. “The Rainbow Connection” from _The Muppet Movie_
3. “[Danny Boy](https://youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU?si=mD5k89TV1TIjsnS0)” from (according to AI anyway) S5E20 of _The Muppet Show_
4. “Ma Nah Ma Nah” from _The Muppet Show_, _The Ed Sullivan Show_, _The Dick Cavett Show_, and many others
5. “You Can’t Take No for an Answer” from _The Muppets Take Manhattan_
6. “One More Sleep Till Christmas” from _Muppets Christmas Carol_
7. “Bein’ Green” (aka “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”) from _Sesame Street_ and _The Muppet Show_
8. [_Fever_](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1164212232439858) – Rita Moreno performs along with Animal in season 1, episode 5 of _The Muppet Show_
9. “For What It’s Worth” Woodland creatures cover the Buffalo Springfield song on episode 221

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**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7423 "2026-05-21T23:02:57Z")

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**Songs from The Muppets**

1. “The First Time It Happens” from _The Great Muppet Caper_
2. “The Rainbow Connection” from _The Muppet Movie_
3. “[Danny Boy](https://youtu.be/OCbuRA_D3KU?si=mD5k89TV1TIjsnS0)” from (according to AI anyway) S5E20 of _The Muppet Show_
4. “Ma Nah Ma Nah” from _The Muppet Show_, _The Ed Sullivan Show_, _The Dick Cavett Show_, and many others
5. “You Can’t Take No for an Answer” from _The Muppets Take Manhattan_
6. “One More Sleep Till Christmas” from _Muppets Christmas Carol_
7. “Bein’ Green” (aka “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green”) from _Sesame Street_ and _The Muppet Show_
8. [_Fever_](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1164212232439858) – Rita Moreno performs along with Animal in season 1, episode 5 of _The Muppet Show_
9. “For What It’s Worth” Woodland creatures cover the Buffalo Springfield song on episode 221
10. “One Little Star”, a lonely lullaby trio sung by Big Bird, Snuffy, and Olivia in _Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird_

Pass.

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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:** [May 21, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7424 "2026-05-21T23:17:05Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

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**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 21, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7425 "2026-05-21T23:31:20Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7426 "2026-05-22T00:09:12Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart

The first movement was used as the opening music in the 1984 film adaptation of _Amadeus_.

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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:** [May 22, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7427 "2026-05-22T00:30:59Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli

Last time I heard this performed the audience chuckled when we came to [a very familiar part](https://youtu.be/XLKcfmf4GS4?)…

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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:** [May 22, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7428 "2026-05-22T05:05:49Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov

One of my all time faves

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7429 "2026-05-22T10:39:26Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov
6. The Planets Suite - Gustav Holst

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7430 "2026-05-22T11:09:01Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov
6. The Planets Suite - Gustav Holst
7. [Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYylWmAibI) - Glinka

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7431 "2026-05-22T11:22:45Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov
6. The Planets Suite - Gustav Holst
7. [Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYylWmAibI) - Glinka
8. Boléro - Maurice Ravel

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7432 "2026-05-22T11:50:54Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov
6. The Planets Suite - Gustav Holst
7. [Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYylWmAibI) - Glinka
8. Boléro - Maurice Ravel
9. Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 - Faure

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7433 "2026-05-22T11:55:21Z")

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**Classical**

1. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
2. [Devil’s Trill Sonata](https://youtu.be/z7rxl5KsPjs?si=7cRS0UdcQYHC71p4) (Violini Sonata in G Major) - Tartini
3. [Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvqOhbsriA&t=27s) - Mozart
4. Dance of the Hours (from _La Gioconda_) - Ponchielli
5. [Scheherazade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWG_tMJhh8) - Rimsky Korsakov
6. The Planets Suite - Gustav Holst
7. [Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYylWmAibI) - Glinka
8. Boléro - Maurice Ravel
9. Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 - Faure
10. String Quartet no. 6 - Béla Bartók

**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7434 "2026-05-22T12:24:43Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7435 "2026-05-22T12:39:39Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard
3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7436 "2026-05-22T13:04:25Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard
3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Willie The Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin - Stevie Ray Vaughn

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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:** [May 22, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7437 "2026-05-22T13:16:29Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard
3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Willie The Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin - Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie

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**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 22, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7438 "2026-05-22T13:26:23Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House

2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard

3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith

4. Willie The Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin - Stevie Ray Vaughn

5. When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie

6. Mountain Time - Joe Bonamassa

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7439 "2026-05-22T14:14:41Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard
3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Willie The Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin - Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
6. Mountain Time - Joe Bonamassa
7. Back Door Man - Willie Dixon

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**Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7440 "2026-05-22T16:44:27Z")

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**The blues (by blues artists; not covered by rockers)**

1. Death Letter Blues - Son House
2. Don’t Look at My Girl Like That - Duke Robillard
3. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
4. Willie The Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin - Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
6. Mountain Time - Joe Bonamassa
7. Back Door Man - Willie Dixon
8. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

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