# 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\
**Page:** 38

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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 2, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/741 "2024-05-02T17:21:38Z")

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**Surf guitar!**

1. Misirlou - Dick Dale
2. Wipeout - the Surfaris
3. Surf City - Jan & Dean
4. Walk Don’t Run - The Ventures
5. California Sun - The Rivieras
6. Pipeline - The Chantays
7. [Bombora](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMeqid_fmU)- The Atlantics
8. Baja - The Astronauts
9. Reel Ten - The Plugz

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/742 "2024-05-02T17:22:12Z")

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**Surf guitar!**

1. Misirlou - Dick Dale
2. Wipeout - the Surfaris
3. Surf City - Jan & Dean
4. Walk Don’t Run - The Ventures
5. California Sun - The Rivieras
6. Pipeline - The Chantays
7. [Bombora](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMeqid_fmU) - The Atlantics
8. Baja - The Astronauts
9. Surfin’ Bird - The Trashmen
10. Surfin’ Safari - the Beach Boys

It took 10 songs to get to the Beach Boys?

**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers

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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 2, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/743 "2024-05-02T17:22:46Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

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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 2, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/744 "2024-05-02T17:23:24Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama

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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 2, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/745 "2024-05-02T17:49:43Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/746 "2024-05-02T21:45:31Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

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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 2, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/747 "2024-05-02T22:02:06Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
6. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - Judith Durham

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**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 2, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/748 "2024-05-02T22:53:05Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
6. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - Judith Durham
7. Thunder on the Mountain - Bob Dylan

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**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:** [May 2, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/749 "2024-05-02T22:54:04Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
6. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - Judith Durham
7. Thunder on the Mountain - Bob Dylan
8. The Bear Went Over the Mountain - Bing Crosby, and many others

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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:** [May 2, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/750 "2024-05-02T22:59:07Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
6. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - Judith Durham
7. Thunder on the Mountain - Bob Dylan
8. The Bear Went Over the Mountain - Bing Crosby, and many others
9. The Big Rock Candy Mountains - Harry McClintock

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/751 "2024-05-03T01:07:02Z")

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**Mountain Music**

1. Rocky Top - the Osborne Brothers
2. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
3. Mountain Music - Alabama
4. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
5. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
6. Climb Ev’ry Mountain - Judith Durham
7. Thunder on the Mountain - Bob Dylan
8. The Bear Went Over the Mountain - Bing Crosby, and many others
9. The Big Rock Candy Mountains - Harry McClintock
10. King of the Mountain - Midnight Oil

**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**  
Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss

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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:** [May 3, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/752 "2024-05-03T10:16:05Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/753 "2024-05-03T10:55:37Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein

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**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 3, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/754 "2024-05-03T11:58:47Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music

Seems a bit incongruous for an English art rock band to write a love-letter song to Texas, but there you have it. Maybe they were there on tour and loved the place.

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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 3, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/755 "2024-05-03T13:57:51Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers

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**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:** [May 3, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/756 "2024-05-03T15:42:20Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers
6. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash

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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 3, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/757 "2024-05-03T15:54:57Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers
6. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash
7. Along The Chisholm Trail - Bing Crosby

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**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/758 "2024-05-04T01:37:00Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers
6. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash
7. Along The Chisholm Trail - Bing Crosby
8. The Red Plains - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

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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:** [May 4, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/759 "2024-05-04T17:06:59Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers
6. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash
7. Along The Chisholm Trail - Bing Crosby
8. The Red Plains - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
9. Home on the Range - Gene Autry

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**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 9, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/760 "2024-05-09T09:55:27Z")

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**Songs of the Plains/Prairies**

1. Nullarbor Plain - Ian Moss
2. West Texas Plains - Rosie Flores
3. Oklahoma - Rogers & Hammerstein
4. Prairie Rose - Roxy Music
5. Blue Prairie - Sons of the Pioneers
6. Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash
7. Along The Chisholm Trail - Bing Crosby
8. The Red Plains - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
9. Home on the Range - Gene Autry
10. Runnin’ Back to Saskatoon - The Guess Who

Mentions a lot of Saskatchewan prairie towns.

Next:

**From the Prairies to the Mountains: Songs about Mountains**

1. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver

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