# 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:** 416
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8301 "2026-09-21T02:58:33Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8302 "2026-09-21T04:34:07Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes A protest against destruction of the environment in general, and whale hunting in particular. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8303 "2026-09-21T07:24:12Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic “It doesn’t take a military genius to see / we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III” and “everywhere you look today there’s misery and greed” qualify this song for this category. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8304 "2026-09-21T11:39:41Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8305 "2026-09-21T13:01:29Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 6. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8306 "2026-09-21T13:13:26Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 6. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 7. Nazi Teeth - Dead Pioneers ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8307 "2026-09-21T14:25:52Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 6. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 7. Nazi Teeth - Dead Pioneers 8. We Will Not Be Moved - Joan Baez ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8308 "2026-09-21T14:28:27Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 6. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 7. Nazi Teeth - Dead Pioneers 8. We Will Not Be Moved - Joan Baez 9. Government Cheese - The Rainmakers ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8309 "2026-09-21T23:47:25Z")
**Hell, No – We Won’t Go!** _(More Protest Songs)_ 1. Union Maid – The Almanac Singers 2. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted - Frank Zappa 3. Don’t Kill the Whale - Yes 4. Happy Birthday - “Weird Al” Yankovic 5. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 6. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 7. Nazi Teeth - Dead Pioneers 8. We Will Not Be Moved - Joan Baez 9. Government Cheese - The Rainmakers 10. Russians - Sting _Mr. Khrushchev said, “We will bury you” I don’t subscribe to this post of view It’d be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too_ New category: **Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8310 "2026-09-22T00:27:39Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8311 "2026-09-22T00:31:33Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8312 "2026-09-22T00:57:48Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8313 "2026-09-22T01:30:40Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8314 "2026-09-22T02:11:47Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) 6. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (a poor kid raised in poverty) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8315 "2026-09-22T02:26:41Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) 6. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (a poor kid raised in poverty) 7. Once Upon a Time in New York City - Huey Lewis from _Oliver and Company_ (a kitten who wasn’t chosen for a forever home, and ended up on the streets of NYC) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8316 "2026-09-22T04:44:31Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) 6. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (a poor kid raised in poverty) 7. Once Upon a Time in New York City - Huey Lewis from _Oliver and Company_ (a kitten who wasn’t chosen for a forever home, and ended up on the streets of NYC) 8. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel (a working-class fisherman from Long Island, who has wound up deep in debt as the traditional fishing grounds have become overfished) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8317 "2026-09-22T08:07:19Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) 6. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (a poor kid raised in poverty) 7. Once Upon a Time in New York City - Huey Lewis from _Oliver and Company_ (a kitten who wasn’t chosen for a forever home, and ended up on the streets of NYC) 8. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel (a working-class fisherman from Long Island, who has wound up deep in debt as the traditional fishing grounds have become overfished) 9. Fancy - Reba McEntire (an 18-year-old girl who is being pimped out by her own mother in an attempt to escape their squalid, impoverished living conditions) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8318 "2026-09-22T10:54:55Z")
**Songs about the less fortunate (and who they’re written about)** 1. Pearls - Sade (a woman who’s trying to survive the Somalian civil war) 2. Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins (a homeless woman asking for help) 3. Corona - Minutemen (a woman in Mexico who was collecting bottles for the deposit money) 4. Patches - Clarence Carter (the narrator is a child born into extreme poverty) 5. She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer (a washroom attendant Summer met at a Grammy after-party) 6. In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (a poor kid raised in poverty) 7. Once Upon a Time in New York City - Huey Lewis from _Oliver and Company_ (a kitten who wasn’t chosen for a forever home, and ended up on the streets of NYC) 8. The Downeaster “Alexa” - Billy Joel (a working-class fisherman from Long Island, who has wound up deep in debt as the traditional fishing grounds have become overfished) 9. Fancy - Reba McEntire (an 18-year-old girl who is being pimped out by her own mother in an attempt to escape their squalid, impoverished living conditions) 10. Tomorrow We’ll See - Sting (the narrator is an MTF transgender prostitute trying to get by without being murdered) Pass. (It was my turn). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8319 "2026-09-22T12:09:45Z")
**Songs with a clever title** 1. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8320 "2026-09-22T12:26:07Z")
**Songs with a clever title** 1. The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Darling It Hurts - Paul Kelly. Song about a prostitute in Darlinghurst in Sydney's red light district. _“Darling, it hurts to see you down Darlinghurst tonight”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=417)