# 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:** 425

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8481 "2026-09-29T18:03:56Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson

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**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:** [September 29, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8482 "2026-09-29T18:12:18Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
6. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffet

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**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 29, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8483 "2026-09-29T18:16:24Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
6. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffet
7. Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8484 "2026-09-29T18:18:04Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
6. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffet
7. Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
8. My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder - “Weird Al” Yankovic

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8485 "2026-09-29T18:26:53Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
6. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffet
7. Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
8. My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder - “Weird Al” Yankovic
9. Baby’s in Black - The Beatles

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**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 29, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8486 "2026-09-29T20:02:21Z")

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**Bad situations**

1. Swimmin’ in Quicksand - Black Oak Arkansas
2. Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Natalie Cole
4. My Shit’s Fucked Up - Warren Zevon
5. Sunday Morning Coming Down - Kris Kristofferson
6. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don’t Love Jesus - Jimmy Buffet
7. Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
8. My Baby’s in Love with Eddie Vedder - “Weird Al” Yankovic
9. Baby’s in Black - The Beatles
10. Gimme Three Steps - Lynryd Skynrd

Pass.

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**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 29, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8487 "2026-09-29T21:11:37Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies

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**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 29, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8488 "2026-09-29T21:14:04Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg

The ABC television network commissioned the song from Fogelberg, for their 1980 telecast of the Kentucky Derby.

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8489 "2026-09-29T21:23:55Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8490 "2026-09-29T21:40:22Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

“On a pony she named Wilfire…”

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8491 "2026-09-29T22:26:18Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8492 "2026-09-29T22:30:38Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
6. Horse with No Name - America

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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:** [September 29, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8493 "2026-09-29T23:13:09Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
6. Horse with No Name - America
7. Stewball – Peter, Paul, and Mary

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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 29, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8494 "2026-09-29T23:44:46Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
6. Horse with No Name - America
7. Stewball – Peter, Paul, and Mary
8. Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys

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**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 30, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8495 "2026-09-30T00:20:02Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
6. Horse with No Name - America
7. Stewball – Peter, Paul, and Mary
8. Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys
9. El Paso - Marty Robbins

The narrator both runs from and returns to the scene of the crime on horseback.

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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:** [September 30, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8496 "2026-09-30T01:24:30Z")

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**Equine songs**

1. A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
2. Run for the Roses - Dan Fogelberg
3. Pony - Tom Waits
4. Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
5. Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
6. Horse with No Name - America
7. Stewball – Peter, Paul, and Mary
8. Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys
9. El Paso - Marty Robbins
10. The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

**Songs of regret & reflection.**

1. (I’ve done all the) Dumb Things - Paul Kelly  
  
 _I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings_  
 _I’ve done all the dumb things_  
 _I melted wax to fix my wings_  
 _I’ve done all the dumb things_  
 _Yeah, I threw my hat into the ring_  
 _I’ve done all the dumb things_

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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:** [September 30, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8497 "2026-09-30T04:17:45Z")

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**Songs of regret & reflection.**

1. (I’ve done all the) Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
2. Somethin’ Stupid - Frank Sinatra

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**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 30, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8498 "2026-09-30T04:28:00Z")

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**Songs of regret & reflection.**

1. (I’ve done all the) Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
2. Somethin’ Stupid - Frank Sinatra
3. It’s Too Late - Carole King

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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:** [September 30, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8499 "2026-09-30T04:30:39Z")

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**Songs of regret & reflection.**

1. (I’ve done all the) Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
2. Somethin’ Stupid - Frank Sinatra
3. It’s Too Late - Carole King
4. The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

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**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:** [September 30, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8500 "2026-09-30T04:31:30Z")

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**Songs of regret & reflection.**

1. (I’ve done all the) Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
2. Somethin’ Stupid - Frank Sinatra
3. It’s Too Late - Carole King
4. The Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
5. All I Need Is a Miracle - Mike + The Mechanics

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