# 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:** 43
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/841 "2024-05-14T13:38:16Z")
**Your favorite albums** 1. Unforgettable, with Love - Natalie Cole 2. Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues 3. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 4. Taboo - Arthur Lyman 5. Band on the Run - Wings 6. August and Everything After - Counting Crows 7. Primitive Man - Icehouse 8. Live Rust - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 9. Quadrophenia - The Who ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/842 "2024-05-14T15:04:28Z")
**Your favorite albums** 1. Unforgettable, with Love - Natalie Cole 2. Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues 3. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 4. Taboo - Arthur Lyman 5. Band on the Run - Wings 6. August and Everything After - Counting Crows 7. Primitive Man - Icehouse 8. Live Rust - Neil Young and Crazy Horse 9. Quadrophenia - The Who 10. Child Is Father To The Man - Blood Sweat & Tears It’s International Dylan Thomas Day! **Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel _I knew a man, his brain was so small He couldn’t think of nothing at all Not the same as you and me He doesn’t dig poetry He’s so unhip, when you say Dylan He thinks you’re talkin’ about Dylan Thomas Whoever he was The man ain’t got no culture But it’s alright, ma, everybody must get stoned_ ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/843 "2024-05-14T15:12:21Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds The Bible Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap; a time to kill, a time to heal. ---
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**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan _Situations have ended sad Relationships have all been bad Mine have been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud_ ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/845 "2024-05-14T15:45:57Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams _Dylan Thomas has come and gone, Come and gone, come and gone, Dylan Thomas has come and gone, His blood turned to words._ ---
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**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream ---
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**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream 6. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves ---
**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 14, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/848 "2024-05-14T18:28:55Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream 6. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves 7. Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel based on E. A. Robinson’s poem of the same name ---
**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 14, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/849 "2024-05-14T21:28:10Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream 6. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves 7. Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel 8. William Blake - Daniel Amos ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/850 "2024-05-14T21:34:35Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream 6. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves 7. Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel 8. William Blake - Daniel Amos 9. Xanadu - Rush ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/851 "2024-05-15T04:29:33Z")
**Songs that reference famous poems or poets** 1. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Simon & Garfunkel 2. Turn! Turn! Turn! - the Byrds 3. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Bob Dylan 4. Dylan Thomas - Mason Williams 5. Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream 6. Oscar Wilde - Company of Thieves 7. Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel 8. William Blake - Daniel Amos 9. Xanadu - Rush 10. The Dangling Conversation - Simon and Garfunkel “And you read your Emily Dickinson And I my Robert Frost” **Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell “I made my baby cry” ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/852 "2024-05-15T05:33:00Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/853 "2024-05-15T05:35:45Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/854 "2024-05-15T06:06:23Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish ---
**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 15, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/855 "2024-05-15T06:32:39Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel “Lookin’ like a choirgirl She’s cryin’ like a refugee” ---
**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 15, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/856 "2024-05-15T11:02:32Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin Ooh yes, I’ve been cryin’, oh-ooo-oh, yeah All my tears, they fell like rain, don’tcha see them fallin’? Baby, can’t you see them fallin’, ah, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, can’t you see them fallin’? ---
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**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin 7. Look Away - Chicago ---
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**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin 7. Look Away - Chicago 8. To See My Angel Cry - Conway Twitty ---
**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 15, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/859 "2024-05-15T13:15:51Z")
**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin 7. Look Away - Chicago 8. To See My Angel Cry - Conway Twitty 9. Cry Me A River - Julie London ---
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**Songs where somebody cries** 1. River - Joni Mitchell 2. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3. Crying - Roy Orbison 4. Let Her Cry - Hootie and the Blowfish 5. Choirgirl - Cold Chisel 6. Since I’ve Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin 7. Look Away - Chicago 8. To See My Angel Cry - Conway Twitty 9. Cry Me A River - Julie London 10. Tracks of My Tears - Linda Ronstad **Songs about illusions** 1. The Grand Illusion - Styx [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=44)