# 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:** 434
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8661 "2026-10-14T17:16:34Z")
**Pillow Talk — songs about or mentioning lying with a paramour** 1. Tell Me What You Dream — Timothy B. Schmit 2. Open Arms - Journey 3. A Better Place to Be - Harry Chapin 4. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond 5. Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 6. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics 7. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton 8. Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles “… And I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight…” ---
**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:** [October 14, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8662 "2026-10-14T18:41:36Z")
**Pillow Talk — songs about or mentioning lying with a paramour** 1. Tell Me What You Dream — Timothy B. Schmit 2. Open Arms - Journey 3. A Better Place to Be - Harry Chapin 4. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond 5. Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 6. Wake Up (Next To You) - Graham Parker and the Shot 7. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics 8. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton 9. Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles housekeeping ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8663 "2026-10-16T14:06:50Z")
**Pillow Talk — songs about or mentioning lying with a paramour** 1. Tell Me What You Dream — Timothy B. Schmit 2. Open Arms - Journey 3. A Better Place to Be - Harry Chapin 4. You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond 5. Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan 6. Wake Up (Next To You) - Graham Parker and the Shot 7. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics 8. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton 9. Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles 10. I’d Love To Lay You Down - Conway Twitty **Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8664 "2026-10-16T14:17:23Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8665 "2026-10-16T14:32:24Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8666 "2026-10-16T14:32:56Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8667 "2026-10-16T15:01:14Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8668 "2026-10-16T15:09:01Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8669 "2026-10-16T16:12:13Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum 7. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8670 "2026-10-16T16:15:04Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum 7. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen 8. Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel Between the Catholic references in this song, and “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” I labored for decades under the misapprehension that Joel was an Italian Catholic. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8671 "2026-10-16T17:17:46Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Between the Catholic references in this song, and “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” I labored for decades under the misapprehension that Joel was an Italian Catholic. 😃 I’d always thought he was a New England Protestant - Anglican or something similar. It wouldn’t be past such a person to bitch about Catholic girls his age not putting out. Although hell, I suppose a Catholic, Evangelical, or even Buddhist boy would make the same complaint. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8672 "2026-10-16T17:47:43Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum 7. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen 8. Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel 9. My Man - Fanny Brice ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8673 "2026-10-16T17:56:43Z")
**Songs by Jewish performers** 1. Fight For Your Right (to Party) - Beastie Boys 2. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Don’t Worry About Me - Joey Ramone 4. Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond 5. The Bridge That Wouldn’t Burn - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys 6. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum 7. Suzanne - Leonard Cohen 8. Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel 9. My Man - Fanny Brice 10. If I Were a Rich Man - Chaim Topol (as Tevye) **Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8674 "2026-10-16T18:01:49Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8675 "2026-10-16T18:05:16Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8676 "2026-10-16T18:28:48Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon 4. Blackbird (though it’s not about a bird) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8677 "2026-10-16T18:37:32Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon 4. Blackbird (though it’s not about a bird) 5. I Am The Walrus ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8678 "2026-10-16T19:34:19Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon 4. Blackbird (though it’s not about a bird) 5. I Am The Walrus 6. Hey Bulldog (dog, cat, squirrel, and sheep) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8679 "2026-10-16T21:16:04Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon 4. Blackbird (though it’s not about a bird) 5. I Am The Walrus 6. Hey Bulldog (dog, cat, squirrel, and sheep) 7. Dig a Pony ---
**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:** [October 16, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/8680 "2026-10-16T21:23:55Z")
**Animals in Beatles’ songs** 1. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (“He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun”) 2. Octopus’s Garden 3. Rocky Raccoon 4. Blackbird (though it’s not about a bird) 5. I Am The Walrus 6. Hey Bulldog (dog, cat, squirrel, and sheep) 7. Dig a Pony 8. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=435)