# 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:** 56
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1101 "2024-06-07T04:57:50Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield From the days when you would take a perfectly ordinary pop song and make an elaborate science fiction movie to be its music video. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YLnu8SzOGfs/maxresdefault.jpg "Rick Springfield - Bop 'Til You Drop (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLnu8SzOGfs&t=1) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1102 "2024-06-07T05:49:34Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 6. [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y&ab_channel=RafaelHor%C3%A1cio) - Men Without Hats The “literal video” comments on its bizarreness: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZaiB9jYCxI&ab\_channel=undercurrentspaulo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZaiB9jYCxI&ab_channel=undercurrentspaulo) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1103 "2024-06-07T08:47:31Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 6. [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y&ab_channel=RafaelHor%C3%A1cio) - Men Without Hats 7. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake Tawny Kitaen dancing on the hood of a car…nuf said. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1104 "2024-06-07T13:48:57Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 6. [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y&ab_channel=RafaelHor%C3%A1cio) - Men Without Hats 7. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake 8. [Rock Me Tonite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) - Billy Squire Widely regarded as one of the worst videos made. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1105 "2024-06-07T14:03:14Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 6. [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y&ab_channel=RafaelHor%C3%A1cio) - Men Without Hats 7. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake 8. [Rock Me Tonite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) - Billy Squire 9. [Paul](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4SmyqO5DUU) - Gilla Band ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1106 "2024-06-07T15:35:58Z")
**Songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 2. All of the Good Ones Are Taken - Ian Hunter 3. [Don’t Bring Me Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFBl6g8gtIo) - ELO 4. [Der Kommisar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM) - Falco 5. Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 6. [Safety Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDKLglEP5Y&ab_channel=RafaelHor%C3%A1cio) - Men Without Hats 7. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake 8. [Rock Me Tonite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) - Billy Squire 9. [Paul](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4SmyqO5DUU) - Gilla Band 10. [There There](https://youtu.be/7AQSLozK7aA) - Radiohead **More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1107 "2024-06-07T15:45:32Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) There’s a reason it’s an iconic video even almost 40 years later. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1108 "2024-06-07T16:01:04Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) I’m sure it’s just me, but I’ve long believed that crashing an exploding school bus into a wall of television sets is the all-time high point of the art of music videos. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1109 "2024-06-07T16:24:39Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA) - Godley & Creme ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1110 "2024-06-07T16:37:43Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA) - Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley With the inkblots. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1111 "2024-06-07T17:13:36Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA) - Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 6. The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes So good, [The Simpsons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HdwiESYJs) remade it. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1112 "2024-06-07T17:56:19Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA) - Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 6. The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes 7. [TV Dinners - ZZ Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc) ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1113 "2024-06-07T18:16:02Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA) - Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 6. The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes 7. [TV Dinners - ZZ Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc) 8. Thriller - Michael Jackson ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1114 "2024-06-07T19:12:59Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA)- Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 6. The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes 7. [TV Dinners - ZZ Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc) 8. Thriller - Michael Jackson 9. [Something To Believe In](https://youtu.be/Whz_VoCS858?si=8lSJ2AlM6jmSVJg9) - The Ramones A send up of “We Are the World” featuring cameos from friends of the band, other musicians, and Mark Horton for some reason. It’s supposed to be a charitable video to raise awareness but in the end, it turns out to be a (Spoiler!) cynical cash grab. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1115 "2024-06-10T00:35:40Z")
**More songs with awesome or bizarre music videos** 1. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 2. [Take On Me - Aha](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914) 3. [The Damned - Plasmatics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGX188WmhY) 4. [Cry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypMnBuvP5kA)- Godley & Creme 5. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 6. The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes 7. [TV Dinners - ZZ Top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-6mI708yWc) 8. Thriller - Michael Jackson 9. [Something To Believe In](https://youtu.be/Whz_VoCS858?si=8lSJ2AlM6jmSVJg9) - The Ramones 10. Whatareya? [(You’re A Yob Or You’re A Wanker)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiHdpAVIHgo)’ by TISM **Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1116 "2024-06-10T00:37:14Z")
**Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone 2. Paperlate - Genesis ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1117 "2024-06-10T00:44:59Z")
**Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone 2. Paperlate - Genesis 3. Paperback Writer - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1118 "2024-06-10T00:58:20Z")
**Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone 2. Paperlate - Genesis 3. Paperback Writer - The Beatles 4. Puedo Escribir - Sixpence None The Richer ---
**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:** [June 10, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1119 "2024-06-10T01:26:33Z")
**Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone 2. Paperlate - Genesis 3. Paperback Writer - The Beatles 4. Puedo Escribir - Sixpence None The Richer 5. Every Day I Write the Book - Elvis Costello and the Attractions ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1120 "2024-06-10T02:24:54Z")
**Song titles with paper or writing** 1. Paper Aeroplane - Angus & Julia Stone 2. Paperlate - Genesis 3. Paperback Writer - The Beatles 4. Puedo Escribir - Sixpence None The Richer 5. Every Day I Write the Book - Elvis Costello and the Attractions 6. Paper Roses - Marie Osmond [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=57)