# 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:** 88
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1741 "2024-08-30T13:49:43Z")
**Musicians with postgraduate degrees** 1. Kris Kristofferson - Was a Rhodes Scholar and earned a B.Phil in English literature 2. Brian May (Queen guitarist) - Ph.D. in astrophysics, Imperial College, London 3. Art Garfunkel – MA in mathematics education from Columbia University and was working toward a doctorate; this was during the peak of his career with Paul Simon, however, and he later dropped out. 4. Bill Bruford (Drummer for Yes, King Crimson, U.K., among others) - Ph.D. in Music, University of Surrey 5. Greg Graffin (Singer for Bad Religion) - Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University 6. Tom Scholz (bandleader of Boston) - Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from MIT in mechanical engineering 7. Dexter Holland (Lead vocalist of Offspring) - PH.D. in molecular biology, University of Southern California 8. Michael Bishop (aka Blothar in Gwar) - PH.D. in music, University of Virginia ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1742 "2024-08-30T23:41:58Z")
**Musicians with postgraduate degrees** 1. Kris Kristofferson - Was a Rhodes Scholar and earned a B.Phil in English literature 2. Brian May (Queen guitarist) - Ph.D. in astrophysics, Imperial College, London 3. Art Garfunkel – MA in mathematics education from Columbia University and was working toward a doctorate; this was during the peak of his career with Paul Simon, however, and he later dropped out. 4. Bill Bruford (Drummer for Yes, King Crimson, U.K., among others) - Ph.D. in Music, University of Surrey 5. Greg Graffin (Singer for Bad Religion) - Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University 6. Tom Scholz (bandleader of Boston) - Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from MIT in mechanical engineering 7. Dexter Holland (Lead vocalist of Offspring) - PH.D. in molecular biology, University of Southern California 8. Michael Bishop (aka Blothar in Gwar) - PH.D. in music, University of Virginia 9. Scott Powell (a.k.a. “Captain Outrageous” and “Tony Santini” as a vocalist in Sha Na Na) - M.D. (orthopedic surgery), Albert Einstein College of Medicine ---
**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 1, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1743 "2024-09-01T21:04:00Z")
**Musicians with postgraduate degrees** 1. Kris Kristofferson - Was a Rhodes Scholar and earned a B.Phil in English literature 2. Brian May (Queen guitarist) - Ph.D. in astrophysics, Imperial College, London 3. Art Garfunkel – MA in mathematics education from Columbia University and was working toward a doctorate; this was during the peak of his career with Paul Simon, however, and he later dropped out. 4. Bill Bruford (Drummer for Yes, King Crimson, U.K., among others) - Ph.D. in Music, University of Surrey 5. Greg Graffin (Singer for Bad Religion) - Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University 6. Tom Scholz (bandleader of Boston) - Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from MIT in mechanical engineering 7. Dexter Holland (Lead vocalist of Offspring) - PH.D. in molecular biology, University of Southern California 8. Michael Bishop (aka Blothar in Gwar) - PH.D. in music, University of Virginia 9. Scott Powell (a.k.a. “Captain Outrageous” and “Tony Santini” as a vocalist in Sha Na Na) - M.D. (orthopedic surgery), Albert Einstein College of Medicine 10. Jeff Schroeder (guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins) - PH.D. in comparative literature, UCLA Next: **More musicians with postgraduate degrees!** I mean, pass. ---
**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 1, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1744 "2024-09-01T21:07:02Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne A cover of the Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson song, from Lynne’s first solo album. ---
**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 1, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1745 "2024-09-01T22:13:00Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1746 "2024-09-01T22:49:40Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1747 "2024-09-02T02:48:57Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses ---
**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 2, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1748 "2024-09-02T04:10:27Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines ---
**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 2, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1749 "2024-09-02T10:35:02Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines 6. Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait For various definitions of _chill_ and _early_. That sorta means a daytime high under 75 on Halloween in these parts. ---
**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 2, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1750 "2024-09-02T12:29:41Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines 6. Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait 7. Leaves That Are Green (Have Turned To Brown) - Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1751 "2024-09-02T17:28:39Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines 6. Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait 7. Leaves That Are Green (Have Turned To Brown) - Simon & Garfunkel 8. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio Because of its close association with _It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown_, a fall classic TV special. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1752 "2024-09-02T17:34:50Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines 6. Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait 7. Leaves That Are Green (Have Turned To Brown) - Simon & Garfunkel 8. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio 9. Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1753 "2024-09-17T20:51:37Z")
**Songs About Autumn (literally or figuratively)** 1. September Song - Jeff Lynne 2. Autumn Leaves - Andy Williams 3. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 4. November Rain - Guns 'N Roses 5. Autumn Shade - The Vines 6. Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait 7. Leaves That Are Green (Have Turned To Brown) - Simon & Garfunkel 8. Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio 9. Forever Autumn - Justin Hayward 10. Autumn Almanac - The Kinks **Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks ---
**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 17, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1754 "2024-09-17T21:25:08Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1755 "2024-09-17T22:10:28Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1756 "2024-09-17T22:13:31Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1757 "2024-09-18T02:01:26Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers 5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1758 "2024-09-18T03:45:11Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers 5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie 6. Penny Lane - The Beatles Thanks @Nonsuch for restarting the thread. And I’m listening to Come Dancing right now. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1759 "2024-09-18T03:59:04Z")
**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers 5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie 6. Penny Lane - The Beatles 7. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night ---
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**Songs of Childhood Nostalgia** 1. Come Dancing - The Kinks 2. I Wish - Stevie Wonder 3. This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna 4. Do You Remember These - The Statler Brothers 5. Pencil Neck Geek - Fred Blassie 6. Penny Lane - The Beatles 7. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night 8. Old Days - Chicago [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=89)