# 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:** 93
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1841 "2024-09-28T15:28:04Z")
**Song titles: Celebrities** 1. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 2. Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow 3. Pete Davidson - Ariana Grande 4. Roy Rogers - Elton John 5. Joan Crawford - Blue Oyster Cult 6. James Dean - The Eagles 7. Frank Sinatra - Cake ---
**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 28, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1842 "2024-09-28T15:30:23Z")
**Song titles: Celebrities** 1. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 2. Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow 3. Pete Davidson - Ariana Grande 4. Roy Rogers - Elton John 5. Joan Crawford - Blue Oyster Cult 6. James Dean - The Eagles 7. Frank Sinatra - Cake 8. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1843 "2024-09-28T15:46:11Z")
**Song titles: Celebrities** 1. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 2. Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow 3. Pete Davidson - Ariana Grande 4. Roy Rogers - Elton John 5. Joan Crawford - Blue Oyster Cult 6. James Dean - The Eagles 7. Frank Sinatra - Cake 8. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 9. Harry Truman - Chicago ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1844 "2024-09-28T17:34:00Z")
**Song titles: Celebrities** 1. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 2. Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow 3. Pete Davidson - Ariana Grande 4. Roy Rogers - Elton John 5. Joan Crawford - Blue Oyster Cult 6. James Dean - The Eagles 7. Frank Sinatra - Cake 8. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 9. Harry Truman - Chicago 10. Buddy Holly – Weezer Thought sure this one would have been mentioned before now Next up … **Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan named after a prosthetic phallus (dildo) mentioned in William S. Burroughs’ _Naked Lunch_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1845 "2024-09-28T18:01:59Z")
Next up … **Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine Burroughs again, the name being the title of a novel and a reference to the human body. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1846 "2024-09-28T18:08:21Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf By the 1927 novel of the same name. ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1847 "2024-09-28T19:33:46Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep Named by the band on the 100th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth, from the character in _David Copperfield_. ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1848 "2024-09-28T20:40:59Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax Chicago-based jazz/new age band, active from the 1970s to 1990s. Named after Gandalf’s remarkable horse in _The Lord of the Rings_. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1849 "2024-09-28T23:07:20Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax 6. The Doors From _The Doors of Perception_ by Aldous Huxley ---
**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:** [September 29, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1850 "2024-09-29T13:08:37Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax 6. The Doors 7. Sixpence None the Richer From a passage in _Mere Christianity_ by C. S. Lewis ---
**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, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1851 "2024-09-29T14:57:14Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax 6. The Doors 7. Sixpence None the Richer 8. The Boo Radleys from a character in _To Kill A Mockingbird_ ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1852 "2024-09-29T15:33:57Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax 6. The Doors 7. Sixpence None the Richer 8. The Boo Radleys 9. Supertramp From _The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp_ by William Henry Davies (no relation to the band’s Rick Davies). ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1853 "2024-09-29T17:04:43Z")
**Literary References in Band Names** 1. Steely Dan 2. Soft Machine 3. Steppenwolf 4. Uriah Heep 5. Shadowfax 6. The Doors 7. Sixpence None the Richer 8. The Boo Radleys 9. Supertramp 10. Aerosmith From the book _Arrowsmith_ by Sinclair Lewis. **Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond ---
**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, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1854 "2024-09-29T19:39:55Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1855 "2024-09-29T20:43:22Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen ---
**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, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1856 "2024-09-29T20:52:52Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. YMCA - The Village People And you have to do the dance forming the letters with your arms. So I guess if you’re driving, you have to hope it doesn’t come on the radio. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1857 "2024-09-30T00:30:11Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > 1. YMCA - The Village People > > And you have to do the dance forming the letters with your arms. So I guess if you’re driving, you have to hope it doesn’t come on the radio. And then you get people like me who spell out the letters in semaphore… Only time I’ve ever been able to use it since I got out of Boy Scouts. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1858 "2024-09-30T03:29:40Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. YMCA - The Village People 5. Mony Mony - Billy Idol/Tommy James and the Shondells ---
**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, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1859 "2024-09-30T06:15:39Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. YMCA - The Village People 5. Mony Mony - Billy Idol/Tommy James and the Shondells 6. Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/1860 "2024-09-30T06:48:10Z")
**Sing along songs** 1. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 2. Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Paul & Mary 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. YMCA - The Village People 5. Mony Mony - Billy Idol/Tommy James and the Shondells 6. Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors 7. Hey Jude – The Beatles _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=94)