Topic Playlist (Part 3)

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References to Authors

  1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police
  2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major* by Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos
  4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac
  5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel
  6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Paul Simon
  7. Mr. Buechner’s Dream - Daniel Amos

The title is a reference to Frederick Buechner, but the song references many other authors (Chesterton, Lewis, O’Connor, Eliot, Percy, Sayers, Carroll, Greene)

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References to Authors

  1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police
  2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major* by Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos
  4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac
  5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel
  6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Paul Simon
  7. Mr. Buechner’s Dream - Daniel Amos
  8. Grow Old Along With Me - Mary Chapin Carpenter, based on lines by Robert Browning
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References to Authors

  1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police
  2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major* by Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos
  4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac
  5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel
  6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Paul Simon
  7. Mr. Buechner’s Dream - Daniel Amos
  8. Grow Old Along With Me - Mary Chapin Carpenter, based on lines by Robert Browning
  9. “The Tyranny of Distance” - Six Months in a Leaky Boat – Split Enz referencing historian Geoffrey Blainey’s magnum opus of that name.
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References to Authors

  1. “Just like the, old man in, that book by Nabokov.” - Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police
  2. “Shinin’ in the dead of night I heard the pilot saying, poems that were written by John Keats and Robert Browning” - "Illusions in G Major* by Electric Light Orchestra
  3. “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright” - “William Blake” by Daniel Amos
  4. “Neal and Jack and me” - “Neal and Jack and Me” by King Crimson, referencing Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac
  5. The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel
  6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission) - Paul Simon
  7. Mr. Buechner’s Dream - Daniel Amos
  8. Grow Old Along With Me - Mary Chapin Carpenter, based on lines by Robert Browning
  9. “The Tyranny of Distance” - Six Months in a Leaky Boat – Split Enz referencing historian Geoffrey Blainey’s magnum opus of that name.
  10. “Read about you in a Faulkner novel, Met you once in a William’s play” - Maybe It Was Memphis - Pam Tillis

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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss
  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss
  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”
  6. “I wake up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say; I get home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way.” - Billy Joel, “Dancing in the Dark”
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(I’ve never seen Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen in the same room, either)

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(Watch The Greatest Day In Rock. Billy and the Boss were both part of USA for Africa.)

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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss
  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”
  6. “I wake up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say; I get home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way.” - Billy Joel, “Dancing in the Dark”
  7. “Bought me a box of French cigars. Bought me a black beret. Get my French from a girl next door, teaching me night and day” - The Angels “Marseilles”
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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher

  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”

  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland

  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss

  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”

  6. “I wake up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say; I get home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way.” - Billy Joel, “Dancing in the Dark”

  7. “Bought me a box of French cigars. Bought me a black beret. Get my French from a girl next door, teaching me night and day” - The Angels “Marseilles”

  8. “Nibblin’ on a sponge cake, watching the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil.” Jimmy Buffett, “Margaritaville”

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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher

  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”

  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland

  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss

  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”

  6. “I wake up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say; I get home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way.” - Billy Joel, “Dancing in the Dark”

  7. “Bought me a box of French cigars. Bought me a black beret. Get my French from a girl next door, teaching me night and day” - The Angels “Marseilles”

  8. “Nibblin’ on a sponge cake, watching the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil.” Jimmy Buffett, “Margaritaville”

  9. “I heard the knock on my door, I heard the ring of the bell, I got the letter, but I couldn’t go. So many thoughts in my head, so many places to be, so many faces that I long to see, standing in front of me.” - Styx, “Lights”

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Opening lines

  1. “You know I smoked a lot of grass, oh lord, I popped a lot of pills.” - Steppenwolf, The Pusher
  2. “I was there, to match my intellect, on national TV” - “Weird Al” Yankovic, “I Lost on Jeopardy”
  3. “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar” - Paul Simon, Graceland
  4. “You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me.” - Sam Haft, Merry Sinsmas from Helluva Boss
  5. “I’ve been walking in the rain / Just to get wet on purpose / I’ve been forcing myself not to forget / Just to feel worse” - Electronic, “Getting Away With It”
  6. “I wake up in the evening, and I ain’t got nothing to say; I get home in the morning, I go to bed feeling the same way.” - Billy Joel, “Dancing in the Dark”
  7. “Bought me a box of French cigars. Bought me a black beret. Get my French from a girl next door, teaching me night and day” - The Angels “Marseilles”
  8. “Nibblin’ on a sponge cake, watching the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil.” Jimmy Buffett, “Margaritaville”
  9. “I heard the knock on my door, I heard the ring of the bell, I got the letter, but I couldn’t go. So many thoughts in my head, so many places to be, so many faces that I long to see, standing in front of me.” - Styx, “Lights”
  10. “Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you’re gonna go far.” - Pink Floyd, “Have a Cigar”

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More opening lines

  1. “Sing me a song, you’re a singer; do me a wrong, you’re a bringer of evil. The devil is never a maker; the less that you give, you’re a taker.” - Black Sabbath, “Heaven and Hell”
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More opening lines

  1. “Sing me a song, you’re a singer; do me a wrong, you’re a bringer of evil. The devil is never a maker; the less that you give, you’re a taker.” - Black Sabbath, “Heaven and Hell”
  2. “Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped rainin’, everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know It’s a beautiful new day” - Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”
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More opening lines

  1. “Sing me a song, you’re a singer; do me a wrong, you’re a bringer of evil. The devil is never a maker; the less that you give, you’re a taker.” - Black Sabbath, “Heaven and Hell”
  2. “Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped rainin’, everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know It’s a beautiful new day” - Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”
  3. “Time after time, I sit and I wait for your call. I know I’m a fool, but what can I say? Whatever the price, I’ll pay, for you, Madame Blue.” - Styx, “Suite Madame Blue”
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More opening lines

  1. “Sing me a song, you’re a singer; do me a wrong, you’re a bringer of evil. The devil is never a maker; the less that you give, you’re a taker.” - Black Sabbath, “Heaven and Hell”
  2. “Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped rainin’, everybody’s in a play, and don’t you know It’s a beautiful new day” - Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”
  3. “Time after time, I sit and I wait for your call. I know I’m a fool, but what can I say? Whatever the price, I’ll pay, for you, Madame Blue.” - Styx, “Suite Madame Blue”
  4. “Cruisin’ down the center of a two way street, wond’rin’ who is really in the driver’s seat; mindin’ my bus’ness, along comes Big Brother, says, ‘Son, you better get on one side or the other.’” - Eagles, “On the Border”