Songs About Games, Games People Play

[MaVolta]

So here's a song topic that I don't recall us having played - Songs about Games. What songs can you think of about games, mentioned or implied, of any sort in the title or lyrics? 

So I'll start with this one as sort of a "blanket" title - - -

The Games People Play - Joe South 

[1968Hoya46]

Lightnin' Strikes:  Lou Christie  (The game he's playing involves conning his [younger] girlfriend to stick around while he sows his wild oats pretty much everywhere until he finally decides to settle down with her. The lyrics are cringeworthy). 

[EricC28201]

The Uptown Poker Club - Jerry Reed

The Uptown Poker Club - Jerry Reed 

[KellytheBelly]

Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?

We can't play this game anymore, but

Can we still be friends?

[BeatleloverKT]

Backstabbers, O’Jays

[BeatleloverKT]

She’s not there, Zombies

[BeatleloverKT]

Take me out to the ball game, Jimmy Buffett

[MaVolta]

Watching The Wheels - John Lennon

Surely you’re not happy, you no longer play the game

[1968Hoya46]

Night Moves:  Bob Seger  (I used her/she used me/but neither one cared/we were getting our share)

[BeatleloverKT]

Use me, Bill Withers

[1968Hoya46]

You Don't Mess Around With Jim: Jim Croce  (shooting and stabbing... the dangers of pool hustling).

[BeatleloverKT]

It’s in the way that you use it, Eric Clapton

[foxfire1965]

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

[BeatleloverKT]

I fall to pieces, Patsy Cline

Love continues to be the most heartbreaking

game I know…..

[MaVolta]

Computer - Reign (Game Over)  -  Ayreon

This song was written in 1995. It is about computers replacing people. The composer is a fan of science fiction. Fast forward to 2023, and the news about current AI programs creating almost anything you can think of, More science than fiction now. Pretty eeeeerie stuff.😰 

Complete lyrics here: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ayreon/computerreigngameover.html

[1968Hoya46]

Spooky:  Classics IV  (If you decide someday to stop this little game that you are playin'.........)

[EricC28201]

Lazy Poker Blues - Fleetwood Mac

This one seems to be about the games people with words.

[BeatleloverKT]

Love is a battlefield, Pat Benetar

[MaVolta]

Beatin’ The Odds - Molly Hatchet 

[1968Hoya46]

Flowers On The Wall:  Statler Brothers  (Playin' solitaire till dawn, with a deck of 51).

[EricC28201]

Aces High - Iron Maiden

[MaVolta]

You Can’t Beat The House - Mark Knopfler

[MaVolta]

House Of Cards - Scorpions

[1968Hoya46]

Think: Aretha Franklin. (People walking around everyday/Playing games, taking scores)

[BobH07]

(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game:  The Intruders

[BobH07]

Limbo Rock:  Chubby Checker

[BobH07]

Sally Go Round The Roses:  Jaynetts

[MaVolta]

Kill the King - Rainbow

Refers to Queen, King, and Pawn from playing chess.

[1968Hoya46]

Shame Shame:  Magic Lanterns  (Love was the game/Fool was my name)

[BeatleloverKT]

Positively 4th Street, Dylan

[1968Hoya46]

Solitaire:  The Embers  (I know this is a repeat, because it's my repeat, but it's such an under-appreciated [in my opinion] and seldom-heard doo wop tune with surprisingly sophisticated lyrics, so why not repeat it...)