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MaVolta · ‎12-08-2018

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

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

EricC28201 · ‎02-26-2023

The Uptown Poker Club - Jerry Reed

KellytheBelly · ‎02-22-2023

Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?

We can't play this game anymore, but

Can we still be friends?

⭑ ๋࣭ ⭑... ⌞What the GLITCH!⌝ ... ⭑ ๋࣭ ⭑(っ ͡ ͡° - ͡ ͡° ς)

Made of flesh and bone, not chips and blips.

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-18-2023

Backstabbers, O’Jays

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-17-2023

She’s not there, Zombies

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-16-2023

Take me out to the ball game, Jimmy Buffett

MaVolta · ‎02-16-2023

Watching The Wheels - John Lennon

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

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-16-2023

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

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-16-2023

Use me, Bill Withers

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-16-2023

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

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-16-2023

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

foxfire1965 · ‎02-16-2023

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-14-2023

I fall to pieces, Patsy Cline

Love continues to be the most heartbreaking

game I know…..

MaVolta · ‎02-14-2023

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

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-14-2023

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

EricC28201 · ‎02-14-2023

Lazy Poker Blues - Fleetwood Mac

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

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-12-2023

Love is a battlefield, Pat Benetar

MaVolta · ‎02-12-2023

Beatin’ The Odds - Molly Hatchet

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-12-2023

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

EricC28201 · ‎02-12-2023

Aces High - Iron Maiden

MaVolta · ‎02-11-2023

You Can’t Beat The House - Mark Knopfler

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

MaVolta · ‎02-09-2023

House Of Cards - Scorpions

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-08-2023

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

BobH07 · ‎02-08-2023

(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game: The Intruders

BobH07 · ‎02-08-2023

Limbo Rock: Chubby Checker

BobH07 · ‎02-08-2023

Sally Go Round The Roses: Jaynetts

MaVolta · ‎02-08-2023

Kill the King - Rainbow

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

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-08-2023

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

BeatleloverKT · ‎02-08-2023

Positively 4th Street, Dylan

1968Hoya46 · ‎02-08-2023

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...)