boywiththorninside

For this band-only timeline I did not define

Just bands, right? No solo artists?

Maybe it's my own personal bias or lack of historical perspective, but Pink Floyd? I know they were big, but I never think of them in the same manner as The Beatles, Stones, or even Zeppelin. Again, this is probably my own personal bias.

How about The Clash? Do they fit into this at all? Late 70's and early 80's, they were the only band that mattered - or something like that.

The Smiths? They occupied the same period as R.E.M and U2's early dominance (83 - 87) and were just as good (in my opinion, better).

MOJO's Top 50

50 Alasdair Roberts - The Amber Gatherers

49 Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods

48 Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation

47 Edwyn Collins - Home Again

46 Kevin Ayers - The Unfairground

45 Matthew Dear - Asa Breed

44 Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

43 Interpol - Our Love to Admire

42 Gravenhurst - The Western Lands

41 Amiina - Kurr

40 Yoko Ono - Yes, I'm a Witch

39 Battles - Mirrored

38 The Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse

37 Edgar Jones and The Joneses - Gettin' a Little Help

36 Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life

35 Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime

34 Willy Mason - If the Ocean Gets Rough

33 Seasick Steve - Dog House Music

32 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

31 Gruff Rhys - Candylion

30 Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy

29 Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

28 The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

27 Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart

26 Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men

25 Joni Mitchell - Shine

24 Bj

My head is spinning and my legs are weak

Goose step dancing, can't hear myself speak

Hope in the eyes of the ugly girls

That settle for the lies of the last chancers

When slow motion drunks pick wallflower dancers

You come here looking for the ride to glory

Go back home with a hard luck story

I can't lie on this bed anymore it burns my skin

You can take the truthful things you've said to me

And put them on the head of a pin

They were just discussing this rumor on WFAN:

Hideki Matsui to SF Giants

Snow

No snow now, but here's the last good one:

I am surprised that this hasn't been posted yet:

 

What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding?

Nick Lowe penned that one.

It's time to tell the truth

These things have to be faced

My fuse is burning out

And all that powder's gone to waste

Don't think for a moment dear that we'll ever be through

I'll build a bonfire of my dreams

And burn a broken effigy of me and you

No one ever told young Declan to let it go. He's got a lot of lyrics about obsessive love, and I seem to like them all.

Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning

You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning

pffft. this is NY, bitch. unless you give the old bag a shot to ribs on her way to the ground you're just a pussy.

I'm guessing you're also a big fan of the ebola virus and clubbing baby seals.

I also like stealing a seat on the subway from elderly people and pregnant women. That's always good fun. You should see the looks on their faces.

For the record, I think the New York Yankees are one of the few truly good things in this world.

The Red Sox? On the list of bad things, they rank near cancer, Al Qaeda, and that Battlefield Earth movie. It's true. Look it up.

It's going to take a lot of self-restraint (which I have none of) to not add about 50 posts to this thread. Here's another:

Almost blue

Almost doing things we used to do

There's a girl here and she's almost you

Why can't a man stand alone?

Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own?

His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation

They just weigh him down

You know pride is a sin that we tend to forgive

But it gets hard to live

When you don't have the love in her heart to begin with

Why can't a man stand alone?

When beauty meets ignorance they shout in the street

Repeating their offer to each girl they meet

I think this is an obvious one. I could have included the entire lyrics, but I limited myself to the highlights:

History repeats the old conceits

The glib replies the same defeats

Keep your finger on important issues

With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues

Charged with insults and flattery

Her body moves with malice

Do you have to be so cruel to be callous

My hands were clammy and cunning

She's been suitably stunning

But I know theres not a hope in Hades

All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle

So-called gentlemen and ladies

Dog fight like rose and thistle

I've got a feeling

I'm going to get a lot of grief

Once this seemed so appealing

Now I am beyond belief

I was going to make a thread about that a while back.

 

I see this film as a: Will Ferrel movie without Will Ferrel, a Spinal Tap rip-off, a spoof of Grace of My Heart, a take on too many rock stories/myths at one time.

I never saw Ray, but supposedly this is spoofing a scene from that movie.

Paisano!

Right on. When I saw the thread title, I thought Goodfellas, but I was afraid to post this out of fear of being thought a lunatic. I'm seriously glad I'm not the only one.

It could be stupid, but I now want to see this movie

Heads up: they say "sh*t" and talk about "reefer" in the clip. Funny clip, but does that makes it NSFW?

The inclusion of Home Alone should open the floodgates as far as the definition of a "Christmas" movie" goes.

 

I'd also count:

GoodFellas

I'm relieved that I'm not the only one who associates this movie with Christmas. The scene where Henry brings the tree home. The party at the bar after the Lufthansa heist - Jimmy on the fur coat: "Bring. It. Back." Darlene Love, the Ronettes, and the Drifters Xmas songs on the soundtrack. I always break out this DVD once during the holiday season just for these scenes. I know this is weird, but I do it.

I voted Charlie Brown, but it was close with Rudolph.

More from the British mags:

Q's Top 50

50 Stereophonics - Pull the Pin

49 Jamie T - Panic Prevention

48 Justice -

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/r...option-closing/

Thanks...for the bad news.

According to the blog link above, Ellsbury was offered in one of the two packages to MIN.

Yeah, I know. There were two potential deals: 1) the Ellsbury deal 2) the Lester/Crisp deal. The WFAN reporter is saying Minnesota favors the Lester/Crisp deal.

Today is the day the Chris Dodd express starts picking up steam.