Top 40 Songs of All Time Part…3?
Yep, again. I got into my older albums, and this is more spread out.
- 40.Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
- 39. Elton John – Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- 38. The Offspring – Genocide
- 37. Nirvana – Drain You
- 36. Elliott Smith – Memory Lane
- 35. Luscious Jackson – Here
- 34. Beck – Loser
- 33. Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
- 32. The Rolling Stones -Gimme Shelter
- 31. The Beatles – Oh! Darling
- 30. Tom Petty – Something in the Air (Cover)
- 29. Green Day – Panic Song
- 28. Fleetwood Mac – Oh Well
- 27. Allman Brothers Band – One Way Out
- 26. Foo Fighters – Learning to Fly
- 25. No Doubt – Don't Speak
- 24. The Beatles – I'm Only Sleeping
- 23. Led Zeppelin – Tangerine
- 22. UFO – Lights Out
- 21. The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
- 20. Alanis Morissette – Ironic
- 19. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- 18. REM – It's the End of the World As We Know It
- 17. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Parallel Universe
- 16. The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
- 15. Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand
- 14. Marilyn Manson – The Dope Show
- 13. Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
- 12. Luscious Jackson – Lover's Moon
- 11. Ten Years After – I'd Love the Change the World
- 10. Pink Floyd – Brain Damage/Eclipse
- 9. Weezer – Undone (The Sweater Song)
- 8 1/2 (Screw You). The Beach Boys – Feel Flows
- 8. The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- 7. Oasis – Champagne Supernova
- 6. Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight Tonight
- 5. Sonic Youth – Dirty Boots
- 4. The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
- 3. Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
- 1. The Beatles – Something
- 1. Weezer – Say it Ain't So
Yep, two number ones again. Don't know how to pick one.
Beware the Days Immediately Past the Ides of March
Everyone’s birthday is this week. I don’t know why, but people sure love to have sex in late June. I have a lot of birthdays, some I cannot celebrate as much as I would want, but maybe I can handle myself better next year. Oh’ell. Anyway, I’ve decided to recommend some badass albums that have come out in the past year or so. (At earliest, January 1st of 2005). Although to be honest, I liked 2004 more.
1. Oasis – Don’t Believe the Truth
A comparative to Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? The biggest assholes on the planet pulled it off again, cementing that Blur is only second best. My favorite track off the album? The Importance of Being Idle, easily. It’s catchy tune and vocals are just infectious.
2. The Raveonettes – Pretty in Black
Oh, Lord. I never expected to like the band that did a commercial for like, Gap or Old Navy…with WB cast members. Wow, though. The crazy duo with rattling retro guitars has really innovative sounds pulsating through, with vocals that are dark and brooding. Favorite song on the album? Tough, but Love in a Trashcan, despite the title, is my fave.
3. Beck – Guero
Ah, Guero. Probably my favorite Beck album next to Odelay, this one brings back a more…rugged? Yeah, rugged…tone to his works that I always liked in Odelay. I don’t have a favorite track for this album, as I like it as a whole album, rather than picking and choosing the songs.
4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
I hate this band’s name so much, but I can deal, since they look to revive what bands like Oasis, Blur, and Franz Ferdinand have been trying to get out of their works: eccentric British badassery with a pinch of kickass-ocity. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor is my favorite for this collection.
5. Foo Fighters – In Your Honour
Disappointing when compared to their first three albums, it’s a step up from the abysmal One by One. But even ranked four out of five from the FF discography still places it worlds above other bands. This album has the soft/hard gimmick seperation of songs. Although I think a lot of songs are filler, a lot are really damn good. Examples include Another Round, End Over End, and In Your Honour. Gotta love it.
Honorable Mentions include The Morning Jacket’s Z, Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine, Kanye West’s Late Registration, The Redwall’s De Nova, and Franz Ferdinand’s You Could Have it So Much Better.
Oh, What a Life it Would Be….
Cool, crisp ocean air, with a tinge of sandy roughness against a beard I forgot to shave. A dirty Hawaiian shirt on with shorts watching the waves rip apart outside on the balcony of my diner. This is a blatant plagiarism of my father’s retirement dream of owning a bar on the coast. I’m not much into alcohol. I’d also have the girl of my dreams with me, and nothing’d stop me from getting the local crew together to make a film. Maybe I’d be rich, but I’d never keep any more than necessary. To charities it would go, I suppose, or maybe into a movie. Who knows? All I know is that that’s going to be me watching the ocean, wondering when it will end.
Isn’t dreaming nice?
And for the record,
Top 5 Most Wanted Careers
1. Filmmaker/Screenwriter- Speaks for itself I guess. It’s always been my dream.
2. Record Producer- To have control over music and find talent would be the coolest gift to have. I’d be a God of talent and the new pop culture at every birth of every baby blossom.
3. Astronomer- I think the lyrics of Oasis’ The Importance of Being Idle “I don’t mind, as long as there’s a bed beneath the stars that shine,” apply here.
4. Restaurant Owner/Chef – I’m automatically out of this career path because while I love cooking, I am not at all patient, not at all health-conscious, and I have an incredible sensitivity to heat and cold. Still, I’ll probably do it. A few burns and scars can’t kill me.
5. Novelist- I’m a writer first, everything else second. Although I love screenwriting so much more, novels have always been my inspiration for everything. This top five list I always do (real life too) is directly inspired by Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity.
Pete and Pete Revisited
If you have been noticing, I’ve been watching Pete and Pete again. The climactic series ender “Saturday” is the best TV episode ever. Seriously. Nothing better. The only thing coming close are other Pete and Pete episodes. So in, reverence to the greatest show on earth…
Top 5 Pete and Pete Episodes
1. Saturday
The typical, archetype of a saturday. This is the casual romp into surreal Wellsville. Everything is perfect. Everything is dreamlike, which is the soup of the day of small town America.
2. Day of the Dot
The episode where Ellen and Pete kiss. It’s…magnificent. Stu Benedict, the gravely distressed, heartbroken bus driver finds his mate. It’s…beautiful.
3. Time Tunnel
Ellen and Pete’s first date. Just the way mine would have went if I had a friend’s convertible. This episode cemented…but mixed around…if Ellen and Pete were more than friends. It’s so…confusing?
4. Allnighters
Not to be confused with Nightcrawlers, Principal Schwinger (Adam West) locks little Pete, Monica, and Wayne inside the school after dark. What kid hasn’t dreamt of that day, really? It’s like a utopia, combined with a slasher flick, combined with Apple Pie.
5. Sickday
Pete takes a day off from school. Wow. A simple, cliched concept. I don’t know how, but in Pete and Pete, everything just turns into something so whimsical, it lacks realism. A nice mail carrier? Damn, wish I had one of those.
Isn’t it ironic?
God threw me a fastball today. I spent the last three days getting shit for English, like…supplies…for our research project. I had to walk to the local tyrannical non-Walmart superstore and buy all this stuff. The day before it’s due, things change, and I screwed up the index cards…so I walk back again. Bring it back. The day it’s due, I have everything. I’m totally cool. Then English comes and she checks it. I realize I didn’t get a permission slip signed. Why I need to get a permission slip signed to do a report is beyond me, but I needed it. One point off major grade. Not too bad. And just to add insult to injury, I forgot some packet in my locker I needed for the class. I could’ve literally stretched my body around the room door to open my locker and get it, but I was too lazy.
Besides English, pretty ok day. We “watched” Ice Age in Spanish…in spanish. Substitute. No one watched much of it, but it was nice to get around an hour and a half of doing nothing since the period before, I also had a sub for anatomy. By the way, if something happens to our anatomy teacher, like she gets fired, I swear I’ll start a walkout. Unless she quit. Then I may still do a walkout if I find something specific to walkout against, such as the recent “maybe” cancellation of the Spanish fair. This school is white enough.
Lastly, Gulliver’s Travel’s ain’t that bad. The ending was a bit disappointing, and I thought it was on par with other such historical seafaring epics as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Mutiny on the Bounty. Despite the non-fictitious nature of the latter, I believe that as a whole, Gulliver’s Travels was the most realistic fantasy I’ve ever witnessed. It’s a bit disconcerting when you see how Jonathan Swift saw advanced civilization back then and how it is now. It’s almost eerie to think that our advancements will be nothing like what we think it might be like.
Therefore…
Top 5 Advancements You Never Saw Coming
1. Infinite Cheap Diamond
The fact is, folks, fake diamonds will become identical to real ones, making certain manufacturing cheaper and more effective, as well as pleasing your girlfriend a lot cheaper with less soreness on the neck.
2. Sleep Deprivation Helpers
Everyone knows Americans, as well as half the civilized world don’t know how to get more than 7 hours of sleep. I’m sure someone will do something about that. Maybe a recharge for the body?
3. Incredible Astronomical Physics Explained
Who doesn’t love astronomical physics? I know I do. I’d like to know the mysteries of the universe and I think some douchebag who doesn’t desire it will get it. It always happens that way.
4. Cancer is cured. Artifical Stem cells. Other crap.
You know it’ll happen. We’re waiting on time. This one should probably be expected. How it got onto this list is an enigma.
5. Green Day, Oasis, Weezer, and the Foo Fighters Will Stop Sucking.
As opposed to the others, this one may take awhile. (Edit: Post 2002 GD, Oasis, Weez, and FF! I loves me my pre 2002 alty rock.)
