You may think this is completely out of left field, but did you notice it's our 88th post? Immediately, my mind jumped to the connection to Back to the Future (i.e., 88 mph) and I had to dedicate a Top 5 list to one of the movies that shaped my persona. Think it's not quote-worthy? Think again...
Dan's Top 5:
1. Marty: "Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?"
Doc: "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" - Half the reason the movie was so cool was because of the DeLorean. The car is metal and you open its doors vertically! Man, what will the 80's think of next? Anyway, DeLorean fanaticism still runs rampant to this day, mostly because of this blockbuster.
2. "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." - Actually a piece of useful advice. I highly doubt that the writers came up with this originally. It was probably a common pearl of wisdom before 1985. They probably stole it from a high school yearbook or an episode of Mr. Wizard. But if I ever say this maxim, I feel like I'll need to credit the quote to Marty McFly.
3. Principal Strickland: "No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley!"
Marty McFly: "Yeah, well, history is gonna change." - Foreshadowing, anyone? I remember when foreshadowing in movies wasn't so painfully obvious as it is today. For example, I just saw Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (read: the only good Star Trek movie), when after a failed training exercise Kirk asks Spock, "Aren't you dead?" What was I talking about? I tend to get distracted. Hey, look! A Top 5 List about Back To The Future.
4. "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads." - The perfect set up for a pair of sequels to come out in another four years, both of which were very entertaining. What sucks is that this led me to believe that any movie that ended in such a fashion would eventually come out with sequels, no matter how shitty they are. As a result, I'm still waiting for Jumanji 2 and Super Mario Bros: The Movie 2. Thankfully, Back To The Future got it right.
5. "How did I ever expect to get back? One pallet, one trip! I must be out of my mind!" - Uttered shortly before Doc heads back in time, this seems like a really pointless line, until I recall an incident my friends were in at KFC one day. They had placed their order and then asked if they could add something else. The register clerk jokingly said, "Nope. One pallet, one trip." Even though it's probably one of the most obscure lines in the movie, the reference wasn't lost and my friends called him on it. It just goes to show you how much of a big deal this movie was.
Tim's Top 5:
I don't like this movie. I like Back to the Future Part II and the other two were like a kick to the teeth when I saw them and I didn't have any desire to go see them again. So, since I'd be forced to rely solely upon IMDb users quote submissions, I instead recuse myself.
Ryan's Top 5:
Unfortunately I have not seen this movie in about a decade, so I'm at a bit of a loss for good quotes.
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Friday, August 3, 2007
Top 5 Opening Lines of Songs
This is a pretty good idea I had, but after I had posted in the August 1st update, so I figured I should make my list before I forget it. Basically, I'm not going to bother explaining why I like the first lines, as I'm sure everyone reading this has a basic appreciation for lyrics. Instead, I'll just recite them for you.
Dan's Top 5:
1. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London - "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand walking through the streets of Soho in the rain; He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's, gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein."
2. Paul Simon - Kodachrome - "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all."
3. The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."
4. The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - "We took a walk that night but it wasn't the same, we had a fight on the promenade out in the rain."
5. Muse - Knights of Cydonia - "Come ride with me, through the veins of history."
Ryan's Top Five
Only one note: I Am The Walrus is deservedly in the #1-2 spot, but I'll exclude it for the interest of originality.
1. David Bowie - Rock 'n Roll Suicide - "Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth, pulls on your finger, then another finger, then the cigarette..."
2. The Beatles - A Day In The Life - "I read the news today oh boy / About a lucky man who made the grade / And though the news was rather sad / Well I just had to laugh"
3. Harry Nilsson - 1941 - "Well in nineteen-forty-one the happy father had a son / And by nineteen-forty-four the father walks right out the door"
4. Badly Drawn Boy - Four Leaf Clover - [incidentally, maybe my favorite lyric ever] - "Go on, do what you've got to do / You've got your dreams I've got mine too / Be strong, get off at the next stop / Don't worry about a thing / Keep taking it easy"
5. Cake - Frank Sinatra - "We know of an ancient radiation that haunts dismembered constellations / A faintly glimmering radio station."
Tory's Top 5:
This is definitely one of the hardest list.
1. Tenacious D - City Hall - "All you people up there in City Hall, you're fuckin' it up for the people that's in the streets."
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings - "The world is a vampire, sent to drain."
3. Mars Volta - Take the Veil - "You must've been phlegmatic in stature, the gates of Thanos are spread eagle wide."
4. Bright Eyes - An Attempt to Tip the Scales - "Did you expect it all to change, with the wave of your hand, like the sun's just gonna drop, if it's night you demand."
5. Tool - Aenema - "Some say the end is near, some say we'll see Armageddon soon."
Tim's Top 5:
First, let me preface this by saying I think it's an utter fool's errand...too impossible to actually research, so I'm doing that off the cuff, which makes me remember ... very little. I could identify my favorite lyrics of most songs, but I can't do it based on their position in a song in comparison to all songs.
1. Jay-Z - Lucifer - "[Sample] Lucifer, dawn of the morning! I'm gonna, chase you out of Earth Lucifer Lucifer, dawn of the morning.../ [Jay-Z] I'm from the murder capital, where we murder for capital"
2. Kanye West - We Don't care - "And all my people that's drug dealing just to get by / stack ya money till it gets sky high /
We wasnt supposed to make it past 25 / but the jokes on you we still alive/
Throw your hands up in the sky and say / we don't care what people say"
3. Dead Kennedys - Let's Lynch the Landlord - "The landlord's here to visit / they're blasting disco down below / he says "I'm doubling the rent / because the building's condemned" / you're gonna help me fight city hall."
4. The Old 97's - Jagged - "What remains of the day / remains to be seen / by the TV that we never turn on. / Each other's enough / I've never had it so rough / ever since I've been gone"
5. Guided by Voices - I Am A Scientist - "I am a scientist / I seek to understand me
All of my impurities and evils yet unknown / I am a journalist - I write to you to show you / I am an incurable / And nothing else behaves like me
The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko; Marvin Gaye - What's Going On; Old 97's - W-I-F-E; Fountains of Wayne - Hung Up On You; Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor; The Clash - London Calling
Dan's Top 5:
1. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London - "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand walking through the streets of Soho in the rain; He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's, gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein."
2. Paul Simon - Kodachrome - "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all."
3. The Beatles - I Am The Walrus - "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."
4. The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - "We took a walk that night but it wasn't the same, we had a fight on the promenade out in the rain."
5. Muse - Knights of Cydonia - "Come ride with me, through the veins of history."
Ryan's Top Five
Only one note: I Am The Walrus is deservedly in the #1-2 spot, but I'll exclude it for the interest of originality.
1. David Bowie - Rock 'n Roll Suicide - "Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth, pulls on your finger, then another finger, then the cigarette..."
2. The Beatles - A Day In The Life - "I read the news today oh boy / About a lucky man who made the grade / And though the news was rather sad / Well I just had to laugh"
3. Harry Nilsson - 1941 - "Well in nineteen-forty-one the happy father had a son / And by nineteen-forty-four the father walks right out the door"
4. Badly Drawn Boy - Four Leaf Clover - [incidentally, maybe my favorite lyric ever] - "Go on, do what you've got to do / You've got your dreams I've got mine too / Be strong, get off at the next stop / Don't worry about a thing / Keep taking it easy"
5. Cake - Frank Sinatra - "We know of an ancient radiation that haunts dismembered constellations / A faintly glimmering radio station."
Tory's Top 5:
This is definitely one of the hardest list.
1. Tenacious D - City Hall - "All you people up there in City Hall, you're fuckin' it up for the people that's in the streets."
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings - "The world is a vampire, sent to drain."
3. Mars Volta - Take the Veil - "You must've been phlegmatic in stature, the gates of Thanos are spread eagle wide."
4. Bright Eyes - An Attempt to Tip the Scales - "Did you expect it all to change, with the wave of your hand, like the sun's just gonna drop, if it's night you demand."
5. Tool - Aenema - "Some say the end is near, some say we'll see Armageddon soon."
Tim's Top 5:
First, let me preface this by saying I think it's an utter fool's errand...too impossible to actually research, so I'm doing that off the cuff, which makes me remember ... very little. I could identify my favorite lyrics of most songs, but I can't do it based on their position in a song in comparison to all songs.
1. Jay-Z - Lucifer - "[Sample] Lucifer, dawn of the morning! I'm gonna, chase you out of Earth Lucifer Lucifer, dawn of the morning.../ [Jay-Z] I'm from the murder capital, where we murder for capital"
2. Kanye West - We Don't care - "And all my people that's drug dealing just to get by / stack ya money till it gets sky high /
We wasnt supposed to make it past 25 / but the jokes on you we still alive/
Throw your hands up in the sky and say / we don't care what people say"
3. Dead Kennedys - Let's Lynch the Landlord - "The landlord's here to visit / they're blasting disco down below / he says "I'm doubling the rent / because the building's condemned" / you're gonna help me fight city hall."
4. The Old 97's - Jagged - "What remains of the day / remains to be seen / by the TV that we never turn on. / Each other's enough / I've never had it so rough / ever since I've been gone"
5. Guided by Voices - I Am A Scientist - "I am a scientist / I seek to understand me
All of my impurities and evils yet unknown / I am a journalist - I write to you to show you / I am an incurable / And nothing else behaves like me
The Beatles - The Ballad of John and Yoko; Marvin Gaye - What's Going On; Old 97's - W-I-F-E; Fountains of Wayne - Hung Up On You; Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor; The Clash - London Calling
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