Since i have this genetical defect, i can´t help but love really stupid, totally use/meaningless lists.
Almost as stupid and misleading as "the academy awards". And as necessary…
All stupid lists is in nothing but alphabetical order. No emotions here. Just facts. They can/will all be changed without any former notification. So here we go:
Top 5 bass players:
jean jacques burnel
philippe bussonnet
dennis dunaway
mick karn
bernard paganotti
julie slick
jannick top
tommy thordsson
Top 5 drummers:
terry bozzio
bill bruford
daniel denis
justin faulkner
greg saunier
christian vander
morgan ågren
Top 5 guitar players:
robert fripp
bill frisell
steve howe
alain johannes
brian setzer
fredrik thordendal
Top 5 unsung heroes:
johnny barbata
r. l. burnside
zal cleminson
bobby conn
crispin glover
huang chung
bob drake
alfred jarry
michael johnson
daniel johnston
susanne lewis
mare
juana molina
old skull
harry partch
erasmus of rotterdam
the shaggs
natasha shneider
john kennedy toole
22 pistepirkko
Top 5 movies:
crash
ed wood
even dwarfs started small
gummo
river´s edge
sin city
and of course anything with tarzan!
Oh, what happened to "5" some might wonder. Well i don´t know. It´s none of my business…
since you all have been wondering, it´s finally here!
The ping-pong list.
So, Top 5 table tennis players according to Perre Carlsson:
1. jan ove waldner
2. jiang jialiang
3. jörgen persson
4. wang liqin
5. stellan bengtsson
yes i know, it´s actually a ranking list,
but it´s his list so therefore his rules!
So all brave and patient folks, at last it´s here!!!
Top 5 birds according to
arvid pettersson:
aquila fasciata
falco eleonorae
glaucidium passerinum
irania gutturalis
stercorarius pomarinus
Well worth the wait if you ask me!!!
here´s a good, and really important one! Top 5 WORST philosophers according to
Dr. Quentin Nussbaumer:
gilles deleuze
friedrich hegel
martin heidegger
baruch spinoza
what can i tell you? Who likes hegel anyway?
Top 5 albums:
art zoyd: le mariage du ciel et de l´enfer
cheer accident: trading balloons
cocorosie: grey oceans
deerhoof: offend maggie
robert fripp: exposure
hail: hello debris
japan: obscure alternatives
albert marcceur: albert marcceur
meshuggah: the violent sleep of reason
red house painters: rollercoaster
siouxsie and the banshees: join hands
sparks: kimono my house
thinking plague: in extremis
univers zero: uzed
van der graaf generator: godbluff
yob: clearing the path to ascend
morgan ågren: through the eyes of a morgchestra
Top 5 voices:
dagmar krause
k.d. lang
nico
tyler semrick-palmateer
laure le prunenec
ellekari sander
natasha shneider
re styles
courtney swain
thom yorke
Top 5 orchestral composers:
thomas adés
charles ives
krzysztof penderecki
alfred schnittke
Top 5 ways of throwing your money in the ocean:
beatles: love
buying hifi-gear from unknown hifi-sites via internet
king crimson: the elements 2014 tour box
king crimson: the 2016 world tour. Damn what a waste…
the latest 200 yes albums for the last 35 years
the string quartet tribute to elliott smith
throwing your money in the ocean (maybe the all time best since you also have to pay for the ticket to even get there) Double-smart!
van der graaf generator: present
Top 5 debut albums:
alice cooper: pretties for you
black hole country: same
carla bley: escalator over the he hill
the breeders: pod
ian dury: new boots and panties
förträngt hushållarbete: offret om att älska…
p j harvey: dry
huang chung: same
kongh: counting heartbeats
mare: 00:24:26
mats/morgan: trends and other diseases
pugh rogefeldt: ja dä ä dä!
roxy music: roxy music
sex pistols: never mind the bollocks
the tubes: the tubes
the work: slow crimes
frank zappa: freak out!
Top 5 guilty pleasures:
all by myself: eric carmen
always on my mind: brenda lee
happy new year: abba
i´m in love with a german filmstar: the passions
it´s my party: lesley gore
rose garden: lynn anderson
you are my sunshine: oliver hood
you take my breath away: berlin
Top 5 live albums:
blue öyster cult: on your feet or on your knees
deep purple: made in japan
judas priest: unleashed in the east
magma: live köhntark
nico: reims cathedral
the tubes: what do you want from live
univers zero: relaps
uk: night after night (full version) minus the solos of course
frank zappa: roxy & elsewhere
Top 5 beatles-covers:
black hole country: help
siouxsie and the banshees: helter skelter
sparks: i want to hold your hand
hmm, that´s the only two i can think of.
MORE TO COME…
best inventions, novels etc…
maybe even something music-oriented.
Finally, the iaaf world records list!
Top 5 athletics world records:
100 m men: 9.58 usain bolt
10.000 m men: 26.11.00 joshua cheptegei
javelin throw men: 98.48 jan zelesny
hepathlon women: 7291 jackie joyner kersee
400 m hurdles women: 50.68 sydney mclaughlin
Top 5 extra ordinary " pocket" drummers:
jo blocker
charley charles
steve jansen
ted mckenna
prairie prince
neal smith
mårten tiselius
A classic one:
Top 5 football players through all time
according to ruggero formenti:
roberto baggio
diego maradona
pelé
michel platini
alfredo di stefano
hm, i have to make one myself since i might not totally agree....
(without contest of course)
Top 5 sharks:
cetorhinus maximus
chlamydoselachus anguineus
mitsukorina owstoni
notorynchus cepedianus
somniosus microcephalus
sphyrna mokarran
Top 5 songs to die for:
according to the spiral: cheer-accident
agnus dei: pekka pohjola
another day: hail
behold the man: thinking plague
dancing with tears in my eyes: lead belly
eve white/eve black: siouxsie and the banshees
fletcher honorama: sparks
ghosts: randy newman
gloomy sunday: rezsö seress
it´s hard enough knowing: pete shelley
jagged fruit: deerhoof
jesus: pugh rogefeldt
just good friends: peter hammill
lita: lars hollmer
living in the heart of the beast: henry cow
look away: deerhoof
moeris dancing: art bears
simple: k.d. lang
skymning: kongh