Hafnia Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I think we've had different variations of this but wanted to see them in one place. Albums:- 1. Moseley shoals - ocean colour scene 2. Abbey Road - the beatles 3. Strange days - The Doors 4. The stone roses - the stone roses 5. Different class - pulp Films:- 1. Shawshank redemption 2. The Godfather 3. Forest Gump 4. City of God 5. Raging Bull Books:- will get back Boxsets:- 1. Sopranos 2. Breaking Bad 3. Sons of anarchy 4. Ray Donovan 5. Friday night lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 That's going to take some thinking time but I'm currently cooking (and ruminating on another matter that I'll post about shortly), I'll get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 I love top 5s, but I can’t just do a top 5 with such a broad category. Off the top of my head, but by no means correct: albums... 1. Oceansize - Efflorece 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. The Beatles - Abby Road 4. Tool - Lateralus 5. It’s interchangable really... Films... 1. High Fidelity 2. La Haine 3. The Dark Night 4. The Godfather 2 5. Fight Club Books... 1. Dune 2. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 3. Nightwatch 4. Animal Farm 5. The Twits boxsets... 1. Breaking Bad 2. The Sopranos 3. The Expanse 4. Rick and Morty 5. Star Trek (all of them to be honest!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 movies life aquatic with steve zissou children of men big lebowski return of the jedi the ghost writer albums marvin gaye - whats going on air - premier symptomes sly and the family stone - there's a riot goin on james brown - ain't it funky zero 7 - when it falls hard on the albums, i could do maybe a top 100 but that's my best shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Big Lebowski, great shout. aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt said: I love top 5s, but I can’t just do a top 5 with such a broad category. Off the top of my head, but by no means correct: albums... 1. Oceansize - Efflorece 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. The Beatles - Abby Road 4. Tool - Lateralus 5. It’s interchangable really... Films... 1. High Fidelity 2. La Haine 3. The Dark Night 4. The Godfather 2 5. Fight Club Books... 1. Dune 2. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 3. Nightwatch 4. Animal Farm 5. The Twits boxsets... 1. Breaking Bad 2. The Sopranos 3. The Expanse 4. Rick and Morty 5. Star Trek (all of them to be honest!) Lateralus by Tool -- really good shout. Very influential to me in the way that I play drums. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, sibdane said: Lateralus by Tool -- really good shout. Very influential to me in the way that I play drums. And me guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Some of these may not be the "best" (in all categories) but they'd be, with little thinking time to pack, what I'd take to a desert island. Albums... Neil Young (so difficult to decide which) - Harvest (with Rust Never Sleeps hidden in my pants). Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Counting Crows - This Desert Life REM - Out of Time Dean Friedman – "Well, Well," Said The Rocking Chair. Films... Papillon The Dam Busters Shawshank M*A*S*H My Cousin Vinny Books... Catch-22 The Book Thief Cold Mountain Great Expectations Birdsong Box sets... Dr Who (modern era, be a big set for all series mind) Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul (one choice surely?) My Name is Earl Vikings Game of Thrones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 My Name Is Earl was brilliant. Still hoping Amazon or Netflix will pick it up and at least finish the cliffhanger I thought M*A*S*H was a tv show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt said: I thought M*A*S*H was a tv show? Film first, TV series followed. TV series was great also but for some reason the repeats they show now on whatever obscure channel it is they use the American "canned laughter" version. When it was first shown here there was no pretend studio audience, can't bear to watch it in the format shown now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Matt said: My Name Is Earl was brilliant. Still hoping Amazon or Netflix will pick it up and at least finish the cliffhanger Too much time passed now I think, missed opportunity at the time but I guess the ratings were the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Wow this is hard... I think a top 5 would depend on my mood at the time but these would definitely be in their relevant categories: Albums Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt J Cole - Forest Hill Drive Notorius BIG - Ready to Die Box Set Vikings Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul (Nothing else comes close to these two) Films Anchorman On a side note with films I have this slightly weird thing where I dont remember what happens. I generally remember if I liked it or not but give it a couple of months and I will be able to watch a film again and not remember the twists. Some times I might remember the ending but not how it gets there. I have no idea how people can remember monologue and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 Oh, I should’ve thrown Split into my top 5! Firefly too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 24, 2018 Report Share Posted August 24, 2018 10 hours ago, MikeO said: Too much time passed now I think, missed opportunity at the time but I guess the ratings were the reason. Everything is getting rebooted and such, and the fan base was a loyal one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrendavid Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Top Film : The Meg Top my Sport : -Football -Golf -Swing ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 On 24/08/2018 at 08:18, Matt said: Everything is getting rebooted and such, and the fan base was a loyal one. The little girl who threw a knife into Earl's leg in Broke Joy's Fancy Figurine is doing more serious stuff now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-45278011/chloe-grace-moretz-my-brothers-tried-to-pray-the-gay-away Controversial stuff across the pond I think, America really is another planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 On 23/08/2018 at 15:55, hafnia said: I think we've had different variations of this but wanted to see them in one place. Albums:- 1. John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - the Blues collection 2. Muddy Waters - the Blues collection 3. Black Sabbath- Vol4 4. Deep Purple- Made in Japan 5. Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees Films:- 1. Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves 2. The Adventures Of Robin Hood 3. HMS Defiant 4. Pirates of the Carribean 5. Avatar Books:- Any discworld by Terry Pratchett Boxsets:- none at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I've been more of a comic book reader in my younger years so won't bore you with those I listened to such a wide variety of music growing up and in my younger years it's hard to put a list together but the following come to mind Albums The Who - Quadrophenia Roger Daltrey - McVicar The Clash - London Calling Oasis - Morning Glory Marvin Gaye - Motown (best male vocalist ever imo) Series in no particular order GOT Breaking Bad Boardwalk Empire Narcos Peaky Blinders Films again like series I just can't list them in any order and far to many to list Heat Sleepers God Father Trilogy Road to Perdition A Bronx Tale Harder than I thought that nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Films: 1. Wings of Desire 2. Good Will Hunting 3. Cool Hand Luke 4. Snatch 5. There Will Be Blood Books: 1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera 3. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky 4. Nine Stories OR Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour (I like both equally) - JD Salinger 5. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 6. My Antonia - Willa Cather Could go on a bit on this category. TV Series: 1. Boardwalk Empire 2. Breaking Bad 3. Peaky Blinders 4.Girls (just being honest) 5. Silicon Valley Albums are way too hard, but a few have to be: 1. NAS - Illmatic 2. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City 3. Leon Bridges - Good Thing 4. Steely Dan - Aja 5. Ray Lamontagne - Gossip In the Grain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, EFC-Paul said: I've been more of a comic book reader in my younger years so won't bore you with those music I listen to such a wide variety again just can't list them Series in no particular order GOT Breaking Bad Boardwalk Empire Narcos Sons of Anarchy Films again like series I just can't list them in any order and far to many to list Heat Sleepers God Father Trilogy Road to Perdition A Bronx Tale Harder than I thought that Just beat me to Boardwalk Empire and I forgot all about Narcos. That has to be up there for me. EFC-Paul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 11 minutes ago, nyblue23 said: Just beat me to Boardwalk Empire and I forgot all about Narcos. That has to be up there for me. Both brilliant Boardwalk sadly tailed off to quickly near the end due to its numbers dwindling but Narco's got better as it went on surprisingly Tempted to put The Blacklist in but just misses out nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 28 minutes ago, nyblue23 said: Films: 1. Wings of Desire 2. Good Will Hunting 3. Cool Hand Luke 4. Snatch 5. There Will Be Blood Books: 1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera 3. The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky 4. Nine Stories OR Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour (I like both equally) - JD Salinger 5. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 6. My Antonia - Willa Cather Could go on a bit on this category. TV Series: 1. Boardwalk Empire 2. Breaking Bad 3. Peaky Blinders 4.Girls (just being honest) 5. Silicon Valley Albums are way too hard, but a few have to be: 1. NAS - Illmatic 2. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City 3. Leon Bridges - Good Thing 4. Steely Dan - Aja 5. Ray Lamontagne - Gossip In the Grain well done on the steely dan, one of my favorites, seen them live twice, excellent. nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: well done on the steely dan, one of my favorites, seen them live twice, excellent. That’s dope. They were the one group I remember my dad loving when I was growing up so there’s a fair bit of nostalgia there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 1 minute ago, nyblue23 said: That’s dope. They were the one group I remember my dad loving when I was growing up so there’s a fair bit of nostalgia there. Pretzel Logic is one of the finest albums ever, never saw Steely Dan, one of the big "misses" of my life. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Mike and NYblue this is for you both. nyblue23 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I'm going to be the odd man out, that's for sure! Also, when I saw "box sets", I assumed it was a set of LP records, but it seems it's maybe a box of DVDs? I decided to give that category a miss. Albums:- 1. Tenth Symphony of Gustav Mahler (Mazzetti edition), Leonard Slatkin conducting the St Louis Symphony Orchestra 2. Midsummer Marriage by Michael Tippett, Colin Davis conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House 3. The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar, Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 4. A Song of the Night by Gustav Holst, Janice Graham solo violin with the English Sinfonietta 5. Requiem by Amadeus Mozart (any recording, really) Films:- 1. Where Eagles Dare 2. Brassed Off 3. Lord of the Rings trilogy 4. Sherlock (Cumberbatch series) 5. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett series) Books:- 1. The Bible (King James translation, despite its many mistranslations) 2. Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy 3. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 4. Dreadnought, by Robert Massey 5. Morse mysteries, by Colin Dexter (5b. Matthew Shardlake mysteries, by CJ Sansom) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Cornish Steve said: 2. Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy Love that book, did it for O level. Curious that Dorchester was mentioned in another thread the other day and that was where Casterbridge was based on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 I love seeing what's in other people's record collections, or what's on their bookshelves (or should that be what's on their phones / Kindle? ?). You can really find an affinity to people through shared art / passions (even though your personalities may be very different!). Albums Joni Mitchell - Hejira Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts The Doors - LA Woman or Morrison Hotel Beach Boys - Pet Sounds XTC - Skylarking Films Laura (1944) Night of the Demon (1957) Alien (1979) LA Confidential (1997) The Prestige (2006) Books James Ellroy - LA Quartet Tolkien - LOTR Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbevilles Mervyn Peake - Gormenghast trilogy Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Box Sets Battlestar Galactica (new series) Breaking Bad Mad Men The X-Files Caprica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Formby said: (or should that be what's on their phones / Kindle? ?) I've only got two books on Kindle, Cornish Steve's and Jenson Button's autobiography; slightly diverse offerings. When it comes to books I think that anyone who doesn't have Catch-22 on their list... a) Hasn't read it. b) Needs psychological evaluation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted September 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 hour ago, MikeO said: I've only got two books on Kindle, Cornish Steve's and Jenson Button's autobiography; slightly diverse offerings. When it comes to books I think that anyone who doesn't have Catch-22 on their list... a) Hasn't read it. b) Needs psychological evaluation. Not a big fiction reader. 99% of my reads in the last 15 years have been biographies. I may give it a go though! markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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