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Top 5
So I posted this over on badkitty's board........and I was curious as to what your top 5 fav.'s over here would be too. I know, I know....it's a pain thinking of all these things......but humor me :D Or if you don't want to answer one....I suppose you can skip it ;)
1. What are your top 5 songs?
2. Top 5 songwriters?
3. Top 5 male singers?
4. Top 5 female singers?
5. Top 5 music groups?
6. Top 5 movies?
7. Top 5 movie actors?
8. Top 5 movie actresses?
9. Top 5 tv shows?
10. Top 5 tv show actors?
11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
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well I figured I should answer my own question in case someone cares :lol:
1. What are your top 5 songs?
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Heart of the Matter (Don Henley)
Desperado (Eagles)
Where Would You Be (Martina McBride)
Homesick (MercyMe)
One of these Nights (eagles)
*those are subject to change at any time and are in no particular order :lol:
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2. Top 5 songwriters?
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Don Henley
Bart Millard
Mark Hall
John Mayer
Scott Stapp
*again...subject to change except the top 3 lol
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3. Top 5 male singers?
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Russ Lee
Don Henley
Marc Broussard
Bryan Adams
Jason Crabb
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4. Top 5 female singers?
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Martina Mcbride
Wynonna Judd
Whitney Houston
Kelly Clarkson
Janna Long
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5. Top 5 music groups?
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The Eagles
Casting Crowns
MercyMe
Newsong
Genesis
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6. Top 5 movies?
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Miss Congeniality
Hitch
No Reservations
Shawshank Redemption
Conspiracy Theory
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7. Top 5 movie actors?
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Denzel Washington
Keifer Sutherland
Will Smith
Matthew McCoughnahey(sp? lol)
Brad Pitt
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8. Top 5 movie actresses?
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Sandra Bullock
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Julia Roberts
Kate Hudson
Jennifer Aniston
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9. Top 5 tv shows?
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24
Without a Trace
The West Wing
The Unit
CSI
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10. Top 5 tv show actors?
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Keifer Sutherland
Martin Sheen
Anthony LaPaglia
Robert Patrick
William Petersen
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11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
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Marg Helgenberger
Stockard Channing
Jennifer Aniston
Allison Janey
Lauren Holly
(pardon the length....due to my way of arranging things :roll: :lol: )
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Girl, this is gonna take me forever to fill out! I'll have to get back to it this weekend.
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Songs:
1. Yesterday (Beatles)
2. Hotel California (Eagles)
3. New Kid In Town (Eagles)
4. A Day In The Life (Beatles)
5. Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
Songwriters:
1. Bob Dylan
2. Lennon/McCartney
3. Henley/Frey
4. Neil Young
5. Mark Knopfler
Male singers:
1. Glenn Frey
2. Don Henley
3. Paul McCartney
4. John Lennon
5. Van Morrison
Female singers (NB this is for the quality of their work, not necessarily how great their voices are. This is why I have to rate Mitchell first).
1. Joni Mitchell
2. Kate Bush
3. Linda Ronstadt
4. Karen Carpenter
5. Aretha Franklin
Groups:
1. The Beatles
2. The Eagles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Dire Straits
5. Led Zeppelin
Movies: (here comes my age)
1. Gone With The Wind
2. Citizen Kane
3. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
4. The Sting
5. Amadeus
Actors:
1. Paul Newman
2. Robert Redford
3. Jack Nicholson
4. Clint Eastwood
5. Clark Gable (I'm sorry, but I can't do recent actors. I wouldn't have a clue).
Actresses:
1. Vivien Leigh
2. Bette Davis
3. Cate Blanchett (a bit of patriotism for you)!
4. Meryl Streep (although I don't think she is THAT great)
5. Glenda Jackson
TV shows:
1. Monty Python's Flying Circus
2. Ripping Yarns
3. Fawlty Towers
4. Six Wives of Henry VIII
5. Elizabeth R
If you don't mind I will skip TV actors/actresses. These lists are all very reliant on what I grew up with as it is. I don't want to over-emphasise it.
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Oh don't worry about it FP! I could have just as easily named people like Lucille Ball, James Arness, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, etc if I had thought about it ;)
And trust me Soda....I know! It took forever for me to think of my answers....and I thought of the survey :shock:
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I'll do my best on this too! Thing is though, I'd have it done and suddenly think 'OMiGod I can't believe I left....out'.They are also quite dependent on the mood I'm in
1. What are your top 5 songs? (I could list all Eagles and Glenn Frey here but I suppose that would be boring!!)
No more Cloudy Days - Glenn Frey
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Borderline/Say Goodbye to it all - Chris De Burgh
Already Gone - The Eagles
Summer Nights - Olivia Newton John/John Travolta
2. Top 5 songwriters?
Glenn Frey
Tim Rice (Lyricist with Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Billy Joel
Chris de Burgh
Lennon/McCartney
3. Top 5 male singers?
Glenn Frey
Billy Joel
Chris de Burgh
Bruce Springsteen
Garth Brooks
4. Top 5 female singers?
Celine Dion
Shania Twain
Kylie Minogue
Charlotte Church
Madonna
5. Top 5 music groups?
The Eagles
Abba
Dire Straits
Spandau Ballet
Aslan
6. Top 5 movies?
Gone with the Wind
Dr Zhivago
Grease
Sound of Music
Titanic
7. Top 5 movie actors?
Omar Shariff
Donald Sutherland
Clark Gable
Leonardo diCaprio
Richard Gere
(Didn't Glenn Frey do a bit of acting as well? Sure he'd have to be a favourite too :wink: )
8. Top 5 movie actresses?
Julia Roberts
Vivien Leigh
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Juliana Marguiles
Olivia Newton John
9. Top 5 tv shows?
ER
Greys anatomy
Desperate Housewives
Little House on the Prairie (When I get to see reruns!)
Sex and the City
10. Top 5 tv show actors?
Goran Visjnic
George Clooney (wrt ER)
Mick Lally (Irish actor)
The guy who plays Mike Delfino in Desperate Housewives! Honestly, I only watch him for the acting :wink:
Glenn Frey (South of Sunset!!)
11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
Kristin Davis
Laura Innes
Juliana Marguiles
Melissa Gilbert
Claudia Carroll (Irish Actress on Soap opera 'Fair city')[/b]
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:lol: I'm the same way, mine are totally dependant on the mood I'm in. Well, at least the music part of it and possibly the movies part. I like the same tv shows and tv actors/actresses pretty much all the time.
And it was VERY difficult for me not to name all Eagles or Don songs in my top 5! trust me :shock:
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Like you guys, these can change - well, except for the top two, those usually remain the same.
1. What are your top 5 songs?
1. Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac
2. Take It to the Limit by the Eagles
3. Sleeping Angel by Stevie Nicks
4. Smuggler's Blues / River of Dreams by Glenn Frey (tie)
5. Drops of Jupiter by Train
2. Top 5 songwriters?
1. Stevie Nicks
2. Glenn Frey
3. Don Henley
4. Bono from U2
5. Bruce Springsteen
3. Top 5 male singers?
1. Glenn Frey
2. Don Henley
3. Lindsey Buckingham
4. Bono
5. Bruce Springsteen
4. Top 5 female singers?
1. Stevie Nicks
2. Sarah McLachlan
3. Amy Lee from Evanescence
4. Sheryl Crow
5. Madonna (guilty pleasure lol)
5. Top 5 music groups?
1. Eagles
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. U2
4. Train
5. R.E.M.
6. Top 5 movies?
Totally cheated here, lol
1. Star Wars
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1995 version - it was a made-for-TV movie - still counts right?) / Shakespeare in Love (tie)
4. Back to the Future / When Harry Met Sally (tie)
5. Gone With the Wind / Ben Hur / Henry V with Kennth Branagh (tie!)
7. Top 5 movie actors?
1. Colin Firth
2. Harrison Ford
3. Russell Crowe
4. Kenneth Branagh
5. Pierce Brosnan / Kiefer Sutherland (tie)
8. Top 5 movie actresses?
1. Emma Thompson
2. Meg Ryan
3. Julia Roberts
4. Catherine Zeta-Jones
5. Vivien Leigh
9. Top 5 tv shows?
1. Friends
2. Remington Steele
3. Mystery Science Theater 3000
4. Eureka
5. The Daily Show
10. Top 5 tv show actors?
1. Matthew Perry
2. Sean Maher / Alan Tudyk / Nathan Fillion (tie)
3. Colin Ferguson / Ed Quinn (tie)
4. Matthew Ashford
5. John Stewart
11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
1. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2. Juliana Margalies
3. Courtney Cox
4. Jennifer Aniston
5. Jill Hennessy
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1. What are your top 5 songs?
Talking To The Moon (Don Henley)
I Won't Hold You Back (Toto)
Leather And Lace (Stevie Nicks & Don Henley)
Desperado (The Eagles)
Silver Springs (Fleetwood Mac)
*this is subject to change without prior notice*
2. Top 5 songwriters?
Don Henley
Glenn Frey
Stevie Nicks
David Paich
Steve Lukather
3. Top 5 male singers?
Don Henley
Glenn Frey
Timothy B. Schmit
Steve Lukather
Bobby Kimball
4. Top 5 female singers?
Stevie Nicks
Christine McVie
Linda Ronstadt
Natalie Maines
Selena
5. Top 5 music groups?
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Toto
The Dixie Chicks
The Beatles
6. Top 5 movies?
Steel Magnolias
Driving Miss Daisy
Fried Green Tomatoes
Jerry Maguire
A Hard Day's Night
7. Top 5 movie actors?
Denzel Washington
Adam Sandler
Jack Nicholson
Morgan Freeman
Tom Hanks
8. Top 5 movie actresses?
Julia Roberts
Sandra Bullock
Kathy Bates
Jessica Tandy
Susan Sarandon
9. Top 5 tv shows?
ER
The Golden Girls
The Simpsons
Law & Order
The Nanny
10. Top 5 tv show actors?
Gary Sinise
George Clooney
Homer Simpson
Bart Simpson
The Three Stooges
11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
Fran Drescher
Rue McLanahan
Estelle Getty
Bea Arthur
Betty White
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Well done Holly! I never thought of Bart or Homer! Tho' I love the Simpsons!