Top 5

[Brooke]

This took some time for me! And there are sooooo many possibilities it's very hard for me to actually stick to 5! And I'm sure my age is showing! And, you think you cheated Soda?!

1. Top 5 songs

1. Take It Easy (most definitely! I don't think it will ever change!)
2. Heart of the Matter (took Don to the top for me!)
3. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
4. Teach Your Children (CSN & Y)
5. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Honorable mentions: (sorry, but I just can't leave them out!) Eagles-One of These Nights & Desperado, Lynyrd Skynyrd-Simple Man & Sweet Home Alabama, CSN & Y-Suite: Judy Blue Eyes & Our House, Neil Young-Heart of Gold, Aerosmith-Dream On & Sweet Emotion, John Mellencamp-Pink Houses, Heart-Crazy on You, and finally, John Fogerty-Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Keith Urban-But For the Grace of God.

2. Song Writers

1. Don Henley
2. Glenn Frey
3. Jackson Browne
4. John Fogerty
5. John Mellencamp

Also, James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg

3. Male singers

1. Don Henley
2. Glenn Frey
3. Keith Urban
4. John Fogerty
5. Jackson Browne

And Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, and John Mellencamp

4. Female singers

1. Stevie Nicks
2. Linda Ronstadt
3. Martina McBride
4. Sheryl Crowe
5. Carly Simon

And Carol King and Sara Evans

5. Groups

1. The Eagles
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. CSN & Y
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Aerosmith

And Pink Floyd, Heart, and Bon Jovi

6. Movies

1. Jeremiah Johnson
2. The Outlaw Josie Wales
3. Pretty Woman
4. Fried Green Tomatoes
5. The Shawshank Redemption

And High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry, Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, Sleepless in Seattle, The Ghost and the Darkness, Trading Places, Lethal Weapon, and Braveheart

7. Actors

1. Robert Redford
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Richard Gere
4. Michael Douglas
5. Mel Gibson

8. Actresses

1. Demi Moore
2. Michelle Pfeiffer
3. Julia Roberts
4. Meg Ryan
5. Goldie Hawn

9. TV Shows These are harder. Not much on tv these days that interests me.

1. Friends
2. Will & Grace
3. Saturday Night Live (In the early years)
4. Moonlighting
5. Little House on the Prairie

10. TV Actors

1. Matthew Perry
2. Steve Martin
3. Sean Hayes
4. Pierce Brosnan (he was the most perfect James Bond, but before that he was Remington Steele!)
5. Michael Landon (gorgeous Little Joe on Bonanza and Pa on Little House!)

11. TV Actresses

1. Courtney Cox
2. Jennifer Aniston
3. Lisa Kudrow
4. Megan Mullalley
5. Sarah Jessica Parker

Whew! That was hard!

[SweetHolly]

Well done Holly! I never thought of Bart or Homer! Tho' I love the Simpsons!

Thanks. I don't watch much tv but I really love the Simpsons too. They're so funny.

[Mrs Frey]

Maleah, this is an interesting thread. I'm still thinking about my Top 5's, and it's quite difficult, but I'm trying anyway. So much to think about and so little time! I'll get back to this thread, I promise!

[DonFan]

All right, I'll make a stab at this. Some categories are longer than others because I just couldn't narrow it down to 5!

Top Songs

Heart of the Matter
End of the Innocence
Hotel California
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
I Can't Help Falling in Love with You (Elvis)

Top Songwriters

Don Henley
Sting
James Taylor
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber
Rodgers/Hammerstein (love those show tunes)

Top Male Singers

Don Henley
Sting
Elvis
Elton John
Garth Brooks
Harry Connick Jr
Billy Joel/James Taylor

Top Female Singers

Sheryl Crow
Linda Ronstadt
Aretha Franklin
Barbra Streisand
Carly Simon/Carol King

Top Groups

Eagles
Queen
Beatles
Chicago
The Police/Genesis
The Monkees (guilty pleasure)

Top Movies

Gone With the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
Bull Durham/No Way Out/Field of Dreams (a 3-way Costner tie)
Pretty Woman/Officer & a Gentleman ( a 2-way Gere tie)
Any James Bond movie with Sean Connery
Body Heat (with William Hurt--a great sexy mystery movie)

Top Actors

Richard Gere
Harrison Ford
Sean Connery
Jack Nicholson
Johnny Depp
Robert Redford/Paul Newman
Russell Crowe/Kevin Costner

Top Actresses

Meryl Streep
Katherine Hepburn
Vivian Leigh
Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts/Cate Blanchette

Top TV Shows

West Wing
ER/Gray's Anatomy
24/Alias
HIll Street Blues/NYPD Blue
Friends/Two & A Half Men
Miami Vice (love Don Johnson)
Magnum PI (love Tom Selleck)
Saturday Night Live (most of the seasons)

Ran out of time--I will have to finish the TV actors & actresses later!

[Mrs Frey]

Okay - I've given this a lot of thought, and I'll begin by saying that picking just 5 favourite songs is an impossible task, so I'm going to take the liberty of including quite a few more under that category, if that's alright with you, Maleah! Here goes:

Top Songs:

1. Don't Be Cruel (Elvis Presley)
2. From Me To You (The Beatles)
3. Heartache Tonight (The Eagles)
4. Needles And Pins (The Searchers)
5. Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
6. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams)
7. Bed Of Roses (Bon Jovi)
8. Jailhouse Rock/Suspicious Minds (both by Elvis Presley)
9. I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
10. Love In The 21st Century/Partytown (both by Glenn Frey)
11. I Feel So Bad/It Feels So Right (both by Elvis Presley)
12. Twist And Shout/Long Tall Sally (both by The Beatles)
13. The Girl From Yesterday/Get Over It (both by The Eagles)
14. Imagine (John Lennon)/In My Life (The Beatles)
15. My Love (Paul McCartney And Wings)
16. My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)
17. Good Golly Miss Molly (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
18. Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones)
19. Nights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)
20. San Francisco (Scott MacKenzie)

I'm sorry - I just couldn't shorten this list!

Top 5 Songwriters:

1. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
2. Don Henley and Glenn Frey
3. George Harrison
4. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who wrote many of Elvis' hits)
5. Billy Joel

Honorary mentions go to John Fogerty and the Glenn Frey/Jack Tempchin partnership.

Top 5 Male Singers:

1. Elvis Presley
2. John Lennon
3. Glenn Frey/Paul McCartney/George Harrison (I CANNOT choose!)
4. Don Henley
5. Cliff Richard

Top 5 Female Singers:

1. Patsy Cline
2. Barbra Streisand
3. Vicky Leandros (Greek singer who was a favourite in my childhood)
4. Cher
5. Judith Durham (from The Seekers)

Top 5 Music Groups:

1. The Beatles
2. The Eagles
3. The Searchers
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. The Hollies

Top 5 Movies:

1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. A Beautiful Mind
3. It Could Happen To You
4. Jailhouse Rock
5. A Hard Day's Night

Top 5 Movie Actors:

1. James Stewart
2. Russell Crowe
3. Nicolas Cage
4. James Dean
5. Colin Firth

Top 5 Movie Actresses:

1. Hope Lange
2. Meryl Streep
3. Sandra Bullock
4. Jessica Lange
5. Jennifer Garner

Top 5 TV Shows:

1. The Guardian
2. Without A Trace
3. First Wave
4. MacGyver
5. Smallville

Top 5 TV Show Actors:

1. Simon Baker
2. Eric Close
3. Sebastian Spence
4. Richard Dean Anderson
5. Tom Welling

I don't have any favourite TV show actresses, but I've listed more than enough favourite songs to make up for it!

[DonFan]

It is so interesting to read these posts.
Everytime I read one, though, I have one of those, "Oh, I can't believe I forgot THAT one!" kind of moments.

With the last one it was, "Oh I can't believe I forgot Jimmy Stewart in my list of favorite actors!"

[EasyFeeling]

Oh no, not that! I have to catch up so much here and now I have to think about my favourite songs, singers etc. I will be logged in the whole night I guess. For the movies I have a problem... I don't know every original title.

1. What are your top 5 songs?
Take It Easy - Eagles
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Power Of Love - Luther Vandross
Days Go By - Keith Urban
Give A Little Bit - Supertramp

2. Top 5 songwriters?
Babyface (Kenny Edmonds)
Don Henley
Grönemeyer (German)
Keith Urban

3. Top 5 male singers?
Glenn Frey and Keith Urban
Luther Vandross
Babyface
Herbert Grönemeyer (a German singer)
Billy Joel

4. Top 5 female singers?
Shania Twain
Stevie Nicks
Natalie Cole
Joss Stone

5. Top 5 music groups?
Eagles
Supertramp
Alan Parson
Toto
Pink Floyd

6. Top 5 movies?
Star Wars
Men in Black
Back To The Future

7. Top 5 movie actors?
Tommy Lee Jones
George Clooney
Jack Nicholsen
Will Smith
Denzel Washington

8. Top 5 movie actresses?
Meryl Streep
Jennifer Aniston
Susan Sarandon
Uma Thurman
Sandra Bullock

9. Top 5 tv shows?
Sex and the City
Desperate Housewives
Verliebt in Berlin (German TV show)
ER
Knots Landing

10. Top 5 tv show actors?
James Denton (Mike Delfino, hey GA )
Mathis Künzler (Swiss actor)
Larry Hagman


11. Top 5 tv show actresses?
Haven't a clue.

[Glennsallnighter]

James Denton (Mike Delfino, hey GA )

Thank you so much EF! How could I have forgotten!

[EasyFeeling]

I watched DH yesterday. God, that man is sexy *siiiiiiiigh*

[Glennsallnighter]

I watched DH yesterday. God, that man is sexy *siiiiiiiigh*

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