Cheeba's New Thread...
 

Hey...so, I just thought 'bout this when I was watching some old movies over the past few days...

Do some research.

From the year of your birth, what are your:

*Top 5 Movies
*Top 5 Songs

Please mention the year of your birth in conjunction with your replies.
Yup, that's pretty much all there is to it...

- B.

Damn...I haven't heard of most of these.

Top Movies [ Academy Awards ]
1. GIGI [ winner of the Oscar ]
2.Auntie Mame
3.Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4.The Defiant Ones
5.Seperate Tables

Top Songs
1.Volare--Domenico Modugno
2.Don't--Elvis
3.All I Have To Do Is Dream--The Everly Bros.
4.Witch Doctor--David Seville
5.Patricia--Perez Prado



thanks Cheeb......now I realize just how fucking old I am.:(

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
TOOTSIE (1982)
DINER (1982)
VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)

EYE OF THE TIGER, Survivor
I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
EBONY AND IVORY, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
DON'T YOU WANT ME, The Human League
ABRACADABRA, The Steve Miller Band

Top 5 songs of 1983

1. Every breath you take-The police
2. Billie Jean-Michael Jackson
3.What a feeling-Irene Cara
4.Down Under- Men at work
5. Beat it- Micheal Jackson

Thankyou people...however, I should explain that I meant the top
5 movies and songs from ONLY the year of your birth...You may proceed...hell, I might even answer this one m'self if I can be bothered with it...
Slacking off on my own thread, what will I think of next?
:rolleyes: Nice one, cheeba :rolleyes:

I'm gonna go a few steps further and go top 10 and add a few other listings to...:)


1975

Top 10 Songs Of 1975

1. "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (First chart appearance: 5/24/75; Highest position: #1)

2. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell (6/21/75; #1)

3. "Fame" - David Bowie (8/2/75; #1)

4. "Shining Star" - Earth, Wind and Fire (3/22/75; #1)

5. "My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (1/18/75; #1)

6. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver (4/5/75; #1)

7. "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John (3/15/75; #1)

8. "One Of These Nights" - Eagles (6/14/75; #1)

9. "Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band (12/21/74; #1)

10. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian (7/12/75; #3)



Top 10 Albums Of 1975

1. AWB - Average White Band

2. Back Home Again - John Denver

3. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

4. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John

5. Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt

6. Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tennille

7. One Of These Nights - Eagles

8. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

9. Phoebe Snow

10.Red Octopus - The Jefferson Starship


Top 10 Movies Of 1975

1. Jaws

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

3. Shampoo

4. Dog Day Afternoon

5. Nashville

6. Hester Street

7. The Hindenburg

8. The Day of the Locust

9. Tommy

10. Janis



Top 10 TV Shows Of 1975

1. All in the Family

2. Rich Man, Poor Man

3. Laverne & Shirley

4. Maude

5. The Bionic Woman

6. Phyllis

7. Sanford and Son

8. Rhoda

9. The Six Million Dollar Man

10. The ABC Monday Night Movie


Sports Winners Of 1975

Baseball: The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3.

Football: The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on January 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami in Super Bowl X.

Basketball: Golden State beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 0.

Hockey: The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2.





All info taken from this site link below.

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top 5 movies of 1983

1 Return of the Jedi
2 Strange Brew
3 The Day After
4 Risky Business
5 The Man With Two Brains


I'm not so sure of the source though

1986

1) Stand By Me
2) Platoon
3) Aliens
4) The Mission
5) 9 1/2 Weeks


I'm not even gonna TRY to do songs

a few faves from the Billboard hot 100, 1983

Rock the Casbah- The Clash
Stray Cat Strut-The Stray Cats
Sexy and 17-The stray cats
Photograph-Def Leppard
Let's Dance-David Bowie
Goody two shoes-Adam Ant

1971

lizard in a woman's skin
bay of blood
four flies on grey velvet
daughters of darkness
tombs of the blind dead
requiem for a vampire
abominable dr phibes