Top 5 Lists - 5/30 - Top 5 Non-Heroscape Websites

[netherspirit]

Okay so I really enjoyed this thread over at the HQ. I really didn't think many other people liked it all too much but a couple people said they liked it. I let it die once because there was talk of too much off topic posting. I had planned on keeping it going over there but, its gone. I guess it got lost in the great server change. So we will start over, I will apologize ahead of time if we repeat something that I already did, the other thread had my list in it.

The lists might not change everyday but they will change periodically, so keep an eye on it :)

I will keep the list of all the lists here so you can see them all and post any Top 5 list you want.

4. Top 5 Non-Heroscape Websites
3. Top 5 Things you Hated about the 90's
2. Top 5 One Hit Wonder Songs
1. Top 5 Favorite Things about Summer[/b]

[netherspirit]

Top 5 Favorite Things about Summer

5. A/C
4. Full Time Job = Money
3. Grill weather
2. Motorcycle Weather
1. No School

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

5. Lots of drawings I hope!
4. sleeping in
3. Heroscape games any night of the week
2. Beach and camping trips (I hope, I hope, I hope)
1. No school - meaning, NO WORK!!!!

[oogiezone]

5. Not being cold
4. Flip-flops
3. Corn on the cob
2. Lazy River-ing
1. NO SCHOOL!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

5. Not being cold
4. Flip-flops
3. Corn on the cob
2. Lazy River-ing
1. NO SCHOOL!

Dang. Nice list.

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

5. Girls in shorts
4. Girls in skirts
3. Girls in swimsuits
2. Girls w/o swimsuits
1. Fourth of July! (Celebrating the birth of our great country with parties, fireworks, cold beer, BBQ and any combination of #'s 5-2)

[ultradoug]

5. Girls in shorts
4. Girls in skirts
3. Girls in swimsuits
2. Girls w/o swimsuits
1. Fourth of July! (Celebrating the birth of our great country with parties, fireworks, cold beer, BBQ and any combination of #'s 5-2)

wow how did fourth get above the rest...

anyway.. same thing but mine would include "japanese" in front of girls, and lets just add "school girl" in there somewhere. and also number 1 would be also perverted in some way.

[netherspirit]

Way to take would could have been a nice wholesome Top 5 List and make it dirty. :P

[ultradoug]

sorry, here:
:quarter:
all better.

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

wow how did fourth get above the rest...

anyway.. same thing but mine would include "japanese" in front of girls, and lets just add "school girl" in there somewhere. and also number 1 would be also perverted in some way.

First off, I love all the ladies!

And I'll assume you've never been to Japan. Let's just say those school girls you fantasize about so much, lack the necessary shaving skills to be on my top 5 list.

As for the 4th of July, what could be better than good food, beer, girls and class 3 explosives?

You have much to learn of the world my friend...enjoy your summer.

[SyvarrisX]

1. No school
2. Vacations
3. Sun
4. MY BIRTHDAY!
5. Sleeping in.[/list]

[Tiberius]

5. Kids are out of school
4. Fireworks
3. Swimming Pools
2. Vacation/travelling
1. Bar-B-Que

[K/H_Addict]

5. Vacation (NIAGARA FALLS THIS YEAR)
4. Sleep
3. Heroscape on a daily basis for 3 months straight
2. No school for 3 months straight (ehh....forgot summer school...)
1. Hangin out with muh buddies!

[netherspirit]

5. Vacation (NIAGARA FALLS THIS YEAR)

Canadian side is way cooler.

[K/H_Addict]

screw canada (or as my friend josh would say "canadia")




i've never been, so i'm excited, minus the uber long drive.....twice...

[netherspirit]

screw canada (or as my friend josh would say "canadia")




i've never been, so i'm excited, minus the uber long drive.....twice...

I've been there twice, once for work and the other for vacation. From the American side you can't really see much because the Falls are on this side. Plus Canada's gambling and drinking age is only 19. Are you 19 yet?

[K/H_Addict]

no. not till september of 07. oh well. i'd need a passport to cross wouldnt i? i dont think i have one of those, unless my parents have been hiding stuff from me all my life

:shock:

i wouldn't put it past them...*mumbles various things abour santa, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy*

[netherspirit]

no. not till september of 07. oh well. i'd need a passport to cross wouldnt i? i dont think i have one of those, unless my parents have been hiding stuff from me all my life

:shock:

i wouldn't put it past them...*mumbles various things abour santa, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy*

Just a birth certificate and some forms of ID.

[K/H_Addict]

i have those! maybe i'll convince my parents to go across the border....

[Supergeek]

In no particular order.
1. BBQ's
2. Girls in skimpy clothing
3. Jet skiing
4. Taking the kids to the pool/lake
5. Road trips

[netherspirit]

2. Top 5 One Hit Wonder Songs

5. Snow - Informer
4. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
3. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
2. Eiffel 65 - Blue
1. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping

[UranusPChicago]

1. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
2. Melt With You - Modern English
3. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
4. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc
5. Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles

[Tiberius]

5. Whip it - Devo
4. Monkey Business - Danger Danger
3. Take on Me - Ah Ha
2. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
1. Electric Blue - Ice House

[netherspirit]

Oh man I could I forget Video Killed the Radio Star and Whip It?! Classics!

[UranusPChicago]

I will have to step in for DEVO's defense and say that they were more that a One Hit Wonder. Some of their songs are still finding their way into commercials.

[ninthdoc]

I will have to step in for DEVO's defense and say that they were more that a One Hit Wonder. Some of their songs are still finding their way into commercials.

Yes, and so did Ice House and Crash Test Dummies. IH and CTD are more one great album wonders than one hit wonders. Devo was huge back in the day w/several great releases.

[reapersaurus]

I'm kind of a connoiseur of 1 Hot Wonders, and I must strike out a couple in these lists, as a point of order. :)

Monkey Business - Danger Danger
Eiffel 65 - Blue

I'd have to say Uranus' is a VERY strong list:

1. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
2. Melt With You - Modern English
3. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
4. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc
5. Video Killed The Radio Star - Buggles

[netherspirit]

I'm kind of a connoiseur of 1 Hot Wonders, and I must strike out a couple in these lists, as a point of order. :)

Monkey Business - Danger Danger
Eiffel 65 - Blue


Why?

[daevablacc]

Hmm.... Top 5 Summer things?

5 - More daylight
4 - Setting off fireworks
3 - No school-zone speed limits
2 - Tennis weather
1 - Half-naked hot chicks

Top 5 one-hit wonders?

5 - Obsession (you're my)
4 - You Spin Me Round
3 - Cameltoe - Fannypack
2 - Der Kommisar - Falco
1 - Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

[boom]

Reap, how can you agree that The Buggles were a one hit wonder w/ "Video Killed the Radio Star," when their greatest song, "Clean Clean" still rocks on at my house. :banana: and daev, "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive, a group with several other hits, can't be called a one hit wonder. A cool song though.

Now, being a child of the 70's and 80's, here's my one-hit-wonders:

5. More Than a Woman--Tavares
4. The Boys are Back in Town--Thin Lizzy
3. Big Country--Big Country
2. 867-5309--Tommy Tutone
1. My Sharona--The Knack

Aah, the memories.

[reapersaurus]

I'm kind of a connoiseur of 1 Hot Wonders, and I must strike out a couple in these lists, as a point of order. :)

Monkey Business - Danger Danger
Eiffel 65 - Blue


Why?Easy - because I don't remember them, and I am a One-Hit Wonder specialist. :lol:

I consider that an open-and-shut case. :)

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

5) I eat cannibal! - dunno who sung it....
4) It's My Life - Talk Talk (great song(forget the cover No Doubt did)(hey parentheses within parentheses), great video)
3) Voices Carry - Til Tuesday "Hush hush, keep it down now. voices carry"
2) AEIOU Sometimes Y - Ebn Ozn "Huh. Do I wanna go out." "I was feeling really cavalier."
1) The entire NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS album by Sex Pistols. one album. One big hit, God Saved the Queen, and that was it. They disbanded. And still live on in infamy.

[netherspirit]

I'm kind of a connoiseur of 1 Hot Wonders, and I must strike out a couple in these lists, as a point of order. :)

Monkey Business - Danger Danger
Eiffel 65 - Blue


Why?Easy - because I don't remember them, and I am a One-Hit Wonder specialist. :lol:

I consider that an open-and-shut case. :)

Obviously you aren't a specialist if you haven't heard these. :P

You can listen to Eiffel 65 - Blue

Here:
Eifel 65 - Blue
http://www.ultimateuploads.com/audio/view.php?play=83a076ff879e541ea2f47c5ba7ff4780

[boom]

5) I eat cannibal! - dunno who sung it....
4) It's My Life - Talk Talk (great song(forget the cover No Doubt did)(hey parentheses within parentheses), great video)
3) Voices Carry - Til Tuesday "Hush hush, keep it down now. voices carry"
2) AEIOU Sometimes Y - Ebn Ozn "Huh. Do I wanna go out." "I was feeling really cavalier."
1) The entire NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS album by Sex Pistols. one album. One big hit, God Saved the Queen, and that was it. They disbanded. And still live on in infamy.

"I Eat Cannibals" was by Toto Coelo. Awesome song and a definite one-hit-wonder. "AEIOU and Sometimes Y" is another old blast from the past. Good stuff, keep it up.

[UranusPChicago]

Are You Ready For The Sex Girls - Gleaming Spires
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Der Kommisar - After The Fire
Da Da Da - Trio

[atmospro]

4. The Boys are Back in Town--Thin Lizzy
1. My Sharona--The Knack


Thin Lizzy are not a one hit having several gold and platium albums, and were one of most consistant Hard Rock Bands of the Late 70 and 80's rivaling KISS, Areosmith and Van Halen as the number one US band of the time until the death of Phil Lynott. This band has legendary status music lovers.

The Knack had serveral other hits that surpassed My Sharona.

Danger Danger had three other top 40 records including Naughty Naughty which was their biggest hit.

One hit wonders of note
Blue Cheer -Summertime Blues
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Norman Greenbaum -Spirit in the Sky
Mungo Jerry -In the Summertime
Argent -Hold Your Head Up
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen -Hot Rod Lincoln
Brownsville Station -Smokin' in the Boys Room
Rick Dees -Disco Duck
Moon Martin -Rolene
Boomtown Rats -I Don't Like Mondays
M -Pop Muzik
Nena -99 Luftballons
Diesel -Sausalito Summernight
The Vapors -Turning Japanese
Taco Puttin' on the Ritz
Musical Youth -Pass The Dutchie
Autograph -Turn up the Radio (these guy should have a few more hits great band)

my Top five
5.Wall of Voodoo -Mexican Radio
4.Ram Jam -Black Betty
3.Mountain -Mississippi Queen
2.Jerry Doucette - MAMA LET HIM PLAY
1.Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction - Prime Mover

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Are You Ready For The Sex Girls - Gleaming Spires
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Der Kommisar - After The Fire
Da Da Da - Trio

OMG! Taco! LOL! LOL! LOL! LOL!



4. The Boys are Back in Town--Thin Lizzy
1. My Sharona--The Knack


Thin Lizzy are not a one hit having several gold and platium albums, and were one of most consistant Hard Rock Bands of the Late 70 and 80's rivaling KISS, Areosmith and Van Halen as the number one US band of the time until the death of Phil Lynott. This band has legendary status music lovers.

The Knack had serveral other hits that surpassed My Sharona.

Danger Danger had three other top 40 records including Naughty Naughty which was their biggest hit.

One hit wonders of note
Blue Cheer -Summertime Blues
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Norman Greenbaum -Spirit in the Sky
Mungo Jerry -In the Summertime
Argent -Hold Your Head Up
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen -Hot Rod Lincoln
Brownsville Station -Smokin' in the Boys Room
Rick Dees -Disco Duck
Moon Martin -Rolene
Boomtown Rats -I Don't Like Mondays
M -Pop Muzik
Nena -99 Luftballons
Diesel -Sausalito Summernight
The Vapors -Turning Japanese
Taco Puttin' on the Ritz
Musical Youth -Pass The Dutchie
Autograph -Turn up the Radio (these guy should have a few more hits great band)

my Top five
5.Wall of Voodoo -Mexican Radio
4.Ram Jam -Black Betty
3.Mountain -Mississippi Queen
2.Jerry Doucette - MAMA LET HIM PLAY
1.Zodiac Mindwarp and Love Reaction - Prime Mover


Agreed. Thin Lizzy doesn't work (hell, my Sex Pistols doesn't work either)

and Autograph! Yes. That song alone is fantastic! The guitar riff in that is classic! LOVE that song.

But I can't agree that My Sharona was ever surpassed by the Knack.

[UranusPChicago]

Crossover One-hit Wonders (Big in their genre but had one hit wonders in rock)

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerran
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
19 - Paul Hardcastle




And how could we have forgotten about....

Ice, Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

Yes, he may have had other songs, but I sure can't think of any and no other songs came close to the success of that one. I think he may be my poster child for One Hit Wonders.

[toddrew]

The "one-hit wondernous" of the following may be debatable (not thoroughly researched was this list :) )

5. Our House - Madness (on here because I dearly love Madness and I do like this song even though its not nearly my favorite of theirs)
4. Electric Avenue - Eddi Grant
3. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
2. 99 Luftballons - Nena
1. Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday

I remember all of these fondly from days when I didn't put much thought into what I was listening to. Not that I would of appreciated the music I listen to now from that era then, follow?

Nether, count me among those who enjoy the 'almost daily top 5'

[netherspirit]

2. 99 Luftballons - Nena

Nether, count me among those who enjoy the 'almost daily top 5'

That song is great.

The hard part is coming up with good, thought provoking lists. We had about 15 or so over on the HQ and I can't remember them all...I don't want to do them again...

So if I post a list and you (or anyone) remembers that we already did that one, let me know and I will do another one :)

I will come up with a good list for tommorrow...

[ninthdoc]

5) I eat cannibal! - dunno who sung it....
4) It's My Life - Talk Talk (great song(forget the cover No Doubt did)(hey parentheses within parentheses), great video)
3) Voices Carry - Til Tuesday "Hush hush, keep it down now. voices carry"
2) AEIOU Sometimes Y - Ebn Ozn "Huh. Do I wanna go out." "I was feeling really cavalier."
1) The entire NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS album by Sex Pistols. one album. One big hit, God Saved the Queen, and that was it. They disbanded. And still live on in infamy.

Woah! Hold the phone! Talk Talk had a few other hits than just this one! There was "Talk Talk", for one.

Til Tuesday? Not sure. Of course we all remember Voices Carry. What I remember Amie Mann (sp?) most on though was the Rush album, Hold Your Fire providing striking backups for Time Stand Still. geddylifeson, back me up on this.

Are You Ready For The Sex Girls - Gleaming Spires
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
Puttin' on the Ritz - Taco
Der Kommisar - After The Fire
Da Da Da - Trio

Holy smoke, how did I forget Peter Schilling?

My own list:

No Myth - Michael Penn
Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip
Get It On - Kingdom Come

[atmospro]

My own list:

No Myth - Michael Penn
Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip
Get It On - Kingdom Come

Doc the Hip are Monster here in Canada with close to 20 hit songs and sellout from cost to cost. Gord Downeys' stage prefromances are legendary. Now I not big Hip fan but they are the biggest thing in Canada. Highway Girl off the first EP was their first big hit.

[ninthdoc]

My own list:

No Myth - Michael Penn
Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
New Orleans Is Sinking - The Tragically Hip
Get It On - Kingdom Come

Doc the Hip are Monster here in Canada with close to 20 hit songs and sellout from cost to cost. Gord Downeys' stage prefromances are legendary. Now I not big Hip fan but they are the biggest thing in Canada. Highway Girl off the first EP was their first big hit.

atmos,

Okay, the only song that I ever heard played here was NOIS, and that's been more than 16 years ago.

In honor of atmospro, whom I hold in high regard, I'll select another. Hmmmm, oh!

This should have been in my first list after all, thanks atmos

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

[InfinityMax]

First order of business - summer. Things I like about summer in Texas:

1. There is no number 1. Because I absolutely hate every single thing about summer in Texas, without exception. Girls actually wear more, since the office will be over-air-conditioned. Texas summers are the absolute worst I have ever experienced, and when I say that, I know of what I speak - I have spent summer in equatorial Africa.

Second order of business:

HEH, one word - bullocks! God Save the Queen was a hit, yes, but what about Anarchy in the UK? And sure, they only ever imported one album to the US, but My Way (the Frank Sinatra sort-of-a-cover) is a regular in my iTunes lineup, was my introduction to punk rock, and has even played on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Spike listened to it). They're less one-hit-wonder than Iggy Pop (not really, just being controversial).

Third - my songs:

5. I love that Taco song. 'Come let's go where Rockefellers...' All skate!
4. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
3. I Come From A Land Down Under - Men at Work
2. Unbelievable - Three letters, but I don't know which three. EMI? PMS?
1. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

I love Safety Dance. One of my favorite songs. If I thought about it, I could probably come up with more, but I'm sleepy.

'S S S S A A A A F F F F E E E E T T T T Y Y Y Y Dance Dance Dance Dance!'

[ninthdoc]

Imax,

Unbelievable is by EMF (how could you ever forget a cool name like that? Yes it does mean what you think it does.)

And I beg to differ, but Men at Work and Men w/out Hats both actually had several hits.

Please don't slew poo at me, now.

[UranusPChicago]

IMAX, I will continue to educate others on the genius that was the Sex Pistols. My Way was actually a Sid Vicious cover not a Sex Pistols cover. It appeared on The Great Rock And Roll Swindle (movie and album) as well as Sid Vicious' solo album.

Men At Work, were the first group to have a debut album with two number one songs on it. Sorry, IMAX, they were far from a one hit wonder. Who Can It Be Now?, Down Under, It's A Mistake, Overkill, Dr Heckyll & Mr. Jive, etc.

Men Without Hats only other hit that I can think of was Antarctica or something like that so I would consider them one hit wonders.

I totally agree about summers in Texas. Any summer that you lose track of how many days it reached over 100 degrees is rediculous. To think I use to enjoy it in my days of youth. Dang teenage hellcats...

[InfinityMax]

OK, so Man Genius, maybe... Musical Genius, not so much.

I did not realize that My Way wasn't all of the Sex Pistols, but they still had other hits besides God Save The Queen.

And of course Men at Work had other hits. Hell, I was there. I went to dances where he tried to look cool while dancing to Who Can It Be Now. I can't believe I didn't remember that.

Men Without Hats, though - Doc, what else did they do that was a hit?

How about that Dramarama song, the one where he goes, 'I'll give you diamonds give you pearls give you pills - anything you want, hundred dollar bills'? I can't think of another Dramarama song.

Oooh! I got one! Nemesis by Shriekback. I loved that song. Scary and groovy and gnarly and cool.

[atmospro]

Sid Vicious while notorious had lttle to do with the music genius(?) that was the Sex Pistols. really between him Nancy Spungent and the Manager who's name escapes me right now destroyed the Pistols. The music and song had all been written and recorded before Sid joined the band replacing Glen Matlock and if you at the credit on an original record you won't find his name on it. A true to life rock n roll fantasy as Sid Couldn't play a bloody note, and as his rendition of My Way show couldn't sing either. In the documentary movie The Fifth and the Fury, Jonny "Rotten" Lydon goes into great detail about Sid. That's a must see for all Pistols fans.

Edit: The manager was buthole Malcom Maclaren.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Yeah, Unbelievable was gonna make my list too, but I couldn't recall the name of the band and I had far better bones to pick...

OK, so Man Genius, maybe... Musical Genius, not so much.

I did not realize that My Way wasn't all of the Sex Pistols, but they still had other hits besides God Save The Queen.

And of course Men at Work had other hits. Hell, I was there. I went to dances where he tried to look cool while dancing to Who Can It Be Now. I can't believe I didn't remember that.

Men Without Hats, though - Doc, what else did they do that was a hit?

How about that Dramarama song, the one where he goes, 'I'll give you diamonds give you pearls give you pills - anything you want, hundred dollar bills'? I can't think of another Dramarama song.

Oooh! I got one! Nemesis by Shriekback. I loved that song. Scary and groovy and gnarly and cool.

No, you're correct, Anarachy In the UK was definitely a hit. I was drawing a blank on that. But the Pistols are still one hit wonders in my book. Not in the true sense of one-hit wonders, but ah well, you know where I'm going!

Men Without Hats also did Pop Goes the World. A song my wife loved when I first met her and I almost ran in the opposite direction when she told me this!

Yeah that Dramarama song - UGH - I hate that song. That annoying guitar melody bugs me to no end.

OKAY HOW ABOUT THIS ONE:

No Rain by Blind Melon!
http://no_rain.fm.interia.pl/fotki/blindmleon.jpg

[ninthdoc]

HEH, beat me to the punch. Yes that song is annoying, but it was a hit.

I actually like the Dramarama song.

[daevablacc]

"You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive, a group with several other hits, can't be called a one hit wonder. A cool song though.

Good point. Okay, I nominate "Unbelievable" by EMF to replace it. I'd forgotten about that song. Like it lots!

-Daeva

[InfinityMax]

OK, how about the Sopranos theme song? That's a one-hitter, right?

Man, I suck at this game.

[toddrew]

Unbelievable is by EMF (how could you ever forget a cool name like that? Yes it does mean what you think it does.)


Being enthralled by physics at the time, I thought it was referencing electromagnetic field or electro-motive force. That's not very salacious :)

[ninthdoc]

Unbelievable is by EMF (how could you ever forget a cool name like that? Yes it does mean what you think it does.)


Being enthralled by physics at the time, I thought it was referencing electromagnetic field or electro-motive force. That's not very salacious :)

Okay, it means what you think it does if you're not toddrew.

[toddrew]

Okay, it means what you think it does if you're not toddrew.

Epsom Mad Funkers?

[Bannister]

5. House of Pain - Faster ***** Cat's (Don't ask me why but I still love that song)
4. Pepper - Butthole Surfers (I think they qualify, although I don't know if the song was tech. a hit?)
3. 99 Luftballons - Nena (I still sing that one at the top of my lungs when it comes on)
2. Groove is in the Heart - DeeLite (At the time I was doing the dance club scene so you know dancing with the honeys....)
1. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats (I am with Imax, I love this song, I drive my kids crazy singing it at the top of my lungs in the car)

Bannister

[InfinityMax]

House of Pain's real big hit was Jump Around. I never even heard of Faster ***** Cats. The Surfers might qualify - they never got airplay until Pepper, but they were around for a very long time before Electric Larry Land.

And while I absolutely love Safety Dance, I have to change that one, too, because they also did Pop Goes the World. Which is a dumb song, but it was a hit.

And Todd - I also assumed they meant electromagnetic field. Because I was (and am) a big dork.

So revised list:

5. Right Said Fred - Too Sexy
4. Shriekback - Nemesis
3. EMF - Unbelievable
2. Taco - Puttin on the Ritz
1. Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star

[toddrew]

4. Pepper - Butthole Surfers (I think they qualify, although I don't know if the song was tech. a hit?)


That's a hit. My wife listens to the Denver 'hot rock' station on occasion and I still hear that song on their rotation once in a while. And I never grew tired of it either, nor the novelty of the Butthole Surfers being on the radio, kind of the same thing for me as when the Red Hot Chili Peppers started getting airplay (I watched the movie 'Thrashin' ' at just the right time in my young life when I was so starved for anything about skateboarding that I was able to enjoy that movie for more than just its campiness - and I genuinely liked the Pepper's 'Black-eyed Blonde' performance.)

I've often wondered if the title 'Pepper' was a reference to the Chili Pepper's mainstream success. I never paid any attention to the lyrics of the Surfers song, just the sound.

[UranusPChicago]

No, you're correct, Anarachy In the UK was definitely a hit. I was drawing a blank on that. But the Pistols are still one hit wonders in my book. Not in the true sense of one-hit wonders, but ah well, you know where I'm going!

Not trying to make this all about the Pistols, but....

The Sex Pistols were much too influential on music in general to be limited to a moniker of one hit wonders. The same would go for bands like Kraftwerk (Autobahn). Kraftwerk was a blip on the Music Hits radar screen, but they were the fathers of synthesized music. Both of those bands help to shape greatly the music that came after them.

I think I am letting my years of music store management show through...

[InfinityMax]

Yeah, OK, we need a new top 5 topic.

[Bannister]

Imax,

"House of Pain" is the name of the song which was sung by "Faster ***** Cat's".

As for my list "Safety Dance" stays. Anyone who wants to argue better get ready for a whole boat load of :verymad: .

Bannister

PS :rock: :rimshot: :banana:

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[UranusPChicago]

Yeah, OK, we need a new top 5 topic.

I think I was just shown the hand... or at least one fifth of one. :wink:

[InfinityMax]

Bannister, now I haven't heard of either one. But I do love that House of Pain song, Jump Around. And I don't know of another House of Pain hit, so maybe I could put that in my list.

And I totally agree with Safety Dance - I love that song. I only cut them from the list because of Pop Goes the World.

UPC, if I show you a hand, it will just be so you can shake it. Usually after you beat the crap out of me at Heroscape.

[atmospro]

Imax,

"House of Pain" is the name of the song which was sung by "Faster ***** Cat's".

Bannister the name of the Band is 'Faster Pussycat' and that not even close to their top hit that would be "Bathroom Wall" followed by "Cathouse" from their first album. House of Pain is from their second Album 'Wake Me When It's Over'. These guys were tipical California 80's Hair metal. The biggest claim to fame is that lead singer Taime Downe owned one of the nightclubs most of the LA hair bands hungout.

[Bannister]

http://www.fasterpussycat.com/

Bannister


PS. I don't remember the first two being hits, maybe somewhat popular in certain circles but not hits. They are considered a one hit wonder, with their one hit being "House of Pain". You are dead on abot the spelling, my bad.

[netherspirit]

3. Top 5 Things you Hated about the 90's
5. 90210
4. Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Tickle-Me Elmo Insanity!
2. Titanic
1. The Macarena

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

Top 5 Things you Hated about the 90's

5. The Clintons
4. MTV took Beavis and Butthead off the air
3. Windows 98
2. Kurt Cobain's suicide
1. People who talked like Beavis and Butthead

uhhhhhh...this list sucks and stuff
No way dude! I am the great Cornholio!
Shut up dude. I'm like, trying to score with a chick or something.
Uhhhhh...maybe I'll get to touch her thingies and stuff.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

5. My college job - at a printing company. I did graphics and bindery. I paid my entire way through college (books too!) working there, but it still sucked bad.
4. Yeah, Cobain's suicide really sucked. I was there in the early days before Nirvana hit it big. His death really darkened my day.
3. My band breaking up. It would happen eventually, but oh did we have good times opening for The Dwarves, MCM and the Monster, and Sublime. :(
2. Pearl Jam - ugh. I"m sorry, but I can't stand this band.
1. The explosion of independent comic companies and all those enhanced covers!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1a. Rob Liefeld (nuff said)
1b. Jim Lee (overrated IMO)

[InfinityMax]

5. Grunge in general. I just have never had any desire to listen to this kind of music, and the fashion style just looked sloppy. At least in the 80s, people looked well-groomed.
4. Like HEH said, annoying comics trends. Foil covers, alternate covers, perforated covers, die-cut covers - sometimes all at once for the same stupid comic, so collectors ended up buying 2 of each. Bastards.
3. No more English pop. I loved 80s English pop.
2. Recession. In 1993, California (where I lived) was getting hammered, and there were no jobs. I ended up joining the Navy because I couldn't find work.
1. The Country Craze. I friggin hate country music, but in the early 90s, it was all the rage. You would see total tools wearing Garth Brooks shirts and Tony Lama boots to go two-stepping, despite the fact that they were about as country as anime.

[skyknight]

Five top things you hated abut the 90's
5. Nirvana
4. Nirvana changing the music scene to crap
3. Curt Cobain's dirty little shirt
2. Courtney Love
1. Curt Cobain!!

Question Whats the differnece between Curt Cobain and Courtney Love?

Answer Just one little bullet.

[Tiberius]

Wasnt it Curt Cobain? Anyhow:

5. Comic prices skyrocket with Image (I agree with you guys about the independents popping up, though I still love Jim Lee's stuff)
4. Magic the Gathering Sucked all my money away
3. Rap/hiphop craze
2. I graduated from college and had to get a real job
1. the Clintons (I agree with Stay Golden Ponyboy)

[skyknight]

I guess it was Curt, but I was talking about Kirk, his little brother.....no really I was......Alright fine I hate em both. IRON MAIDEN :twisted: try listening to teen spirit before a rugby match, about as much adrenaline as watching jello set up.

[Tiberius]

LOL. I cant argue with that. Though I think I would prefer Quiet Riot.

[K/H_Addict]

5. School
4. the music
3. School
2. the Y2K bug
3. School

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Five top things you hated abut the 90's
5. Nirvana
4. Nirvana changing the music scene to crap
3. Curt Cobain's dirty little shirt
2. Courtney Love
1. Curt Cobain!!

Question Whats the differnece between Curt Cobain and Courtney Love?

Answer Just one little bullet.


BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO!

Though I'll applaud your sentiments on Love. But BOO! to the rest!

:D

[CupidsArt]

1. The Macarena
2. Pop Music
3. High School trends (WWJD.......for a Klondike Bar?)
4. Starter Jackets
5. Twin Peaks

[skyknight]

Five top things you hated abut the 90's
5. Nirvana
4. Nirvana changing the music scene to crap
3. Curt Cobain's dirty little shirt
2. Courtney Love
1. Curt Cobain!!

Question Whats the differnece between Curt Cobain and Courtney Love?

Answer Just one little bullet.


BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO! BOO!

Though I'll applaud your sentiments on Love. But BOO! to the rest!

:D
I knew I would get someone to bite on this, you get a cupie doll HEX :P

[ninthdoc]

Wasnt it Curt Cobain?

See? I heard it was Kurt Gobang :bang: , or Kurt Kaboom :bang: , er something like that... :rimshot:

BTW, it's "Kurt", not "Curt". :wink:

My list:

5) Rap/Hip Hop grows.
4) Country music no longer is.
3) Comic books begin to suck really hard for a variety of reasons.
2) Comic book stores lose their friggin' minds and start selling sports cards (friggin' whoredogs).
1) The sudden hate for the 80s.

I realize that I sound right now how folks that grew up in the 60s sounded to me when I was growing up in the 80s, but if you weren't a kid or teen in the 80s, you really missed out on a bunch.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I knew I would get someone to bite on this, your get a cupie doll HEX :P



Got any Kurt Kewbies?
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h249/jonan_jello/CobainKewbiecopy.jpg



2) Comic book stores lose their friggin' minds and start selling sports cards (friggin' whoredogs).

No, it was when my local shop started carrying POGS!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://ranneih.antimon.org/ranneispix/pogs.jpg

[daevablacc]

Wow, so many things to hate about the 90's. :frustrated:

5 - Grunge music and people caring that that dumbass shot himself. :bang:

4 - Crappy versions of the original Star Wars movies. :puke:

3 - Marilyn Manson being considered "Goth" and Nine Inch Nails being considered "Industrial" :horsepoo:

2 - Titanic at the O$car$ :chainsaw:

1 - Y2K :screwy:

[caravaggio]

top 5 worst things about the 90's

1. the music
2. the fashion
3. the movies
4. the art
5. the way "defining yourself" by your interest in 1-4 became the economic model for exploding consumerism and ruining our lives.

the best thing... the internet and drum'n'bass/jungle.

the seventies and early eighties were a fantastically exciting time when creativity still mattered and not everything was judged by openning weekend sales. i was absolutely miserable in the 90's until around '98 or so when you could finally start to feel things change in all these areas.

and i agree especially strongly with a couple comments already made....

1. star wars was awesome in the eighties despite all the marketing crap. it was in the 90's that the star wars marketing team went insane and took over everything. adding dumb crap to the "special editions" didn't help and then the prequels just proved it was dead and the damage done to the franchise in the 90's was irreversible.

2. what happened in the nineties where crappy bands starting stealing the genre titles from good music to make their music more marketable and ruined the genre? "rap" music decided to suddenly call itselft "hip-hop" and killed all the good hip-hop acts like the digable planets. "grunge" (also known as "crap") took over the modern rock/alternative label and killed the good stuff left over from the eighties. and somehow goth and industrial became the same thing? was this because of the crow soundtrack?

i like real goth/post punk/new wave/whatever-you-want-to-call-it like the [old] cure stuff, skeletal family, joy division, old siouxsie and the banshees. because of crappy bands stealing the name its hard to separate the good stuff from the crap they sell at HOT TOPIC.

i do not consider MODERN ENGLISH a one hit wonder! they are probably one of the most underrated bands ever along with A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS.

[InfinityMax]

OK, Modern English - good. But seriously? Flock of Seagulls? They were awful!

[caravaggio]

OK, Modern English - good. But seriously? Flock of Seagulls? They were awful!

well, everyone's entitled to an opinion but you're wrong.

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

OK, Modern English - good. But seriously? Flock of Seagulls? They were awful!

well, everyone's entitled to an opinion but you're wrong.http://upload4.postimage.org/255692/seagulls.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/255692/photo_hosting.html)
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No...I just threw this record on the old Hi-Fi. They are awful!

Spaceage love song...3 minutes and 46 seconds of pure awful!

[caravaggio]

No...I just threw this record on the old Hi-Fi. They are awful!

Spaceage love song...3 minutes and 46 seconds of pure awful!

i used to like you ponyboy.

[ninthdoc]

No, it was when my local shop started carrying POGS!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://ranneih.antimon.org/ranneispix/pogs.jpg

I'm totally with you there H_E_H! In case you didn't know, THOSE DAMN POGS ARE BACK!!!

They have them at 7-11's and Lone Star Comics around here. The stupidest "collectible" ever, right there w/Beanie Babies. I :pray: that the damn things would never come back and God sent them back just to spite me!

I've got to go to church Sunday and pray for the retroactive obliteration of POGS!

http://www.uclan.de/pics/smilie/blowup.gif

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

I still like you...

The "flock" on the other hand...I can live without.

I'm kidding. I love music from the 80's. And as far as the flock...I guess I have to like them a little bit. I have it on vinyl.

Kajagoogoo anyone?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I've got to go to church Sunday and pray for the retroactive obliteration of POGS!

http://www.uclan.de/pics/smilie/blowup.gif

Hella funny!


I still like you...

The "flock" on the other hand...I can live without.

I'm kidding. I love music from the 80's. And as far as the flock...I guess I have to like them a little bit. I have it on vinyl.

Kajagoogoo anyone?

Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush, eye to eye
Too shy shy
Hush hush
Holy crap! It's like the original band is singing just to me!
Where are my parachute pants...

[django]

what the hell were pogs for?? im 26 and ive never seen anyone do anything with them.little plates?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

what the hell were pogs for?? im 26 and ive never seen anyone do anything with them.little plates?

I STILL don't know!

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

Didn't they start out as freebie "baseball" type cards on the bottom of slurpees or something?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I thought they had something to do with
Pineapple Orange Guava drinks....?

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

You are correct sir!

Pogs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pogs (also Milkcaps) is the name of a popular game that was popular from the early-to-mid-1990s. It got its name from POG, a brand of fruit juice (made from passion fruit, orange and guava); the caps of POG bottles were originally used to play the game. Pog originated in Hawaii around the 1930s, and was repopularized when the Canada Games Company reintroduced them to the American mainstream public in the mid-1990s, where they became popular with pre-teens. It is possible that the game traced its origins to the Japanese card game called Menko. [1]

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

You are correct sir!

Pogs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pogs (also Milkcaps) is the name of a popular game that was popular from the early-to-mid-1990s. It got its name from POG, a brand of fruit juice (made from passion fruit, orange and guava); the caps of POG bottles were originally used to play the game. Pog originated in Hawaii around the 1930s, and was repopularized when the Canada Games Company reintroduced them to the American mainstream public in the mid-1990s, where they became popular with pre-teens. It is possible that the game traced its origins to the Japanese card game called Menko. [1]

I still don't know how to play the dang game! Stack em and knock em over? sounds fun...

[netherspirit]

what the hell were pogs for?? im 26 and ive never seen anyone do anything with them.little plates?

I STILL don't know!

Okay...I thought I would never ever admit this....ever...but I used to collect and play pogs....sigh...

You stacked them up, all face up. Then your opponent took their "slammer," the metal pog and oddly enough, slammed it down on the stack to flip them over. Then you did it. The ones that flipped over they got to keep. Who ever flipped over the most won. And got to keep whatever you were playing for...

I can't believe I remember how to play that game...sigh....

[InfinityMax]

Nether, I can see why you would be embarassed. That's the game? You seriously just slam a metal thing on top of a stack of cardboard widgets, and whoever gets the most wins? That sounds not only silly, but a little destructive. If I pay any kind of money at all for collectible pieces of cardboard, you had sure as hell better not throw some metal thing at them.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Nether, I can see why you would be embarassed. That's the game? You seriously just slam a metal thing on top of a stack of cardboard widgets, and whoever gets the most wins? That sounds not only silly, but a little destructive. If I pay any kind of money at all for collectible pieces of cardboard, you had sure as hell better not throw some metal thing at them.

The original POG game was played on the island of Maui in the 1930’s. Kids used little card board disks, that came with milk bottles, to play. Back then they got their milk in a bottle from a local farm, instead of at a store.

With the help of a school teacher, about 15 years ago POG became popular again. The teacher remembered POG from when she was a kid. All her students thought it was a cool game and it spread until soon kids all over the world were playing!


From Wikipedia:

Trivia
*On the Simpsons episode "Round Springfield," comedian Steve Allen is said to have invented the game, and a large pog with his face on it is created to celebrate the honor. Comic Book Guy sells it at his shop for $500.

*In another episode, Homer Simpson forms a motorcycle gang and makes pogs with the gang's name on them.

and - HELLA FUNNY-

*In "Bart Sells His Soul," Milhouse buys a piece of paper representing Bart's soul, and later sells the paper and spends his earnings on ALF pogs.

LOL frickin' Milhouse...

[ninthdoc]

Whew! That was close! We almost lost nether to the POGS!

Honestly they sound like a late 80s/early 90s post modern indy band, "The Pogs." Or perhaps a Hammer horror film creature a la the Triffids, "Day of Pogs" (yes, I know the Triffids came from literature originally and that Hammer did not make this movie, I believe it was Rank Films). Speaking of which, the Triffids might make a cool custom.

[caravaggio]

Whew! That was close! We almost lost nether to the POGS!

Honestly they sound like a late 80s/early 90s post modern indy band, "The Pogs."

....there was the THE POGUES.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Whew! That was close! We almost lost nether to the POGS!

Honestly they sound like a late 80s/early 90s post modern indy band, "The Pogs."

....there was the THE POGUES.

And what great band that was with Shane McGowan!

The Boys from the County Hell!
Turkish Song of the Damned!
Bottle of Smoke!
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn!

Need to go listen to my Pogues discs now...

[ninthdoc]

Yes, the Pogues were sweet. I was aware of them. They are probably why the name "POGS" reminds me of that sort of a band.

Gawd, I hate Pogs.

[UranusPChicago]

Who let the POGS out? Who? Who? Who? Who?

[ninthdoc]

:johnwoo2: Who let the POGS out? Who? Who? Who? Who? :chainsaw:

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

I want to change my list!

I just heard a KRISS KROSS song on the radio.

My new #1 thing I hated the most about the 90's is krissKross and backwards, baggy pants.

Wiggety-wiggety-WAK!

[netherspirit]

KRISS KROSS WILL MAKE YOU JUMP JUMP!!!

The sad thing is I think I have that cassette in my collection somewhere...the even more sad thing...I have that song on my computer.

[Taeblewalker]

I'm surprised no one mentioned "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. Other than Rocky III (which made the song famous), I don't think the band has had any other hits!

As for the 90's, I hated:

1) Metallica no longer being...Metallica.
2) 2nd Edition D&D (excuse me, AD&D) Monstrous Manual/Compendium artwork.
3) The fact that the rest of 2nd Edition wasn't as cool as the historical settings, such as Vikings and Celts. Okay, this is a bit nit-picky.
4) All the religious nuts who said the world would end in 2000. Never mind the Y2K bug. I'm talking standard tabloid bull****.
5) Being a "90's man" - I wasn't

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

KRISS KROSS WILL MAKE YOU JUMP JUMP!!!

The sad thing is I think I have that cassette in my collection somewhere...the even more sad thing...I have that song on my computer.That's not sad.
Sad is when you're singing along with the Bangles covering Hazy Shade of Winter, and your kid asks if "that's the girl that won American Idol?"

I feel soooo old...

[ninthdoc]

I'm surprised no one mentioned "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. Other than Rocky III (which made the song famous), I don't think the band has had any other hits!

Ummm, sorry, but that would be incorrect. They were huge in the early 80s.

Other hits included: High on You, I Can't Hold Back, Is This Love, Burning Heart, Rockin' Into the Night.

This is not directed at anyone as several people did this last week, but there is a difference between a band or singer being a one-hit wonder and them only being remembered for one song.

[Oprime]

KRISS KROSS WILL MAKE YOU JUMP JUMP!!!

The sad thing is I think I have that cassette in my collection somewhere...the even more sad thing...I have that song on my computer.That's not sad.
Sad is when you're singing along with the Bangles covering Hazy Shade of Winter, and your kid asks if "that's the girl that won American Idol?"

I feel soooo old...

Even sadder...

discussing music with my wife "I think I have that tape"
9 year old sons response " Dad, whats a tape?"

true story...ouch.

[TheRealQ]

Top 5 things I hated about the 90's

5) Clinton administration shutting down the Super Collider project.
4) Y2K hype
3) closure of domestic military bases
2) Huge cuts in Intelligence (wrote an article on this in 94)
1) .com crash (the ripples caused me my 6 figure income)

[TheRealQ]

Top 5 things about Summer

5) White water
4) Water parks
3) Barbeque (grilling, smoking, eating, brisket sales, etc)
2) Ice Cold Beer
1) Not having to get the kids ready for school

[TheRealQ]

Top 5 One-Hit wonders

Disclaimer: Don't know if these actually qualify as hits but these are the songs I listened to over and over wishing there was more.

5) "Goody Two Shoes", Adam Ant...and if anyone wants to argue that he wasn't a one hit wonder then "I'm Too Sexy", Right Said Fred
4) "Innagaddadavida" (can't remember where the dashes go), Iron Butterfly
3) "King of Wishful Thinking", Go West
2) "Suspicion", Terry Stafford
1) "Oh Yeah", Yello

[dlaw008]

I'm surprised no one mentioned "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. Other than Rocky III (which made the song famous), I don't think the band has had any other hits!

Ummm, sorry, but that would be incorrect. They were huge in the early 80s.

Other hits included: High on You, I Can't Hold Back, Is This Love, Burning Heart, Rockin' Into the Night.

I could be way off base here, but I thought that "Is This Love?" was Whitesnake and "Rockin' in to the Night" was 38 Special. Not to say that Survivor didn't have plenty of hits. I had Vital Signs on tape - Great Album. Survivor & REO Speedwagon was the first concert I ever went to. :oops:
Of course, my mother made me go to that one. The second concert I ever went to was Judas Priest & Motorhead. :headbang: I made my mother go to that one.

[InfinityMax]

I had Right Said Fred, too. I like Adam Ant, but he also had Viva Le Rock at about the same time, and Desperate But Not Serious.

[ninthdoc]

I could be way off base here, but I thought that "Is This Love?" was Whitesnake - Different song entirely, same title.

and "Rockin' in to the Night" was 38 Special - Same song, .38 Special's version is not the earlier one, Survivor's is.

Amazon.com is an invaluable resource. You can see the publish dates of the CDs and listen to clips from the songs. I was a huge Whitesnake fan when they were all the rage and Tawny Kitaen was doing whatever she was doing on that car! They are completely different songs w/the same title, both hits.

[netherspirit]

I spend a lot of time surfing the net and have lots of websites that I like to read and/or visit. These are the ones that I like to read and or use a lot.

Perhaps I will post some more later. I will also try to come up with some more lists so that I can make this a daily or bi-daily thread.

Top 5 Non-Heroscape Websites

5. http://www.exitmundi.nl/
4. www.slashdot.org
3. www.fark
2. www.imdb.com
1. www.boardgamegeek.com

[InfinityMax]

5. http://maddox.xmission.com/ - Every now and then I like to go read this sarcasm and biting wit that makes me laugh out loud.
4. http://www.sxc.hu/ - I don't visit every day, but when I need free, high-res stock art, this place is a life-saver.
3. http://www.schlockmercenary.com/index.html - My absolute favorite webcomic.
2. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ - Duh.
1. http://www.theonion.com/content/index - It's not news, but it ought to be.

Nether, you need another one, unless you really just plain love slashdot.

[netherspirit]

haha, woops I had BGG up there...dunno what happened...

[Jason]

The Best Non HS website is ESPN.com

[netherspirit]

The Best Non HS website is ESPN.com

Top 5 list Jason...or do you not understand the concept of the thread :P

[toddrew]

Well, it's going to seem as though I'm borrowing from above, but:

5) Espn.go.com (Bill Simmons is a must read for me.)
4) www.m-w.com (I used to consider myself a good speller, but now I've got this crutch and I'm paralyzed (I had to look up the speeling for that, as I had reasonable doubt that it was *ized :) ) when it's available.
3) www.lastplanetojakarata.com - where I go for music criticism
2) imdb.com - essential for all my 'tip of the tongues' to do with movies.
1) www.iresis.com - I'm a realtor, this is my listing service :)

[happyjosiah]

WEBSITES

5. Ebay. Horay for cheap stuff you can't find anywehere else.
4. Google. I am one of those people who thinks "what was that one song/show/person/idea" and it will drive me crazy til I remember. Or for the 30 seconds it takes to google it. Also can be quite educational.
3. IMDB. I like movies quite a bit. The ratings and comments are fun to read, and the fact that everything is linked makes it really great.
2. Boardgamegeek. I less-than-three board games. Very much. The reviews and opinions are invaluable. I have almost 60 traditional games plus many CCGs and there's little else I would rather do with my time than play games. This site tells me the best places to invest my hard-earned cash.
1. Wikipedia. I can kill hours and hours here and learn while still having fun. I can express my knowledge and share it with the world. I can learn about absolutely anything. WP is the collective knowledge of the English speaking world in an easy to use format. It is the culmination of what the internet was always intended to be.

[toddrew]

Forgot about Wikipedia. If I don't know about something, that is where I go.

[boom]

My top 5 websites:

5) www.flamesofwar.com
4) www.nascar.com
3) www.wizards.com
2) www.ikwarmachine.com
1) www.ebay.com

[netherspirit]

Oh man Wiki is awesome! I can't believe I forgot about that one.

[hextr1p]

TOP 5 NON-HEROSCAPE WEBSITES

NikeTalk.com : The premiere Nike community. Amazing how much leaked info about upcoming shoe releases is posted on this board!

DeviantArt.com : True, this place has straight sold out since it first began, but you can still find amazing artwork here... even some of my old images!

IGN.com : My favorite source of eclectic information! Video games, comics, movies, and more. I go there often and drool over the media they have about PS3 games.

ESPN.com : Not sure I need to explain this one. Though ever since the inclusion of their streaming media, it's even better!

YouTube.com : Good times, because you never know what you're going to find. Though if you are trying to find some sort of movie file, it's most likely here.

[K/H_Addict]

5: Ebgames.com
4: gamefaqs.com
3: gamesages.com (IGN)
4: gamewinners.com
1: ebay

[django]

5.http://www.alisakiss.com/ 18 & OVER shes my dream girl
4.http://www.nataliedee.com/ my kind a funny
3.http://www.oafe.net/ toy review
2.http://www.kooksites.com/ strange sites
1.http://www.tfkenkon.com/ transformers pics and links

i just go to 5. for the free pics. my wife would kill me if i was gonna give money to some girl on the net and if im gonna give money to some girl online its not gonna be for pics :twisted: .

[Agent Minivann]

In no particular order:

homestarrunner.com - TROGDOR!!!
obscurestore.com - Great place for bizarre headlines.
archive.org - Love the wayback machine!
zapatopi.net - Join the sasquatch militia, and protect the Republic of Cascadia
slashdot.org - The forums are starting to bore me, but I still go there for the stories.

[Tiberius]

www.christianhouse.org
www.circleofswords.com
www.abugames.com
www.biblegateway.com
www.mutantsandmasterminds.com

[shakey_snake]

http://en.wikipedia.org
www.last.fm
www.google.com/ig
www.facebook.com
http://www.pabook.net/promo/pab_ban_anim.gif (www.pabook.net)

[daevablacc]

5 - yahoo.com
4 - ign.com (for video-game reviews)
3 - wikipedia
2 - gamefaqs.com (for video-game reviews and strategy)
1 - free porn sites (to be tasteful I will not name them here. don't want to give any kids porno addresses)

[django]

Oops!. :oops:

[daevablacc]

Oops!. :oops:
:D Sorry, I hope you didn't think my remark was directed at you. I was just explaining why I didn't have an actual address listed as my number one.

[netherspirit]

Holy crap, its been a long since I updated this with a new list.


Hmmmmmmmmm need a new list....

978th Post. 23 more and we will have a winner.

[K/H_Addict]

how about top five smileys?

:fencing:
:blowup:
:nkick:
:stupid:
:explode:

[ultradoug]

www.kingdomofloathing.com
www.weirdal.com
www.doogtoons.com
www.askaninja.com
www.ccgworkshop.com

[monkeyfish]

Things I hate about the past 10 years
1. I wasn't able to get the star wars AT-AT walker
2. Jar jar
3. I spent 50$ on a cat that hates me
4. Poor investments EX: yugioh, pokemon, ETC
5. My 2 year old sister.