Best Rock & Roll Movies Ever

1 - A Hard Day's Night (1964)

2 - Woodstock (1970)

3 - Dont Look Back (1967)

3 - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

4 - Stop Making Sense (1984)

5 - Purple Rain (1984)

6 - The Last Waltz (1978)

7 - The Blues Brothers (1980)

8 - The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)

9 - The Kids Are Alright (1979)

10 - High Fidelity (2000)

Greatest Horror Film Icons

1 - Lon Chaney

2 - Boris Karloff

3 - Bela Lugosi

4 - Vincent Price

5 - Christopher Lee

6 - Peter Cushing

7 - Anthony Hopkins

8 - Donald Pleasance

9 - Anthony Perkins

10 - Elsa Lanchester

11 - Linda Blair
12 - Lon Chaney, Jr.
13 - Colin Clive
14 - Max Schreck
15 - Janet Leigh
16 - Peter Lorre
17 - Robert Englund
18 - Jack Nicholson
19 - Jamie Lee Curtis
20 - Heather O'Rourke

Best Videos in Rock & Roll History

1 - "Take on Me" (1985) by a-ha

2 - "Billie Jean" (1983) by Michael Jackson

3 - "Sledgehammer" (1986) by Peter Gabriel

4 - "Hurt" (2002) by Johnny Cash

5 - "Thriller" (1983) by Michael Jackson

6 - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) by Nirvana

7 - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (1965) by Bob Dylan

8 - "Vogue" (1990) by Madonna

9 - "One" (1989) by Metallica

10 - "Addicted to Love" (1985) by Robert Palmer

Scariest Films Ever Made

1 -Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

2 - Psycho (1960)

3 - Jaws (1975)

4 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)

5 - Phantom of the Opera (1925)

6 - The Exorcist (1973)

7 - The Amityville Horror (1979)

8 - Deliverance (1972)

9 - The Haunting (1963)

10 - Race With The Devil (1975)

Happy Birthday John Lennon

John Lennon was born sixty-nine years ago today.

Here is a performance by John Lennon in 1968 from the Rolling Stones' TV special "Rock & Roll Circus". Mick Jagger handles the introduction, followed by a pretty cool performance of the Beatles' "Yer Blues" featuring Eric Clapton on guitar, Keith Richards on bass, and Mitch Mitchell on drums.

Best Records in Rock & Roll History

(note: This is not a "Best Songs" list, nor it is a list of "Most Important Records";
those would be decidedly different lists)

1 - "Good Vibrations" (1966) by the Beach Boys

2 - "Be My Baby" (1963) by the Ronettes

3 - "Like A Rolling Stone" (1965) by Bob Dylan

4 - "Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967) by the Beatles

5 - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1968) by Marvin Gaye

6 - "Johnny B. Goode" (1958) by Chuck Berry

7 - "Runaway" (1961) by Del Shannon

8 - "River Deep - Mountain High" (1966) by Ike & Tina Turner

9 - "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) by the Four Tops

10 - "Respect" (1967) by Aretha Franklin

Greatest Classic Monsters

1 - Vampires
(best: Lugosi, 1931; Lee, 1958)

2 - Frankenstein's Monster(s)
(best: Karloff, 1931; Karloff & Lanchester, 1935; Boyle, 1974)

3 - Werewolves
(best: Chaney Jr, 1941; Naughton, 1981)

4 - Kong
(best: 1933)

5 - Witches
(best: Hamilton, 1939; Lake, 1942; Hayes, 1969; Robertson, 2007)

6 - Ghosts
(best: The Haunting, 1963; Blair Witch Project, 1999)

7 - Mummies
(best: Karloff, 1932; Parker, 1955)

8 - Zombies
(best: Romero films, 1968 ff)

9 - Godzilla
(best: Toho films, 1954 ff)

10 - Phantom of the Opera
(best: Chaney, 1925)

Most Overlooked for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

(note: these artists should already be in the Hall, but sadly are not;
several are nominated for possible inlcusion in 2010)

1 - Bernie Taupin (non-performer)

2 - Patsy Cline

3 - Tommy James &
the Shondells

4 - Pat Benatar

5 - Brian Epstein (non-performer)

6 - ABBA

7 - Genesis

8 - Chic

9 - The Monkees

10 - Moody Blues