Monday 29 July 2019

The Monday List

When A Man Loves The Monday List - It's Ten Unnecessary Cover Versions, Michael Bolton Edition

When A Man Loves A Woman, Michael Bolton
Sexual Healing, Michael Bolton
Tired Of Being Alone, Michael Bolton
A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Michael Bolton
Dancing In The Street, Michael Bolton
I Can't Stand The Rain, Michael Bolton
Try A Little Tenderness, Michael Bolton
Reach Out I'll Be There, Michael Bolton
Ain't No Sunshine, Michael Bolton
Georgia On My Mind, Michael Bolton

Monday 22 July 2019

The Monday List

Ten Music Videos That Feature Judges

Good Morning, Judge - 10CC
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Good Charlotte
Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
Do Anything You Wanna Do - Thin Lizzy
Sexuality - Billy Bragg
The Drug In Me Is You - Falling In Reverse
I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
Kangaroo Court - Capital Cities
She Said - Plan B

Monday 15 July 2019

The Monday List

Ten Things From Jukebox Musicals We're Completely Bored Of

The setting is a futuristic totalitarian dystopia
Privileged but malcontent teenage heroine
Teen hero from wrong side of the tracks
Romeo and Juliet-style plot involving the previous two things.
The heroine gets a rock/metal/punk/bad-gal makeover
Evil overlord who has outlawed music (usually the heroine's dad)
Campy torture scene, usually involving the chorus pretending to spasm while being poked by fake cattle prods
A macguffin that's only there to look/sound cool, rather than being vital to the outcome of the plot
Song sung by beta couple who invariably have way more talent/charisma/chemistry than the alpha couple*
The inevitable chuffing film adaptation of the musical

*And who are usually considerably less white

Monday 8 July 2019

The Monday List

Break A Leg! It's Another Ten Place Names That Sound Like Old Actors

Stanton Fitzwarren
Newton St Loe
Lydiard Millicent
Broughton Poggs
Grendon Underwood
Hinton Waldrist
Kingston Bagpuize
Asthall Leigh
Buckland Marsh
Norton Malreward

Monday 1 July 2019

Planet Sad Wimbledon Update

Yes, Greta and Freda Sad are enjoying our traditional Wimbledon fortnight - slumped in front of BBC2 with a family bucket of pickled onion Monster Munch and several dozen cans of Asda own brand Strawberry Daiquiri to hand.

When we heard Andy Murray would be playing men's doubles with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, we got very excited, because at first we thought he was teaming up with Jean-Hugues Anglade. Once we'd swallowed our disappointment (and a couple of those Strawberry Daiquiris) on learning the truth, we were at least able to dig this picture from Killing Zoe (nah, us neither) out of the Planet Sad archives and remind ourselves that if you are French, it is still legal to be this ridiculously grubby:


The Monday List

Ten Rejected Titles For John Wick 3

John Wick 3: Wick Harder
John Wick 3: Wick As A Brick
John Wick 3: John Wick vs Kramer
John Wick 3: The Wick And The Dead
John Wick 3: The John Wick-er Man
John Wick 3: Look, Keanu's Acting!
Tyler Perry's John Wick 3
John Wick 3: Is He Really Still Upset About The Dog?
John Wick 3: Season Of The Wick
John Wick 3: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire