Monday, 26 August 2024

The Monday List

The Ten Most Cliched First Dance At A Wedding Songs

At Last, Etta James

Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton

Can't Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley

Perfect, Ed Sheeran

I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston

All Of Me, John Legend

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Rod Stewart

More Than Words, Extreme

Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers

From This Moment On, Shania Twain


Monday, 19 August 2024

The Monday List

Ten Unnecessary Cover Versions, Conway Twitty Edition

Slow Hand, Conway Twitty

Just When I Needed You Most, Conway Twitty

Heartache Tonight, Conway Twitty

Three Times A Lady, Conway Twitty

House of the Rising Sun, Conway Twitty

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Conway Twitty

We've Got Tonight, Conway Twitty

The Rose, Conway Twitty

Proud Mary, Conway Twitty

Baby I'm-a Want You, Conway Twitty

Monday, 12 August 2024

The Monday List

A Further Ten Of The Most Clichéd Rock Song Titles

This Time

Heart To Heart

Promises

Angel

Call Me

Someday

Lady

Too Late

Stay

It's Only Love


Monday, 5 August 2024

The Monday List

The Top Ten Villain Wigs In Popular Culture

The Kurgan (Highlander) – Clancy Brown invents Pete Steele out of Type O Negative. You’re welcome.
Top Dollar (The Crow) – ooh, that voice, they say. Yes, and ooh, those long, shiny, dark-chestnut, mostly fake locks…
Robert Harley (The Favourite) – maybe not as villainous as others on this list, but the wiggage is Elton John level, and they didn’t have Luton vans to ferry you around in those days. Mice probably live in it.
Archibald Cunningham (Rob Roy) – just one wig-wearer among many and he may be outfopped by others but he definitely wins on bastard points. Plus, we’re convinced that had he not performatively doffed his faux ringlets before the final duel, they would have deflected the blow that killed him.
Immortan Joe (Mad Max: Fury Road) – his platinum mane is definitely not mediocre.
Aemond Targaryen (House of the Dragon) – again, there are many wigs and bigger villains, but he edges it with his Legolas-meets-Snake Plissken look.
Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) – he’s genetically engineered, so that Nick Rhodes ‘do is 100% deliberate.
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen (Dune 2) – but he’s bald, you say? True, but this look was achieved by applying not just one but two bald caps to Austin Butler. It’s inverse wiggery, and what could be more villiainous than that?
Lucius Malfoy (various Harry Potter films) ‘I wanted to look like Caprice, but in the end I looked a lot more like Vanessa Feltz.’ We love you, Jason Isaacs.
Colonel William Tavington (The Patriot) – yes, Jason Isaacs again, but he’s wearing a wig and we think he’s the tits. So there.