HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE:Eva Longoria, the most famous housewife in the world and apparently desperate
The list is endless, so I'll probably forget loads of great artists, but this is pretty much what I like to listen to... FM Rock / Classic Rock:
The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Boston, Cheap Trick (oldies), Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Foreigner, Glass Tiger, Heart, Icehouse, James, Journey, Little River Band, Loverboy, Mike and The Mechanics, The Police, Queen, Roxy Music, Toto, U2, Van Halen, etc.
DON'T FORGET ME WHEN I'M GONE:Glass Tiger, emo kids from the 80s Post-punk / New wave / Britpop:
A Flock Of Seagulls, Arctic Monkeys, The Automatic, Bloc Party, The Bravery, Boomtown Rats, The Clash, Coldplay, The Cure (old stuff), The Dead 60s, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Fratellis, Het Goede Doel, The Jam, Joy Division, Kaiser Chiefs, Kajagoogoo, The Killers, Maxïmo Park, Men At Work, New Order, Pigeon Detectives, The Police, The Rakes, Razorlight, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, Snow Patrol, The Specials, Suede, Talking Heads, U2, The View, etc.
IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU:A Flock Of Seagulls on a good hair day! Alternative:
Arcade Fire, The Cranberries, Green Day, Hooverphonic, Jimmy Eat World, The Magic Numbers, Manic Street Preachers, Mindless Self Indulgence, Rilo Kiley, The Riplets, Tegan and Sara, etc.
I SAY PLEEEEAAAAASSSEEE:Tegan and Sara, the coolest twins ever! Pop:
ABBA, ABC, The Beach Boys, The Beautiful South, BeeGees, Carpenters, Crowded House, Dexys Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Electronic, The Housemartins, Kool & The Gang, Level 42, The Proclaimers, Simon & Garfunkel, Spandau Ballet, The Style Council, Tears For Fears, Wham!, etc.
I WOULD WALK 500 MILES:The Proclaimers… Well, they’re not exactly Tegan and Sara (but cool in their own distinctive way!) Soul / Funk / Disco:
Mainly '60s girl groups and all the wonderful singles from the major US soul labels; Atlantic, Motown, Philadelphia and Stax.
George Benson, The Dramatics, Earth Wind & Fire, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, The Isley Brothers (pre-1990), Jermaine Jackson (way better singer than Michael!), Rick James, Kool & The Gang (both the funk years and the pop years), Curtis Mayfield, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Parliament, Billy Paul, The Pointer Sisters, The Ronettes, Sly & The Family Stone, The Supremes, Tavares, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, etc.
BE MY BABY:The Ronettes, too cool for white corporate America in the 1960s Hard Rock / Metal:
After Forever, Annihilator, Delain, Epica, Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Nightwish, Queen, Stratovarius, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Within Temptation, etc.
ICE QUEENS:Luckily they didn't sing... Female singers:
Adele, Lily Allen, Tori Amos, Stevie Ann, Anouk, Corinne Bailey Rae, Michelle Branch, Melanie C, Rita Coolidge, Sheryl Crow, Ellen ten Damme, Dido, Duffy, Aretha Franklin, Nelly Furtado, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Natalie Imbruglia, Jem, Carol King, Chantal Kreviazuk, Avril Lavigne, Kirsty MacColl, Lene Marlin, Sarah McLachlan, Kylie Minogue, Heather Nova, Dolores O'Riordan, Gretchen Peters, P!nk, Siouxsie, Ronnie Spector, Regina Spektor, Gwen Stefani, Joss Stone, KT Tunstall, Tina Turner, Bonnie Tyler, Simone White, Kim Wilde, Amy Winehouse, etc.WE COME FROM THE LAND DOWNUNDER:Kylie and Natalie, Australia's finest! Male singers:
Bryan Adams, Ryan Adams, Jon Anderson, Billy Bragg, Jackson Browne, Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, Peter Cetera, Phil Collins, Bing Crosby, Christopher Cross, Neil Diamond, Don Henley, Joe Jackson, Billy Joel, Elton John, Jack Johnson, John Lennon, Dean Martin, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Meat Loaf, Freddy Mercury, Morrissey, Roy Orbison, Robert Palmer, Elvis Presley , Chris Rea, Leo Sayer, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Sting, Steven Vanzandt, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Paul Young, etc.
THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS:Morrissey in a suit with a tommy gun Electronic:
CCS, Chicane, Faithless, Goldfrapp, Husky Rescue, Kosheen, Kraftwerk, Modern Talking, Pet Shop Boys, Röyksopp, Vive La Fête, etc.
OOH LA LA:Alison Goldfrapp in her art deco days Local bands worth checking out:
21 Eyes Of Ruby , Alize , Candy In Helsinki , Delphian , DISfunk , The Dreamstealers , The Dying Hipp-Os , Elleanore , The Feromones , The Filthy Red Horse , Fisk , Japayork , Liftid , The Mad Trist , Maze , Morning , Mytholic , Obscure , Reincarnatus , Salto Del Muerto , SAT2D , Seventh Sin , Sideshift Harry , Siren , Testify Today , These Seats Are Taken , The Skarabeez , V-Male , Viberider , Wisehead .
ALL THAT SHINE:Miles of smiles with Viberider Songwriters:
Bryan Adams, Walter Afanasieff, Gregg Alexander, Dido Armstrong, Burt Bacharach, Jon Bon Jovi, Nick Bracegirdle, Michelle Branch, Mike Chapman, Desmond Child, Nicky Chinn, Neil Diamond, Lamont Dozier, Bob Dylan, Bernard Edwards, Gibb brothers, Paul Heaton, Gamble & Huff, Howard Greenfield, Don Henley, Noel Hogan, Rupert Holmes, Bruce Johnston, Mick Jones, Eliot Kennedy, Nik Kershaw, Carol King, Chantal Kreviazuk, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Kirsty MacColl, Johnny Marr, Paul McCartney, Sarah McLachlan, Freddy Mercury, Steven Morrissey, Rick Nielsen, John Lennon, Jeff Lynn, Brian May, Ben Moody, Rick Nowels, Dolores O'Riordan, Gretchen Peters, Salaam Remi, Nile Rodgers, Matt Rowe, John Shanks, Phil Spector, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Stannard, Billy Steinberg, Jim Steinman, Stephen Street, Joe Strummer, Bernard Summer, Gordon Sumner, Stock/Aitken/Waterman, Barrett Strong, Henk Temming, Philip Thornalley, Jim Vallance, Butch Walker, Diane Warren, Barry White, Alain Whyte, etc. Producers:
Greg Alexander, Rollo Armstrong, Roy Thomas Baker, Bob Clearmountain, Dr. Luke, Bernard Edwards, Bruce Fairbairn, David Foster, Nigel Godrich, Stephen Hague, Trevor Horn, Quincy Jones, Jon Landau, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jeff Lynn, The Matrix, Tim Mosley, Dave Munday, Brendan O'Brian, Obie O'Brian, Rick Rubin, Bob Rock, Nile Rodgers, John Shanks, Phil Spector, Jim Steinman, Stock/Aitken/Waterman, Stephen Street, Phil Thornalley, Jim Vallance, Butch Walker, Brian Wilson, Xenomania, etc.
I usually forget film titles, but here are the ones that I do remember...24 Hour Party People, Almost Famous, Blade, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Coming To America, Cruel Intentions, Dogma, Ferris Bueler's Day Off, Groundhog Day, The Holy Grail, The Life Of Brian, Office Space, One Night At McCool's, Orgazmo, Pulp Fiction, Shrek, Spies Like Us, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy, There's Something About Mary, This Is Spinal Tap.I enjoy most music related films as well, from inspiring biopics and rockumentaries to sappy musical chick flicks, like Josie & The Pussycats (Rachael Leigh Cook with a guitar... Sweet!!!).Also see my Flixter page .
Comedy: Ali G Show, André van Duin (various shows), Blackadder, Bottom, Chappelle's Show, Dharma & Greg, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, Joling & Gordon Over De Vloer, Koefnoen, Little Britain, Monty Python's Flying Circus, My Name Is Earl, Seinfeld, Will & Grace, The Young Ones. Animation: Creature Comforts, Family Guy, The Flintstones, Futurama, The Simpsons, South Park, Spongebob Squarepants. Teen dramas: Dawson's Creek (when Katie was still cute), Gilmore Girls (cute daughter, even cuter mom), The OC, What About Brian. Action & Fantasy: The A-Team, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (especially the season with Faith), Knight Rider. Talkshows & Current Events: Dit Was Het Nieuws, Jonathan Ross, Paul de Leeuw (various), De Wereld Draait Door. Music: Later With Jools Holland, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.Also, talent shows in the vein of Idols, X Factor, StarMaker, Fame Academy, Popstars: The Rivals, etc. They're all the same and they all sing the same Elton John and Stevie Wonder songs, but they're (mostly) interesting from a marketing point of view.
FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS:Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler from the BBC series "Bottom"