The Delicate Sound

Five Drummers Who Rock 1. Mark Brzezicki (the Cult & Big Country) 2. Phill Rudd (AC/DC) 3. Charlie Watts 4. Reni (The Stone Roses) 5. Rick Buckler (The Jam) Five Songs You Will Never Hear At My House 1. (anything) - by Billy Joel 2. The Chicken Dance 3. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van is the Man but I have to draw the line 4. Celebration - Kool & the Gang 5. American Pie - Don McLean (or anyone else) Five Songs You Might Be Surprised to Hear at My House 1. Groove Is In the Heart - Deelite 2. Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA 3. Photograph - Def Leppard 4. Last Train To Trancentral - The KLF 5. Rubber Band Man - the Spinners The Last Five Songs Played At My Last Party (New Year's Eve) 1. Train In Vain - The Clash 2. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC 3. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 4. Panama - Van Halen 5. Photograph - Def Leppard Long live the list...

Many people in my circle know the site www.5ives.com , whether due to my forwarding a particularly funny post or via del.icio.us or whatever. I subscribe to the RSS feed and get a chunk of 5ives lists pretty much once a week. In honor of today's list , here is a list of my own: Five 1980s Albums I Own That Contain A Single Worthwhile Song (Thus Making the Album Worth It) 1. REM - Green (untitled last track) 2. Steve Winwood - Talking Back To the Night ("Valerie") 3. Icicle Works - Icicle Works ("Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)") 4. Donnie Iris - King Cool ("Love Is Like A Rock") 5. Shriekback - Oil & Gold ("Nemesis") I can't believe it's true...