You're the Tops!

2007 is drawing to a close. So often, we are so anxious to look forward that we forget to look back. But now is the time for reflection on the year that is about to pass, and in honoring it, we can turn to that age-old tradition: the Top [5 or 10] List.

No movie/book has used this concept better than "High Fidelity", which is rife with Top 5 Lists, ranging from the general to the specific, and always followed by some kind of argument or discussion. So in preparation of the onslaught of my personal Top 10 Lists that will be coming your way over the next several days, here is a quote from that great film:


Barry: Top 5 songs about death. A Laura's Dad tribute list, okay? Okay. Leader of the Pack. The guy fuckin' beefs it on his motorcycle and dies, right? Dead Man's Curve. Jan & Dean.
Dick: Do you know that right after they recorded that song Jan himself crashed his car...
Barry: It was Dean you fuckin' idiot...
Rob: It was Jan. It was a long time after the song.
Barry: Okay, whatever. Tell Laura I Love Her. That would bring the house down - Laura's Mom could sing it. You know what I'd want? One Step Beyond by Madness. And, uh, You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Dick: No. Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with The Big Chill.
Barry: Oh God. You're right!
Dick: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot.
Barry: You bastard! That's so good - that should have been mine... The night Laura's daddy died. Sha na na na na na na na na! Brother what a night it really was. Mother what a night it really... angina's tough! Glory be!