MEME TIME: EXHAUSTO LIST 3000: FILM EDITION

July 20th, 2008 by Brack

Same thing, this time for films. Via Matthew J. Brady

Pick a favourite film from every year you’ve been alive.

1975 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976 - Rocky
1977 - Star Wars
1978 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979 - The Muppet Movie
1980 - Airplane!
1981 - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
1982 - Blade Runner
1983 - Videodrome
1984 - This Is Spinal Tap *
1985 - Better Off Dead
1986 - True Stories
1987 - A Chinese Ghost Story *
1988 - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1989 - Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
1990 - Wild at Heart
1991 - Delicatessen
1992 - Porco Rosso
1993 - Fong Sai-yuk
1994 - Drunken Master 2 *
1995 - Get Shorty
1996 - Swingers
1997 - Jackie Brown
1998 - The Big Lebowski
1999 - Election *
2000 - Best In Show *
2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums *
2002 - 24 Hour Party People
2003 - Melvin Goes To Dinner
2004 - Mind Game
2005 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2007 - No Country For Old Men
2008 - Iron Man

* These years were tough to pick a favourite film from, as they were particularly strong for films.

EDIT: I’d forgotten No Country for Old Men was a 2007 film due to how long it took to show up in my local cinema.

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MEME TIME: EXHAUSTO LIST 3000: MUSIC EDITION

July 20th, 2008 by Brack

This time via A.V. Club

Pick a favourite album from every year you’ve been alive.

1975 - Warrior on the Edge of Time - Hawkwind
1976 - The Ramones - The Ramones
1977 - Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads
1978 - Parallel Lines - Blondie
1979 - Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse *
1980 - Remain in Light - Talking Heads
1981 - Scientist Rids The World of the Evil Curse Of The Vampires - Scientist
1982 - Combat Rock – The Clash *
1983 - Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads
1984 - Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
1985 - Little Creatures - Talking Heads
1986 - Raising Hell - Run DMC
1987 - Sign o’ The Times - Prince
1988 - Surfer Rosa - Pixies
1989 - Paul’s Boutique - The Beastie Boys
1990 - Leggy Mambo - Cud
1991 - Trompe le Monde - Pixies
1992 - It’s a Shame about Ray - The Lemonheads
1993 - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
1994 - Niggamortis - Gravediggaz
1995 - Wowee Zowee - Pavement
1996 - Endtroducing….. - DJ Shadow
1997 - Sound Verite - The Make Up
1998 - 1965 - Afghan Whigs
1999 - Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM
2000 - Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah
2001 - Discovery - Daft Punk
2002 - Cammell Laird Social Club - Half Man Half Biscuit
2003 - Sumday - Grandaddy
2004 - If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Bite ‘Em - Weird War
2005 - Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
2006 - Pick a Bigger Weapon - The Coup
2007 - Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
2008 - Saturnalia - The Gutter Twins

* These two are simply based on being the only albums from those years I can recall having heard. I really had a struggle finding albums I’d heard from 1979-1985. 1989 is basically my year zero of being an album purchaser (Hup by The Wonder Stuff being that starting point), and while I’ve filled in a lot of knowledge of 60s and 70’s music, that post-punk/new romantic/hair metal period really is a void for me beyond Talking Heads.

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