1. Light My Fire – Doors 2. Layla – Derek and the Dominos – featuring E. C. 3. He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – Hollies. 4. Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin 5. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix. 6. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple — best opening guitar riff. 7. Hotel California – Eagles – what is it about? “You can check out any time you like But you can never leave”. 8. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry – check out Marty in “Back to the Future.” 9. I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles 10. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley. 11. Paint It Black – Rolling Stones. 12. Roundabout – Yes. Now, Send Me Your Top List
My Favorite Movie Characters (Ray) — Hi, all:
1. Forrest Gump – Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump (1994) – scene where Forrest first meets his son – just Hank’s facial expressions in that take should be taught in Acting 101…along with everything else he does…
2. Billy Kwan – Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) – the best transformation from an actor to the character…
3. E.T. – Pat Welsh (voice) – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – how could he not be on this List…
4. Rocky Balboa – Sylvester Stallone – Rocky (1976) – do you think you could overcome those odds?…
5. James Bond (007) – Sean Connery, others) – Goldfinger(1964) – Mr. Connery, I believe, is the all-time best “Bond, James Bond…” “Do you expect me to talk?” No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.”
6. Vito Corleone – Marlon Brando – The Godfather (1972) – if he hadn’t made this List, Vito may have given me An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse…
7. Marty McFly – Michael J. Fox – Back to the Future (1985) – just how old is this character? – did Michael or Chuck perform “Johnny B. Goode” at his parents’ high school?
7. Dr. Emmett Brown – Christopher Lloyd – Back to the Future (1985) – has to be a tie; one would not work without the other; “Roads…Who Needs Roads.”
9. Ferris Bueller – Matthew Broderick – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – “They think he’s a righteous dude.” Save Ferris.
10. The Man With No Name (Blondie) – Clint Eastwood – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) – If you come up against him, You may not want to know his name…
11. John Shaft – Richard Roundtree — Shaft (1971) – a great song by Isaac Hayes accompanied the film…it won Best Original Song at the 1972 Oscars…
12. John McClane – Bruce Willis – Die Hard (1988) – “Who’s driving this car, Stevie Wonder?”…
13. Detective Virgil Tibbs – Sidney Poitier – In the Heat of the Night (1967) – “They call me Mr. Tibbs…”
14. Dorothy – Judy Garland – The Wizard of OZ (1939) – “There’s no place like home.” (Dorothy) “Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking…don’t they?” (Scarecrow); A name seems to be coming to me through cyberspace – J…O…E.
15. Hannibal Lecter – Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – If he invites you over for dinner, I would think three times before deciding – ask about the menu first…
16. Randle Patrick McMurphy – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – “But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen.” (Chief Bromden) – There’s that name that starts with “J” and ends with “E” coming to mind again…
17. Ellen Ripley – Sigourney Weaver – Alien (1979) – Ripley, one badass chick…
18. Indiana Jones – Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – wow! What a Ride!
19. Frankenstein’s Monster — Boris Karloff – Frankenstein (1931) – this film established Mr. Karloff as an “horror icon.” – as Mary Shelley wrote him in her Novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, in 1818.
20. Dracula – Bela Lugosi – Dracula (1931) – Mr. Lugosi was also a pretty scary well-dressed dude – from Bram Stroker’s novel, Dracula, in 1897…
Okay, where’s your List?
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