Sunday, 8 November 2009

Overlooked things

It often seems as if lists/compilations are a lazy means of producing content. However, since many of the things that I consider to be worthy of cheer are disparate and small, they would not warrant a place in a whole post of their own. Also, since I actually enjoy a random accumulation of information, this may perhaps be the perfect format for this post. However, rather than just create a generic list (100 greatest films, top 10 songs of all time etc.) I decided to attempt five lists, each of which covers something which is often overlooked, which doesn't deserve to be. Consider this therefore to be a chronicle of the underrated. Enjoy!

List One: Overlooked songs from the 1980s

i) Q Lazzarus - Goodbye horses
ii) Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime
iii) The Cure - Close to Me
iv) Kraftwerk - The Model
v) Cameo - Word Up

List Two: Shakespeare lines which should be used more in everday life

i) "She would serve after a long journey at sea." (Lysimachus, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre)
ii) "Men are April when they woo, December when they wed." (Rosalind "As you like it")
iii) "Your daughter and the Moor are making the beast with two backs" (Iago "Othello")
iv) "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face" (Albany "King Lear")
v) "Hang you whoreson, insolent noise-maker" (Antonio "The Tempest")

List Three: Great names in history

i) Edmund Crouchback, Count of Champagne and Brie (1245 - 1296)
ii) The Diet of Worms (1521)
iii) The Battle of Rain (1632)
iv) William Wildman Shute Barrington (1717 - 1793)
v) The Brown Dog Riots (1907)

List Four: Songs from the Golden Age of Rap

i) Warren G - Regulate
ii) Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
iii) Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's delight
iv) Grandmaster Flash - The Message
v) Run DMC - Tricky

List Five: People who you need to Wikipedia right now

i) Eric Gill
ii) Gyles Brandreth
iii) William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (5th Duke of Portland)
iv) Thomas Midgley Junior
v) H'Angus

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