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Monday, January 30, 2023

Greatest NFL MVP's

Greatest NFL MVP's (February 2019)

This is a list of every NFL regular season MVP up to this point. Some of the players who won this award are a bit surprising. There are are very few players who have won the award who have not been quarterbacks or running backs. There have only been two defensive players who have ever won the award. There is even a kicker on the list, believe it or not. Tom Brady gets an asterisk. 

48. Mark Moseley
47. Larry Brown
46. Earl Morrall
45. Brian Sipe
44. Rich Gannon
43. Cam Newton
42. Ken Anderson
41. Bert Jones
40. Shaun Alexander
39. Steve McNair
38. Kurt Warner
37. Matt Ryan
36. Norm Van Brocklin
35. John Brodie
34. Roman Gabriel

33. Jim Taylor
32. Paul Hornung
31. Patrick Mahomes
30. Marshall Faulk
29. Boomer Esiason
28. Alan Page
27. Joe Theismann
26. Ken Stabler
25. Thurman Thomas
24. Terrell Davis
23. LaDainian Tomlinson
22. YA Tittle
21. Marcus Allen
20. Emmitt Smith
19. Bart Starr

18. Fran Tarkenton
17. Earl Campbell
16. Aaron Rodgers
15. Steve Young
14. Adrian Peterson
13. Barry Sanders
12. Dan Marino
11. Terry Bradshaw
10. Lawrence Taylor
9. John Elway
8. Brett Favre
7. OJ Simpson
6. Peyton Manning
5. Walter Payton
*4. Tom Brady

3. Joe Montana
2. Johnny Unitas
1. Jim Brown

Greatest Super Bowl MVP's

Greatest Super Bowl MVP's (February 2019)

This list is based only upon their performance as it relates to Super Bowls. Some surprising players have won this award. I have put asterisks in places where I feel they are warranted because of the circumstances that transpired with a certain organisation that tainted their championships. Some players won multiple MVP's as well. This is not a measure of overall greatness. Impact on the actual Super Bowl or multiple Super Bowls is taken into account as well.

46. Malcolm Smith
45. Larry Brown
*44. Julian Edelman
*43. Deion Branch
42. Dexter Jackson
41. Harvey Martin
40. Chuck Howley
39. Jake Scott
38. Desmond Howard
37. Nick Foles
36. Randy White
35. Otis Anderson
34. Santonio Holmes
33. Mark Rypien
32. Richard Dent

31. Fred Biletnikoff
30. Von Miller
29. Hines Ward
28. Doug Williams
27. Phil Simms
26. Jim Plunkett
25. Joe Flacco
24. Ray Lewis
23. Troy Aikman
22. Terrell Davis
21. Kurt Warner
20. Drew Brees
19. Aaron Rodgers
18. Emmitt Smith
17. Lynn Swann

16. Roger Staubach
15. Eli Manning
14. Jerry Rice
13. Len Dawson
12. Larry Csonka
11. Peyton Manning
10. Marcus Allen
9. John Riggins
8. Franco Harris
7. Bart Starr
6. Steve Young
5. Joe Namath
4. John Elway
*3. Tom Brady
2. Terry Bradshaw

1. Joe Montana

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Greatest songs about California and Los Angeles

Greatest songs about California and Los Angeles (January 2019)

California and Los Angeles in particular, is one of the greatest places on the planet. Recently, it has become my new home. There are many songs about California, Los Angeles, Hollywood etc. Here are some of the best. They are diverse and awesome. 

40. Motley Crue- Girls, Girls, Girls
39. Madonna- Hollywood
38. Ice Cube- It was a good day
37. Rage Against the Machine- Down Rodeo
36. Katy Perry- California Girls
35. The Thrills- Big Sur
34. Scott McKenzie- San Francisco
33. Led Zeppelin- Going to California
32. Weezer- Beverly Hills
31. Easy E- Boys N’ the Hood
30. Cheech and Chong- Born in East LA
29. Bob Seger- Hollywood Nights

28. Motley Crue- Dr. Feelgood
27. Journey- Don’t stop believing
26. Otis Redding- Sitting on the dock of the bay
25. NWA- Straight out of Compton
24. Jan and Dean- Surf City
23. Sheryl Crow- All I wanna do
22. Randy Newman- I love LA
21. Tom Petty- Into the great wide open
20. Guns N’ Roses- Paradise city
19. Richard Marx- Don’t mean nothing
18. Billy Joel- Say Goodbye to Hollywood
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication

16. David Bowie- Cracked Actor
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Dani California
14. Poison- Fallen Angel
13. Beach Boys- California Girls
12. 2 Pac- California Love
11. Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
10. LL Cool J- Going back to Cali
9. LA LA Land- City of Stars
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Under the Bridge
7. Phantom Planet- California
6. Guns N’ Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
5. Eagles- Hotel California

4. Beach Boys- Surfin’ USA
3. Tom Petty- Free Fallin’
2. Doors- LA Woman
1. Mamas and the Papas- California Dreaming

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Most Epic Songs

Most Epic Songs (January 2019)

These are the most epic songs of all time. What makes a song epic? The length, the scope and the grandness. Most of these songs are extremely long and some have different parts and changes in them. They are large in every way.

75. Rush-2112
74. David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
73. King Crimson- The Court of King Crimson
72. Cream- White Room
71. Emerson Lake and Palmer- Tarkus
70. Temptations- Papa was a Rolling Stone
69. Funkadelic- Maggot Brain
68. Billy Joel- Piano Man
67. Afrika Bambaataa- Planet Rock
66. Uriah Heap- Gypsy
65. Easy E- Boys in the Hood
64. Bob Dylan- Tangled up in Blue

63. Manic Street Preachers- If you tolerate this then your children will be next
62. Jimmy Hendrix- Voodoo Chile
61. The Doors- Light my Fire
60. My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the black parade
59. USA for Africa- We are the world
58. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge over troubled water
57. David Bowie- Young Americans
56. The Doors- LA Woman
55. Wings- Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey
54. Richard Harris- MacArthur Park
53. Styx- Come sail away
52. The Beatles- Abbey Road Medley

51. Queen- March of the Black Queen
50. Billy Joel- Scenes from an Italian restaurant
49. Gordon Lightfoot- Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
48. David Bowie- Cygnet Committee
47. Arlo Guthrie- Alice’s restaurant massacre
46. Crosby, Stills and Nash- Suite: Judy Blue eyes
45. David Bowie- Memory of a free festival
44. Donna Summer- I feel love
43. Guns N’ Roses- November Rain
42. King Crimson- 21st Century Schizoid man
41. Simon and Garfunkel- The Boxer
40. Genesis- Supper’s ready

39. Stevie Wonder- Living for the city
38. Metallica- Master of Puppets
37. Bruce Springsteen- Born to run
36. Pink Floyd- Another brick in the wall
35. Iron Butterfly- In a gadda da vida
34. Yes- Roundabout
33. The Eagles- Hotel California
32. Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the Heart
31. Prince- Purple Rain
30. Led Zeppelin- Kashmir
29. Black Sabbath- Iron Man
28. The Who- Baba O’ Riley

27. Yes- Close to the Edge
26. Wings- Band on the run
25. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Free Bird
24. David Bowie- Sweet thing/ Candidate
23. Beach Boys- Good Vibrations
22. Bob Dylan- Like a rolling stone
21. The Beatles- Hey Jude
20. Procol Harum- Whiter Shade of Pale
19. Michael Jackson- Thriller
18. Meat Loaf- I would do anything for love (but I won’t do that)
17. Sugar Hill Gang- Rapper’s Delight
16. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

15. Television- Marquee Moon
14. Metallica- One
13. The Beatles- A day in the life
12. Meat Loaf- Paradise by the Dashboard light
11. The Who- Won’t get fooled again
10. Grandmaster Flash- The Message
9. The Doors- When the music’s over
8. Black Sabbath- War Pigs
7. Don McLean- American Pie
6. David Bowie- Station to Station
5. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to Heaven
4. David Bowie- Width of a circle

3. Meat Loaf- Bat out of Hell
2. The Doors- The End
1. Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody

Sunday, January 15, 2023

Greatest Super Bowl winning running back combinations

Greatest Super Bowl winning running back combinations (January 2019)

In the past, having great running backs was something that most Super Bowl winning teams would have. That has changed a bit in recent years. There are some very weak combinations here and some great ones. This is a list of every running back group to win a Super Bowl.

40. Baltimore- Norm Bulaich
39. Ricky Patton, Walt Easley, Jimmy Davis- San Francisco
38. Duane Thomas, Walt Garrison- Dallas
37. Antwan Smith, Kevin Faulk- New England
36. CJ Anderson, Ronnie Hillman- Denver
35. Shane Vereen, Stephen Ridley, Jonas Gray, Largarrette Blunt- New England
34. Lagarrette Blunt, Dionne Lewis, James White- New England
33. Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs, Derrick Ward- NY Giants
32. Brandon Jackson, James Starks, Ryan Grant- Green Bay
31. Edgar Bennett, Dorsey Levens- Green Bay
30. Wendell Tyler, Roger Craig- San Francisco
29. Corey Dillon, Kevin Faulk- New England
28. Joseph Addai, Dominique Rhodes- Indianapolis
27. Mark Van Eeghen- Oakland
26. Michael Pittman, Mike Alstott- Tampa Bay

25. Joe Morris, OJ Anderson, Maurice Carthon- NY Giants
24. George Rogers, Timmy Smith- Washington
23. Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas- New Orleans
22. Matt Schnell, Emerson Boozer- NY Jets
21. Ray Rice, Bernard Pearce- Baltimore
20. Jay Ajayi, Lagarrette Blunt, Darren Sproles- Philadelphia
19. Mike Garrett- Kansas City
18. Earnest Byner- Washington
17. Ricky Watters, Michael Floyd- San Francisco
16. OJ Anderson, Dave Meggett, Rodney Hampton, Maurice Carthon-NY Giants
15. Roger Craig, Tom Rathman- San Francisco
14. Marshawn Lynch, Christine Michel, Robert Turbin- Seattle
13. Marshall Faulk, Robert Holcolmbe- St Louis
12. Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall, Mwelde Moore, Najeh Davenport- Pittsburgh
11. Jamal Lewis, Priest Holmes- Baltimore

10. Willie Parker, Jerome Bettis, Deuce Staley- Pittsburgh
9. Emmitt Smith, Darryl Johnston- Dallas
8. Tony Dorsett, Preston Pearson, Robert Newhouse- Dallas
7. Terrell Davis- Denver
6. Paul Hournung, Jim Taylor, Elijah Pitts- Green Bay
5. Marcus Allen- Oakland
4. John Riggins- Washington
3. Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, Mercury Morris- Miami
2. Walter Payton, Matt Suey- Chicago
1. Franco Harris, Rocky Bleier, Frenchy Fuqua- Pittsburgh

Friday, January 13, 2023

Greatest Faye Dunaway films

Greatest Faye Dunaway films (December 2018)



Faye Dunaway is, without a doubt, one of the greatest actresses of her time. She starred in some of the greatest films of the late sixties and seventies. These are some of her best film roles. 

7. Three Days of the Condor
6. The Towering Inferno
5. Network
4. Little Big Man
3. Mommie Dearest
2. Chinatown
1. Bonnie and Clyde

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Greatest Henry Fonda films

Greatest Henry Fonda films (September 2018)



Henry Fonda was one of the greatest actors in Hollywood during Hollywood's greatest time. His career also spanned over 50 years, I believe. He tended to always play the good guy, every man. He always had a fantastic sense of right and wrong and I believe that he stood up for a lot of good causes as well. Here are some of his best.

10. How the west was won
9. My Darling Clementine
8. The Ox-Bow Incident
7. On Golden Pond
6. Mister Roberts
5. Jezebel
4. The Lady Eve
3. 12 Angry Men
2. The Grapes of Wrath
1. Once Upon a time in the west

Monday, January 2, 2023

Most iconic eighties songs

Most iconic eighties songs (September 2018)

The eighties were arguably the most iconic era of music. The sixties and seventies may have had the best music, but the eighties had the most great songs and music videos. The stars were bigger than life. Everything was over the top and fun. These are the 150 most iconic songs of the decade, although it could easily be made into twice as many without too much trouble.

150. U2- Sunday, Bloody Sunday
149. Katrina and the Waves- Walking on Sunshine
148. Poison- Talk dirty to me
147. Young MC- Bust a move
146. Jane Wiedlin- Rush Hour
145. Roxette- Listen to your heart
144. Men Without Hats- the Safety Dance
143. Steve Winwood- Higher Love
142. Metallica- One
141. Def Leppard- Rock of Ages
140. ABC- Look of Love
139. Motley Crue- Home Sweet Home

138. Mr. Mister- Broken Wings
137. Rick James- Superfreak
136. Olivia Newton John- Physical
135. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- I love rock n’ roll
134. Journey- Open Arms
133. Billy Joel- Tell her about it
132. MC Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock- It takes two
131. Devo- Whip it!
130. New Edition- Candy Girl
129. The Go Go’s- We got the beat
128. Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan- Especially for you
127. Modern English- Melt with you

126. U2- Pride (in the name of love)
125. Night Ranger- Sister Christian
124. T’Pau- Heart and Soul
123. John Mellencamp- Small Town
122. Terence Trent Darby- Wishing well
121. Bon Jovi- Wanted dead or alive
120. Berlin- Take my breath away
119. Rockwell- Somebody’s watching me
118. Starship- We built this city
117. Whitney Houston- I want to dance with somebody
116. Herbie Hancock- Rockit
115. Scandal- The Warrior

114. Genesis- Invisible Touch
113. Heart- Alone
112. Crowded House- Don’t Dream it’s over
111. Adam Ant- Goody two shoes
110. Thomas Dolby- She blinded me with science
109. Living Color- Cult of Personality
108. Belinda Carlisle- Heaven is a place on earth
107. Falco- Rock me Amadeus
106. Bryan Adams- Heaven
105. Motley Crue- Dr. Feelgood
104. Kim Carnes- Bette Davis Eyes
103. The Cars- You might think

102. Cutting Crew- I just died in your arms tonight
101. Queen- Another one bites the dust
100. Talking Heads- Once in a lifetime
99. The Bangles- Eternal Flame
98. Prince- 1999
97. Ray Parker Jr.- Ghostbusters
96. Starship- Nothing’s gonna stop us now
95. Bryan Adams- Summer of 69
94. Mr. Mister- Kyrie
93. Def Leppard- Photograph
92. John Waite- Missing you
91. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince- Parents just don’t understand

90. Huey Lewis and the News- Heart of rock n’ roll
89. John Mellencamp- Jack and Diane
88. Lionel Richie- Hello
87. Beastie Boys- Fight for your right to party
86. Billy Idol- White Wedding
85. John Parr- St. Elmo’s Fire
84. Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer
83. Boomtown Rats- I don’t like Mondays
82. Huey Lewis and the News- I want a new drug
81. David Bowie- Let’s Dance
80. AC/DC- Back in Black
79. The Clash- London Calling

77. Prince- Purple Rain
77. The Buggles- Video killed the radio star
76. Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls
75. The Fixx- One thing leads to another
74. Band Aid- Do they know it’s Christmas?
73. Bruce Springsteen- Dancing in the Dark
72. Duran Duran- Rio
71. Tears for Fears- Everybody wants to rule the world
70. Kenny Loggins- Footloose
69. Madonna- Material Girl
68. Toni Basil- Mickey
67. George Thorogood and the Destroyers- Bad to the Bone

66. Lionel Richie- All night long
65. Grandmaster Flash- The Message
64. Hall and Oates- Out of Touch
63. Madonna- Like a Prayer
62. Soft Cell- Tainted Love
61. Spandau Ballet- True
60. Yes- Owner of a Lonely Heart
59. Prince- Let’s go crazy
58. Kajagoogoo- Too Shy
57. Don Henley- Boys of Summer
56. U2- With or without you
55. Talking Heads- Burning Down the House

54. Europe- The Final Countdown
53. The Police- Roxanne
52. Nena- 99 Luftballoons
51. Rick Astley- Never gonna give you up
50. Tina Turner- What’s love got to do with it
49. Whitesnake- Here I go again
48. Phil Collins- Against all odds
47. Pat Benatar- Love is a Battlefield
46. Bonnie Tyler-Total Eclipse of the Heart
45. Dead or Alive- You spin me right round
44. Corey Hart- Sunglasses at night
43. Flock of Seagulls- I Ran

42. Survivor- The Eye of the Tiger
41. Run DMC and Aerosmith- Walk this way
40. Men at Work- Down Under
39. Def Leppard- Pour some sugar on me
38. Foreigner- I want to know what love is
37. Wham!- Wake me up before you go go
36. Twisted Sister- We’re not gonna take it
35. Huey Lewis and the News- the Power of love
34. Cyndi Lauper- Time after Time
33. Bell Medley and Jennifer Warnes- I’ve had the time of my life
32. INXS- I need you Tonight
31. J. Geils Band- Centerfold

30. Gary Numan- Cars
29. Rick Springfield- Jessie’s Girl
28. Guns N’ Roses- Sweet child o’ mine
27. Simple Minds- Don’t you forget about me
26. Frankie Goes to Hollywood- Relax
25. George Michael- Faith
24. Dexy’s Midnight Runners- Come on Eileen
23. Wham!- Careless Whisper
22. The Bangles- Walk Like an Egyptian
21. Bon Jovi- Living on a Prayer
20. Phil Collins- In the air tonight
19. Human League- Don’t you want me

18. Michael Jackson- Thriller
17. Dire Straits- Money for Nothing
16. Van Halen- Jump
15. A-ha- Take on me
14. The Eurythmics- Sweet dreams
13. Robert Palmer- Addicted to Love
12. Journey- Don’t stop believing
11. USA for Africa- We are the world
10. Guns N’ Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
9. Culture Club- Karma Chameleon
8. Cyndi Lauper- Girls just wanna have fun
7. Duran Duran- Hungry like the wolf

6. Michael Jackson- Beat it
5. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
4. Prince- When doves cry
3. Madonna-Like a Virgin
2. The Police- Every Breath you take
1. Michael Jackson- Billie Jean