http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-acting-performances-by-musicians.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-acting-performances-by-musicians.php#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:01:58 +0000 Evan Andrews http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4537 Musicians often get laughed at for having aspirations to act in film, and usually it’s pretty easy to see why. After all, no one’s basing acting classes around Britney Spears’ performance in Crossroads or Mariah Carey’s turn in Glitter, and even most of Elvis Presley’s movies are best forgotten. Still, there have been a number [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-acting-performances-by-musicians.php/feed 18 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-alter-egos.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-alter-egos.php#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3211 Human beings are not one-dimensional and sometimes we need another persona to express different facets of our personality. They also make terrific drama! Some are comic; some are terrifying. Some are misguided. There are things that only the alter ego could get away with. In some cases it is hard to distinguish which character is [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-alter-egos.php/feed 21 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-singer-songwriters-of-the-1960s-and-1970s.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-singer-songwriters-of-the-1960s-and-1970s.php#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 05:59:30 +0000 Anne Iredale http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3013 Why do we love singer songwriters? There is something special about listening to a good singer, singing his or her own words. Often, it is a bearing of the soul. The romantic image is that of a tortured being, hunched over an acoustic guitar, lamenting a doomed love affair or the state of the world. [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-singer-songwriters-of-the-1960s-and-1970s.php/feed 18 http://www.toptenz.net/10-sad-songs.php http://www.toptenz.net/10-sad-songs.php#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:45:09 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2435 Let’s get one thing straight: I’m a man. A tough-as-nails manly man who lifts weights and watches Sportcenter and kills spiders with my bare hands – unless, of course, I’ve just gotten my nails done. And I am secure enough in my manhood to publicly acknowledge that the following sad songs can make me sob [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/10-sad-songs.php/feed 63 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weird-musical-collaborations.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weird-musical-collaborations.php#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:23:22 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2311 She’s a fickle mistress, show business, so when your agent suggests collaborating with another musical artist, it’s best to agree. Even if the resulting tunes aren’t a success, at least you’ll go down in history by making musical magic with your stylistic opposite. You won’t find the predictable parings of Sonny and Cher, Hall and [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weird-musical-collaborations.php/feed 12