The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Culturite : The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Here are 25 different lists with the "Best Of 2007":

1. Best of 2007 Lists (the definitive meta-list by Fimoculous)
2. Master List of Online “Best of 2007″ Music Lists (a meta-music list by LargeheartedBoy)
3. Updates to the Master List of Online “Best of 2007″ Music Lists (updates to #2 by LargeheartedBoy)
4. 40 Best Raps of 2007 (top hip-hop tracks by CocaineBlunts)
5. 15 Best Candies of 2007 (delish sugar treats by CandyAddict)
6. 50 Best Websites of 2007 (multiple categories list by Time & - oh look - who’s a top news site?)
7. 30 Best Albums of 2007 (top rated by the critics and aggregated by Metacritic)
8. 25 Best Careers of 2007 (so choose wisely, my friends, by BizTech)
9. Most Hated Companies of 2007 (the most widely & heavily criticized, by BloggingStocks)
10. 100 Best Products of 2007 (because there can never be enough products, a list by PC World)
11. 22 Best Music Videos (some silly choices by MusicForKidsWhoCan’tReadGood)
12. 25 Best Books of the Year (fiction, non-fiction and more by Publishers Weekly)
13. 100 Best Films of 2007 (a mix of new and re-releases by TimesOnline)
14. 18 Best American Hospitals of 2007 (a incredibly paradoxical list by USNews)
15. Best Global Brands of 2007 (aka the biggest brands in the world, by Interbrand)
16. Best of NYC 2007 (best of the Big Apple, by the VillageVoice)
17. Best Biblical Books of 2007 (a “completely objective” book list by BiblicalFoundations)
18. America’s Best Restroom of 2007 (congrats to Jungle Jim’s, by ABR)
19. Best Parks of 2007 (for the adventure seekers, by National Geographic)
20. Best Industrial Design Products of 2007 (with slick imagery by RedDot)
21. Top 10 Depression Blogs of 2007 (a useful, if sombre, list by PsychCentral)
22. 2007 China Best Call Centre (the best operators ‘who will be with you shortly’ by CallCentres)
23. Top 100 Luxury Blogs of 2007 (an elite assortment by International Listings)
24. Best of What’s New in 2007 (products, inventions, and gadgetry compiled by PopularScience)
25. Top 60 Japanese Buzzwords of 2007 (vernacular awesomeness by PinkTentacle)

Video of "The Band" in their final concert

Metafilter: "We gave our final concert, The Band's final concert. We called it The Last Waltz."

Thanks to YouTube, we can all watch The Band's final concert from San Francisco in 1976, filmed by Martin Scorsese. Epic live performances.

The list of tracks, with direct video links is here:
Don't Do It, Theme from The Last Waltz, Up on Cripple Creek, The Shape I'm In, Who Do You Love, It Makes No Difference, Such a Night, Helpless, Stage Fright, The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Dry Your Eyes, Coyote, Mystery Train, Mannish Boy, Further on up the Road, Evangeline, Ophelia, Caravan, Forever Young, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, and I Shall Be Released with a ton of guests.

Discover new music from TV commercials

Music from TV commercials on Squidoo
As radio continues to get stale, ironically, the best new music is showing up in commercials. It's rare that the artists get credit for the funky music that makes the commercials "cool".

Who are these artists? N.E.R.D., Flaming Lips, Matthew Dear, Wilco, Teddybears, Ok Go, MSTRKRFT, Brazilian Girls, The Helio Sequence, Yoshida Brothers, Wolfmother, Ozomatli, Goldfrapp, CocoRosie, Royksopp, Dizzy Gillespie, and The Polyphonic Spree, to name just a few of the artists featured here.

This Squidoo Lens has TONS of current and classic TV ads with great music. The clips come from YouTube and elsewhere, and have the names of the songs and the artists. For you marketing, film and design junkies, the ads that get the best music also often have some of the best visual concepts.

So, go ahead! Enjoy the commercials without the guilt!

Today's Link source: Squidoo Lens of the Day

Pink Floyd with Wizard of Oz - Week of YouTube Day 5

Dark Side of the Rainbow- YouTube

There's always been that rumor that you can sync up Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album with the movie The Wizard of Oz, but I'd never bothered to try it.
With the help of YouTube and the internet, it's so much easier to experience this urban legend. Today's link is a YouTube Playlist that has seven different videos from the movie, and you can watch as images from the film appear to synchronise with the music and lyrics.

Today's Link source: Linkjockey

Vintage Talking Heads concert in Rome - Week of YouTube: Day 2

Talking Heads - Live in Rome 1980

One of the great all-time rock bands, Talking Heads, was captured by Italian tv playing an epic show in Rome. Featuring lead singer David Byrne, the Talking Heads are a classic New Wave band that has inspired countless other bands.
YouTube has this rare footage of this great concert in Rome from 1980, featuring the following tracks:
Psycho Killer
Stay Hungry
Cities
I Zimbra
Drugs
Take Me to the River
Crosseyed and Painless
Life During Wartime
Houses in Motion
Born under Punches
The Great Curve
All hail the YouTube!


Today's Link source: Metafilter

Christopher Walken - Week of YouTube: Day 1

Dancin' Pimp

Why not feature a week of video clips from the mother of all video channels, Youtube?

Ever since I discovered him around the time of Pulp Fiction, I’ve had an affinity for Christopher Walken. First, our names are so similar; he’s Christopher Walken, I’m Christopher Walks. Secondly, he’s a really great actor with lots of unusual, juicy character roles. Thirdly, I found out that despite all the strange roles he’s played, Christopher Walken got his start in show biz as a trained dancer.

Apparently, in every film he’s in, Christopher Walken tries to incorporate a dance scene or some fancy footwork as a signature move. His dancing was profiled most recently in the Fatboy Slim video for “Weapon of Choice”.

From all of the Walken movies I’ve seen, this scene from the 1981 film Pennies from Heaven blows my mind, particularly the second half of the clip. Watch and be amazed.

Today’s Link source: Batman Returns was on TV the other day. Terrible movie.

Tracking free iTunes downloads

itsfreedownloads - Free iTunes Downloads List

It's bonus music Wednesday.

Every week, the iTunes Store offers free weekly goodies. Normally in Canada and most other countries, it's a Song of the Week, but every country has something different. The
free iTunes downloads in the US are more plentiful, and often include music videos, TV pilots, audiobooks and more.

There are also sometimes bonus promotional deals, where companies offer a free song. At the moment, Subpop is offering a free sampler album to download through the Facebook.

Keep track of the free iTunes downloads with the itsfreedownloads site or their RSS feed.

Today's Link source: The Google