Top Ten Videos

As originally seen on The Saudades Blog (... tantas saudades!) not so long ago... no... just some ten (10) years ago! The trigger: a top ten of the best videos of all-time, seen on msn.com at the time, and that evoked so many nice memories from my adolescence (and insouciance...! Those were such good times, back then. And, already, I was luminous; right, virtually all of the time! Épa - aquile era mesmo OTIMO!) that I just had to edit that list by issuing my own version of it - illico! (No pun intended!?)
The msn top ten can still be found here - I do believe? (Didn't click to verify if it is still there, though!)

Those msn picks coincided mostly with those years 

that are covered on the ol' Saudades Blog; 1980 to 2005, 

roughly speaking... Or so did I extend it to! 

MSN had many of the memorable ones on its list - 

me, I have my own memories... 

Luminous memories ~ and choices to match! 

Mine starts right HERE:

- Number 10 -

tie

- Number 9 - 

- Number 8 - 

- Number 7 -
tie ~ of sorts 

- Number 6 - 

- Number 5 - 

- Number 4 - 

- Number 3 - 

- Number 2 - 

tie

- NUMBER 1 - 

HONORARY MENTIONS: 

Best of Beck...?

You choose:

Favorite Song From 1969...?

Now that's a toughie - huh? 

1969-2019: that's 50 years, baby! 

All of these have reached this milestone now; 

a fiftieth anniversary and constant airplay on all 

the radio stations there are, worldwide! 

But which one is truly your fave here - hmm? 

Which one you truly cannot get tired of hearing - 

FIFTY LONG YEARS LATER... huh?!? 

Let's run through them, one more time... 

... that sweet girl named Mary 

(aren't all Marys sweet things?) 

who sang about those DAYS...? 

... Portuguese Parlophone technology 

with a Carlos helped out by Paul...?

... still: it was Simone 

that represented the country 

at Eurovision! 

Can't get enough of her 

participating song there...?!? 

... or some mountaineer named Manuel 

and his mountains there,,,?!? 

... some formulaic quintet 

with a cuentame complex...?!? 

Nunca! 

nah... can't be Honky Tonk Women 

and those Rolling Stones either...! 

... those very same Stones 

asking for Shelter, 

just a shot away...?!? 

... those Lettermen, hurting so bad? 

... a creedence clearwater revival 

doomsaying about 

some bad moon rising now,,,?!?

It did inspire this, somehow: 

AND, perhaps, THIS: 

...never mind...

... grazing in the grass, 

with some 

friends of distinction...?!? 

... getting together, 

with some youngbloods...?!? 

... or coming together, 

like beetles do...?!? 

... BOTH those Youngbloods 

and Beatles (!) inspired many 

to grow their hair... in all sorts of ways! 

But none inspired so much 

as them Cowsills...!!! 

... but how about some 

crystal blue persuasion 

instead of all that - 

thanks to (some other) Tommy 

(not to be confused with Who!) 

and some Shondells...?!? 

(It's better than cowsills - no?)  

... those very same Shondells 

with crimson... and a clover... 

the endless cover versions of that tune... 

AND its appearance on many-a-soundtrack, 

including this upcoming film there?!? 

... feel like being number ONE, 

on a cold three dog night, 

the coldest night there is, 

according to the eskimo...!?! 

... or would you rather feel 

DIZZY - like Tommy Roe 

(and that hoe, there...?!?) 

... we are all ''everyday people'' 

who got to live together 

(as them youngbloods sang... 

and them beetles there, too...) 

but still... 

Now, that one inspired THIS for darn sure: 

...but let's move on...! 

... what of succumbing to temptations then 

- especially when one finds that 

one cannot "get next" to them...?!? 

... must be because ya all got 

suspicious minds then... huh?!? 

... shame on you, all! 

And shame on us, also...! 

We know we forgot (omitted) 

quite a lot of other tracks...

but really now... 

there is only one clear cut winner here; 

one obvious choice to make - 

especially now, as we reach 

a turning point in human history, 

fifty long years after this was released: 

YOUR BEST SONG 

~EVER~ 

FROM THE YEAR 1969: 

AQUARIUS

LET THE SUNSHINE IN

BY THE 5TH DIMENSION

with an honorable mention to 

... because it's about the future! 

(if nothing happens between now - and then, that is!) 

Tees-ing Ya!

You know...

I look at the competition. 

I look at the competition - a lot! 

And I think to myself... what a 

wonderful world?!? 

No, that's not it! 

I think to myself... what a crock! 

Like this piece of crock right here: 

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— US Design T-Shirts (@USDesignTShirts) December 15, 2018

It's a ''US Design''... Of course! 

Now why, tell me, why 

would that be considered worthier, 

trendier, hipper, in any way better 

than one of my very own 

LUMINOUS TEES - eh? 

One such as this: 

--- for sheer example! 

(plenty more *brilliant* if not always 

*luminous* per say 
such examples/samples 

over at 

www.luminous.online 
see you there!) 

It must be aaaaaaaaall a question of 

TASTE - indeed! 

But we are not here to evaluate 

different tastes - nope! 

Even though this is the 

TASTE-TESTING BLOG 

and all... 

We're testing tastes here... 

in a different way! 

How about this: 

TOP TEN T-SHIRT 

DESIGNS 

THAT WILL 

*NEVER* 

MAKE IT ONTO 

OUR LINE OF 

LUMINOUS TEES 

OFFERINGS! 

No. 10 - a quote from Gordon! 

No. 9 - that says it all... 

No. 8 - typical angry face... 

No. 7 - sticking it to them! 

No. 6 - a message to the community... 

No. 5 - just making it clear... 

No. 4 - walk on the wild side now... 

No. 3 - pride... 

No. 2 - eyes on the prize(s)... 

And No. 1 

The Apex of Blasé. 

Meh. 

WHICH ONE 

IS IN POORER TASTE? 

HUH?

Just so you know it, now, 

without a shadow of a doubt: 

my LUMINOUS TEES are tasteful, 

cool and, quite simply, 

FANTABULOUS! 

WEAR 'EM OR WEEP! 

Your choice...! 

DRINKING BINGE!

hey... hey-hey-hey!!! 

After a whole NIGHT spent 

drinking...

it is amazing one can even 

indulge in some BLOGGING - 

like, at all...!!! 

Eh?

and drinking 

ALL SORTS OF BOOZE too...

out of all possible noozes!!! 

ahhhhh - 

we have a winner: