VH1's so called "pop" icons....(was 154th on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" )

[Nethilia]

> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Petra Pan
> <ms_petra_pan at y...> 
> wrote:
> > VH1 has ranked HP as 154th in its list of 
> > "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
> 
> This is the stupidest list I've ever seen.  OK, it's
> a list of 
> *American* icons, so then how, exactly, does
> Princess Diana rate #9?  
> Just because she died?   And Oprah is the #1 pop
> culture icon? 
> Yeesh.  I can understand the Beatles and the Stones
> being up there 
> even though they're British, with all their
> influence on the U.S., 
> but Brad Pitt?  Nicole Kidman?  Arnold
> Schwarzenegger?  Katherine 
> Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, various
> Kennedys, I can 
> understand.  Bruce Springsteen, of course.  But Will
> Smith?  Justin 
> Timberlake is #112 and Alfred Hitchcock is #113?  I
> suppose we should 
> be grateful that Monica Lewinsky scored even lower
> than Harry, 
> although the fact that she is immediately followed
> by Leonard Nimoy 
> and then Liberace is more than a little disturbing.
> 
> Who makes this moronic list, anyway?
> 
> </rant>

Joywitch, I will have to agree with you about this
list beign stupid. I actually attempted to watch the
show, but since its on the same time that my grandma
watches TV I have been watching it late at night. But
now looking at the whole list, I have my own rants. 

Appropriately, my number one complaint is the ranking
of Number One. It should, by all logical sense, be
Mickey Mouse. Honestly, draw three circles in a
certain way and show it to ANYONE over the age of 2
and they know who it is. Oprah as number one? I'm
sorry, NO. No, No, A thousand times no. She might be a
prominent talk show host, but she does not outrank The
Mouse. This list is rigged! 

Secondly, the order of singers seems arbitrary at best
and completly stupid at worst. Britney Spears (and I
loathe her) outranking Tina Turner? Stevie Wonder
below P. Diddy? Frank Sinatra below, of ALL people,
*Jennifer Lopez*? Who wrote this list? I'm sorry,
recent people on the front page of People DO NOT
outrank singers that have been around when they were
still gleams in their respective mommies' eyes.

Thirdly (and lastly, at least so that this e-mail
doesn't get long), the whole list seems to be skewed
towards the genertaion of today and recent pop stars.
Now, I'm a member of said generation, but even I know
that this list is off. JFK Jr. should not outrank his
own MOTHER and FATHER. Princess Di, while beloved, is
not more prominent than Jackie Robinson, who broke the
color barrier in baseball (and professional sports
overall). She just died. I hate to be heartless, but
that's about the crux of it. I just ranted about the
singers. As for the actors--you're blowing smoke if
you expect me to think that the cast of Friends
outranks people like Clint Eastwood, Charlie Chaplin,
and Harrison Ford. 

> > ...where would YOU have placed HP on this list?
> 
> Much, much higher obviously, but not as high as
> Bruce. Maybe #2. 
> Sorry.

My top ten: 
1: Mickey Mouse. The most easily identifible creature
on the planet. No contest. Not having him #1 is lying
to yourself.

2: The Beatles. One of the great turning points of
music, pop culture, and just really neat hair. 
 
3: Bugs Bunny. Just as Identifiable as The Mouse, but
ranked lower than the Beatles. 

4: Spiderman. Making little skinny geeks everywhere
know that you too can make if if a spider bites you
and gives you superpowers.

5: Micheal Jackson. Love him or hate him, you know who
is he is. 

6: Bill Gates. He did revolutionize the way we use
computers. 

7: Marilyn Monroe. Who doesn't recognize the skirt
flying up on the grill? The Pretty Blonde that
Gentlemen Prefer? A kiss on the hand might be quite
continental....

8: Charlie Brown (and all his pals). The little round
blockhead who just couldn't get by, and his nutty dog
Snoopy.

9: Sigmund Freud. Come on, he's considered the father
of psychology (IIRC). He deserves a better position
than below Eminem. *rolls eyes* 

10: Mr. Rogers. A wonderful human being who taught
children everywhere to love themselves for who they
are. Again, a lambast to the list for putting such a
beloved human being below *snort* The OSBOURNES, for
Athene's sake. 

Harry Potter, while I love him, probably should be
around the mid to late 60s. But definately higher
than, of all blots in pop culture, Justin frigging
Timberlake. 

--Neth wants to find the makers of this list and hex them...

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