Blogcritics: Comments on Nick Hornby's Top 10

Comment by Rasputinwas apunk

Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:01:49 EDT

Seriously guys, thunder road kicks ass! That one line " You ani't a beuty but hey you're all right," Could describe any girl I have ever been with. Nick Hornby may differ in taste than the rest of us, but his books are still insightful, thouht provoking, and realistic dramas

Comment by Hazy Dave

Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:38:10 EDT

Well, this is a more insightful criticism of Hornby's List than 12 Apostles did themselves. To be fair (not to say self-referential), perhaps you should post your own Top Ten List for people to deconstruct. (Dewd, my list is way hipper than yourz..) And I mean that in a nice way! Didn't Dave Marsh do a Book of Rock Lists? If a list like this is honest, it's gotta have a "who cares what you think" chip on its shoulder and at least one embarrassing Guilty Pleasure. Or maybe that's just me. Still, Lester Bangs had more good things to say about Burton Cummings than Jim Morrison, and backing up a howler like that with passion and wit is what made him such an influential critic.

Comment by Nigel E. Richardson

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 23:54:05 EDT

Next week -- Nick Hornsby's Top 10 list of Nick Hornsby's Top 10 lists. Get the book, the film, the DVD and the soundtrack.

Comment by Bill Lowe

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:32:22 EDT

He's not kidding. "Thunder Road" would top my list also.

Comment by Steve Rhodes

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:20:44 EDT

This book is coming out at some point from McSweeney's (when I saw Dave Eggers read a couple of weeks ago, he said he had to design the cover by the end of the day): NICK HORNBY: SONGBOOK Nick Hornby likes music. If you like Nick Hornby, and also like music, then you will surely be as excited as we are about Songbook, a new collection of nonfiction essays on Hornby's favorite songs and songwriters. This McSweeney's book will be in hardcover, complete with a compilation CD filled with songs that come with the just about the highest recommendation we could think of: Nick Hornby's. Proceeds from the book will benefit The TreeHouse Trust, a U.K. charity that helps to educate children with autism and related communication disorders, and 826 Valencia, a non-profit writing lab based in San Francisco

Comment by Jim Carruthers

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:53:44 EDT

Looking at Hornby's list, you have to keep in mind, it's not about the tunes, it's about Nick. Your mileage will vary. As a side note, the best thing about having "High Fidelity" on DVD is to freezeframe so you can read the titles on the CD Rob got from the singer. All of the songs are terrible covers. Okay, that's actually the second best, the best are the deleted scenes.