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By CNN’s Todd Baxter
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Posted: 1247 GMT ( 8:47 PM HKT)

(CNN) — It was 40 years ago today.

On February 9, 1964, the Beatles — fresh from their conquests of Britain and Europe — took the stage on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York. North Americans almost immediately became the next victims of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Beatlemania had gone global.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of their appearance on Sullivan’s television show, I have compiled a personal list of the top 40 Beatles songs.

An impossible task, really, as the Beatles should be listened to album by album. But if I had to do with only 40 songs, these would be the ones.

Here they are, in vaguely chronological order:

1. I Saw Her Standing There — One, two, three, FOH! — and the first UK Beatles album kicks off. This song would have been a hit for anyone and yet it was only a B-side in the U.S. and an album track in the UK. “How could I dance with another …?”
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【实话实说】：最具争议最触目惊心的十部电影(图)
文章来源: 黑脸大大 于 2004-04-04 13:55:00

电影是文化的最好反映。电影大国一定是文化大国。好来坞电影就是美国文化的象征。电影通过视觉和听觉来讲故事，乃最具有震撼力的一种艺术形式，可以算是人类最伟大的发明之一。

在这个世界上，美和丑总是相伴而生。有对美好的讴歌，就有对丑恶的描绘。由於对同一件事可以有不同的说法，所以就会出现对一部电影的争议。比如对男女的床事，有人可以把它拍成一部赞美诗，有人可以把它拍成动物之间的游戏。有争议的电影往往是描写人性丑恶和阴暗，对人类几千年建立起来的道德伦理产生背离和提出挑战。

另一方面，世界上所有的人都是生命有限的个体，一生中所能够经历的事情都是有限的。特别是生在新中国，长在红旗下，才出校门，就出国门的留学精英来说，经历就更要简单一些。於是电影就成为偷视他人生活，猎奇传奇经历的手段。所谓触目惊心，就是那些描写各种极端条件下才可能发生、或者不可能发生的故事，是正常人一般无法经历和体验的，属於变态的经历和生活方式。

用最具争议和最触目惊心这两个标准来选择十部电影，是件十分吃力不讨好的事情，本身就带有争议性。黑脸今天吃饱了川菜大餐后没事，就把俺认为最具争议、最触目惊心的十部电影和大家摆一摆，目的是抛玉引砖，也希望电影爱好者能列出你个人的选择，大家共同交流交流。

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