In bitcoin, one only knows (a) input addresses, (b) output addresses, and (c) amount. That tells you send, receiver and amount.
I think you misunderstood his question.
I've been looking through block explorer but im still a little fuzzy on some of the terms and structure
Is there anyway /anywhere i can get a simple list of transactions with just the data of sender/receiver/amount?
Unfortunately I don't know the answer either, try the wiki pages.