July 25, 2007     

Now with half the Thomas Dolby jokes!

NOTE FROM ANDY:

Queen guitarist Brian May has a Ph.D. in
astrophysics from Imperial College London. We here
at Top5Music University are a pretty studious
bunch, so we wanted to know what other mysterious
scientific leanings famous noisemakers had.

The Top 7 Scientist-Musicians

7> Lowell George: DPM, Emory University, College of Pediatric
Podiatry

6> Oingo Boingo: Dissertation on the weird molecular breakdown of
Kelly LeBrock

5> Richard Wagner: Ring Theory

4> Snoop Dogg: Doctor of Chill-Offsophy

3> Alanis Morissette: Masters in Mineralogy, with a concentration
in Irony

2> Billy Joel: Ph.D. in Physics, with a concentration in Newton’s
First Law

and the Number 1 Scientist-Musician…

1> Chris Isaak: Thesis on Wicked Game Theory

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Credits:

Selected from 30 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — 1, 5 (1st #1! I think)
Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA — 2, 3
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 4
Paul L. Gaba, Village of Wellington, FL — 6
Stephen Segall, Poplar Bluff, MO — 7
Andy Grosser, Somerville, MA — Topic
Brian Drucker, Waterboro, ME — Banner tag
Andy Grosser, Somerville, MA — Maestro

RUNNERS UP list — Piled Higher and Deeper

Air Supply: Masters in Turn-Off-That-Damn-Radioactivity!

(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)

Bono: Ph.D. in Religious Studies, specializing in Messiah
Complexes

(Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY)

Boy George: BS in Amphibian Studies from Calcutta University

(Mike Davis, San Antonio, TX)

Sheryl Crow: Masters in Monotesticlistimuliosis

(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)

Steve Miller: Triple Major in Aeronautical Engineering, Business,
and Herbology

(Mike Davis, San Antonio, TX)

Runners Up list name

(Eric Landrieu, Burlington, NJ)