March 26, 2003     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

Feeling old sometimes? Join the club.

The Top 10 Signs Your
Musical Era Has Passed

10> “Hi, this is Mick Jagger for Depends…”

9> You hear two songs in a row by your favorite band, and
instead of thinking, “Rock block,” you think, “Oh, no,
which one of them died?”

8> You used to shock your parents by listening to Michael
Jackson. Now you shock your kids by showing them the album
cover from “Thriller.”

7> “That’s not music, that’s just noise” has recently surpassed
“I’m cold, you should put on a sweater” as your most
frequent conversation starter.

6> You’ve called every electronics shop in the Yellow Pages,
and not a friggin’ *one* of them knows how to fix an
8-track player.

5> “Thank you for tuning in to Easy Listening Lite-97. Coming
up, we’ll hear from the Sex Pistols, N.W.A. and the Clash,
right after these words from Geritol.”

4> The instrument you learned as a kid was made from an animal
that is now extinct.

3> “OK, from the top! I. II. I, II, III, IV…”

2> “Oh, wow… you mean Dave Grohl was in a band before Foo
Fighters, with Courtney Love’s husband?!”

and the Number 1 Sign Your Musical Era Has Passed…

1> You’re still 100% certain that if you meet Davy Jones,
he’ll see that you’re “the one.”

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Credits:

Selected from 47 submissions from 17 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 1, Topic (3rd #1!)
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — 2, 3
Dave Berman, Oakland, CA — 4
Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA — 5, 8, RU list name
David Toth, Milwaukee, WI — 5
Jane McCabe, Laguna Hills, CA — 6
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — 7
Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY — 9
Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS — 10
Mark H. Anbinder, Ithaca, NY — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro