March 7, 2001     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

Welcome to the first ever Top5 Music List!
The contributors and I look forward to entertaining
you in a musical fashion each and every week.
All of you, even the drummers.
Since you’re all music fans, each week we’ll
recommend a CD that you’ve probably never
heard of, but we think is worth a listen.

The Top 6 Signs You’re Only
Going to Be a One-Hit Wonder

6> Desperate after a solid year of writer’s block, it looks
like the follow-up to your big hit is gonna be “Who Let the
Dogs Back In?”

5> Your “Behind the Music” special is shorter than your hit
song.

4> Rock, yes — but you never had a chance to try the sex,
drugs, or roll.

3> The record company is demanding that you either pay off
your own boob job or return the implants.

2> Promotional plans for your second release, a cover of
“Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I’ve Got Love in My Tummy,” fell
through at the last minute when the producers of “Hannibal”
decided not to use it on the soundtrack.

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Only Going to Be a One-Hit Wonder…

1> You’re bumped from your seat at the Grammys because
“Mr. Yankovic would like to sit down, loser.”

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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Reid Kerr, Carthage, TX — 1 (1st #1!)
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 2, 6
Michael Scott Shappe, Richfield, MN — 3 (Rookie!)
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 4, 5
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — Topic
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — Banner Tag, RU list name
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro