January 22, 2003     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

A few weeks ago, British and Dutch police
recovered over 500 tapes that are thought to be
the originals from the Beatles’ “Get Back”
sessions in 1969 — tapes that were shelved at the time
and were stolen in the 1970s. The tapes are thought
to contain many previously unreleased Beatles
songs, plus who knows what else?

The Top 7 Surprises on
the Recovered Beatles Tapes

7> In the intervening years, all tracks mysteriously gained a P.
Diddy voice-over.

6> “Okay, so in the deal we signed with Satan, he who has the
most talent dies first, least talent dies last… Ringo gets
to live forever.”

5> As Paul sleeps soundly, John playfully whispers in his ear,
“You write silly love songs! You write silly love songs!”

4> In the background of some session chatter, you can hear a
young Al Gore saying to John and Paul, “My wife would kill me
if she knew I wrote all your lyrics.”

3> A Lennon/McCartney composition actually introduces the term
“bootycall.”

2> Eighteen minutes of conversation with Richard Nixon.

and the Number 1 Surprise on the Recovered Beatles Tapes…

1> “Tell you what… you let me play those drums, and you can
‘ave the pizza for *free*.”

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Credits:

Selected from 27 submissions from 11 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Whit Watson, West Hartford, CT — 1 (8th #1!)
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 2, 6
Reid Kerr, Carthage, TX — 3
Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA — 4, Banner tag
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 5
Brad Wilkerson, El Sobrante, CA — 7
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — Topic, RU list name
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro