January 23, 2002     

NOTE FROM JEFF:

After over thirty years and dozens of albums,
Elton John announced to an audience at a concert last
month that his new album, “Songs from the West Coast,”
would be his last. He loves playing concerts, he said.
He just hates the recording industry.

The Top 8 Things Elton John
Hates About the Record Industry

8> “The little tossers on TRL keep calling me ‘Mr. John.’”

7> Friggin’ one-night-stand Eminem won’t return his calls.

6> Hardly anyone in the biz pronounces “record” with that cool
British long “o” any longer.

5> Record company still can’t fulfill his life-long dream, to
headline Lilith Fair.

4> His recent sales lie bleeding, and his royalties are too low
for zero.

3> Thought the idea of a “Princess Di Candle in the Wind Mega
Dance Remix” was really tacky - even for him.

2> No matter how many low-cut sequined gowns he wears, he’s not
gonna get an $80 million deal like Mariah Carey until he gets
breasts as large as hers.

and the Number 1 Thing Elton John Hates About the Record
Industry…

1> The market for bloated, androgynous, middle-aged men with bad
hairpieces ain’t what it used to be… just ask Shatner.

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Credits:

Selected from 35 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Whit Watson, West Hartford, CT — 1, 8 (3rd #1!)
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 2
Joseph Prisco, Ithaca, NY — 3, Banner tag
Chris White, Los Angeles, CA — 4, 7
Andy Grosser, Boston, MA — 4
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — 5
Mark H. Anbinder, Ithaca, NY — 6
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — Topic, RU list name
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro