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One of these list entries is not like the others.
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February 26, 2004
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Hold the press! We've got a breaking story!
Just as we're patting ourselves on the back over
TopFive having lasted 10 years, our archive
librarian, Ms. Prifogle, uncovered a batch of
lists even *older* than that. Unbelievable!
Here's an example. This is a list we first
published TWENTY-FIVE years ago, in 1979...
The Top 16 Reasons We Love Disco
- Disco dancing leads to casual sex -- and that's *never* going away, man.
- Nothin' gets the body movin' and groovin' like flutes and violins, baby.
- Where else do they actually encourage you to "Freak Out"?
- Because polyester clothing has a longer half-life than plutonium.
- John Travolta will never get fat with this as a workout!
- If you crank up the Bee Gees as you pull into the driveway, Barry Gibb's falsetto will summon your cocker spaniel.
- When rock and roll dies, we'll all look like geniuses!
- Platform shoes double as footwear and supports for homemade bookshelves.
- It drowns out all the cocaine-fueled babbling.
- What could possibly be cooler than navigating a moving sea of polyester-clad white guys shaking their groove things?
- Eight-track player, Bee Gees cartridge, Gremlin. Do the math, ladies.
- Because they hate it in evil countries like the Soviet Union but love it in friendly countries like Iraq.
- Long wavy hair, unbuttoned blouses, skin-tight pants and high-heeled shoes. I mean, do men get *any* sexier?
- If it can make Liza Minnelli cool, think what it can do for the rest of us!
- Because now people appreciate what I've always known: Beethoven and the boogie were made for each other.
and the Number 1 Reason We Love Disco...
- Because if we stop dancing, the Ayatollah will have won.
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Our ClubTop5 members get to see the runner up
entries for this list!
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Selected from 95 submissions from 37 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL -- 1 (38th #1) Hall of Famer
- Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA -- 2, 15
- Jody LaFerriere, Leominster, MA -- 3 Website
- Tom Stoudt, Fort Washington, PA -- 4
- Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN -- 5 Hall of Famer
- Whit Watson, West Hartford, CT -- 6
- Michael Whitmire, Houston, TX -- 6
- Pam Wylder, Bloomington, IL -- 7, 11
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA -- 8, HM list name Hall of Famer
- Sue Lin Chong, Washington, DC -- 9, 12
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 10, RU list name Hall of Famer
- Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA -- 10
- Brandon Muller, Las Vegas, NV -- 10
- Chuck Sawyer, Rochester, NY -- 13
- Lisa Lavoie, Warwick, RI -- 14
- Reid Kerr, Tyler, TX -- 16 Website
- Michael Sheinbaum, King of Prussia, PA -- 16 Website
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA -- Topic
- Elliott Schiff, Allentown, PA -- Banner Tag
- Chris White, Los Angeles, CA -- List owner/editor Email / Hall of Famer
- Bran Van 3000, Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Ambience (explanation)
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