Top 17 Excuses for Not Releasing an Album for 20 Years


This is from the Top Five List at http://www.topfive.com. Steely Dan, has just released their first album of new music since 1980.17> Just emerged from the bomb shelter, figuring 20 years was enough time for the noxious fumes of disco to subside.16> It started out as a simple Chinese finger cuff prank, then the next thing you know...15> Hey -- traffic in L.A. is a bitch!14> Hunting down that infidel Salman Rushdie not as easy as it sounds.13> "Hey Nineteen" turned out to be more like "Hey Fourteen-and-a-Half," and there were some, er, legal issues to resolve.12> Spent the last two decades reelin' in the beers.11> "All I can say is, never get in a pissing contest with Boston."10> Spent every night of the last 20 years at the Wintergarden, watching CATS. 9> Were waiting for an invitation to join the Traveling Wilburys. 8> Stuck trying to find a word that rhymes with "marsupial." 7> Been in mourning ever since the Sons of the Pioneers started dropping like flies. 6> Twenty year ban on literate, well-crafted songs recently lifted by UN. 5> Busily supplying sperm for lesbian rock singers like modern-day Johnny Appleseeds. 4> Producer kept insisting on bringing Yoko to the recording sessions. 3> Will to live only recently re-awakened by potent Viagra/Parker Posey therapy. 2> Took a while to convince Mom to park on the street and free up the garage....and Topfive.com's Number 1 Excuse for Not Releasing an Album for 20 Years... 1> Repeatedly seduced by that wanton temptress known as the snooze button.

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