Sunday, June 22, 2003

I don't know about you, but all this week I'm seriously looking forward to VH-1's "Top 100 VH-1 'Top 100' lists." Man, it's gonna rock. Besides counting down the best lists, they'll recount all the great moments that happened during one of the VH-1 list shows. Like Melissa Etheridge talking about how powerful and heartfelt some artist is, especially when it's by an artist that nobody else would ever say something like that about, like Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," and how she has nothing better to do with her career than appear on these shows. And maybe, if we're lucky, we'll get to see that guy from the Goo Goo Dolls talk about how one of the bands/songs/album/TV moment inspired him for his fifteen minutes of rock star fame. Then there'll be guys like Alice Cooper or Meat Loaf talking about how cool some artist is, despite the fact that the particular artist is so much cooler than they could ever hope to be (because nobody gives Kurt Cobain more street cred as a great artist than when Alice Cooper called him one). And, of course, there'll be the usual smattering of Mad TV people Kathy Griffin, sitcom stars from sitcoms nobody ever watches and, of course, that Joel Stein guy. You know, the guy whose in Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly and is considered the Great Satirist of our Time by pretty much nobody.

Of course, the highlight will be seeing if "Vh-1's Top 100 Songs," "Vh-1's Top 100 Albums," "Vh-1's Top 100 Bands," "Vh-1's Top 100 Hard Rock Groups" or all three hundred other Top 100 things will be number one.

Or, probably 2nd considering that the all-time Top 100 moment in a VH-1 Top 100 List has to be Carmen Elektra's outfit during the "Vh-1's Top 100 Hard Rock Groups."

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