1 – Walk Of Life – Dire Straits – Nearing its 30th Anniversary (May 15th), Mark seems to have ironically enough written his epitaph on this hugely successful and really pretty excellent classic rock gussied up as new wave song for guitar slingers everywhere – A
2 – Get In Line – Ron Sexmith – A personal best for Ron, this is a witty and pretty song about people who wanna make you miserable, “if you feel the need to remind me of a world that’s long gone,take a number and get in line…” – A+
3 – Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin – A huge, career making hit for young Ricky remains a novelty number but a good – A
4 – Love Is Lost – Hello Steve Reich – David Bowie – ten minutes of magic, one of James Murphy’s masterpieces – A
5 – Adios English version – Ricky Martin – A fine newbie, the Spanish version is a little better – B+
6 – Victory – Diddy – The outro is perfect and terrible, “It’s all fucked up now” – A
7 – Turtles All The Way Down – Sturgill Simpson – A huge hit but not my idea of fun – C+
8 – Our Whole Lives – The Hold Steady – Sin and sex and Christianity – A
9 – You’ll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart – The Stylistics – The falsetto gets to you fast, they are playing Beacon Theatre on February 14th, 2015, a must see – A+
10 – Superstar – Diana Krall – worst cover ever – D
