1. Don't Be Mad At Me – Cliff Richard – A low key samba, all frailty and seduction with not an innocence, in the wake of the collapse of the Empire, it wasn't an innocent time, simplicity. One of his great songs.
2. Little Ole Wine Drinker – Dean Martin – A trip through bars and broken hearts -Martin should've covered more country. Remember "Gentle On My Mind"?.
3. Waltz, Op 39, no.15 – Johannes Brahms
4. Go Out And Get It – Black Lips
5. Family Friend – The Vaccines – The downbeat suggests existential angst and a relationship in the process of getting, and the ending pushes forward where a suggestion becomes a claim.
6. Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka – I kinda think the Vaccines have heard this. Incidentally, when is this guy playing Manhattan? Fuck Westbury, nobody can get there.
7. Remember My Name – The Who – Playing the Who to Titus's the Stones.
8. Coming Back to A Man – Dawes – "You still look like a Friday night..?" Not a come on, an observation on this highlight of the too samey sophomore album.
9. The Other You – Fall On Your Sword – I missed the live show at Lincoln Center, scared off by thunderstorms and the fear of going through a lot of hastle and not getting in. This is atmospheric weirdness off the soundtrack for "Another Earth".
10. 88 Lines About 44 Women – The Nails – One hit wonders, the one hit an inspired hit on Jim Carroll's "People Who Died"