1. I Can’t Love – Leal Neale – Country twang lightness into snark.
2. There She Goes Again – Marshall Crenshaw – The standard bearer for everything pop music can be. When people throw caveats at modern pop, they could point to this as to how to hold your feelings close to your. Will her heart ever be satisfied? Leal should listen to this.
3. 5:15 – The Who – By now we can all agree that Quadrophenia not Tommy was Townsend’s rock opera masterpiece. And this is the best moment. Nevin, remember when we got 5th row to this? I’m going to see Daltry at bb king’s tomorrow so I’m just whoing out a bit.
4. Do It Again – Holy Ghost! – Sure it’s dance, it’s all synth and shudderring bassline, but it plays like rock.
5. Everybody Loves A Lover – The Shirelles – How good? Better than the Ronettes
6. Baby, It’s You – The Shirelles
7. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – Bob Dylan
8. Rubber – Yuck – If these guys have to be the next big thing I can live with it.
9. H-A-M – Kanye West And Jay-Z – What’s with that fucking sample??? You know the ooooh oh oh like a ghost or something.
10. Jardin de Luxenbourg – The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth tiger – Like getting mugged at Place Pigalle by hippies with flowers.