Wow. What a show Jann Wenner — and Tom Hanks?! — pulled off last night on HBO. While every entertainment site is no doubt reporting the highlights, here are some of the things they might have missed:

1. MICK JAGGER GETS DOWN DURING, UM, “STUCK IN A MOMENT”

The U2 song is a sad good-bye to the late INXS frontman, MIchael Hutchence. Yet Mick turned the barely mid-tempo tune into a bluesy background for his infamous mugging and signature dance moves. We laughed from beginning to end — and we caught Larry Mullen Jr. cracking up too.

Oh yeah: Fergie was there too.

2. BRUCE’S EARRING

The guy is a hot 6-0. But the earring reeks of Harrison Ford when the actor entered his three-quarter-life crisis. Not necessary.

3. JOHN FOGERTY’S FACE

He hit all the right notes during Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” with Springsteen, but he needs to get Boxtox’d at the same place as Bruce. Yikes.

4. BILLY JOEL = SCARY

Hard to believe that the Piano Man is a few months younger than Springsteen. And while his “New York State of Mind” proved he’s Hall of Fame-worthy, what was with his odd, old-man-of-soul interpretation?! FYI: With all the talk of Sinatra vs. Jay-Z, we’re wondering why no one’s thought to mash-up (or at least bring up!) Joel’s “NYSOM” with Mr. Carter’s “Empire State of Mind”?

5. OZZY OSBOURNE DOES “IRON MAN” … SORT OF

Metallica with Kelly Osbourne’s dad

Sorry, but we couldn’t watch. When he ambled out on stage looking more reality star than rock legend, we had to go pee.

6. BONO & BRUCE ON THE SAME STAGE

This is like Obama and Biden being on the same plane! Luckily, Bono made room for Bruce, even allowing him to share the spotlight during “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. The song was perfect for today’s preacher-like Bruce who, all these years later, is still born to run.

* Sadly, we tuned in at the end of the Simon and Garfunkel set. Man, Garfunkel still has it.

By ThisGirl’s Jezza

In Part I, Jezza declares songs numbers 100 to 91 in his countdown of the best singles of the last decade (yes, a new one begins in three short months!).

As yet another year — and decade — comes to a close, get ready for a barrage of best-of-the-year/decade lists. To narrow down the playing field a bit, I only included songs that were released as official singles (hence making such aughts favorites as PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke’s “This Mess We’re In,” Hot Chip’s “Don’t Dance” and El Perro del Mar’s “I Can’t Talk About It” ineligible). Also, each musical act was allowed to be the lead performer on one single (sorry, Kylie and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, gotta spread the love).

I’ll be counting down 10 songs every few days until I get to No. 1, so stay with me — and feel free to comment, complain, agree, disagree, and/or add your own shoulda-made-it-singles!

100. Juanes, “La Paga” (2003)
I had never heard anything by Juanes until early last year when I was in a bar in Lima and the video for this song came on. I couldn’t take my eyes off the trippy animated clip. I fell equally hard for Juanes’s reedy vocals; his agile turns of phrase; the insistent, driving beat; and thesubtle electronic shadings of the music. The next day, I downloaded the video on iTunes and explored some of his albums.

I’d always thought Juanes’s music would sound a lot different than this. What was I expecting? Something more in the bland, balladeering vein of Luis Miguel, because, you know, I assumed that is what mainstream Latin pop musicians do when they aren’t singing in traditional tropical-pop music idioms. It’s awesome when no-so-great expectations are soundly dashed.

99. Erasure “Breathe” (2005)
Just when I’d written off Erasure as a relic from the ’80s/early ’90s, the duo resuscitated my interest as well as my belief in the power of love with this stately mournful ballad that chills with its unmixed emotions.

98. Simon Webbe ”No Worries” (2005)
A year or two before acoustic R&B caught on in the U.S. mainstream (thanks, Ne-Yo), and Motown-influenced pop-soul took over the airwaves in his native UK, Blue’s Simon Webbe advanced an argument begun by Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake that it’s improbable though not impossible to transcend one’s boy-band roots.

97. Kings Of Leon, “Molly Chambers” (2003)
The sudden popularity of Kings Of Leon perplexes me. Six years ago this chugging alt-rocker that’s way to the left of the band’s current hits was included in a Jetta commercial, but they couldn’t get any chart traction. I love “Sex On Fire” (both the song and the concept) as much as the next guy, but my heart belongs to “Molly.”

96. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, “The Skin Of My Country Teeth”(2005)
The first time I ever heard this song, it was playing on the jukebox of a gay dive in the East Village of New York City. If CYHSY ever pull a Kings Of Leon and rule the charts, I hope they do so with the exhilarating edginess demonstrated on this track intact.

95. Jewel, “Stand” (2003)
She got the beat! Jewel’s one-album makeover into a pop glamour puss would have been laughable had her music not improved in the process. And I know that I’m probably in the minority when I say that. Once she ditched the glitter and the hot dance beats and got her granola groove back, I promptly lost interest again.

94. Pet Shop Boys, “Love etc.” (2009)
How do they do it? Like Madonna and Kylie, more than 20 years into their string of solid singles, PSB are still masters of pop songcraft, and still musically and lyrically relevant. Modern life is rubbish, and on this song PSB lay out the reasons why, with their usual clever, hooky precision.

93. Bush, “Letting The Cables Sleep” (2000)
I didn’t think that grunge also-rans Bush could ever move me until I heard this love song to a platonic friend losing a battle with AIDS. The N.O.W. remix posted below enhances the song’s eerie, elegiac beauty.

92. Dannii, Minogue ”So Under Pressure” (2006)

Those who adore Kylie but dismiss her kid sister miss both the boat and the beat. Sure it’s fluff, but it’s perfectly executed fluff that does the family name proud.

91. Toni Braxton, “He Wasn’t Man Enough” (2000)

Take a bow, Toni. If you are going to spend the decade trying (and failing) to relight your chart fire, you might as well make your final Top 10 trip an unforgettable one. The song still makes me want to run out and dump someone.

Coming soon: #90 to 81!