A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

JUST ONE DAY OUT OF LIFE: I know what you're wondering -- "Adam, I only have so much time in my day. Can you tell me which Live8 performances I need to watch?"

With pleasure. When you visit the exceptional AOL Music site, here are the ones most worth streaming:

• Annie Lennox, "Why". Above all else. Because she is a goddess. Performing solo on piano in front of images of HIV-positive Africans, it's just tremendously moving. Do you know what I feel?
• Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Pretty much all of it. From his "The Champ Is Here!" intro (carried in on a sedan chair) to "Summertime" to the whole crowd chanting the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme, it's the homecoming party he has long deserved.
• Kanye West, "Jesus Walks". This song always hits me in the gut. Still does here.
• Madonna, "Like A Prayer". The song transformed to a gospel anthem, the singer transformed into a woman exuding class and presence, it'll take you back. Watch, however, for the Ethiopian woman who they brought on stage before the song but forgot to usher off until the song was almost over.
• Coldplay w/Richard Ashcroft, "Bittersweet Symphony". Not that it's that fantastic, but seeing Chris Martin introducing it as "the greatest song ever written" will make you smile as the crowd goes nuts when the strings kick in.
• Green Day, "American Idiot". Either you accept that Green Day is the Jim Edmonds of rock and roll, or you don't. They just rule right now.
• Robbie Williams, "Angels". He may never succeed in America, but if you want to see an artist and audience connect, wow.
• Neil Young w/all of Canada, "Rockin' in the Free World". He just had a brain aneurysm operated on in April; now he's back. When you think about what songs from this era will endure forty, fifty years from now, this is one of them. That's one more kid that will never go to school, never get to fall in love, never get to be cool. Yeah, it's kinda weird seing this song performed by a stage full of Canadians, but they apparently followed it up with "O Canada" as balance.
• Stevie Wonder w/Adam Levine, "Signed Sealed Delivered". A full accounting of the greatness of Stevie Wonder would take the remainder of this blog's days. But, seriously, is there a reason why he is not as venerated in America as Sir Paul is in the U.K.? The man is a god, and I would love to see him tour again just so we could all make him ridiculously wealthier.

(Also, this just in: Hit Me Baby has waived the five-year eligibility rule, and Scissor Sisters can appear as early as next month.)

What else should folks be watching?