Best Songs of 2009: "No Turning Back"
Captain’s Log, Stardate -313638.31. The USS Pretty Young Thing has been receiving transmission from a galaxy far, far away. The transmission is an endless loop of Gui Boratto’s “No Turning Back.” Timeless AND immediate, “No Turning Back” could have been the soundtrack to the Allied invasion of the beaches of Normandy. It should be playing in the background when Jack and Rose embrace on the bow of the Titanic. Pootie Tang and Biggie Shorty will dance to this track at their wedding reception. And it is a fitting first entry to a premature list of the best songs of the year. Live long and holler.