From The Vault Archives: 03/2023

The dark side of John Lennon song ‘Working Class Hero’

The John Lennon song rejected from The Beatles Anthology

So close to Fab

Mar 19, 2023

Paul McCartney

The singer Paul McCartney called a “genius”

A “musical monster”.

Mar 19, 2023

The strange connection between the Grateful Dead and 'There Will Be Blood'

The strange connection between the Grateful Dead and ‘There Will Be Blood’

The Dead meet Daniel Plainview.

Mar 19, 2023

Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella

John Cale on why The Velvet Underground’s ill-fated reunion was “a big disappointment”

It was a disaster.

Mar 19, 2023

The 10 best Radiohead songs

David Byrne explains how Radiohead “changed our idea of what popular music can be”

Briliant.

Mar 19, 2023

Lemmy Kilmister English musician and singer in the rock band Motörhead

Motörhead’s Lemmy believed the Ramones were “geniuses”

Real recognises real.

Mar 19, 2023

Johnny Marr picks his favourite The Smiths song

“I was stumped”: Revisiting Johnny Marr’s collaboration with Talking Heads

He overcame the issue.

Mar 18, 2023

PSY - Gangnam Style - 2012 - Music video

Understanding how ‘Gangnam Style’ became so popular

The power of viral videos.

Mar 18, 2023

George Harrison

What song did George Harrison use to learn slide guitar?

Harrison finds his voice.

Mar 18, 2023

Why did David Crosby believe in the JFK conspiracy theory?

Robust?

Mar 18, 2023

This curious connection between Stanley Kubrick and John Lennon

This curious connection between Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001’ and John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’

Small world.

Mar 18, 2023

American singer and composer Iggy Pop waiting in his record company office, Artista Records, in New York. 1981

The musician Iggy Pop listens to “more than any other single artist”

Unexpected.

Mar 18, 2023