Roger Waters’ five favourite songwriters of all time: “A truth in everything that he’s done”
Fine choice.
From The Vault Archives: 06/2025
The final time John Lennon performed a song by The Beatles: “I wrote it with John”
He’d never play it again.
The albums Prince thought were too weird to release: “Really erotic”
A bit too spicy for the mainstream.
The one Eagles song that predicted their downfall: “What goes up must come down”
Seeing into the future.
The song Prince could never play the way he wanted to: “The way I envisioned it”
“It is what it is.”
The singer Cyndi Lauper was too nervous to perform with: “Trying so hard”
They inspired Lauper to begin her own recording career.
The one artist James Hetfield thought was “too amazing” to join Metallica
“No way he’s going to join us.”
Did The Kinks really party at John Wayne Gacy’s house in 1965?
An unfortunate run-in or complete myth?
How many number ones did Brian Wilson have?
We’re counting up the totals on both sides of the Atlantic.