“My musical instincts”: Why Paul Simon didn’t want ‘Graceland’ to be seen as political
“You’ve got to give people a chance”.
From The Vault Archives: 06/2025
Why Tina Turner didn’t feel “comfortable” with the songs on her biggest album
“Life is serious enough.”
Relive the pure brilliance of peak-era Pixies making their US TV debut in 1989
With a fine rendition of a Doolittle classic.
‘No Excuses’: Alice In Chains and the best acoustic grunge song ever made
Nothing sludgy about this one.
The Kinks song Ray Davies hated being compared to The Beatles: “No, no bullshit”
“We were more unpopular.”
How Rick Rubin saw gold in Tom Petty’s joke: “The first psychedelic folk song”
“Just trying to entertain.”