The classic song Tom Petty wrote about “the pressures of the music business”
Some serious pressure around Petty.
From The Vault Archives: 09/2023
Freddie Mercury: “The only person I wish I had met was John Lennon”
Freddie Mercury only regrets not meeting this one legend.
The Crosby, Stills and Nash song about “three women I loved’
With it’s roots in jazz, the track was a romantic ode to three of David Crosby’s great loves.
The Warren Zevon song he calls “a rip-off of Hunter S. Thompson”
“I find Hunter S. Thompson’s presence immanently calming.”
Wire’s Colin Newman on the band that had “the biggest effect” on him
“You don’t know whether to be petrified or burst out laughing.”
The modern artist loved by Tom Petty: “He’s gonna be around a long time”
Getting inspired by the new school of rock.
The Metallica song eulogising Amy Winehouse
With his own experience of addiction to grapple with, James Hetfield wrote the song as an ode to Amy.
Henry Rollins’ lusty poem in honour of Madonna
An ode to the star who makes music an “excellent lust accelerant”.