The one artist Paul Simon said was “loved by everybody”
That universal appeal.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2025
The musicians who hated working with Neil Young: “Pure toxic masculinity”
Being forced to play as stupid as possible.
The “deeply questioning” album David Bowie called “traumatic” to finish
Too shaken by the experience.
The two songs Ringo Starr wrote for John Lennon and George Harrison: “They’ve been my friends for so long”
With a little love for his friends.
The Rolling Stones album half the band walked out on: “The horrendous atmosphere in the studio affected everybody”
Getting bored in the studio.
Scruffs beyond comprehension: The band that Pete Townshend could never truly understand
But he was “envious”.
The prog-rock album Ian Anderson said no one else equalled: “Unique and new”
Far more creative than anything else.