The classic rock anthem The Police’s Andy Summers didn’t like: “It was a corny pop song”
“I was more into Thelonious Monk.”
From The Vault Archives: 06/2024
When pre-fame Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards listened to a “life-changing” record together
A seismic moment in music history.
“Lennon-esque”: the Wings track Paul McCartney said could have been a Beatles song
“Me and John would have sung that good.”
Billy Joel on his favourite guitarist of all time: “He was a freak of nature”
Inventing a whole new language.
The Beatles song Paul McCartney knew would be a hit: “This is good”
Knowing the magic as you write it.
The album that got David Crosby back into music: “The best I’ve heard in 10 years”
The beginning of the career resurrection.
“Reminds me of my LSD days”: Ozzy Osbourne picks his favourite Pink Floyd song
During Ozzy Osbourne’s LSD years, he became obsessed with Pink Floyd.
The Bob Dylan album he called fully realised: “I felt really accomplished on that”
Putting all the pieces together.
The Led Zeppelin tour Robert Plant hated playing: “It was bollocks”
Not catering to the group’s strengths.
The song Bono calls the highlight of every U2 show: “The gig will come off”
Where all problems fall away.
“It’s something that concerns me”: how Jethro Tull predicted the future with ‘Locomotive Breath’
Ian Anderson: Soothsayer.
