The one artist Jimmy Page would’ve gladly welcomed into Led Zeppelin: “She brings tears to my eyes”
An unparalleled talent.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2025
The Tom Petty song his band initially despised: “We all hated it”
The knockout chorus that wasn’t cutting it.
The Fleetwood Mac song Lindsey Buckingham struggled to sing: “He sounded like Alfalfa”
“Lindsey got as far as ‘She broke down’ and he stopped.”
The Fleetwood Mac songs Lindsey Buckingham considered his best: “Fell together properly”
Two bona-fide classics.
The one Pink Floyd song the entire band would rather delete from history: “A load of rubbish”
“I think we were scraping the barrel a bit at that period…”
The “most important gig” David Crosby ever played: “I hate talking about it”
The major career highlight.
The classic album Todd Rundgren used to mock Bruce Springsteen: “This is a spoof”
“I didn’t care if it succeeded or not…”
Synth-pop and soul: The northern soul origins of Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love’
An utterly iconic track…