The Marvin Gaye song that endlessly inspired Joni Mitchell: “I kept the needle on this track”
Two icons.
From The Vault Archives: 02/2026
The band that made the greatest rock ‘n’ roll records, according to Ray Davies
“Some of the greatest.”
Leonard Cohen, the “men in orange” and a chaotic concert in Tel Aviv, 1972
Violence would end the show
The lyrical genius James Hetfield thought sounded awful: “I hate the fucking music”
A better poet than a singer.
The solo album Ozzy Osbourne was always disappointed with and the man who let him down: “There was no imagination”
He didn’t hit his usual heights.
‘London Calling’ vs ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’: Which album sold the most copies?
The two leaders of punk.
The songs Tears for Fears wrote about splitting up: “About the ‘divorce'”
“I’d left the band, he was pissed off, and fair enough.”
Comedy songs, British humour, and how ‘The Young Ones’ defeated David Bowie in the charts
A strange week in chart history…
