The moment Patti Smith felt she became too popular: “Time to reassess myself as a human”
“I could smell it”.
From The Vault Archives: 07/2025
The one bassline Flea needed to fix: “Another stupid white boy trying to be funky”
A harsh self critic.
What was the first song to top the charts for more than five consecutive weeks?
Important milestones.
The “three things” you need for a platinum hit, according to Al Green
‘The Reverend’ dominated the US charts in the early 1970s.
Carole King’s favourite Joni Mitchell songs of all time: “Congratulations, Joni, and thank you”
“I loved the simplicity”.
The song that woke Stevie Wonder up out of his coma: “This dude is going to make it”
A foreshadowing of a track.
Stephen Stills picks his favourite Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song
“It’s too damn good, we’re not touching it”.
