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From The Vault Archives: 02/2025

The Beach Boys - Beach Boys - 1964

‘Fire’: The Beach Boys song Brian Wilson thought was cursed

A scary experience.

Dale Maplethorpe
Feb 26, 2025
Johnny Depp - Actor - 2024

The only artist better than the devil, according to Johnny Depp: “It’s almost impossible to single out a particular recording”

Darkly beguiling.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 26, 2025
William Shatner - 2023 - You Can Call Me Bill

“A terrific record”: The album William Shatner wanted to emulate

An epic.

Reuben Cross
Feb 26, 2025
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

What is the best-selling song from Europe to hit number one in the UK?

Continental cheese.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 26, 2025
Cyndi Lauper - Singer - 1980s

“You could see that sound”: the song that transformed music for Cyndi Lauper

Painting pictures with lyrics.

Niamh White
Feb 26, 2025
STING - 1990s - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

‘Gordon Is A Moron’: the song that made Sting’s ‘Quadrophenia’ experience a living hell

“I don’t think he was too happy.”

Ben Forrest
Feb 26, 2025
Lux Interior - Poison Ivy - The Cramps

“We wanna have that power”: Why The Cramps rejected being a ‘cult’ band

A truly original outfit.

Ben Forrest
Feb 26, 2025
George Harrison - 1960s - The Beatles

George Martin names the best song George Harrison made for The Beatles

“Real cleverness.”

Ben Forrest
Feb 26, 2025
Heart - Nancy and Ann Wilson - 1998

Why Heart regretted their biggest hit: “The shoe fit, but not comfortably”

Not their favourite.

Reuben Cross
Feb 26, 2025
Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant - John Paul Jones - John Bonham

The song the Led Zeppelin thought was too crazy: “Has he gone mad?”

“It was done in one evening.”

Ben Forrest
Feb 26, 2025

The anthem Randy Newman called “ignorant and proud of it”

A pop hit that bites.

Tom Phelan
Feb 26, 2025
Billy Joel - Musician - 1970s

The artist Billy Joel said turned him into a rock star: “A funny-looking guy like me”

Vital inspiration.

Lucy Harbron
Feb 25, 2025

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