The Steely Dan album their label hated
“A little more sophisticated” than what the execs were hoping for.
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The “friction” Annie Lennox considered vital to Eurythmics
“We are very intense friends, and we are sometimes very intense enemies”.
The ‘Rugrats’ song that cast Beck, Patti Smith, and Iggy Pop as babies
“Every single person we called wanted to do it”.
The moment REM drummer Bill Berry knew the band had “made it”
Or at least he briefly thought they had.
The song Robbie Robertson wrote as a tribute to his “brother” from The Band
From his 1987 debut solo album.
The singer Cyndi Lauper was too nervous to perform with: “Trying so hard”
They inspired Lauper to begin her own recording career.
How many number ones did Brian Wilson have?
We’re counting up the totals on both sides of the Atlantic.
Explaining the strange nostalgic beauty of “tape hiss”
A peculiar siren’s call for Gen-Xers and Millennials.
What derailed Julian Lennon’s career after his successful 1984 debut?
“They really put me through the wringer”.
The type of music that made Chris Cornell feel “horrible”
“That’s for somebody else. It’s not for me”.