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Author: Elle Palmer

Graham Nash - Singer - 1980

“It sucks”: The 1968 song that forced Graham Nash out of The Hollies

Harsh.

Elle Palmer
Jun 24, 2026
Peaky Blinders -The Immortal Man - Cillian Murphy - 2026 -

A playlist of Cillian Murphy’s favourite Irish songs

From Lankum to O’Connor.

Elle Palmer
Jun 23, 2026
Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant - John Paul Jones - John Bonham

Led Zeppelin’s four best songs, according to Robert Plant

The best of the best.

Elle Palmer
Jun 17, 2026
The Police - Sting - Stewart Copeland - Andy Summers - 1980s

The Police song that was “grossly misunderstood” by critics in 1980

Baby talk.

Elle Palmer
Jun 16, 2026
John Lennon - Rock 'n Roll Circus - 1968

The 1968 Beatles song John Lennon couldn’t stand: “It was a piece of garbage”

A song they penned in the studio.

Elle Palmer
Jun 15, 2026
Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple

The 1966 song that left Ritchie Blackmore in awe: “This shouldn’t be allowed”

A guitarist who conveys his soul through the instrument.

Elle Palmer
Jun 11, 2026
Sting - Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner

The musician Sting thought was on another planet to everybody else: “Totally otherworldly”

“There’s an energy about him that’s just totally otherworldly.”

Elle Palmer
Jun 9, 2026
Robert Smith - The Cure - Singer - Musician - Songwriter

The moment in 1987 when Robert Smith knew he’d written a timeless classic for The Cure

“I knew…”

Elle Palmer
May 31, 2026
Elton John - Piano - Greatest Hits

The 1973 Elton John song that was never meant to become a classic: “It was supposed to be futuristic”

“Almost Orwellian.”

Elle Palmer
May 30, 2026
Tom Hanks - Actor - 2013

The 1968 movie that set Tom Hanks on the “actor’s path”

“I’ve probably seen the movie 22 times.”

Elle Palmer
May 26, 2026
'My friends who went to 'Nam'- The heartfelt song Billy Joel wrote in tribute to American veterans

The prog-rock icons that gave Billy Joel a big break: “I’d never heard of these guys”

“Then they lost me.”

Elle Palmer
May 18, 2026
Peter Gabriel - Genesis - 1975 - Far Out Magazine

The 1972 Genesis song inspired by demonic possession: “Having a bad trip”

“There’d been some drug taking going on.”

Elle Palmer
May 18, 2026

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