‘Blue’: Is Joni Mitchell’s masterpiece the most influential album on today’s pop?
“I want to be Joni. Fucking. Mitchell.”
Author: Elle Palmer Archives: 08/2024
Paul McCartney on the difference between him and Paul Simon’s songwriting
“It’s different kinds of music.”
The movie that brought Christopher Nolan closer to his father: “A very special experience”
A “very special experience.”
The song Liam Gallagher and John Squire wrote together: “Talking shite about Jesus”
The start of a creative partnership.
“Emotional clutter”: The difficulties Sting experienced working with The Police
“The songs were so good.”
Peter Hook hits out against the use of AI in music: “Songwriting is an art you cannot teach”
“Songwriting is an art you cannot teach.”
The Cocteau Twins album that reduced Elizabeth Fraser to tears: “I just thought it was so lovely”
“I just thought it was so lovely.”
‘Disco Infiltrator’: The LCD Soundsystem songs that pay homage to Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is playing at my house.
How a need to survive spawned Bruce Springsteen’s live presence
“You lived and died by your ability to perform.”