The saddest number one song ever made, according to science
Not the tearjerker you’d expect.
Author: Poppy Burton
Poppy is a junior music writer for Far Out, and is a fan of blues, metal, Amy Winehouse and whatever King Gizzard are.
Articles by Author: Poppy Burton
The “most shocking moment” of Paul Simon’s career came in one 1990 song
“It came all of the sudden.”
1980 Motörhead song that blew up in Lemmy’s face: “I swore I’d never do it again”
Lemmy on the song he couldn’t escape.
What did Elvis Presley eat for his last meal?
“The only thing in life he got any enjoyment out of was eating.”
The 1971 album Ozzy Osbourne played “thousands of times” and fell in love with
“I come from a very poor family, and when I was a young boy they captured my heart.”
When Salvador Dalí drove half a tonne of cauliflower to Paris in a Rolls-Royce
“Bedlam in his mind and a quaint profusion of fresh cauliflower.”
How one of his favourite Motown songs defined the 1960s for Paul McCartney
“It’s just one of my favourite Motown tracks.”