Author: Reuben Cross Archives: 12/2025

Frank Zappa - Musician

The song Frank Zappa called one of the “most important musical statements”

Spellbinding…

Dec 5, 2025

Prince - 1981 - Prince Rogers Nelson

The musician Prince said played the piano “perfectly”

Effortless.

Dec 4, 2025

Joni Mitchell - David Crosby - Split

The song David Crosby claimed to put together in Joni Mitchell’s kitchen: “It definitely was”

A special place.

Dec 4, 2025

Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Charlie Watts - 1994 - The Rolling Stones

The voice Mick Jagger said no one forgets: “Something you’re born with”

Nobody like him.

Dec 3, 2025

Five songs from 2025 that sound like they came from the past

Five songs from 2025 that sound like they came from the past

Golden new-ies.

Dec 3, 2025

The Indigo Girls - Folk Duo - 2020s

‘Galileo’: When Indigo Girls tackled the thorny issue of reincarnation

Is there life after death?

Dec 3, 2025

Wayne Coyne - The Flaming Lips

Why Wayne Coyne thought Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ was heavily overrated

‘Nevermind’ indeed.

Dec 3, 2025

Joni Mitchell - Musician - Singer - Songwriter

The producer Joni Mitchell thought would kill her love for music: “I just took over”

Never again.

Dec 2, 2025

Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - 1964

The exact moment The Beach Boys lost their innocence: “Such a beautiful song”

It changed their world.

Dec 2, 2025

Robert Smith - 1987 - The Cure

The Cure song Robert Smith knew he’d never match again: “Will never be dislodged”

Poignant.

Dec 2, 2025

Status Quo - Far Out Magazine - Fran Rossi

The single stolen riff that inspired Status Quo’s entire back catalogue: “We’ll have some of that!”

Simple as.

Dec 2, 2025

When Tom Watt from ‘EastEnders’ bizarrely joined forces with New Order to cover ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues

When Tom Watt from ‘EastEnders’ bizarrely joined forces with New Order to cover ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’

Baffling.

Dec 2, 2025