“Interrupted by a phone call”: The 1968 Motown song The Rolling Stones were recording when Brian Jones died
“I want to play my kind of music”.
Author: Tom Taylor
The 1965 song with the worst lyrics The Beatles ever wrote, according to John Lennon
“Those filler songs”.
“Nico’s favourite”: the 1967 Velvet Underground song that captured everything “you want in rock ‘n’ roll”
“It’s a very beautiful song”.
The hospital stay that gave Ray Davies his best song: “I was badly injured”
“The secret to successful songwriting”.
The 10 greatest British invasion songs ever released, according to Tom Petty
“Just the phrase is worth a million bucks”.
The song Paul McCartney, David Crosby, and Hunter S Thompson all agreed was Bob Dylan’s best: “The Hippy National Anthem”
“Bob is a freaking wonderful poet.”
“Forever indebted”: The Foo Fighters cover that made Dave Grohl cry “like a f**king baby”
A silver-lining moment.
“Our masterpiece”: The 1987 song that captured everything great about The Smiths
“That spiritual quality”.