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Author: Tom Taylor

Gordon Lightfoot - Far Out Magazine

How Gordon Lightfoot’s daughter saved his 1970 masterpiece and career with a single word

“She got me to change the line”.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Musician - Producer - 02

The 1963 song that convinced Brian Wilson he had to “create a new kind of music”

Moving away from Surfin’.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Paul Simon - Art Garfunkel - Border - Far Out Magazine

The one lyric in Paul Simon’s 1969 masterpiece that he is still “embarrassed” by

“It came quickly”.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
He Knows You're Alone - Tom Hanks - 1980

Tom Hanks’ eight favourite songs of all time: “The ‘wow’ moment”

A fine selection.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground - Guitar

The 1967 song The Velvet Underground wrote after being “up all night on crank”

The ultimate comedown anthem.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026

“Complete opposite”: The 1972 song David Bowie thought everyone misunderstood

A misinterpreted anthem.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Joni Mitchell - 1960s

The singer who killed music, according to Joni Mitchell: “Knocked the importance of talent out of the arena”

“Manufactured…”

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Brian Johnson - Singer - 1982

The “magic” 1973 song that got Brian Johnson into AC/DC

A moment of fate.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Hear Me Out- ‘Paul McCartney is dead’ was a marketing psyop

Hear Me Out: ‘Paul McCartney is dead’ was a marketing psyop

Mysteries and mischief.

Tom Taylor
Jun 20, 2026
Bob Dylan in Copenhagen, 1966

“I was going to quit”: the 1965 masterpiece that saved Bob Dylan’s career

“It was something that I myself could dig”.

Tom Taylor
Jun 19, 2026
Steely Dan - Walter Becker - Donald Fagen

Five musicians think Steely Dan are out of everyone’s league: “The American Beatles”

The guys who caught a thrill.

Tom Taylor
Jun 19, 2026
John Lennon - Paul McCartney - George Harrison - Ringo Starr - 1967 - George Martin - The Beatles

The band who killed The Beatles, according to George Martin

A new era.

Tom Taylor
Jun 19, 2026

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