Nina Simone was right about The Beatles being “very lucky”
Hear her out.
1960s Archives: 06/2026
Hippies, the apocalypse, and how 1969’s ‘Easy Rider’ led to an overlooked Neil Young masterpiece
It deserves more praise.
The six best ‘songs of the summer’ from the 1960s
The concept didn’t really exist back then, but the candidates were endless.
The 1966 song Paul McCartney struggled to play the most: “You just have to learn each part”
Running into some trouble.
The 1968 Beatles song John Lennon couldn’t stand: “It was a piece of garbage”
A song they penned in the studio.
The 1964 record Tom Petty called the first great album: “A significant thing”
Getting that first musical high.
The 1963 song Bob Dylan was desperate to write: “I couldn’t help it”
The words that were driven out of him.
