The 10 greatest concept characters in music
Shedding their skin.
1960s
The 1965 track Neil Young called one of the best guitar songs: “Just so good”
The purest musical expression.
The 1963 movie John Wayne wanted to delete from history: “Just plain bad judgment”
He knew it was doomed.
“I was going to quit”: the 1965 masterpiece that saved Bob Dylan’s career
“It was something that I myself could dig”.
The 1960s ‘Bond girl’ who got thrown under the bus: “It’s the one film they consider a failure”
Others feel differently.
The 1960s band Bruce Springsteen called “a head above everybody else”
Demonstrating his taste’s broad scope.
The one musician The Edge wants to meet in heaven: “More than any other”
Talent from the other side.
The worst lyrics Ozzy Osbourne ever heard in his life: “Who the hell sat down and wrote this shit?”
The worst lines you can imagine.