Paul McCartney’s 1977 hit that the UK adored and the US ignored
A flop in the US…
1970s
The one songwriter Bob Dylan and Don Henley agreed was the best: “Better than most”
The right kind of storyteller.
The legendary 1971 role Clint Eastwood turned down: “I was offered pretty good money”
He still had a defining year.
The guitarist John Lennon wished he’d worked with instead of Eric Clapton: “Choked up”
John Lennon regretted working with Eric Clapton on ‘Cold Turkey’.
Black Sabbath wrote an entire 1975 album about hating their manager: “Ripping us off”
An album wrapped up in lawyers.
What separates a filmmaker from a “real director”, according to Martin Scorsese
Risked it all to show his versatility.
The Elvis concert that drew a bigger audience than the 1969 moon landing
“Blue moon, you saw me standing alone…”
“No cultural or social ethic”: The 1970s band Grace Slick struggled to enjoy
Hated being a sell-out.
The bandmate Neil Young called the glue of CSNY: “It would have been over a long time ago”
“It would have been over a long time ago.”
“Always great”: the 1978 song Mark Knopfler crowned as the height of perfect simplicity
It changed his approach to songwriting.