The 1979 lyric Lou Reed wanted to be remembered for: “I’ve always been very affected by it”
Changing meaning…
1979
The 1979 anthem Billy Joel wrote after an awkward dinner with Mick Jagger: “Uptown riding in your limousine”
“You had the Dom Pérignon in your hand / And the spoon up your nose.”
How Led Zeppelin’s entire discography stormed the charts for two weeks in 1979
Attack from all angles.
“Burnt out since 1979”: The bandmate Roger Waters said couldn’t write anymore
No sense of inspiration anymore.
How Zach Braff ended up with Morgan Freeman on his voicemail: “I don’t believe it”
Voices don’t come any more famous.
The 1979 song Brian May wanted to live on forever: “The immortal version of it”
The perfect pop rock statement.
The story of the last great Pink Floyd song in 1979: “Gave me goosebumps”
One last roll of the dice.