Pop Archives: 07/2026

Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Charlie Watts - Mick Taylor - Bill Wyman - 1969 - The Rolling Stones

The 1969 Rolling Stones song that cracked “all the ingredients” of a great pop anthem

A beloved track…

Jul 21, 2026

The Supremes - 1968

‘Buttered Popcorn’: How The Supremes could have sounded without Diana Ross

What could have been.

Callum MacHattie

Jul 21, 2026

Turn-Down Day the 1966 song that proved there could never be another Beatles

‘Turn-Down Day’: the 1966 song that proved there could never be another Beatles

An impossible task.

Jul 21, 2026

Stevie Wonder - Musician - Rózsavölgyi Gyöngyi

The musician Stevie Wonder said brought every genre together: “If he wanted to”

A legendary artist…

Jul 20, 2026

Adam Duritz - Far Out Magazine

The track Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz hailed as objectively “the greatest pop song ever written”

A new age.

Jul 19, 2026

What, exactly, is a Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

What, exactly, is a ‘Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine’?

A miraculous invention…

Jul 18, 2026

Elton John - Musician - 2025

The 1975 album Elton John called “impossible” to top

Reaching absolute perfection.

Jul 16, 2026

Lou Reed - 1977 - Musician

Who played piano on ‘Perfect Day’?

“It’s such fun”.

Jul 15, 2026

Frank Zappa - Musician

The 1982 pop album Frank Zappa said was killing music taste: “No weird things to discover”

“…no weird things to discover…”

Jul 15, 2026

The banned 1982 World Cup song sung by the England heroes of 1966

The banned 1982 World Cup song sung by the England heroes of 1966

34 years of hurt.

Jul 15, 2026

Brian Wilson - Eugene Landy - 1999

How did Brian Wilson first meet Eugene Landy?

A torrid relationship.

Jul 15, 2026

Phil Collins - Drums - Genesis

The rookie musician who “surprised the shit” out of Phil Collins

Fathers and sons

Jul 14, 2026