10 songs written by bands to annoy their fans
Records designed to piss you off.
Randy Newman
‘I Love LA’: The overlooked satire in the unofficial Los Angeles theme song
Randy Newman’s 1983 song was never a hit, but wound up an anthem.
The singer Linda Ronstadt said was too hard to emulate: “It has so many layers”
Nowhere near his eccentricities.
The artist Bob Dylan and Don Henley called an American “national treasure”
Icons in firm agreement over a “genius”.
Five defining protest anthems that helped topple President Richard Nixon
From Marvin Gaye to Neil Young.
The lyricist who helped Bill Callahan realise how humour could enhance a song
“It’s not just a laugh, it also has meaning to it”.
