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The Story Behind The Song

The Story Behind The Song: Pink Floyd’s alienation anthem ‘Another Brick in the Wall’

Alienation couldn’t stop ‘The Wall’ from connecting.

Tyler Golsen
Nov 16, 2021

How Sleater-Kinney kicked back on ‘You’re No Rock n Roll Fun’

Sleater-Kinnney were more than just a “girl band”.

Tyler Golsen
Nov 9, 2021
mick jagger, keith richards

The Story Behind The Song: The Rolling Stones’ scatological ‘Turd on the Run’

A hidden gem from ‘Exile on Main St.’

Tyler Golsen
Nov 9, 2021

The Story Behind The Song: Donovan’s trippy folk tune ‘Mellow Yellow’

Era-defining.

Tom Taylor
Oct 24, 2021

The Story Behind The Song: Neil Young’s heartfelt message to Graham Nash, ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’

Heartbreaking.

Arun Starkey
Oct 19, 2021
Ramones (v.l. C. J. Ramone, Marky Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone)

The Story Behind The Song: The frustrated boredom of ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’

A classic.

Arun Starkey
Oct 18, 2021

The Story Behind The Song: How Led Zeppelin created the pioneering ‘Immigrant Song’

The song that birthed heavy metal.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 8, 2021
Rolling Stones in concert, 1965

The Story Behind The Song: The Rolling Stones’ horny ‘Let’s Spend the Night Together’

The Stones were done with subtlety.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 8, 2021

The story of Talking Heads’ first love song ‘Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town’

Talking Heads first song was a love song.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 3, 2021
Donald Fagen of Steely Dan live in Los Angeles July 1974

The Story Behind The Song: Steely Dan’s sly ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’

The band’s biggest hit is still jazzy.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 2, 2021

Story Behind The Song: The titular genius of The Replacements ‘Alex Chilton’

Chilton’s life was worth chronicling.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 19, 2021

The Story Behind The Song: How sexism birthed Heart’s ‘Barracuda’

Heart battled industry sexism their entire career.

Tyler Golsen
Sep 4, 2021

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