The Story Behind The Song: The supermarket origins of ‘Damaged Goods’ by Gang of Four
The debut single from which post-punk was born.
The Story Behind The Song
The Story Behind The Song: How The Rolling Stones poked fun at forced ennui on ’19th Nervous Breakdown’
Not quite as serious as you’d think.
The Story Behind The Song: How trying to write the best song ever led to ‘Tribute’ by Tenacious D
The best song in the world?
The Story Behind The Song: The Band’s major introduction through ‘Tears of Rage’
The Dylan-penned opening track from ‘Music from Big Pink.’
The Story Behind The Song: How Talk Talk used ‘It’s My Life’ as a protest against EMI
Talk Talk silenced their label’s demands.
The Story Behind The Song: Cat Power’s ‘The Greatest’
Inspired more by Cassius Clay than Muhammad Ali…
The Story Behind The Song: The painstaking vulnerability of Yeah Yeah Yeahs track ‘Maps’
‘My Angus Please Stay’.