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Gary LewisGary Lewis
Gary Lewis and the Playboys had 7 Top-10 hits despite competition from The Beatles. Gary talks about the hits, his famous father, and getting drafted.
Graham ParkerGraham Parker
When Judd Apatow needed under-appreciated rockers for his Knocked Up sequel, he immediately thought of Parker, who just happened to be getting his band The Rumour back together.
Andy Powell of Wishbone AshAndy Powell of Wishbone Ash
The Wishbone Ash guitarist on how touring with The Who inspired one of their most enduring songs, and why they moved to America at the peak of their powers.
Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"
Ian talks about his 3 or 4 blatant attempts to write a pop song, and also the ones he most connected with, including "Locomotive Breath."
Songs Inspired by Books
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
1984 - David Bowie
2+2=5 - Radiohead
42 - Coldplay
A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun - Manic Street Preachers
A Girl And His Cat - Biffy Clyro
A Spaceman Came Traveling - Chris de Burgh
Angelo - Brotherhood of Man
Avalon - Professor Green
Backyard Skulls - Frightened Rabbit
Banga - Patti Smith
Baobabs - Regina Spektor
Bare Bones - Madeleine Peyroux
Be The Ball - Slash's Snakepit
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger
Been Down So Long - The Doors
Bible Black - Heaven & Hell
Big Brother - David Bowie
Bigger Than Love - Ben Gibbard
Book of Revelation - The Drums
Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Breathe - U2
Breezeblocks - Alt-J
Brief Candles - The Zombies
Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel
Cactus Practice - Tori Amos
Catcher In The Rye - Guns N' Roses
Cherry Lips - Garbage
Child Called "It" - Buckcherry
Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
Dark Entries - Bauhaus
Dear God - XTC
Dear One - Jim James
Disposable Teens - Marilyn Manson
Dodo - David Bowie
Dogs Of War - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Dollars & Cents - Radiohead
Don't Leave Me Behind - We Are the Fallen
Durango 95 - Ramones
Dust Bowl Dance - Mumford & Sons
Dyslexicon - The Mars Volta
Eagle - ABBA
Electioneering - Radiohead
Ender Will Save Us All - Dashboard Confessional
Eveline - Nickel Creek
Everything's Illuminated - Nerina Pallot
Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
Fair Weather - Julia Nunes
Family Snapshot - Peter Gabriel
Far Pavilions - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Firework - Katy Perry
Fitzpleasure - Alt-J
Flowers and Cages - Josh Todd
For The Sake Of The Call - Steven Curtis Chapman
Front Row - Metric
Frontside - Buckcherry
Galadriel - Barclay James Harvest
Gas Panic! - Oasis
Ghost World - Aimee Mann
Giving Up the Gun - Vampire Weekend
Go All The Way - The Raspberries
Godly Intersex - Of Montreal
Golden Skans - Klaxons
Gonzo - The All-American Rejects
Grendel - Marillion
Heavyweight Champion Of The World - Reverend and the Makers
Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
Higher Than Hope - Nightwish
Home at Last - Steely Dan
House at Pooh Corner - Loggins & Messina
Howl - Florence + the Machine
Hunger - Frankie & the Heartstrings
Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac
I Fought In a War - Belle & Sebastian
I Read a Lot - Nick Lowe
I Will Be Free - Cindy Morgan
In Hiding - Pearl Jam
In Repair - Our Lady Peace
Industrial Discipline - Fear Factory
Into The Nightlife - Cyndi Lauper
Invasion - Eisley
Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
January - Pilot
Jonathan - Barclay James Harvest
Just a Game - Birdy
Killing An Arab - The Cure
King of Cream - The Love Kills Theory
Kiss That Frog - Peter Gabriel
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Leaving Las Vegas - Sheryl Crow
Left Hand Path - Entombed
Leftovers - Jarvis Cocker
Leper's Song - Barclay James Harvest
Lightning-Rod Man - Lowell George & The Factory
Look Alive, Sunshine - My Chemical Romance
Lord Of The Flies - Iron Maiden
Losing It - Rush
Lost Art Of Murder - Babyshambles
Lovely Bones - Josh Todd
Lovesick for Mina - Cradle of Filth
Machineries Of Joy - British Sea Power
Magneto And Titanium Man - Paul McCartney & Wings
Major Minus - Coldplay
Mama - Genesis
Man Of Constant Sorrow - Soggy Bottom Boys
Mandinka - Sinéad O'Connor
Mark My Words - P.O.D.
Martin Eden - The Twilight Singers
Medicine Man - Barclay James Harvest
Michael's Song - The Coral
Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
Mix Tape - Brand New
Monster - Meg & Dia
Morbid Tales - Celtic Frost
Morning After Dark - Timbaland
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Moscow Underground - Simple Minds
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers
Mr. Raffles (Man it Was Mean) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Mrs. Hemingway - Mary Chapin Carpenter
My Soul Sings - Delirious?
Narnia - Steve Hackett
New Frontier - Iron Maiden
No Spill Blood - Oingo Boingo
Nothing Arrived - Villagers
November Rain - Guns N' Roses
Number The Brave - Wishbone Ash
Ohio - Patty Griffin
Oliver Twist - D'banj
One - Metallica
One Fine Day - David Byrne and Brian Eno
Pala - Friendly Fires
Parklife - Blur
Penelope's Song - Loreena McKennitt
Pilate - Pearl Jam
Pink Champagne - Caitlin Rose
Private Investigations - Dire Straits
Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
Quasimodo - Lifehouse
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Region of The Worms - The Love Kills Theory
reJoyce - Jefferson Airplane
Resistance - Muse
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Riki Tiki Tavi - Donovan
Rivendell - Rush
River to Consider - White Denim
Rocket Man - Elton John
Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits
Run Daddy Run - Miranda Lambert
Saint Veronika - Billy Talent
Salinas - Laura Marling
Science Fiction: Nova Lepidoptera - Barclay James Harvest
Secret Journey - The Police
Sign Of The Cross - Iron Maiden
Sirens Of Titan - Al Stewart
Sit Down - James
So It Goes - Nick Lowe
Sorrow - Pink Floyd
Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield
Speaker For The Dead - Gatsbys American Dream
Star Crossed - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Start - The Jam
Statistics - Lyfe Jennings
Suffragette City - David Bowie
Sunburned Country - Keith Urban and Olivia Newton-John
Swim with Sam - a balladeer
Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
T.B.D. - Live
Tea In The Sahara - The Police
Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
The Art of War - Anberlin
The Autumn Carnival - The Dandy Warhols
The Call Of Ktulu - Metallica
The Crystal Ship - The Doors
The Evil That Men Do - Iron Maiden
The Fly - U2
The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
The Golden Bough - The Coral
The Inner Light - The Beatles
The Phantom Of The Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Piper - ABBA
The Road - Hurts
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
The Truth Beneath The Rose - Within Temptation
The Ugly Duckling - Danny Kaye
The Veldt - Deadmau5
These Bones - Dashboard Confessional
These Roads Don't Move - Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard
This Charming Man - The Smiths
This is Home - Switchfoot
Time To Dance - Panic at the Disco
Timshel - Mumford & Sons
To Live Is To Die - Metallica
To The End - My Chemical Romance
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles
Tomorrow's Food - Incubus
Trynna Finda Way - Nelly Furtado
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand
Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
Waltzing Matilda - Traditional
We Are The Dead - David Bowie
Whip It - Devo
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Wig-Wam Bam - Sweet
Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Yellow Guitar - Kate Campbell
Yertle The Turtle - Red Hot Chili Peppers
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring
Zero She Flies - Al Stewart
Zooropa - U2