Photo by James Looker/Avalon/Getty Images Emo music was a massive movement in the early 2000s. These four bands helped define the emerging genre and ... read more
"Panama" by Van Halen is not about the country or the canal, but about a stripper David Lee Roth met in Arizona.
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The Spinners were on the Motown roster from 1963-1972 but had just one big hit there, "It's A Shame." They did much better after moving to Atlantic and teaming with producer Thom Bell, who oversaw a run of hits that included "I'll Be Around" and "The Rubberband Man."
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The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
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The haunting, melancholy tone of the song really hits you in the heart... it's the kind of song you'd listen to as you sit alone on a beach, just watching the waves and the seagulls go by......