Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images Punk songs are supposed to be loud, fast, and abrupt. But “Marquee Moon”, the signature song of Television,... read more
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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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Rock Stars - especially those in the metal realm - are often enlisted for horror movies. See if you know can match the rocker to the role.
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Christopher Cross with Deep Purple? Kenny Loggins in Caddyshack? A Fact or Fiction all about yacht rock and those who made it.
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This song to me is so mysteriously beautiful. The way I interpret this in my mind is love for someone who's gone a bit off the rails, a bit unhinged, come undone, and that someone needs love from a dedicated lover, to guide them through their pain. "who do you need, who do you love, when you come undone?" ...