Photo by Dave Simpson/WireImage As a teen, Eddie Vedder sat in his San Diego home with a four-track recorder to begin work on a new song. Then it bec... read more
How our favorite songs taught us about Champagne Problems, Dirty Work, Freak Flags, Soft Options and other useful phrases
Kenny Aronoff, who did that Jack & Diane drum break, makes his picks
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Chris Hill, who co-wrote nine songs on Raye's new album, tells us how they came together.
At the end of the Doors song "Touch Me," Jim Morrison chants, "Stronger than dirt!" The line is from an Ajax commercial where a white knight rides around destroying dirt.
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The Disney Channel isn't the only network who can churn out a pop star. Grande starred as Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon's Victorious and Sam & Cat before her breakthrough single, "The Way," had critics comparing her to Mariah Carey.
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The (Meat)puppetmaster takes us through songs like "Lake Of Fire" and "Backwater," and talks about performing with Kurt Cobain on MTV Unplugged.
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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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Do you know who recorded the original versions of these ten hit songs?
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Was Dr. Feelgood a dentist? Did the "Crüecifixion" really happen?
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Way back in the mists of time, - say 1970-ish I remember reading in a music journal (Prolly "Melody Maker") about the writer discovering a film somewhere entitled "Postcards of the Hanging" and speculating on Dylan sitting in some ancient movie theatre in Hibbing or Duluth and scribbling down the title for future reference in a song or something. The implication being that Dylan nicks ideas from other art works, (What else is new?). I'm not at all concerned about that, but for decades I have tried in vain to find the film so sardonically entitled. Anybody any ideas?...