It's Part 2 of our '00s music quiz, a time of YouTube, superstar collaborations, and Napster, which all make appearances. It was a decade when female pop singers ruled the charts, so we'll start there.
August 21, 2021
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Nirvana, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among those who wrote songs with cities that show up in this quiz.
Not everyone can be a superhero, but that hasn't stopped generations of musicians from trying to be Superman.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
The "Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" singer makes a habit of playing with the best in the business.
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould, chats to us about his two new experimental projects, The Talking Book and House of Hayduk, and also shares some stories from the FNM days.
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"Don't You Want Me" by The Human League was inspired by the 1976 movie A Star Is Born, which tells the story of an aging star who is upstaged by his lover/protégé. The group had just introduced two unheralded female singers into their lineup, so many assumed it was about them.
Ed Sheeran's "Bloodstream" was written after an experience taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza; it's basically about all the feelings that he got from that time.
"Talk To Ya Later" proved the power of MTV when sales of Tubes albums picked up in markets like Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the network was available.
The first Huey Lewis & the News hit, "Do You Believe In Love?," is a cover of a song producer Mutt Lange wrote three years earlier called "We Both Believe In Love."
The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" was written by the Motown team of Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland. The phrase "Sugar pie, honey bunch" was something Dozier's grandfather used to say when he was a kid.
