The title of Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat" comes from Vietnamese astrology. The Year of the Cat comes every 12 Years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023...
The French part in Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" explains that the killer is going after a girl, like Norman Bates in the movie Psycho.
The Austin Powers theme is "Soul Bossa Nova," written by Quincy Jones in 1962 - the same year the first James Bond movie was released.
The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.
Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.
The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Graham Nash tells the stories behind some of his famous songs and photos, and is asked about "yacht rock" for the first time.
Gary Lewis and the Playboys had seven Top 10 hits despite competition from The Beatles. Gary talks about the hits, his famous father, and getting drafted.