At 9:57, David Bowie's "Blackstar" was the longest song to reach the Hot 100 until 2019, when Tool bested the record with the 10:21 "Fear Inoculum."
"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.
The kid in Madonna's "Open Your Heart" video became a successful songwriter. His songs include Amy Winehouse's "You Sent Me Flying" and James Blunt's "1973."
Chrissie Hynde got the phrase "Brass In Pocket" from a Northern England slang term meaning you had some money, "brass" meaning coins.
Justin wrote the classic "Nights In White Satin," but his fondest musical memories are from a different decade.
The drummer and one of the primary songwriters in Grand Funk talks rock stardom and Todd Rundgren.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
Mike Rutherford talks about the "Silent Running" storyline and "Land Of Confusion" in the age of Trump.
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
"Dead Skunk" became a stinker for Loudon when he felt pressure to make another hit - his latest songs deal with mortality, his son Rufus, and picking up poop.