Keith Richards did some studio alchemy on "Street Fighting Man," which is all acoustic except the bass.
Don't play "I Will Always Love You" at your wedding - Dolly Parton wrote it about leaving someone behind to strike out on her own.
"Zombie" by The Cranberries is about an IRA bombing in England that killed two children.
The Naughty by Nature hit "O.P.P." doesn't have any curse words, but many oversensitive radio stations played a "clean" version with the word "kitten" edited out, surely the first time that word was censured.
"Just Dance" was Lady Gaga's first hit, and it also brought the techno-synth sound that had been popular in Europe for the previous decade to the United States.
After a devastating car accident, the actor Montgomery Clift had to be filmed from "The Right Profile" to look good - that provided the name of The Clash song.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
dUg dIgs into his King's X metal classics and his many side projects, including the one with Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.
Songs that seem to glorify violence against women are often misinterpreted - but not always.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
The Sevendust frontman talks about the group's songwriting process, and how trips to the Murder Bar helped forge their latest album.