Kenny Loggins co-wrote the Doobie Brothers hit "What a Fool Believes," which is about a guy who just can't accept that an affair from long ago was meaningless to her.
"Here Comes Your Man" is the closest the Pixies came to a hit in America. It was rumored to be about a drug dealer, but Black Francis says it's just a story about some hobos who travel by train and die in an earthquake.
Robert Plant's "Heaven Knows" is a satirical look at the '80s, when style seemed to trump substance.
The game Lana Del Rey sings about in "Video Games" is World of Warcraft - her ex used to play it all the time.
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
"The Night Chicago Died" was written and recorded by the British group Paper Lace. They talk about Al Capone in the song, but got a lot of details wrong - understandable since they wrote it based on gangster movies.
The good doctor shares some candid insights on recording with Phil Spector and The Black Keys.
The Garbage drummer/songwriter produced the Nirvana album Nevermind, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Siamese Dream.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
Daryl Hall's TV show is a hit, and he's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - only one of these developments excites him.
