"Mother" by Danzig is about censorship, specifically the Parents Music Resource Center, which pushed record labels to put warning stickers on albums with explicit lyrics.
The Queen song "Killer Queen," according to lead singer Freddie Mercury, is about a high-class call girl.
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
The Sam & Dave classic "Soul Man" was re-recorded by Sam Moore and Lou Reed for the 1986 movie Soul Man, about a white guy who pretends to be black so he can get a scholarship to Harvard.
Neil Diamond got a big boost in 1994 when Urge Overkill's cover of his song 'Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" was used in the movie Pulp Fiction. His catalog sales ramped up, and suddenly he was cool.
When Keith Urban played "Somebody Like You" for his girlfriend, she called him a hypocrite because he "sucked at relationships."
The men of Sparks on their album Hippopotamus, and how Morrissey handled it when they suggested he lighten up.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.
Brian has unearthed outtakes by Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello and hundreds of other artists for reissues. Here's how he does it.
The longtime BS&T frontman tells the "Spinning Wheel" story, including the line he got from Joni Mitchell.
It wasn't her biggest hit as a songwriter (that would be "Bette Davis Eyes"), but "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" had a family connection for Jackie.