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 Dixie Chicks got their name from the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken." In 2020 they became "The Chicks" because Dixie refers to the American South in times of slavery.
k.d. lang is a credited writer on the Rolling Stones song "Anybody Seen My Baby?" because it sounds so much like her hit "Constant Craving."
The events described in Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic," like rain on your wedding day, are not examples of irony. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
The Destiny's Child "Independent Women Part I" video was directed by the same guy who did the Hunger Games movies.
Tyler talks about his true love: songwriting. How he identifies the beauty in a melody and turns sorrow into art.
A Soul Train dancer takes us through a day on the show, and explains what you had to do to get camera time.
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
The drummer and one of the primary songwriters in Grand Funk talks rock stardom and Todd Rundgren.
Mike is lead guitarist with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and co-writer of classic songs like "Boys Of Summer," "Refugee" and "The Heart Of The Matter."
