The ad that got the MC5 dropped from Elektra Records just six months after signing to the label. That's lead singer Rob Tyner with his fist in the air; the copy reads:
Bruce Springsteen originally wrote "Hungry Heart" for The Ramones, but decided to keep it for himself on the advice of his producer and manager, Jon Landau.
Ozzy Osbourne's "Shot In The Dark" is titled after a Pink Panther movie.
"Yellow" by Coldplay is a deep, meaningful song, but the title has a rather prosaic origin: it came from the phone directory, known as "the yellow pages."
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
Jack & Diane started off as an interracial couple; Mellencamp took race references out of the song at the request of his record company.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band-Aid was the first big group charity single. It was organized by Bob Geldof, who a year later put together "We Are The World" and Live Aid.
"I'll Be" was what Edwin called his "Hail Mary" song. He says it proves "intention of the songwriter is 180 degrees from potential interpretation by an audience."
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
Julian tells the stories behind his hits "Valotte" and "Too Late for Goodbyes," and fills us in on his many non-musical pursuits. Also: what MTV meant to his career.
Just like Darrin was replaced on Bewitched, groups have swapped out original members, hoping we wouldn't notice.
Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton talk twin guitar harmonies and explain how they create songs in Judas Priest.
