"Last Of The Independents" is the subtitle of the Walter Matthau film Charley Varrick, a review of which inspired this Rory Gallagher composition.
Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her hit "Family Affair": hateration, holleration and dancerie.
Adele got the title "Rolling In The Deep" from the British saying "Roll Deep," which means to look after someone. She was "rolling deep" with her boyfriend until he betrayed her.
The first line of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" is "It was the 3rd of September," which is the day lead singer Dennis Edwards' father died.
"Heart of Glass" was Blondie's first foray into disco, which turned off some fans. Debbie Harry said they did it because they "wanted to be uncool."
Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is about their founding member Syd Barrett, who became an acid casualty. Notice the S-Y-D in the title.
The title of Florence + the Machine's "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" was inspired by the Los Angeles skyline.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.
A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.
Scaramouch, a hoople and a superhero soundtrack - see if you can spot the real Queen stories.
The guitarist/songwriter explains how he came up with his signature sound, and deconstructs some classic Fear Factory songs.