
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.

When Pearl Jam plays "Daughter" live, they usually extend the ending so Eddie Vedder can improvise, saying or singing whatever is on his mind.

There really is a China Grove (in Texas), but Tom Johnston didn't know about it when he wrote the Doobie Brothers song.

"Heaven" by The Psychedelic Furs sounds upbeat, but is about an impending nuclear bombardment.

Janet Jackson wrote the lyric to "Nasty" in response to random guys calling her "baby."
The stories behind "Shine," "December," "The World I Know" and other Collective Soul hits.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
When he joined Guns N' Roses in 1990, Matt helped them craft an orchestral sound; his mezzo fortes and pianissimos are all over "November Rain."
The former Metallica bassist talks about his first time writing a song with James Hetfield, and how a hand-me-down iPad has changed his songwriting.
Eddie (played by Johnny Depp in the video) found fame fleeting, but Chuck Berry's made-up musician fared better.