The Information Society hit "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" samples the voice of Leonard Nimoy (Spock) from an episode of Star Trek.
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
The original "Venus" was a #1 hit for the Dutch band Shocking Blue. Listen to the first line and you'll hear a muffed word: "goddess" was sung as "goddness."
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
The guys who wrote "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" had never been to a baseball game but knew it was a good song topic.
"99 Luftballons" by Nena is about a Cold War scare when balloons showed up on radar and were mistaken as a nuclear threat.
Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.
We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.
Writing great prog metal isn't easy, especially when it's for 60 musicians.
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
Untangling the events that led to the "Stairway To Heaven" lawsuit.
