
The Ozzy Osbourne song "Mr. Crowley" is about Aleister Crowley, a British practitioner of dark magic in the early 1900s.

When the Elvis stamps came out in 1993, lots of folks used them to mail letters with bad addresses so they would be Returned To Sender.

"Paper Planes" was inspired by M.I.A.'s hassles trying to get a visa to enter America.

The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.

"Dirty Work" is one of the few Steely Dan songs not sung by Donald Fagen. The lead vocal is by David Palmer, who sang on two tracks from their debut album.

"Rockin' In The Free World" is a very pro-America title, but the song takes on politicians who are indifferent to the poor and disenfranchised.
The Yardbirds drummer explains how they created their sound and talks about working with their famous guitarists.
Songs about drugs, revolution and greed that have been used in commercials for sneakers, jeans, fast food, cruises and cars.
Don breaks down "Hotel California" and other songs he wrote as a member of the Eagles. Now we know where the "warm smell of colitas" came from.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.