The definitive Dave Matthews Band song, "Ants Marching" is a look at monotony, something they avoid by improvising at concerts and mixing up their setlists.
David Bowie's "Space Oddity" tells the story of an astronaut who cuts off communication and floats into space. The BBC used it extensively in their coverage of the 1969 moon landing - an odd choice considering the lyrics.
Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her 2001 hit "Family Affair": "hateration," "holleration" and "dancerie." We define "holleration" as "The act of hollering in a belligerent fashion."
"Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by Albert Camus' book The Stranger.
Bob Seger's song "Beautiful Loser" was inspired by book Leonard Cohen published in 1966 called Beautiful Losers.
Cheap Trick's original version of "I Want You To Want Me" was countrified and kind of hokey. When they sped it up for their Live At Budokan album, it became a huge hit.
Rock Stars - especially those in the metal realm - are often enlisted for horror movies. See if you know can match the rocker to the role.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
Shears does very little promotion, which has kept him secluded from the spotlight. What changed when Cyndi Lauper had a hit with his song? Not much, really.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
Iron Maiden, Adele, Toto, Eminem and Earth, Wind & Fire are just some of the artists with songs directly inspired by movies - and not always good ones.
The longtime BS&T frontman tells the "Spinning Wheel" story, including the line he got from Joni Mitchell.