The movie The Breakfast Club opens with a passage from David Bowie's "Changes" ("And these children that you spit on...")
Taylor Swift used a line from "Blank Space" on party favors at her wedding to Travis Kelce: "So it's gonna be forever..." It's Kelce's favorite Taylor Swift song.
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is based on billboards John Lennon and Yoko Ono posted two years earlier declaring "War Is Over! If You Want It."
Kung Fu was big in 1974, with movies by Bruce Lee and a TV series called Kung Fu. Carl Douglas brought it to the dance floor that year with "Kung Fu Fighting," a #1 hit.
"Master Blaster (Jammin')" is Stevie Wonder's tribute to Bob Marley, released less than a year before Marley died.
"London Calling" by The Clash was written amid widespread fears that the Thames River was going to flood the city.
The Nails lead singer Marc Campbell talks about those 44 women he sings about over a stock Casio keyboard track. He's married to one of them now - you might be surprised which.
Glen Ballard talks about co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, and his work with Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and Annie Lennox.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
We've heard of artists putting their hearts into their music, but some take it literally.