"Spoonman" by Soundgarden is about a real street performer in Seattle: Artis the Spoonman.
Keith Richards did some studio alchemy on "Street Fighting Man," which is all acoustic except the bass.
The names Louise, Jack, Marie and Milo all show up in the song "Footloose." Marie was the mother of Dean Pitchford, who co-wrote it.
Clarence Clemons, who played the sax in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, had the biggest solo hit of anyone in the group - aside from Springsteen - when "You're A Friend Of Mine" hit #18 in 1985.
Michael Stipe hadn't finished the lyrics when R.E.M. recorded "Radio Free Europe." He calls the vocal "complete babbling."
Richard Harris, who played Professor Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies, had a hit in 1968 with "MacArthur Park."
When Dave recorded the first version of the song with his group the Blasters, producer Nick Lowe gave him some life-changing advice.
An Electronic music pioneer with Asperger's Syndrome. This could be interesting.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
What happens when Kurt Cobain, Iron Maiden and Johnny Lydon are told to lip-synch? Some hilarious "performances."
Cain talks about the divine inspirations for "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Faithfully."
Where words like "email," "thirsty," "Twitter" and "gangsta" first showed up in songs, and which songs popularized them.