Gwen Stefani wrote the early No Doubt song "Just a Girl" as a message to her overprotective father.
The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" tells the story of real people who were part of Andy Warhol's "factory," including Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was written by Nick Lowe in 1974. The original version with his group Brinsley Schwarz was kind of somber, but Elvis Costello made it a classic with his 1978 uptempo take.
One of the most enduring songs from the '90s is "Iris" by The Goo Goo Dolls, which got huge on social media and streaming in the 2020s. The song was written for a movie called City Of Angels, about an angel (Nicolas Cage) who falls in love with a human (Meg Ryan).
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
From the cowbell on "Mississippi Queen" to recording with The Who when they got the wrong Felix, stories from one of rock's master craftsmen.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
Keyboard great David Sancious talks about his work with Sting, Seal, Springsteen, Clapton and Aretha, and explains what quantum physics has to do with making music.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
