The Arctic Monkeys 2011 song "Suck It and See" is titled after a British saying meaning you should try something to see if you like it.
The idea for "The Man Comes Around" came to Johnny Cash from a dream he had where he was in Buckingham Palace and the Queen said to him, "Johnny Cash, you're just like a thorn tree in a whirlwind."
"Tomorrow People" by Ziggy Marley is the first song by a Marley to crack the US Top 40; the highest Bob got was #51 with "Roots, Rock, Reggae."
Graham Nash wrote the domestic tranquility classic "Our House" about the house he shared with Joni Mitchell. It was a very very very fine house.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto is the announcer on Meat Loaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Light." Rizzuto used to broadcast games for his former team, the Yankees.
Judas Priest's "Evening Star" is a Christmas carol that describes the journey of the Magi from a first person perspective.
Many unusual folks appear in Grateful Dead songs. Can you identify them?
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
How did The Edge get his name? Did they name a song after a Tolkien book? And who is "Angel of Harlem" about?
Toto's keyboard player explains the true meaning of "Africa" and talks about working on the Thriller album.
The Cult frontman tells who the "Fire Woman" is, and talks about performing with the new version of The Doors.
MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.