The line in John Mellencamp's "Cherry Bomb" that sounds like "that's when a smoke was a smoke" is actually "that's when a sport was a sport," according to the published lyric. In that sense, "sport" is an endearment for someone of good nature.
MC Skat Kat was created for the remix of "Opposites Attract," which was released as the last single from Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl album. The team that created the Kat also did a-ha's "Take On Me" video.
The death of John Lennon was an influence on the Stevie Nicks hit "Edge Of Seventeen." He's the one with the "words of a poet and voice from a choir."
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was supposed to be titled "In The Garden Of Eden," but someone in the studio wrote down the title phonetically, and it stuck.
Jon Bon Jovi earned his first movie credit - Young Guns II - by writing "Blaze Of Glory" for the film.
The hit duet "Somewhere Out There" was written for an animated film about a family of immigrant mice who lose one of their young.
John tells the "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" story and explains why he disappeared for so long.
The flautist frontman talks about touring with Led Zeppelin, his contribution to "Hotel California", and how he may have done the first MTV Unplugged.
The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.