The first big hit to blend EDM with country music was "Wake Me Up" by the Swedish DJ Avicii. He put the song together with Mike Einziger of Incubus and with Aloe Blacc, who sings on it.
"London Calling" by The Clash was written amid widespread fears that the Thames River was going to flood the city.
Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler got the idea for "Money For Nothing" after overhearing delivery men in a New York department store complain about their jobs while watching MTV.
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.
MTV reversed the word "joint" in Tom Petty's "You Don't Known How It Feels" so it was unintelligible, but gave the video a VMA anyway.
Post Malone came up with "White Iverson" after getting braids in his hair and thinking they looked like basketball legend Allen Iverson's signature cornrows.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
Daryl Hall's TV show is a hit, and he's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - only one of these developments excites him.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
