"Fight The Power" was written for the Spike Lee movie Do The Right Thing. It opens the film and serves as the motif.
"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne is about the Cold War concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) should any nuclear missile be fired.
"November Rain" by Guns N' Roses has a literary influence: The lyric is based on a story called Without You by Del James.
R.E.M. got the title "Shiny Happy People" from a Chinese propaganda poster.
"One Way Or Another" is based on a stalker who creeped out Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry.
The song "Grease," sung by Frankie Valli in the 1978 movie, was written by Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees.
The 2011 Artist of the Year at the Dove Awards isn't your typical gospel diva, and she thinks that's a good thing.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
Paul Stanley on his soul music project, the Kiss songs with the biggest soul influence, and the non-make-up era of the band.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
