Neil Young's song "Old Man" was inspired by the caretaker of the ranch he bought in 1970. Neil was the young man at the time, just 25.
Before she was famous on Friends, Courteney Cox danced on stage with Bruce Springsteen in his "Dancing In The Dark" video.
On Metallica's "The Unforgiven," James Hetfield modeled his vocals on Chris Isaak.
After the Beastie Boys sampled a bunch of Led Zeppelin songs, Robert Plant did it himself on his 1988 solo hit "Tall Cool One," which sampled "Whole Lotta Love," "Black Dog" and "The Ocean."
"Mr. Roboto" by Styx was written by their keyboard player, Dennis DeYoung, who used Japanese words and imagery to create an allegory about censorship.
Al Green's "Take Me to the River" describes a baptism. Two years later, he became a reverend.
Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.
Nirvana, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among those who wrote songs with cities that show up in this quiz.
With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
Was Justin the first to be Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher? Did Britney really blame him for her meltdown? Did his bandmates think he was gay?
