June 2025 - Page 24 of 31 - Vintage Rock Times

“How do you do that”: How John Lennon failed to accept Paul McCartney’s relationship with son, Julian

“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, Take a sad song and make it better”: Paul McCartney wrote those words in 1968, and quickly, they became the opening lines to one of the world’s most well-known anthems. For decades since, crowds have chanted it back at him, adopting the song of hope into the world’s songbook […]

The guitarist who played like it was his “last day on Earth”, according to Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl might have made his first mark on the music industry as a rebellious young upstart at the heart of the grunge revolution, but his tastes were always a little more expansive than many of his punk peers. Namely, the self-professed rock aficionado has always maintained a deep-rooted appreciation for the landscape of classic […]

Who is The Beatles song ‘Savoy Truffle’ aimed at?

After the summer of love’s lysergic pop psychedelia began to wear off, and the emerging roots rock trends sought to pull music toward a more rustic and foundational plane long before acid’s arrival on the charts, so too did The Beatles seek to shake off their kaleidoscopic regiment uniforms on 1967’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts […]

Which one a song Led Zeppelin never wanted to released Says “Everybody laughed” ?

There was arguably no one bigger than Led Zeppelin in 1975. The undeniable presence and charisma of Robert Plant, coupled with the mesmeric massaging of guitar strings by Jimmy Page, had the English band on top of the universe. Although they had a distinctly different sound from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin took the baton from […]

Which one the artist Robert Plant called a master of wordplay: “The master of that thing”

In rock and roll’s early years, the biggest stars in the world didn’t necessarily need to be Ernest Hemingway on every one of their tunes. There might be one or two great lines to pull out of any of their songs, but if they were writing a typical love song or a tune to get […]

Ringo Starr Son Zak Starkey admits he “avoided” Beatles kids collaboration for fear of judgement

Previous The Who and Oasis drummer Zak Starkey has admitted that he is extremely anxious about the song he will release with John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons. Speaking previously to The Telegraph, Ringo Starr’s son revealed that his supergroup Mantra Of The Cosmos has an album’s worth of songs ready to release. Within that […]

Was breaking up The Beatles the “best thing Yoko Ono ever did”?

The record producer Rick Rubin once waxed so lyrical about The Beatles that even a desperate second-hand car salesman might blush: “It transcends everything,” he eulogised, “It’s much bigger than four kids from Liverpool. For me, The Beatles are proof of the existence of God. It’s so good and so far beyond everyone else that […]

“What are we doing?”: The album that divided Led Zeppelin ?

No rock band can claim to see eye-to-eye on everything. Even though they seem like a band of brothers every time they take the stage, there are always those few minutes where you want to wring each other’s throats because one person dared to have their instrument louder than everyone else’s. And while Led Zeppelin […]

Why ‘ Bohemian Rhapsody ‘ the queen song that terrified Queen’s record label

Why ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: the song that terrified Queen’s record label Picture the scene: you’re an up-and-coming producer, Roy Thomas Baker, with a few hit records to your name, including Free’s Fire and Water. Your rising star, however, is a flamboyant band of art-metal eccentrics called Queen, who are steadily becoming a big deal. They’re fun […]

Which Beatle wrote the most love songs?

You can’t hurry love. It’s a battlefield. A drug. It’s a crazy little thing. It keeps lifting you higher and higher. It’s thicker than water. According to The Beatles, it’s all you need. But which Beatle wrote about it the most? One of the biggest and most popular themes in music (and all forms of […]