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The Simpsons song that outsold ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

When it was released in 1991, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ was not just a gigantic breakthrough moment for Nirvana or the grunge movement, but a watershed moment in terms of rock music re-entering the mainstream with something that felt genuinely subversive. Mainstream rock music throughout the 1980s had felt watered-down to some, lacking in the […]

A British twang: Sculpting the perfect Rolling Stones country album

It was impossible for any American band to ignore the British invasion, no matter if they tried. As much as The Beach Boys may have been making their own symphonies at the same time The Beatles were rocketing up the charts, there’s a reason why Brian Wilson made sure to keep up to date on […]

The one artist who taught Paul McCartney everything: “I love that so much”

Some of the greatest Beatles songs feel like they have existed since the beginning of time. As much as John Lennon and Paul McCartney‘s story has been in the public eye time and time again, it’s impossible to think of them going into the studio to write a song and coming up with something like […]

The album Jimmy Page said changed everything for rock music: “So many ideas”

Every generation has those defining records that hold a place in people’s hearts from subsequent generations as well. As much as listeners might have thought they sounded fresh at the time, certain records have that kind of magic that makes everyone want to listen again and wonder how they got to it before the days […]

How John Lennon secretly joked about his ‘Lost Weekend’ on a Harry Nilsson album cover

When The Beatles stopped performing in 1966, losing the buzz of the stage hit John Lennon much harder than any of his peers. After a childhood marred by loss, live music was always a vital escape for the deeply introspective star. When that was taken away from him after the rigours of the road became […]

When Joe Walsh gifted Jimmy Page a Les Paul: “One I just was saving for a rainy day”

In the age of instant gratification and impatient consumption, would a solo like Joe Walsh‘s in ‘Hotel California’ become as iconic? Forget the fact that guitar solos are more sparingly performed in the modern day; I don’t think the charts would allow for a two-minute solo at the end of a six-minute song anymore. Whether […]

Mick Jagger knows the real reason The Beatles broke up

From the moment The Beatles officially split, there has been one big, decades-long question asked over and over and over: What happened? It’s a question that has, by now, been analysed from every possible angle of the situation. Finances, personal relationships, the music itself, the music industry itself, their marriages, their addictions – everything has […]

The lyric John Lennon detested but Paul McCartney adored: “He wrote some beautiful ballads”

When the potential of The Beatles was realised, there was no rest for the band. Once the label clocked just how much money the music of Paul McCartney and John Lennon could make, they were pressured into writing the equivalent of two albums every year. Even for the best songwriters in the world, this is […]

Is there a hidden message in Queen song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’?

The beauty of most art forms is that meaning can be applied almost anywhere. In music, most artists are aware that when they release a song or album, it generally stops being theirs, landing into the hungry hands of their audiences and exploding into countless interpretations. While this can be said of almost any Queen […]