DH writes: Because it has a vibe to it that no other Stones album has. It’s the sound of dead ends, soured romance, bad breaks, sick friends, and a quest for good times that can seem futile. Not a “fun” theme, but one that holds the album together. As with the White Album, not every […]
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AD writes: On 20 August 1969, The Beatles–John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr–put the finishing touches on the Lennon/McCartney masterpiece, I Want You (She’s so Heavy) for their final album–and penultimate album release–Abbey Road: by some considered the best Rock and Pop album ever. It would be the last time all four […]
Ron writes: It’s not a tribute. It’s an insult. The whole line is: In Birmingham They Love the Governor, but we all did what we could do” meaning they tried to fight segregation. Not support it. MS writes: TIL. The more I hear about the meaning behind some Southern Rock songs the more I like […]
RJH writes: Paul Simon was asked why would a man who had just made love get up and wash his face? Simon replied, “Well, it’s the ’60s, so I can’t remember.” Paul Simon had suggested he is actually singing to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The song might refer to the frustration of […]
ROBERT F writes: After the untimely demise of drummer John Bonham in the fall of 1980, Led Zeppelin collectively decided that without their fallen comrade there would be no way to continue. Which meant, after 11 years of recording, relentless touring and being among the most heralded and famous people on earth, they were once […]
BW writes: George was not enamored with Yoko. There were instances were she supposedly hurt her back, yet George saw her walking around Abbey Rd. studio. She, also, was to have taken his food several times. But one of the big blow ups came when George asked John to appear for the concert for Bangladesh. […]
TL writes: Paul McCartney was generally fairly realistic when assessing Beatles’ songs. However, he inexplicably once said that his favorite Beatles song was “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).” And there were Beatles songs that he didn’t like. For example, he didn’t like “She Said She Said”, “Revolution No. 9”, “Yer Blues” and […]
MDM writes: Technically, no. Waters presented the band with an ultimatum, that either Wright voluntarily leaves Pink Floyd or The Wall will never be completed. I suppose, the other band members could have declined the drastic measure, but they knew that Waters was right and Wright, who had been going through a lot of personal […]
A user writes: The number of songs which the BBC has banned is long and undistinguished. In fact I regularly use the BBC ban-list in debates when people talk about what ‘snowflakes’ we have become (looking at some of the older items on that list – we have always been snowflakes). But the era that […]
H Sayers writes: Others will have a different view but for me classic rock extends roughly from 1967 to 1981, in other words the pre cd era. Most of the great albums from that time have a superb side one and an indifferent side two but back then we would often only play one side […]
JK writes … Noel Redding, originally a guitarist, always wanted to do his own thing. He was a good musician, but didn’t have the originality of someone like Jimi Hendrix. Even while, he was still in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, he formed his own band Fat Mattress, who opened some shows for the Experience. When […]
MAX W writes… Yes, definitely. It illustrated how intimately close John and Paul were; how isolated and insecure George clearly felt (not just set against John and Paul, but also against his peers like Clapton) and how much of a junior partner he was considered by the two main songwriters; how surprisingly important and stabilising […]
JASON B writes … I would say Steppenwolf’s “Heavy metal thunder” lyric in Born To Be Wild is more closer to the creative origin of the heavy metal rock genre than anything, and the band borrowed it from the post-WWII Zen motorcycle culture and its clubs like the original Hell’s Angels, not the successive versions […]
Charlotte Beugge writes: Some old records fetch £10,000, others – such as a Blur LP worth £70 – are fast risers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/10947022/Ten-most-valuable-albums-of-all-time.html
PLV NESS writes … Dude, where have you been for the past fifty years? You need to lay off that wacky weed and pay closer attention to life. ‘Wings’ was always seen as a serious endeavor. All 23 of ‘Wings’ U.S. singles registered Top 40 hits. Over the years, the band won six Grammy Awards, […]
DIMITRI KEN: From a fringe musician to a superstar of Hip Hop: Let me tell you about this French guy, I mean, this genius: guy, I mean, this genius: This is Alain Mion, a Jazz Funk pianist. Back in the 70s, he formed a group named Cortex, and they released 3 albums between 1975 and […]
ALEX JOHNSTON … Yes. Miles was supposedly introduced to Hendrix’s music by his then-wife, Betty, née Mabry, who was a figure on the counter-cultural scene at the time: a model, a singer, a DJ and a general scenemaker. Betty and Miles’ marriage didn’t last very long. Sources disagree as to why it ended: one version […]
NEIL A writes … Many writers use various means to create music, and Bowie seems to have been one of these. The early songs appear to have been written in a very traditional way, by sitting down at a guitar or piano and finding chord structures that worked, then putting a tune to that, and […]
G ROWLAND writes … ‘Something’ is a lovely song, but if you were Paul McCartney you’d have some license to regard it as charming but ultimately somewhat naive, a bit of an easy win for a composer. Why? Because the harmonic structure relies on something which is known as ‘Line Cliche’ in music theory, which […]
J. Spangler writes: Yes he did. Especially John Lennon. As related by author Chris Hutchins (who for some unknown reason confused the California Bel-Air mansion with Graceland when relating this anecdote {The Beatles and Elvis never met at Graceland}), who took the Fab Four to meet the King at his mansion at 525 Perugia Way, […]
Neil, I’m a new follower of the Grateful Dead and I would like advise me a good performance of Grateful Dead, containing the song “Dark Star” and if possible you can buy on DVD What is the best performance by Grateful Dead recorded or on DVD ? Thanks you very much Hello and thank you. […]
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SCOTT M writes … Several reasons. He was coming under the influence of drugs, and being in a band with Keith was making it feel like the drugs were ok. Mick failed to stay away from drugs after leaving the band. Mick was bored with the type of music the Stones were playing. He was […]