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Post-Millennial Classic: Travis’“The Cage,” a Gorgeous Ballad from the Band’s...
Even as much of the rest of their Britpop peers were reeling a bit at the turn of the millennium, the Scottish lads in Travis were just hitting their stride. Their 2001 album The Invisible Band found...
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Behind “I’m Going Down”: From 1976 Dud to Mary J. Blige Hit and “The Voice”...
Some songs take on a hundred forms before fading from the zeitgeist, and “I’m Going Down” is certainly no exception. From a relatively modest 1976 soundtrack cut to a Mary J. Blige hit, this soul...
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Bob Dylan’s Favorite Bob Dylan Cover: “I Liked His Version Better Than Mine”
Covering Bob Dylan is a musical right of passage that countless artists have taken over the years, but of the thousands upon thousands of cover versions of his material, Bob Dylan has only named one as...
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The Story Behind “Where Was I,” the Song Stevie Nicks Wrote for Fritz, Her...
In 1966, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks met during their senior year at Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California, and started making music together soon after. I was a senior in high...
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Behind the Meaning of Reba McEntire’s “Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can’t...
Why do we want what we know we can’t have? It’s a question most of us have pondered from time to time. Reba McEntire did so in her song of the same name. Released in 1983, this track uses narratives to...
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How Todd Terry’s Remix of “Missing” Changed the Course of Everything but the...
The first time Everything But the Girl reached the charts in the U.S., it was in 1990 with their fifth album The Language of Life and its first single “Driving.” When the English duo reappeared on the...
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Behind the Meaning of the Eagles’“No More Cloudy Days”
Learning to love again after heartbreak often seems like an impossible task. How do we bandaid over the ache of a breakup? That answer isn’t always so clear. But, inevitably, we all enter into love...
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Paul Simon Ironically “Resented” This Simon & Garfunkel Classic
No matter how iconic and decade-defining, a song will always appear different to the writer than it does the audience, and the Simon & Garfunkel classic Paul Simon ironically “resented” is a...
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Watch Vince Gill’s Touching Tribute to the Most Important Player in His Career
Country music legend Vince Gill has never shied away from giving props to the important people who have supported and influenced him throughout his career, but in 2016, he delivered a touching tribute...
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The Story Behind Beyoncé’s First Foray Into Country Pre-‘Cowboy Carter’ With...
Nearly a decade before Beyoncé released her first country album Cowboy Carter in 2024, she had already dabbled in country music while recording Lemonade. The 2016 album went to No. 1 worldwide,...
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Behind the Meaning of Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much”
Shania Twain has no shortage of songs that bolster women in relationships. She’s an empowering force that many women look up to for inspiration–musician or not. One of her most famous songs in that...
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The Story Behind Donna Summer’s Cover of “State of Independence” and Its...
The 2024 Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop details how a teeming roster of star vocalists came together to successfully pull off the recording of “We Are the World.” The 1985 charity single...
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Behind Stevie Nicks’ New Song “Lighthouse” and Why She Calls It “The Most...
Stevie Nicks is the creative force behind some of the most iconic songs in rock ‘n’ roll history, but the former Fleetwood Mac frontwoman argues that her September 2024 track “Lighthouse” is the most...
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The Only Beatles Song That Featured a Female Lead Vocalist
Across the Fab Four’s entire extensive discography, only one Beatles song featured a female lead vocalist. Interestingly, the John Lennon composition was also inspired by a woman. However, the...
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Rush’s Geddy Lee Reveals “Best Thing We Ever Recorded,” and It’s Not What...
Canadian prog-rock outfit Rush has an extensive catalog of iconic cuts, from “Tom Sawyer” to “YYZ” to “Closer to the Heart,” but if you were to ask lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist Geddy Lee,...
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The Story and Meaning Behind “Ain’t Talkin’‘Bout Love,” a Classic Rock...
“Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” wasn’t chosen as a single from Van Halen‘s self-titled debut album. It’s also a track that Eddie Van Halen wasn’t all that crazy about after writing its music, while David...
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The Story and Meaning Behind “Look What You’ve Done to Me,” a Boz Scaggs Hit...
The “love theme” was a common phenomenon at the intersection between movies and music in the 1980s, as major motion pictures often commissioned a power ballad of sorts to play over some emotional or...
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The Meaning Behind Post Malone’s Most Vulnerable Song—”Feeling Whitney”
When Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion came out the lack of melancholic acoustic songs featured on the album seemingly disappointed fans. After all, it is a country album, and country albums typically include...
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The Story and Meaning Behind “Turn to Stone,” the Opening Salvo from ELO’s...
At one point or another, most classic artists or bands go for broke. For Electric Light Orchestra, that moment came with their 1977 double album Out of the Blue. Jeff Lynne and company went for the...
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Yacht Rock Essentials: “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight,” the...
With their distinctive names, England Dan & John Ford Coley sounded more like a pair of Old West card sharks than they did soft rockers. But they certainly aced the competition for a stretch there...
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