CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Cheap Thrills» by Big Brother And the Holding Company
The original idea for Big Brother And the Holding Company was to call their second album Sex, Drugs And Cheap Thrills. Columbia (their record company) […]
Month: September 2018
THE WIGHT ALBUM – starring John London, Paul McCatnoy, Gnorde Harrison – and Richard Starkey!
OK! It is time for a bit of fun. In writing about a track from The Beatles’ eponymous 1968 album (a.k.a. The White Album) recently, […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Under the Milky Way» by The Church
Under the Milky Way is a song about nothing, and the band didn’t really like it. Not exactly a recipe for international success, but for […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Revolution 9» by The Beatles
Sometimes you take a closer look at a track not because of its artistic worth, but because the back story and the circumstances around its […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Sister Morphine» by Marianne Faithfull and The Rolling Stones
This classic tale of waking up after overdosing was initially recorded before Mick Taylor had joined the band. Mick Jagger wrote its ominous chord progression […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Pictures of Matchstick Men» by Status Quo
Pictures of Matchstick Men was the song that gave Status Quo their first taste of success! It was the first single that was issued by […]