THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Gimme Some Truth» by John Lennon
With the recent release of a deluxe box set of John Lennon’s Imagine album, it was perhaps predictable that something would appear here. I have […]
With the recent release of a deluxe box set of John Lennon’s Imagine album, it was perhaps predictable that something would appear here. I have […]
The song Handle With Care was released as a single 30 years ago today, on 17 October 1988. It was the debut single of the […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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After the recording of the Abbey Road album, John Lennon announced his departure from The Beatles to the rest of the group on 20 September […]
As I write this, the current week marks the 33rd anniversary of the Live Aid concert which happened on 13 July 1985. I’ve always wanted […]
Maybe I’m Amazed is nothing less than one of the greatest expressions of love ever put into a song. It is not just one of […]
Back in the 1980s, who would have put money on The Cure being the band to come up with one of the the ultimate Friday […]
Eight minutes and eighteen seconds. The longest a-ha song that was ever put on an album. Cold As Stone is the third track on their […]
The song Seven Seas of Rhye by Queen has a fascinating story. We were first introduced to the track as a short, rudimentary instrumental version, […]
On 26 March 1972, Mott The Hoople disbanded after a demoralising show in Switzerland. The band had been formed in 1966, and had already been […]
Even the years when Elvis Presley lost some of his focus on music (a.k.a. the movie years) had gems. Perhaps not as many as he […]
New York Groove has pretty much become ex-KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s very own personal anthem. It is his biggest solo hit, but the song is […]
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