The Youngbloods, their story

Come on people now/Smile on your brother/ Everybody get together/Try and love one an­other, right now.” Classic lines indeed. “Get Together”...

"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (1970): Oι Edison Lighthouse και ο Tony Burrows

Ακριβώς τη στιγμή που φαινόταν πως το μπαλόνι της bubblegum ποπ είχε επιτέλους σκάσει… ακριβώς όταν οι Ohio Express, οι 1910 Fruitgum Compan...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back in Town"

Μπορεί να είναι δύσκολο να το πιστέψει κανείς, αλλά οι Thin Lizzy έφτασαν πολύ κοντά στο να απορρίψουν το τραγούδι που έμελλε να γίνει το πι...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Bob Dylan - "Blowin’ in the Wind"

With a melody rooted in the slavery-era spiritual No More Auction Block (which he’d learned from Odetta) and lyrics that he’d just complete...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Grand Funk Railroad - "We’re An American Band" (1973)

Grand Funk Railroad entered 1973 in a difficult position: although their earlier album Closer To Home had sold well enough to fill major ve...

THE STORY OF A SONG : Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (1972)

Bryan Ferry once claimed that his principal songwriting influence was Smokey Robinson, but the listener would be hard-pressed to spot the co...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Curtis Mayfield - "Superfly"

There is some debate as to which was the first blaxploitation movie—that is, a film made with black actors for a black audience and concerne...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Argent - God gave Rock and Roll to you

In early 1973, Russ Ballard, guitarist of Argent, wrote "God Gave Rock And Roll To You" during a deeply emotional time. After watc...

The Troggs - "Wild Thing" : The making of...

When The Troggs played their first gig-60 years ago this year-at the Jockey Club in  Andover, the audience were too drunk to register what w...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Four brittle chords. A clatter or» the drums, A foot on the overdrive pedal - and the grunge revolution was up and running. The components o...

THE STORY OF A SONG: "Wild Thing" by the Troggs

When The Troggs played their first gig - 60 years ago this year - at the Jockey Club in Andover, the audience were too drunk to register wha...

THE STORY OF A SONG: The Rascals - People Got to Be Free (1968)

(Written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati) The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy in the spring of 1968 left F...

Leonard Cohen - "Famous Blue Raincoat": the story of the song

  Αν και μπήκε στο τρίτο  studio album  του  Leonard Cohen , στο “ Songs Of Love And Hate ” του 1971, το “ Famous Blue Raincoat ” είχε γραφτ...

The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs (1967): the story

Despite the credit on the cover, The Velvet Underground and Nico was not so much produced by Andy Warhol as facilitated by him. Warhol had t...

John Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On) (1970): the story

Phil Spector had been intrigued by the possibility of producing the Beatles, and John Lennon in particular, ever since 1964. But it was only...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Eddy Grant - “Electric Avenue” (1982)

How the former Equals lead guitarist created a catchy song that managed to sneak the politics of protest into the 1983 charts One afternoon...

THE STORY OF A SONG: The Doors - Light My Fire

     S aturday August 5, 1967. The hottest hit of the summer, Light My Fire , begins its second week at No.l on the US Billboard chart. ...

THE STORY OF A SONG: ZZ Top - La Grange

ZZ Top's song "La Grange" was first released on their 1973 album Tres Hombres , celebrating a real-life brothel called The Chi...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"

At the end of 1974, Kiss were in trouble. Their self-titled debut album had shifted just 75.000 copies. The follow-up. Hotter Than Hell, had...

The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1976) [THE STORY OF THE SONG]

     Formed in Brisbane, Australia, in 1974, The Saints were contemporaries of the Ramones and the Sex Pistols—though blissfully ignorant th...