“Janis, as everybody knows, was the best girl blues singer we ever had,” saidDavid Crosby. “She had more passion, sang with more abandon than anybody there.” Said concert organizer John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas, “When she came offstage, she was crying. She couldn’t believe...
According to Davies, “You Really Got Me” was one of the first five songs he ever wrote. In its original conception, the song was piano-based, and settled into a lounge-jazz groove that’s a far cry from the version you hear today. The song was inspired by college lust, a ...
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In 1974, she had good reason for these misgivings: Mitchell had signed to David Geffen’s Asylum Records and released Court and Spark, the most commercial album of her career with the biggest hit she ever wrote. However, the cutting, jubilant “Free Man in Paris” is that album’s stand...
6. David Crosby, "Rodriguez for a Night" The formerByrdsandCrosby, Stills & Nashco-founder has been sidling up to this collaboration with Donald Fagen for years, memorably releasing "She's Got to Be Somewhere" as part of 2017'sSky Trails– a songrightly describedas SteelyDavid Crosby. ...
6. David Crosby, "Rodriguez for a Night" The formerByrdsandCrosby, Stills & Nashco-founder has been sidling up to this collaboration with Donald Fagen for years, memorably releasing "She's Got to Be Somewhere" as part of 2017'sSky Trails– a songrightly describedas SteelyDavid Crosby. ...
8. “Great Day”- Paul wrote this album-closer in the early 70’s, and it’s eerie how well he recaptures his sound from that era, right down to Linda’s backing vocals. On an album that looks back as much as ahead, it makes for the right kind of send-off. ...
The best New Wave and power pop artists in the 70s wrote songs that simply didn’t quite fit into the established narratives of the decade. Many of these artists embraced technology in unconventional ways. (Gary Numan, 10cc, and Blondie were all at the cutting–edge in terms of sound.) ...
1 singles. In response, one of the greatest songwriting teams in American history wrote a soaring anthem that encapsulated the greatness of their entire body of work within one perfect three-minute single that, naturally, reached the top of the charts. –David Raposa Listen: The Supremes: “...
David Crosby sang that chorus to himself —“Any day now, any day now/I shall be released” — in his Texas prison cell, as he served nine months on drug and weapon charges. “I wrote it on the wall,” he recalls. “It took me hours. But I did it. And I remember taking heart...