Barenaked Ladies musician Ed Robertson wrote about missing his brother who died in a motorcycle accident on the song, “Am I the Only One?” Other top songs that are about brothers include “He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother” and “Song for My Brother.” Pearl Jam originally wrote their...
In 1965, Bert Russell continued his professional momentum by establishing two successful record labels:Bang Recordsand Shout Records.He continued his production credits by working with The Strangeloves, Van Morrison,TheMcCoys, Freddie Scott, Emma Franklin and Neil Diamond among others.Tragically, on De...
“Everyday People” is typical Sly Stone in that it begs for peace and is insanely catchy. Sly had an ability to capture the 60s in song better than most, building off the free love movement to create a sound inclusive and groovy, delightfully engaged with the popular sounds of the era....
It is a call to action for people to stand up and fight for their rights against oppression and injustice. It was inspired by Marley’s visit to Haiti, where he witnessed the poverty and suffering of the people. The song was also influenced by the Rastafari belief that "Almighty God is ...
While obviously about substance abuse, it's less well known that Neil Young wrote this song about a specific person. Included on the 1972 album Harvest, "The Needle and the Damage Done" eulogizes the addiction of his bandmate, guitarist Danny Whitten. As the story goes, while rehearsing for...
to all six volumes ofAmerican Recordings— co-producing the middle two with Cash's sonJohn Carter Cash– and won the first GRAMMY of his career for his efforts. The Def Jam co-founder would also later work his magic with several other '60s heroes includingNeil Diamond,YusufandNeil Young. ...
demo tapes for the movie. Elvis was told to ignore a ‘dumb ballad’ but he said, ‘No, I want to do that one in my movie.’ He picked the song. Everyone else turned it down.” There have been numerous cover versions, including byNeil Diamond,Beck,and a reggae-style one byUB40....
In Venezuela,Gaitas Zulianasare often lumped with other Christmas songs, despite most of the songs that are not aboutpartying, how great singing Gaita is orcurrent issuesare about either Our Lady of Chinquinquirá (November 18), San Benito de Palermo (December 27), and New Year's Eve. ...
87. Neil Diamond,“Sweet Caroline”(No. 4, Hot 100) This rousing pop song was Diamond’s first top five hit on the Hot 100 (as an artist; he had gotten there previously with a couple of songs he wrote for The Monkees). While he’d go on to have higher-peaking hits on the chart...
“American whore” sounds almost like “American woman,” and I’ll tell you how often people say one to mean the other. Picture vintage 2012 Lana in the Budweiser T-shirt. “Ride” was her bid for total freedom and she prefaced it with a monologue about what that meant: broken dreams...