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“The first complete song of words and music that I ever wrote. I wrote it on an acoustic guitar, which was tuned to the tuning McCartney uses on Yesterday, D standard. It is that way because I had that guitar sitting around from my live shows. I added bass to it for demo purposes....
in recent years,the song has been reevaluated, and it's pretty clear that it's about a man pressuring a woman to stay the night at his home by any means necessary. The woman gives reasons for why she needs to leave, including "My mother...
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.) ...
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 ...
Carole King In the 1960s, Carole King wrote many hits for some of music’s top acts, setting a precedent for female songwriters. Five decades later, she won the Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song—the first woman to win the award. King’s standout career was later recapped in a...
James Taylor wrote the beautiful folk song, “Fire & Rain,” back in 1970 and its fires of popularity still burn strong today. Of course, “Light My Fire” by The Doors made our list of the best songs about fire, as did the Johnny cash hit, “Ring of Fire.” ...
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Carole King wrote "Where You Lead, I Will Follow" back in 1970. The song was featured on her 1971 album,Tapestry. Fittingly enough, it also serves as the theme song forGilmore Girls. (For the TV show, King re-recorded the song with her own daughter, and it makes a beautiful duet.)...
soft-rock soon expanded from it. A successful songwriter with husband Gerry Goffin in the '60s, King was divorced and solo by the end of the decade when she pieced together the songs that sparked a generation. Mournful and longing, "So Far Away" includes one of her most beautiful melodies...