How's this for meta - these are songs that mention California songs, taken from the main list of songs that mention California. Some mention a specific California song someone else recorded or hearing a song about California. Some sing about writing a California song. Some sing a song about...
Trains are a great way to travel and a fantastic topic for songs. Some of the best songs that mention trains are traveling songs, while others only allude to trains without ever mentioning them. Trains are often used a metaphor for life, like in John Mayer's beautiful song "Stop This ...
For Jones, that winding road started with a childhood on the South Side of Chicago, before moving in his early years between Kentucky and Washington before joining his school band and choir, not to mention convincing Count Basie trumpeter Clark Terry to give him lessons. He also crossed paths...
Good songs about snow range from tunes that are about winter to tracks that specifically mention snow in the lyrics. Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal” is a super snow song that really gets you in the mood for winter. Bon Iver is another band that uses snowy imagery in their music. ...
Compared to other classic Cantopop songs, this one may be lesser known, but it is still a solid, emotionally wrought ballad worthy of mention. The brilliant Cass Phang’s music career took off after the release of this tear-jerking classic. Anybody who was into Cantopop during that era wou...
When Ye released a song that referenced Swift in 2016, Swift claimed she was not OK with the lyrics. But Kardashian released audio from a phone call between Swift and Ye during which Swift appears to give the rapper her blessing to mention her in the song. ...
Hall and Woodhouse, the home of Badger Beer – who would have thought that it would have got a mention on a trip to Kazakhstan? Once he heard my grandfather’s story, he grabbed my hand and shook it. There is a Hall and Woodhouse pub opposite where I work. Anyway, alas – to Konst...
(this is just an excuse to mention this superb Steve Miller Band song, written and sung by drummer Tim Davis. The main part of the song chugs along, and then that trippy breakdown) 1979 –Smashing Pumpkins Harborcoat –R.E.M “she … don't even try” – Smashing Pumpkins “she...
from the hip-swiveling pin-up that got middle America all worked up to the fallen idol destroyed by alcohol, drugs and fame, not to mention the toxic partnership with unscrupulous manager Colonel Parker. A closing real-deal performance of "Unchained Melody" only proves just how authentic his ...
were learning how to write songs, and you can hear the Lyres’ loud-quiet-loud dynamics onSurfer RosaandDoolittle, not to mention PJ Harvey, Nirvana, and all that followed. They retitled it “Help You Ann” on their debut,On Fyre, maybe the only 1980s album to cover a Pete Best ...