Music can be a powerful tool to make sense of tragic events, so it's not surprising that true crime has inspired more than a few musicians. These songs can be ...
“Lolita” is cut from the same cloth as “National Anthem” or “Off to the Races,” but its hooks feel tuneless, and its hip-hop beats gaudy and cluttered. The lyrics reference Vladimir Nabokov’sLolita, but evoke no emotion — they’re just Lana at her brattiest, referencing icons ...
Vote up the songs you'll never hear the same way again. There is absolutely no doubt that Afroman’s "Because I Got High" and Eric Clapton’s "Cocaine" are about drugs; it says so right there in the title. However, not every artist is so on the nose, and there are a sl...
Album: Zankyō Reference Released on:2011-10-05 Number of Songs:11 Coda ▶ LOST AND FOUND ▶ Answer is near ▶ NO SCARED ▶ C.h.a.o.s.m.y.t.h. ▶ Mr. gendai Speaker ▶ Seken shirazu no uchuhikoushi ▶ Re:make ▶ Pierce ▶ Let's take it someday ▶ Kimishid...
The film that introduced disco to a wider world and made a star of John Travolta also featured a welter of hits that ensured the Bee Gees dominated the charts in 1977. “More Than A Woman,”“How Deep Is Your Love,” and “Night Fever” – along with a number of non-Bee Gees class...
Cut to 2023, when they made everyone "slow it down" and "make it bouncy," as goes the chorus of their June single "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)." Aside from the name reference, this has nothing to do with theRed Hot Chili Peppers— ATEEZ just wanted to show the world "A differen...
“bootleg” referenced in the following lyric came from a visitor to McCartney’s farmhouse carrying a burlap sack with a bootleg record inside. In his bookThe Lyrics, McCartney noted that the BBC and other outlets quickly took offense to the song's chorus. “The bottom line here is that ...
"), but the label wasn't having that. So the album and song were renamed Hair of the Dog, a reference to the popular hangover cure of imbibing in the same spirit that led to the morning-after headache in the first place."How Soon Is Now?," The Smiths (1984) The title of this ...
One of the Rolling Stones' best songs of the '70s and one of their greatest mid-tempo cuts, "Beast of Burden" helped spur 1978's 'Some Girls,' a creative comeback for the band after a few dazed-and-confused years. Keith Richards wrote the bulk of the song, a reference in part to...
but with the immortal line “You’ll never get to heaven if you’re scared of getting high”, a cheeky reference toDead Or Alive’sYou Spin Me Round, and a video set in the steamiest traffic jam ever, this is a shoo-in for the list. Be sure to check out the frighteningly anthem...