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U2

Wait a minute, what's going on here? Had the members of U2 lost their minds? The band that had worked tirelessly to ...read more

Over My Head
Fleetwood Mac

Will the real Fleetwood Mac please stand up? In 1975, it did. Throughout its career, Fleetwood Mac would sport eleven ...read more

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Brown, James

Before he released "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", James Brown taped his appearance on the T.A.M.I./TNT Show, a ...read more

Ray Of Light
Madonna

Dear Madonna, I think I owe you an apology. While writing about “Crazy For You” earlier in this book, I made a few ...read more

Respect
Aretha Franklin

There are hundreds of reasons to praise the talents of Aretha Franklin, but what impresses me the most is the ...read more

Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Steely Dan

In the ‘70s, an awful lot of bands were singing about an awful lot of things, but most were pretty much consistent in ...read more

Sexual Healing
Gaye, Marvin

Marvin Gaye moved from the social to the sensual when he released the blatantly erotic "Let's Get It On". By Motown ...read more

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana

Kurt Cobain could have dyed his skin green, put a dinosaur bone through his nose and sang opera in Eskimo, but if two ...read more

Stop! In The Name Of Love
Supremes

With all of the talk about the "Motown sound" and so many critics and historians chasing their tails attempting to ...read more

Strawberry Fields Forever
Beatles

The drug culture that defined the latter part of the ‘60s had an overwhelming effect on popular music. John Lennon, in ...read more

Stupid Girl
Garbage

Before we move on to more intelligent things, let’s start with the obvious; what’s with the name? Why would a band want ...read more

Take Me To The River
Talking Heads

The birth of punk rock was not as sudden and clearly defined as many historians would lead you to believe, and the scope ...read more

That'll Be The Day
Crickets

For somebody who had only three Top 10 hits in his lifetime, Buddy Holly has had a profound influence on popular music ...read more

The One I Love
R.E.M.

Hello, and welcome to Lyric Interpretation 101. I have rather pompously assigned myself to be your instructor. Ever ...read more

The Space Between
Dave Matthews Band

The Dave Matthews Band represents a success story that amazes me, because they are so unconventional in so many ways. ...read more

Tired Of Being Alone
Green, Al

Control and release. This is the essence of the best soul music, and nowhere is it put to better use than on "Tired Of ...read more

Tutti Frutti
Pat Boone

"Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop A-Lop-Bam-Boom." Is this onomatopoeia for "Wham bam, thank you, ma'am"? I dunno. If it is, then it's ...read more

Walk On The Wild Side
Reed, Lou

In the early ‘70s, David Bowie had become such a (boy?) wonder that he was able to freely bestow his Midas touch upon ...read more

Waterloo
Abba

Say what you will about Abba, they did the best job of representing what was good about mid-‘70s pop. Their music might ...read more

Welcome To The Boomtown
David And David

“Welcome to the Boomtown” is kind of like "Hotel California", part two, only now the paint is peeling off the walls and ...read more

What Would You Do
City High

Well now, isn’t this interesting? I am really quite surprised to see “What Would You Do” reach the pop top ten. I’m not ...read more

What'd I Say
Charles, Ray

As the United States began the second half of the twentieth century, there was an inherent sense that the country was in ...read more

What's Going On
Gaye, Marvin

Marvin Gaye spent the first few years after singing partner Tammi Terrell's death withdrawn and depressed. To the ...read more

Whiter Shade Of Pale
Procol Harum

I suppose that any number of songs could qualify as the theme song to the Summer of Love, but none can lay claim quite ...read more

Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On
Lewis, Jerry Lee

Before artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard became legends in their own time, it was adequate for most rock ...read more

Wicked Game
Chris Isaak

History has a way of clogging things up for contemporary artists. Anybody who wanted to make music in the 50's or the ...read more

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Shirelles

The Philadelphia pop artists such as Fabian, Frankie Avalon, and Bobby Rydell did more than just render male vocal ...read more

With Or Without You
U2

At a time when the Protestant and Catholic factions of Northern Ireland were becoming increasingly polarized, Paul ...read more

Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beach Boys

While formulating ideas for his upcoming album project, Brian Wilson felt that he needed to collaborate with a lyricist. ...read more

You Get What You Give
New Radicals

Well, it was nice while it lasted. After launching what seemed to be a promising career, with media attention, critical ...read more

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