The songwriter/producer on working with greats like Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana and Aretha Franklin, his time in Journey, and his new album
The Iron Maiden frontman on his new solo album, how his voice has changed over the years, and the singers he most admires
Ace Frehley takes us track by track through his new album 10,000 Volts, with songs about girls, guitars, and an AI apocalypse
Hawkins tells the story of "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover," which was "like a baby coming out"
"Losing My Religion" isn't about religion, but unrequited love. The title is based on a Southern expression meaning "at my wit's end."
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She trained to be a classical pianist but found fame singing the blues. During the '60s, she gave voice to the anguish of oppression and inequality during the civil rights era with searing tracks like "Mississippi Goddam."
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Fagen talks about how the Steely Dan songwriting strategy has changed over the years, and explains why you don't hear many covers of their songs.
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Antarctica: cold, inhospitable, beautiful, it will never be truly conquered by humans (that's not a bad thing), but we can still write songs about it.
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MTV, a popular TV theme song and Madonna all show up in this '80s music quiz.
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Was Dr. Feelgood a dentist? Did the "Crüecifixion" really happen?
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As Doug commented on, as a graduate of the Air Force Academy, many cadets had the pleasure to hear Harry Chapin in concert in the 1970s and had an opportunity to enjoy his comments about his departure from the Academy in 1960 early during his freshman year, the toughest year, and the bogus counseling he received from the chaplain about how he'd never succeed in life if he left. Also as a graduate of the Air Force Academy, I was there as a cadet during one of those performances in the 1970s and remember the story that Harry shared so well, as Doug accurately conveyed! Harry was a great story teller, in both words and through his music....