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The Eagles’ 1973 song ‘Outlaw Man’ was written by David Blue, a songwriter associated with New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene. The band recorded it for their second album, *Desperado*, where its harder-driving rock sound added momentum to an album often marked by slower, more reflective songs. Blue’s…
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea named three basslines he considers among the greatest: Led Zeppelin’s ‘Ramble On’, Parliament-Funkadelic’s ‘Flashlight’ and Alice Coltrane’s ‘Journey to Satchidananda’. His choices highlight how bass can shape a song’s character and hold music together, rather than simply provide a backing pulse. Flea…
Saturday Night Live is airing a new episode on 17 October, with comedian Druski making his hosting debut and the Strokes as musical guests. A promotional joke in which Druski claimed it would be the show’s last episode drew attention, but the article says the programme is not…
Brian Wilson said a lyric in the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” was the most striking part of his first encounter with *Rubber Soul*. His reaction reflects the creative exchange between the Beatles and the Beach Boys, whose musical innovations pushed each other to new heights in the 1960s. Wilson…
U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” began as a loose, Jamaican-influenced idea that the band initially found too unlike their usual sound to take seriously. It became one of the defining tracks on 1987’s *The Joshua Tree*, showing how the band could broaden its rock…
Matt Myers says the stability and acceptance he has found in family life have changed how he writes songs for Houndmouth. His experience underpins the band’s new album, *Lordy*, and challenges the idea that songwriting requires unhappiness: he now feels able to write simply, edit, and let a…
Arde Bogotá travelled to Los Angeles to record their third album with producer Joe Chiccarelli, hoping his distance from Spain’s music scene would help them explore their own sound. Frontman Antonio García says the result, *Manufacturas del Club de la Gente Sola*, is their most distinctly Spanish album…
Jon Schaffer said a reunion of Demons & Wizards with Hansi Kürsch is not currently being discussed, though he remains friends with Kürsch and would work with him again. He also criticised former Iced Earth singer Stu Block for first appearing to support the events at the US…
Ian Anderson praised King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” as a powerful, enduring example of progressive rock, recalling how it seemed to erupt from the stage at London’s Marquee Club in 1969. The article places his admiration alongside Jethro Tull’s own early development and the later controversy over…
The article highlights three 1969 rock songs that captured opposition to the Vietnam War and the emotions it stirred. It presents them as reminders of the era’s debates over military service, peace activism and the lasting effects of war. John Fogerty wrote Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” after…