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The “beautiful” 1960s songwriting partnership Paul McCartney was always “jealous of”
Paul McCartney has spoken about long admiring the songwriting partnership between Elton John and Bernie Taupin, admitting he was always slightly envious of how clearly their roles were defined compared with his own creative dynamic with John Lennon. His comments came via a recorded video message played at a tribute concert marking the pair’s 2024…
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‘Heated Rivalry’ Season 2 Is Officially Moving Away From the Show’s Winning Formula
Filming has begun on the second season of Heated Rivalry, which is expected to adapt Rachel Reid’s sequel The Long Game and move the series beyond its original focus on Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov. The article argues that, while the central couple will remain important, introducing and developing another relationship could shift the show…
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3 Classic Rock Songs From 1979 That Felt Like the Last Night of the 70s
The article selects three rock songs released in 1979 which it argues captured the closing mood of the 1970s while signalling stylistic changes that would shape rock in the following decade. It presents Pink Floyd, The Clash and Supertramp as examples of polished production, synthesisers and darker punk influences becoming more prominent as the 1980s…
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Israeli October 7 survivors conquer trauma alongside legendary rock icons in powerful new documentary
“The Bridge” is a documentary following ten Israeli musicians who survived the 7 October Hamas attack and sought to process their trauma through music. It presents artistic collaboration as a route towards recovery after bereavement and violence, while drawing attention to the personal impact of the attack on survivors. The film was made by Kevin…
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The “fantastic” Wilbury George Harrison could watch all day: “Just amazing”
This piece revisits George Harrison’s role in the Traveling Wilburys, the late-1980s supergroup he assembled with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. Harrison, always uncomfortable in the spotlight as the most reserved Beatle, valued the band chiefly as cover among fellow legends, though he retained a particular admiration for Dylan, whom he…
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The “lovely” 1976 song Freddie Mercury thought Brian May couldn’t top
A retrospective look at Queen’s 1976 album “A Day at the Races” reveals that Freddie Mercury believed Brian May had crafted a guitar sound on one track so accomplished that May himself would struggle to surpass it. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in South Wales during a period of upheaval for the band,…
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The “beautiful” 1983 album Linda Ronstadt thinks every singer should know
Linda Ronstadt, celebrated for her vocal versatility across country, rock, pop and Latin music, has long remained sharply self-critical despite her extensive success, disliking the sound of her own voice even at the height of her acclaim. She has singled out her 1983 album What’s New, made with arranger Nelson Riddle, as the record that…
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The glaring “mistake” Eddie Van Halen hated about his greatest 1970s solo : “I didn’t even play it right”
Eddie Van Halen’s blistering solo instrumental “Eruption,” from Van Halen’s self-titled 1978 debut album, is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar solos in rock history, celebrated for popularising the two-handed finger-tapping technique alongside fluid legato phrasing. Despite the track’s enduring reputation and influence on generations of guitarists, Van Halen himself remained privately dissatisfied…
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The American band Ray Davies never fully clicked with and how it almost ruined a 2017 album
Ray Davies has revealed how his instinct for imperfect, energetic sound has repeatedly shaped his career, from The Kinks’ breakthrough single to his 2017 solo album Americana. When PYE Records first recorded ‘You Really Got Me’ with a polished, Phil Spector-style production, Davies refused to let it be released and threatened to quit the music…
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Watch Moby perform ‘Father Ted’ favourite ‘My Lovely Horse’ live in Dublin
Moby performed ‘My Lovely Horse’, the comic song from Father Ted, during his Dublin concert at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on 21 August. Introducing it as a possible “new national anthem”, he paid tribute to a song strongly associated with Irish television comedy and Eurovision satire. The song appeared in Father Ted’s ‘A Song For…