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Anatomy of a Song: 'Midnight Train to Georgia'

As Gladys Knight's recording of "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" climbed the charts in 1973, she asked Jim Weatherly, the song's composer, for...

Keith Richards: 'I Had a Sound in My Head That ...

In late 1966, Keith Richards was hearing things. The Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter had in mind a series of strong, bluesy chords and a melody line based on French...

The Brilliant Nonsense of Elvis Lyrics

I’ve listened to Elvis my whole life. My mom always played his records when I was growing up, so I got started on him early. Once you get into The...

Mark Mothersbaugh Looks Back at 9 Classic Devo ...

With the reissue of Devo's music video collection, Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution...which offers, via many  bonus extras, insights on the band's classic videos. It marks a rather sweet moment for...

“A Hard Day’s Night”: The Rock Musical That Mad...

There were two black-and-white films of the early 1960s that captured the incipient generational rebellion that was about to boil over. Both of them had immense ripple effects throughout art...

David Byrne and Jonathan Demme on Stop Making S...

It’s been 30 years since the release of Stop Making Sense, the Jonathan Demme-directed Talking Heads concert pic that’s widely recognized as one of the greatest live music films of...