Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images With their latest single hitting No. 1 on the Alternative Airplay Chart, Twenty One Pilots ties Linkin Park for th... read more
Paul McCartney wrote "Blackbird" in Scotland after reading about race riots in the US, triggered when federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital's school system.
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The Swedish pop-rock duo found worldwide fame when an American exchange student brought a copy of their song "The Look" back home to Minneapolis and convinced a local radio station to give it a chance. It became Roxette's first #1 hit.
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Tom stopped performing Thompson Twins songs in 1987, in part because of their personal nature: "Hold Me Now" came after an argument with his bandmate/girlfriend Alannah Currie.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
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Was Dr. Feelgood a dentist? Did the "Crüecifixion" really happen?
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I can't believe how often this song is misinterpreted. The dude's on a bus, and he has confided a secret code with his old girlfriend - to tie a simple single yellow ribbon if she wants him. Instead, he comes around the corner, and begins cursing "the whole damned bus..." because his simple secret code failed. The whole damned bus is cheering because they all see their ribbons. So EITHER she acted unfaithfully and wants the whole busload of guys that she's been screwing around with, OR his clever plan to have a secret code failed because every guy on the bus has done the same thing with his girlfriend. Clearly the code has failed, and the guy has no clue what "is and isn't mine" at this point. So he stays on the bus, forgets about us, puts...