Madonna's hit "Don't Tell Me" was written by her brother-in-law, Joe Henry, who has produced albums by Hugh Laurie and Bonnie Raitt.
The title of Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat" comes from Vietnamese astrology. The Year of the Cat comes every 12 Years: 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023...
Bob Marley's "I Shot The Sheriff" deals with police brutality in the Trenchtown section of Jamaica, where he grew up. He felt that police assumed young men in the area were all criminals.
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler is a tribute to the vampire movie Nosferatu, depicting an immortal "love in the dark."
The title of the Metallica song "Ride The Lightning" came from a line in the Stephen King book The Stand where a guy is about to be executed.
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
Outrageously gifted and just plain outrageous, Millie is an R&B and Rap innovator.
Lyrics don't always follow the rules of grammar. Can you spot the ones that don't?
Kristian talks songwriting technique, like how the chorus should redefine the story, and how to write a song backwards.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
The leader of the Modern A Cappella movement talks about the genre.
