The first release of "The Sound Of Silence" was acoustic, and went nowhere. It became Simon & Garfunkel's first hit when a producer at their label overdubbed it with electric instruments.
Pink wrote "Just Give Me A Reason" about how one partner can feel jilted over something trivial, like how her boyfriend passes her the butter.
The '60s hit "Then He Kissed Me" was covered by The Beach Boys as "Then I Kissed Her."
"A Hard Day's Night" was the title song to The Beatles' first movie, which was surprisingly good: it was nominated for two Oscars.
The horn flourish at the beginning of "Jump Around" comes from Bob and Earl's "Harlem Shuffle"; the squeal throughout the song might be a Prince sample.
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath got its title from a line in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored."
The top chant artist in the Western world, Krishna Das talks about how these Hindu mantras compare to Christian worship songs.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
How a gym teacher, a janitor, and a junkie became part of some very famous band names.
On the "schizoid element" of his lyrics, and a famous line from "Everything Zen."
Director Mark Pellington on Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," and music videos he made for U2, Jon Bon Jovi and Imagine Dragons.
