
"Heaven" by The Psychedelic Furs sounds upbeat, but is about an impending nuclear bombardment.

ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man" was the first video that was a sequel. It picked up the storyline of their "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video about a guy who encounters three beautiful women.

"Teardrop" by Massive Attack has vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of The Cocteau Twins, who wrote the lyric after learning that Jeff Buckley had died.

Elton John didn't win a Grammy until 1986, when he got one for singing on "That's What Friends Are For."

Carly Simon wrote "Anticipation" when Cat Stevens was late for their first date. She was "anticipating" his arrival and set down with her guitar to calm her nerves.

The philosophical Kansas song "Dust In The Wind" is inspired by a line of Native American poetry: "For all we are is dust in the wind."
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould, chats to us about his two new experimental projects, The Talking Book and House of Hayduk, and also shares some stories from the FNM days.
How Bing Crosby, Les Paul, a US Army Signal Corps Officer, and the Nazis helped shape rock and Roll.
Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.
When singers started spoofing their own songs on Sesame Street, the results were both educational and hilarious - here are the best of them.
If you can recall the days when MTV played videos, you know that there are lots of stories to tell. See if you can spot the real ones.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.