Miscellaneous

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David Bowie - The Bowie hit that Visconti refused to produce

The story of the great refusal (and subsequent regret) by Bowie's longtime right-hand man, over a track that was a guaranteed hit

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Beatles - The song that convinced McCartney the Beatles were over

Just as he was trying to cling to the possibility of keeping the band together, McCartney realized the end was near. With one song serving as the litmus test

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Led Zeppelin - The song Jimmy Page and Robert Plant disowned

The song Led Zeppelin never played live, and one that both its authors have effectively disowned

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Kate Bush - When Kate Bush first topped the album charts

Already a teenage prodigy at 19 with the hit "Wuthering Heights", the British singer-songwriter found full consecration with an album released in 1980

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Smiths - Johnny Marr looks back on his time with the Smiths: “Writing with Morrissey was magical”

Today, little remains of the chemistry between Johnny Marr and Morrissey that made the story of the Smiths so unrepeatable. But looking back on that period, in an interview with Channel 4 News, the guitarist doesn't hide his emotion

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Pink Floyd - The story behind the legendary "Animals" cover: now the power station is becoming a concert hall

The historic Battersea Power Station, immortalized by Pink Floyd, is becoming a concert venue: the Apple Music Hall will rise inside the former London power plant. We take the chance to retrace the story behind one of rock's most iconic album covers

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - 50 Years Since the Legendary Gig That Launched Siouxsie and The Banshees in London – Listen

The incredible story of the improvised gig on the stage of London's 100 Club, which half a century ago laid the groundwork for a post-punk and goth-music legend

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Francesco De Gregori – When De Gregori Explained the Meaning of "Buffalo Bill" to Bill Clinton

A dialogue on America, between Bob Dylan, Buffalo Bill and freedom hanging in the balance: starring the Roman songwriter and the former US president, in New York, during the "Change The World" event

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Pink Floyd – The Message of "Us And Them" and David Gilmour's Lingering Regret

The story of a soundtrack that never was, transformed into a mournful ballad on the stupidity of war

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Cure - The Best Album of All Time According to Robert Smith

The album that struck the Cure frontman like lightning forever, driving him to exclaim "fucking genius!"

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Deep Purple - Ian Gillan on the Reunion with Ritchie Blackmore: "It Was Magical, By the End He Was a Bit Tipsy"

Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore recount the emotion of Deep Purple's historic reunion, which took place on August 12th in Wantagh, New York

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Lucio Battisti - When Battisti discovered prog and (Latin) America

The story of the musical turning point that marked a watershed in the career of the artist from Poggio Bustone

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Paul McCartney - The album the ex-Beatle called "a complete disaster"

The story of the album disowned by the ex-Beatle and torn apart by critics. Was it really this "complete disaster"?

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Pink Floyd - The incredible story behind one of Pink Floyd's most iconic album covers

The incredible story of how one of the most celebrated and iconic covers in the Floydian saga came to be

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Vasco Rossi - Vasco reveals: "Here's how Vita spericolata, the most misunderstood song ever, came about"

The Emilian singer-songwriter revisits his most famous hit, recounting its genesis and once again clarifying its meaning, which is almost always misunderstood

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Genesis - How Phil Collins became the singer of Genesis

We retrace the delicate period when the English band, left without frontman Peter Gabriel, went looking for a replacement - until they found one right at home...

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Fabrizio De André - The femicide that inspired De André's first hit

The brutal story that inspired Faber's first hit, later made famous by Mina's version too. Today, a plaque has been proposed in Milan to remember that victim

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Fontaines D.C. - The two poetry books that gave birth to Fontaines D.C.

Before forming a band, Chatten and his bandmates were a group of young men united by a passion for poetry. Here's how that passion led to the band's formation

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Aaliyah - When Aaliyah brushed up against Trent Reznor's shadow

Fate plays with the lines of time. Sometimes two souls brush against each other, ready to merge, and then the spell breaks. R&B and industrial in a story that few know

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Cure - The greatest intro in rock history according to Robert Smith, who dedicated a remix to it

The Cure frontman and his passion for a pivotal track of the shoegaze era

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Pink Floyd - The Pink Floyd masterpiece that Roger Waters deemed "pretentious"

The story of the bassist's fraught relationship with one of the most beloved works in the Floyd saga

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Duran Duran - When Mick Jagger saved Duran Duran. Nick Rhodes tells the story

The keyboardist looks back on the band's golden years, recalls his relationship with David Bowie, and explains why drugs never tempted him

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Fabrizio De André - When De Gregori led De André onto the Cattiva strada

The story of a fertile, stormy encounter between two of the most important figures in Italian songwriting, with Dylan as the guiding star

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King Crimson - The King Crimson album that stunned Kurt Cobain and shaped Nirvana's "In Utero"

The unlikely link between one of Fripp and co.'s most revolutionary albums and the champions of the Seattle grunge scene