Miscellaneous

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The enigma on the cover - When Pink Floyd crossed paths with a Marvel superhero

The story behind the astonishing artwork of "A Saucerful Of Secrets", a jarring psychedelic collage that even found room for Doctor Strange

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Breakfast On Pluto - When Bryan Ferry played the villain in his only film appearance

Despite a physique du rôle perfect for the movies, the former Roxy Music leader appeared in just one feature film. Playing a grotesque villain

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The mad Use Your Illusion tour - When Slash nearly died on tour with Guns N' Roses

At the peak of an exhausting tour, amid drugs and excess, the episode that nearly cut short the life of the Californian band's guitarist

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Song To The Siren - The song that united Jeff Buckley and Elizabeth Fraser

The aching ballad "Starsailor", which connected the worlds of Tim and Jeff Buckley through the Cocteau Twins' siren song

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The Pink Floyd project Wright called "madness" - Waters' reckless gamble that never made it onto record

The reckless project Waters and co. dreamed up after the success of "The Dark Side Of The Moon". "Too crazy", according to Wright

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In Mark David Chapman's crosshairs - David Bowie was next on the list of John Lennon's killer

The clues gathered by the New York police on the possible second target of John Lennon's assassin

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The Infinitely Small - When Battiato joined Branduardi to sing about Saint Francis

The curious 2000 meeting between two giants of Italian singer-songwriting, united by their spiritual quest

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King Ink's revelation - The song Nick Cave wants played at his funeral

The Australian singer-songwriter tells fans the soundtrack he'd want at his funeral. But he'd previously given a different answer...

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Songwriters compared - When Vecchioni threw a De Gregori record out the window

The curious anecdote told by the Milanese singer-songwriter: a tale of envy and admiration

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In the glam era - When Lucio Battisti and David Bowie co-wrote a song together

In 1973, the meeting of two worlds that were only seemingly far apart, brokered by Mick Ronson, guitarist of the Spiders From Mars

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The 1972 tour - When Genesis replaced Mago Zurlì: the birth of an Italian love affair

The start of the love affair between the Italian audience and the English band, on a wild night in 1972 in the Veneto region

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The backstory - When U2 nearly split up in the '80s: "The Edge and a song saved us"

The Irish band's story came seriously close to ending shortly after the release of the LP "October". But The Edge had the decisive insight

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Carmen Colon - When Lucio Dalla sang the story of a tragic American murder case

In 1975 the Bolognese singer-songwriter set out to retell a tragic true-crime case, backed by the poetic pen of Roberto Roversi

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Rolling Thunder Revue - The night Bob Dylan set off on his most picaresque journey

On October 30th, 50 years ago, Bob Dylan launched his legendary Rolling Thunder Revue: let's relive that memorable night together

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The close encounter - When David Bowie found himself chased by Trent Reznor

What's a disoriented Thin White Duke doing wandering an unsettling New York, chased by Trent Reznor? The story of a cult encounter from the 90s

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"Viva l'Italy" - When the Rolling Stones' manager came to De Gregori's rescue

As the '70s drew to a close, the Roman singer-songwriter was in crisis: coming to his aid in Rome was none other than the manager who launched the Rolling Stones...

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"Jugband Blues" - Syd Barrett's last song with Pink Floyd

The rediscovered footage of a farewell: a ghostly Barrett sings "Jugband Blues", his last-ever contribution to the Floyd saga

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"Danger Bird" - When Neil Young Made Lou Reed Cry

The explosive meeting of two very distant worlds, thanks to a Loner song dated 1975

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The anecdote - When Nick Cave missed a Bad Seeds concert because he was in jail

The curious episode recalled by King Ink during a conversation with his fellow traveller Mick Harvey

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Il live fantasma - When Franco Battiato cancelled a concert to save nature

The curious episode from 1981, at the peak of a tour during which the Sicilian singer-songwriter had by then become a star thanks to "La voce del padrone"

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The Kidnapping and the Album "L'indiano" - When Fabrizio De André Forgave His Captors, Calling Them "Sardinian Sioux"

The songwriter's reaction to his kidnapping in Sardinia, which took public opinion by surprise and was reflected in the songs of the album "L'indiano"

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His free song - When Lucio Battisti turned down a billion lire from Gianni Agnelli

"We can talk to Brezhnev in 30 seconds, but not to Battisti". That's how the Lawyer snapped, after the "great refusal" of 1973

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The Blitz - When David Bowie stepped into the new romantic temple to cast "Ashes To Ashes"

The story of how the Thin White Duke placed himself at the head of the new romantic movement and the new era of music video

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Behind the Scenes - The Pink Floyd song Roger Waters came to loathe, calling it "a notable failure"

The single most hated by the English band's former leader, who went on to call it "a notable failure"