All posts tagged "backstory"

  • Jackson Browne at piano, horizontal
    Backstory: Fountain of Sorrow

    “Fountain of Sorrow” is a song written by Jackson Browne and released on his 1974 album “Late for the Sky”. Like many of Browne’s songs, this one is a reflection on the end of a relationship and...

    • Posted January 27, 2023
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  • Backstory: Leather and Lace

    “Leather and Lace” is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by her and Don Henley. It was released in 1981 as a single from Nicks’ solo album “Bella Donna”, and is a duet in which...

    • Posted January 26, 2023
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  • Backstory: Eddie Murphy’s “Party all the Time”

    Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time” is a classic hit that has stood the test of time. The song, which was written and produced by Rick James, was released in 1985 as the lead single from Eddie’s...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • Backstory: Billy Joel. We Didn’t Start the Fire

    Billy Joel, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 40 Years of World History in under 5 Minutes “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is Billy Joel’s 1990 number one hit referencing more than 100 headline-making events between 1949, the...

    • Posted July 7, 2018
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  • Ray Charles, “What’d I Say” Backstory

    “What’d I Say” is Ray Charles’s first Top 10 pop single and the greatest improvised song in rock & roll history. After playing every song he knew and still having 12 minutes to fill, Ray Charles composed...

    • Posted June 24, 2018
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  • Behind the Scenes w/ Stevie Nicks Wild Heart

    Capturing Stevie Nicks Wild Heart. It’s September of 1981 and Stevie Nicks is posing for the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine  in the New York studio of photographer, Annie Leibovitz. This vintage VHS footage captures the effortless...

    • Posted January 10, 2017
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  • Prince Backstory; “17 Days”

    Prince Backstory, “17 Days” by, Victor Cruz Let’s take a listen to Prince’s BEST song ever written. No, not that one…. nope, not THAT one either.  It’s a hidden gem called “17 days” and is considered by...

    • Posted December 30, 2016
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  • Prince Music History: Backstory

    Prince Music History by: Victor Cruz Backstory — THE SCREAMS OF PASSION Prince Music History 1 — The first song we’re looking at is an obscure track written by Prince for the 80’S band, The Time, also known...

    • Posted November 8, 2016
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  • Jackson Browne Backstory: Sky Blue and Black

    Acknowledging Jackson Browne’s birthday today we discuss his song, “Sky Blue and Black”. It is a complex, emotionally charged, and mostly inaccurate song, as well as an indictment of the media. The story, from 1992, had all the juicy elements to...

    • Posted October 9, 2016
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  • Storm at Sunup, the backstory

    It’s now 6:20 a.m., before sunrise, and these songs are especially fitting. Nearing the sun sign of Gemini, this Throw Back Thursday is a two-fer; but it has to be this way, the way they were on...

    • Posted May 12, 2016
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