Kashmir: the meaning of Led Zeppelin’s most representative song
Oh, let the sun beat down upon my faceAnd stars fill my dreamI’m a traveler of both time and spaceTo be where I have beenTo sit with elders of the gentle raceThis world has seldom…
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The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony: behind the meaning of the song
When I heard again The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony, I was walking towards the train station. It was 8am on a Wednesday and I wasn’t yet ready to start the day. I was thinking back…
The sci-fi video of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn made in 1979
Autobahn was released in 1974, the year zero of Kraftwerk and (for many) of the history of electronic music. But he didn’t have an official video originally. We were on the 70s, music didn’t explode…
Paranoid Android: the true meaning of Radiohead song
The first time I listened to Radiohead’s Paranoid Android and I watched the video on MTV, I was overwhelmed. I had the clear sensation that I was witnessing a true masterpiece; one that would change…
Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White reveal the secrets of electric guitar
There was a golden age of rock music, where almost everyone wanted an electric guitar to imitate legends like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Brian May, Slash and many others.…
John Lennon, Imagine: the universal meaning of an evergreen song
Imagine never reached the top of the charts that matter (UK and US, to be clear), a fate that often happened to many songs ignored at the beginning, and glorified only later. It’s exactly what…