Latest articles by Neil Crossley
"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"
“That song had two writers – Paul Simon and God”
“Seven minutes of exquisite heartache” – quite unlike anything else the band created
The song was a sparse, stripped-back amalgam of electro-funk, soul, psych-pop, blues and rock
“He did the whole thing, start to finish, every instrument, everything, in a day”
“Two passes, and it was finished. It took less than two hours to record that song”
“Unfortunately, people identify it with David Bowie’s Space Oddity”
“I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”
“When I heard it I cried”
Dylan wanted a more cinematic texture and a modern sound – but one that was rooted in old American music.
“Me and the piano – that’s all I cared about”
“Singing it in an Irish accent, it comes across in a different way”
And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica
An intoxicating mash-up of ’70s disco, ’80s electropop and 2000s club music
It also left legions of fans speculating on who it was actually about
“Giorgio could have farted and I would have sung it!”
“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”
How John Fogerty created Creedence Clearwater Revival’s best-loved song
When Michael McDonald teamed up with Kenny Loggins, there was magic in the air
During the making of The Joshua Tree, half of the time was spent on this one track
It was unique in its musical and lyrical sensibilities
And the song was so good it convinced Joni not to quit the music industry
And was this song really an attack on Courtney Love?
