Lucy Harbron

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The “lustful” 1987 Fleetwood Mac song that took 10 years to perform: “Featuring love grunts”

By: Lucy Harbron

Fleetwood Mac have enough drama for a soap opera, but one hit was almost amidst the arguments, taking years to make it's live debut

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Billy Joel sold 3,000,000 copies of a 1977 song that he refuses to play live: “Sick of it”

By: Lucy Harbron

It must get exhausting having a hit. Imagine being asked to repeat something on a never-ending loop, year on year, city on city, tour on tour.

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The 1986 song Paul Simon sold 2,500,000 copies of but can't play live again: “I can't do that one”

By: Lucy Harbron

A sad fact of life is that heroes get old. The music world is often rocked by the tragedy of young deaths, but even the idols who stick around, those

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The guitarist Mick Jagger said was out of everybody's league: “Could play the ass off anyone”

By: Lucy Harbron

It's tough to imagine Mick Jagger being truly bowled over by another musician. Alongside his bandmate and lifelong collaborator, Keith Richards, the duo sits at the top of the musical food chain.

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Linda Ronstadt had the voice to make a 1967 mega-hit. She didn't have the “confidence”

By: Lucy Harbron

Linda Ronstadt was the darling of the folk-rock scene, respected by her peers and sought after by some of the biggest names in music.

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Dave Grohl and Jack Black agree on the greatest rock band ever: “Better than the Beatles”

By: Lucy Harbron

Jack Black really is living the dream. Growing up as a kid obsessed with rock music but also discovering a passion for acting, the fact that

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Kate Bush's favourite albums of all time

By: Lucy Harbron

Kate Bush shared a list of her top 10 favourite albums of all time that helped shape her into the unique and theatrical artist she would become.

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In 1976, Tom Waits called the Eagles the most boring band in America: “Watching paint dry”

By: Lucy Harbron

Throughout music history, unconventional figures have always risen to prominence despite their eccentricity.

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In 1966, The Mamas & The Papas recorded a song half the band hated. It then sold 160,000 copies in one day

By: Lucy Harbron

There was one hit from The Mamas & The Papas that Michelle Phillips and Mama Cass hated so much that they tried to kill it to avoid singing the track.

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Who sang backing vocals on Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without A Face'?

By: Lucy Harbron

The female backing vocals on Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without A Face' take a good song and make it great with the angelic addition, but who sang on the track?