Silicon Canals

8 songs boomers heard at every school dance that still hit them with nostalgia

These eight tracks didn't just fill gymnasiums with music—they wired an entire generation's brains to forever associate the ...
American Songwriter

The Early ’90s Sting Ballad That Paul McCartney Said He “Should Have Written”

"How dare he?" said Paul McCartney of Sting's 1992 hit, which was written for wife Trudie Styler. "I told him [Sting]: ‘You ...
American Songwriter

3 Country Songs That Are Almost Too Honest for Radio

The three songs below are popular enough, but the truths in their lyrics are hard to hear. Revisit these three brutally ...
The Root

The Greatest Moments From 2016, 10 Years Before the World As We Knew It Changed for Good

Ah, gone are the days when Rihanna and Frank Ocean fans had new music to listen to! 2016 also marked the last time either ...
The Root

The Greatest Moments From 2016, The Last Year The World Made Sense

Ah, gone are the days when Rihanna and Frank Ocean fans had new music to listen to! 2016 also marked the last time either ...

The ABBA song that’s huge in Vietnam at year’s end

In Vietnam, the appreciation for ABBA has been going strong since the late 1970s. Much like the Beatles in America, the ABBA ...
Louder

"I said, 'I think we should write the best song in the world.' Jack Black said, ‘You can’t do that!'" How Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, Bob Odenkirk and Maynard James Keenan ...

You’d think so, but with the help of everyone from Dave Grohl and Maynard James Keenan to the bloke from Better Call Saul, ...

Bob Dylan’s 1974 Song Became the Unofficial Soundtrack to New Year’s Celebrations

Celebrate New Year’s with Bob Dylan’s 1974 classic Forever Young, the timeless song that captures hope, youth, and new ...