The Police – Walking on the Moon
The Police’s Walking on the Moon (1979): Munich rewrite, spare bass, Summers gaps, UK No. 1.
Afterlife Interview with Chuck Berry
Riffs and Beats finds Chuck Berry outside a St Louis club neon, ES-335 on his hip, duckwalk paused mid-step.
T Rex – Get It On
Get It On, from T. Rex's Electric Warrior (1971), is Bolan's Chuck Berry rewrite produced by Tony Visconti with Flo & Eddie.
Abbey Road – The Beatles
On 26 September 1969 the Beatles released the last album they recorded together, cut at Abbey Road with George Martin.
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset (1967): Ray Davies Thames sketch, invented Terry and Julie.
David Bowie – The art of becoming someone else
In Brixton, David Jones practiced saxophone, studied mime and R&B, and turned a stage name into a working method: David Bowie, from Space Oddity to Blackstar.
Interview of Freddie Mercury (1985)
Freddie Mercury’s 1985 interview with David Wigg catches him under pressure around the Live Aid year: fame, work, and a less guarded tone.
The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
The Beatles’ Tomorrow Never Knows (Revolver, 1966): tape loops, Leslie vocal, Starr’s flat drum pattern.
Afterlife Interview with Keith Moon
Riffs and Beats finds Keith Moon in a hotel corridor finally calm, sticks in hand, champagne flutes left where the night stopped.
