What happened when Avenged Sevenfold threw caution to the wind and made A Little Piece Of Heaven, an eight-minute necrophiliac symphony

From the lyrics to the saxophones and the Oingo Boingo collaboration, A Little Piece Of Heaven is an unabashedly zany classic ...
American Songwriter

The Day Paul McCartney Almost Cut One of the Greatest Beatles Lines—and Who Saved It

There was one moment in particular wherein McCartney almost cut one of his most famous lines, until John Lennon talked him out of it.

“I ended up changing the whole song because Tony broke up with me”: How Gwen Stefani's heartbreak inspired a No.1 hit

ABBA’s The Winner Takes It All, the lead single from their 1980 Super Trouper album, was written after the divorce of members ...
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Wicked: For Good director cut biggest song from sequel

Jon M. Chu, the director of Wicked, has revealed that the most famous song from the stage musical will not be featured in the film sequel. The adaptation starring Ariane Grande and Cynthia Erivo as ...
American Songwriter

“How Dumb of Me”: The Critical Mistake Tom Petty Made When Writing for Stevie Nicks, and the Fate of the Song He Came Up With

Tom Petty realized he was going about writing a song for Stevie Nicks all wrong. So, he decided to trade her tracks instead.
Spin

Deep Cut Friday: ‘Schoolin’ Life’ by Beyonce

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday ...
Soap Central

The Beast in Me soundtrack guide: A complete list of the music in the Netflix series

Among the latest psychological thrillers that have fans talking about the plot is The Beast in Me, which follows two very different people, Aggie Wiggs and Nile Jarvis.
Louder

“I get into arguments with fans all the time about this. Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s just a leftover Stone Sour song.’ No, I wrote that for Slipknot!” How Slipknot ...

Inspired by Corey Taylor’s divorce and redefined after the death of Paul Gray, Snuff shows The Nine at their most beautifully ...
BBC

Season of the set-piece - how open-play goals are falling out of fashion

Arsenal scored from a corner in their opening game of the season at Manchester United Nine match rounds of the Premier League season have taken place and scoring from set-pieces has so far been the ...