Photo by CBS via Getty Images Patrick Stewart entered public consciousness as Jean-Luc Picard on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation', exploring space an... read more
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The first release of "The Sound Of Silence" was acoustic, and went nowhere. It became Simon & Garfunkel's first hit when a producer at their label overdubbed it with electric instruments.
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P.F. was a teenager writing hits and playing on tracks for Jan & Dean when he wrote a #1 hit that got him blackballed.
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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With a few clues (Works at a diner, dreams of running away), can you name the character in the song?
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Did Mellencamp give up drinking after a bar fight? Was he a hippie? Take this Fact or Fiction to find out.
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I can't believe how often this song is misinterpreted. The dude's on a bus, and he has confided a secret code with his old girlfriend - to tie a simple single yellow ribbon if she wants him. Instead, he comes around the corner, and begins cursing "the whole damned bus..." because his simple secret code failed. The whole damned bus is cheering because they all see their ribbons. So EITHER she acted unfaithfully and wants the whole busload of guys that she's been screwing around with, OR his clever plan to have a secret code failed because every guy on the bus has done the same thing with his girlfriend. Clearly the code has failed, and the guy has no clue what "is and isn't mine" at this point. So he stays on the bus, forgets about us, puts...