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Van Halen - Dreams
It's one of the more optimistic songs out there, and the video is very uplifting in a Top Gun kind of way, using footage of the Blue...


Foo Fighters - Best Of You
"Best of you" is about reaching your potential. Everyone has secrets they keep in their own head about themselves, and we rarely...


Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
Beck recorded this with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon and Nicky Hopkins during a single-day recording session in 1966. They...


Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
"John Paul Jones came up with the riff. I had the chorus. John Bonham applied the bass-drum pattern. That one really shaped our writing...


The Cure - Pictures Of You
"Pictures Of You" was based on an essay by Myra Poleo called The Dark Power of Ritual Pictures. Smith says that after reading it, he..


R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe wrote the lyrics, which he has said are about "obsession" and "unrequited love," which is powerful and...


Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation
This song made a very bold statement, establishing Jett as an independent-minded rocker with no concern for traditional gender roles...


The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Fly is a slang term for "cool," and this song calls out youngsters who becomes wannabe gangstas as its...


Journey - Wheel in the Sky
The group released three album before Perry came on board. They sold modestly, but the group was not a singles band - they had more of...
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