Let’s be honest about something: it’s almost impossible to write about “Hey Jude” without sounding like a greeting card. The thing has been sung at weddings, funerals, ballgames, and barContinue readingThe Meaning of “Hey Jude” by The Beatles

There’s a particular kind of rage that arrives not as a shout but as a keening wail, and when Dolores O’Riordan let it loose in 1994, the whole world satContinue readingThe Meaning of “Zombie” by The Cranberries

Sometimes the quietest songs say the most. “Blackbird,” tucked into the sprawling 1968 double album known as the White Album, is just Paul McCartney, an acoustic guitar, and the faintContinue readingThe Meaning of “Blackbird” by The Beatles