Explore the musical journey of the legendary Rod Stewart, an artist whose distinctive voice and emotive lyrics have carved an indelible mark on the global music scene. Our curated list provides an immersive trip...
The refrain of “Tom Traubert’s Blues”, “waltzing Matilda”, references an experience that its writer, Tom Waits, had. That is to say that he literally waltzed with Matilda, that being one Mathilde Bondo, in her native...
Here’s a fun fact – Stevie Nicks and Don Henley dated during the late 1970s, i.e. the same era in which both Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles were at their peak. And the reason that...
“The Skye Boat Song” recounts the plight of a historical figure known as Charles Edward Stuart, aka Bonnie Prince Charles, with that moniker logically explaining the presence of the word “bonnie” in the lyrics....
This piece (“Sweet Caroline”) was initially inspired by a photograph of one Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of 1960s’ US President John F. Kennedy, which is from where we get the title. Kennedy was but a...
Dedicated to Rod Stewart’s friend, George, “The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)” speaks about his life and death. George was a gay man that came out to his parents but unfortunately, they...
This song is centered on the narrator (Rod Stewart), succinctly put, sensually seducing the addressee. In fact it gets this point across so effectively that “Tonight’s the Night” faced bans and the such during its...
“Farewell” is a highly emotional song released by iconic British rock singer Rod Stewart. The lyrics of the song eulogize a good friend of Stewart’s who died a few years before the song’s release....
