Heart elevate "Alone" with their cover by understanding its message
"Life on Mars?": or, when Bowie outdid Frankie
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" has the perfect amount of narration
"Give a Little Bit" really hits home here in Berkeley during finals prep
"Maps," fragile yet simultaneously rocking
"Waterloo Sunset" examines a complex case of escapism
"Hold On" gives me the motivation I need this time of year
Shocking Blue's rocking "Venus" has a surprising country backstory
"Fire" reflects its title through the raw energy of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Nothing gets me fired up quite like "Seek & Destroy"
This is a "Land of Confusion," but we have the power to change that
The three-part artistic origin of "50 Ways to Say Goodbye"
The 10-minute version of "All Too Well" is a pop magnum opus
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" Our veterans certainly have
Remembering the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald through Gordon Lightfoot's haunting "Wreck"
"96 Tears": Grounded in its time, or anticipatory of rock's future?
With "One Headlight," the Wallflowers resolutely navigate toward better days
"Come and Get Your Love," a premier Native American success story in the music world
"The Weight": sonically genre-melding and restrained, but thematically heavy indeed
"Love is the Drug," and I'm writing about it again...