‘Only time will tell if we can stand the test of time’: Lyrics from Van Halen’s 1986 track Why Can’t This Be Love - Paul Natkin/Getty Images “In ancient times/ Hundreds of years before the dawn of ...

There are a lot of aspects about rock 'n' roll music that are up for interpretation. Lyrics — as in the actual words a songwriter put to page and copyrighted — are not one of them. Even if a ...

Songs have gotten more repetitive and angrier since the 1980s, according to a new study, furthering research that suggested songs have gotten shorter, simpler and more negative over the years due to ...

Plenty of songs through the 20th century have been banned from radio stations around the world. Rock music, in particular, has historically been censored quite a bit. “God Save The Queen” by Sex ...

Punk rock is usually understood as a 1970s genre. This ignores the fact that several 1960s bands were making music that could reasonably described as punk rock, including The Doors, Paul Revere & the ...