Ringo Starr maintains his perpetual optimism in “Look Up,” the title track of his new, Nashville-centered album. Written by T Bone Burnett and Daniel Tashian, the song posits, “There’s a light that ...
But the song is more unusual than it seems ... I have never been on a sleigh ride or had a chestnut roasted on an open fire. I love the classics, but since bounce is part of the sound of life ...
Paul McCartney wrote hit songs without The Beatles — he just struggled to write good hit songs without The Beatles! Only one of his solo No. 1 singles is genuinely worthwhile.
One of the Flaming Lips' trademark songs has resonated with a wider audience by Trojan-horsing a darker existential concept inside a sunny Beatles melody.