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"Broken Wings" was written at the home of vocalist Richard Page. The title and main inspiration came from the book The Broken Wings by the Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran. The RCA label did not want to release this track as the first single (preferred something more agitated), but the band insisted. The track reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985, stayed there for two weeks and became the biggest hit of their career.
Back in 2009, United Airlines smashed Dave Carroll’s guitar and refused compensation. He answered with a diss track, and the company’s stock dropped 10%, wiping out nearly $180 million 😂🎸
Thelonious Monk performing Blue Monk at the Newport Jazz Festival, 1958
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Thelonious Monk, piano; Henry Grimes, acoustic double bass; Roy Haynes, drums
Steely Dan’s “Aja” took over a year to make and used nearly 40 top session players.
Becker & Fagen’s perfectionism meant bringing in multiple musicians per part until the feel was right.
The album cost hundreds of thousands of dollars (very high for the time)