Look, we know that your Dad is pretty set in his ways when it comes to music. If it were up to him, he'd probably hole up with his collection of Rush LP's and pretend new music ceased to exist after, say, 1996. But 'Tom Sawyer' gets pretty old after the first thousand listens (despite Neil Peart's ...

Songwriters have often penned odes to being hot for teacher. But in the '80s, the Police turned the tables with 'Don't Stand So Close to Me,' about a teacher who lusts after a student. That would have just been an interesting twist were it not for the fact that frontman Sting had actually been a teacher, ...

According to engineer-turned-biblical scholar Harold Camping, we're all doomed on May 21, 2011. People have been talking about the end of time since, well ... pretty much the beginning of time; but so far only the dinosaurs have taken a hit. Still, it gives songwriters good fodder for songs about the ...

Getty Images / AP After Wayne Coyne's father died of cancer, the depressed Flaming Lips singer wrote 'Waiting for a Superman' in 1999, which reflected a desire to be saved by a superior being. Meanwhile, the 1979 Kinks tune '(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman' suggested we could better survive ...

You may fondly remember your mother singing pop songs to you as a child, but she probably stopped paying attention to new music long before MTV became Reality TV. So for this Mother's Day, why not help Mom get current? But don't go all Bieber on her. Give her the gift of new music that still channels her ...

Bruce Glikas, FilmMagic With its astronomical budget, numerous delays and well-publicized cast injuries, 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' has generated plenty of buzz. Featuring music by U2's Bono and the Edge, dangerous aerial stunts and more than eight years of preparation, the $65 million musical is an ambitious undertaking, yet its star, ...

Singing about religion is a risky proposition for a secular act. Skeptical lyrics have the potential to seriously offend the public (remember when radio stations banned John Lennon's 'Imagine?') and/or alienate one's own fanbase. The flip side is that overly preachy or adoring songs can sound pretty square ...