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Ryan Reed

Ryan Reed is a contributing writer for GOOD residing in Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in stories on music and pop culture. He has contributed to Rolling Stone, Relix, Revolver, SPIN and The New York Times.

Photo credit: Gentle Giant YouTube (Derek Shulman), Elton John YouTube (Elton John) – (L) Derek Shulman; (R) Elton John

Culture, Past Events

A former bandmate gave Elton John this ’60s song the superstar had completely forgotten he wrote

Ryan Reed

10/21/2025
Photo credit: Phil Collins ( YouTube screenshot from Eric Clapton Live Aid video), Rick Allen ( YouTube screenshot from “Pour Some Sugar on Me” video) – Left: Phil Collins; Right: Rick Allen

Culture, Past Events

Phil Collins’ ‘incredible’ letter to Def Leppard drummer after he lost his arm

Ryan Reed

10/21/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Dean Drobot (left, cropped) / Minerva Studio (right, cropped) – Tax pros share 5 weird things they've seen people try to write off.

Editorial, Money

Tax pros share the 5 ‘craziest,’ ‘dumbest’ things they’ve seen people try to write off

Ryan Reed

10/21/2025
Photo credit: Takahiro Kyono via Wikimedia Commons (left, cropped), Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 / Acroterion via Wikimedia Commons (right, cropped), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 – You may have missed the actual meaning behind these 5 popular songs.

Culture

‘Every breath you …’ what? 5 classic songs where people totally missed the meaning

Ryan Reed

10/17/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshot via Shout! Studios – George Harrison took the Art Garfunkel role for Paul Simon's 1976 'SNL' version of "Homeward Bound."

Culture

In 1976, George Harrison joined Paul Simon for a haunting ‘SNL’ duet of ‘Homeward Bound’

Ryan Reed

10/16/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Vitaly Gariev from Pexels (left, cropped) / Africa images (right, cropped) – A British woman in the U.S. shared some favorite sayings that have a surprising positivity.

Culture

British woman in the U.S. shares her new ‘favorite’ sayings that she will never stop using

Ryan Reed

10/15/2025
Photo credit: Canva, pixelshot (left, cropped) / Garakta Studio from Garakta Studio (middle, cropped) / Imágenes de gabriel paz (right, cropped) – Your tipping generosity might be related to your generation.

Editorial, Everyday Economics, Featured, Money

Are you a good tipper? Turns out your generation might have something to do with it.

Ryan Reed

10/14/2025
Photo credit: The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke via YouTube – A culture expert compares the ornate aesthetics of the Victorian era with the boring design of today.

Culture

Culture expert compares Victorian and modern design to explain how the world got ‘so ugly’

Ryan Reed

10/13/2025
Photo credit: Canva, mimagephotography (left, cropped) / Pio3 (right, cropped) – Do brother or sister pairs stay closer over the years?

Family

Which sibling pairs are closer, brothers or sisters? Research answers the age-old debate.

Ryan Reed

10/10/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Helgy (left, cropped) / Dean Drobot (right, cropped) – Young people are confused by these frugal habits of older people.

Money

4 frugal habits of older generations that younger people find weird or obsolete

Ryan Reed

10/9/2025

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