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Brian Wilson was profoundly moved when Paul McCartney visited him and played a new Beatles song

The intimate encounter had a lasting impact: "[It] let me see my own songs more clearly."

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Asked about David Lynch's surrealism, David Foster Wallace's perfect response involved peanut butter

How do you describe the indescribable?

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Fleetwood Mac cut this haunting ballad from 'Rumours.' Then Stevie Nicks gave it new life.

It's since become one of their most celebrated songs.

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Jerry Seinfeld said this lunch-break ritual 'saved' him during the chaotic 'Seinfeld' production

"That is how I survived the nine years—that 20 minutes in the middle of the day."

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College student transforms Radiohead's 'Creep' in jaw-dropping, soulful recital cover

"I’ve never had chills like this."

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After Paul Reubens died, Conan O'Brien found an old birthday message: 'I was just stunned.'

"In a way, it felt like he was saying goodbye"

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The Monkees' folky 1969 acoustic performance was so good, it impressed Johnny Cash

The country legend also joined the pop stars for a live collaboration

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When Paul 'Pee Wee Herman' Reubens accepted a random invitation to a 'hillbilly' dinner

"This is just about like having Marilyn Monroe over here."

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Rush's weirdest moment isn't prog-rock. It's rapping inspired by LL Cool J and Public Enemy

It's an "experiment" they really only tried once.

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The Bee Gees' perfect harmonies and humor charmed Johnny Carson in acoustic performance

The Gibb brothers found a deeper level of emotion in "Massachusetts."

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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, in a 'party piece' joke gone wrong, once set a bandmate on fire

"I felt bloody awful. We still play jokes on each other. Not quite as severe as that. I learned my lesson."

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Freddie Mercury's final performance in 1988 was the operatic moment he waited his life for

It was the culmination of an incredible career that ended far too soon.

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The Bee Gees' blissful a cappella 'How Deep Is Your Love' might beat the classic original

Those harmonies never sounded better.

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In 1999, Genesis revamped a '70s classic with Peter Gabriel. It remains sadly overlooked.

The song still feels like a gorgeous glimpse of what could have been.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke was so inspired by Queen as a kid, he tried to build his own guitar

"I didn't have any proper tools. I just had a f***ing hacksaw and brass thingies to smooth the edges.”

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The Bee Gees honored The Beatles with stunning covers medley in 1973

The Gibb brothers were highly influenced by the Fab Four.

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After Conan O'Brien lost 'The Tonight Show,' Robin Williams gifted him an 'absurd' pick-me-up

"I just couldn't believe that he was thinking about me."

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