‘Cherry Bomb’ – The Runaways
This following song’s lyrics aren’t quite misunderstood, but the story behind its production is. The Runaways’ “Cherry Bomb” is an all-time great rock song and by far Joan Jett’s biggest hit, but it wasn’t created to be one, and the band didn’t construct their library around it. According to the band’s manager, Kim Fowley, the song was written in “about five minutes.” According to Fowley, he and Jett wrote the song for future Runaways member Cherie Currie’s audition because the other Runaways were unaware of the song Currie wanted to sing.
‘Cherry Bomb’ The Runaways
‘Feel it Still’ – Portugal. The Man
While the 2017 smash track by California band Portugal. The Man may appear to be an homage to singer John Gourley’s little daughter, the song was actually written from a less personal, far more political position. “It’s another one of those lyrics that just kind of seeps in,” Gourley remarked in a 2017 interview. With all of the talk right now about building a wall at our borders and the Berlin Wall, it was eerily similar to the image you had in your head as a child, that these people are separated by a wall, and why do we need that?”
‘Feel It Still’ Portugal. The Man
