Van Halen fans must be miffed right now, if they’ve seen an opinionated list recently published by Ultimate Classic Rock.

The indie sleaze era has taken some criticism with hindsight. While some of it is unfair, this Razorlight lyric is rightly criticised. Read more here.

Even the best classic-rock lyrics don't necessarily bear stand-alone scrutiny. Rock critic Robert Christgau memorably noted that Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages" was "a bad poem. But it is a good song, ...