A song from The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' was assumed to be about heroin because of a word in its title. In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul said “Fixing ...

Foraes hems and howls like a blues singer caught between epiphany and defeat. In a string-laden folk-rock song, love and addiction are draped in... Songs We Love: Kwesi Foraes, 'Heroin' Love, lust and ...

When John Lennon released his song about heroin withdrawal, “Cold Turkey,” in 1969, radio stations refused to play it because of the lyrics and Lennon’s distorted guitar and screams. Years later, the ...