‘Behind Blue Eyes’ — The Who
Behind the Blue Eyes, tracked in 1971, a groupie that persuaded Pete Townshend during The Who concert in Denver was said to have impacted him extensively. Rather than falling prey to the temptation, Townshend was reportedly heading back alone into his room in a hotel and did write a prayer starting with the lines “When my fist is clanging, crack it open.”
‘La Bamba’ — Ritchie Valens
The far more widely known version of a song, the Los Lobos cover of Mexican song “La Bamba,” is the 1987 film’s name. The movie featured Lou Diamond Phillips, who played as Ritchie Valens, a rock ‘ n ‘ roll singer.t Nonetheless, it’s the Valens version of 1958 that was featured in the Ranker chart and the Rolling Stone Top 500.