Cracked Archive - Music
27 Real (Surprising) Stories Behind Huge Songs
It turns out that some of our favorite tunes take on a whole new meaning when we actually listen to the lyrics.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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7 Musicians Whose Trademark Looks Were Hiding Something
Sometimes an iconic trademark came about less by design and more by necessity.
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- By Paul Blank
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6 Musicians Who Made Entire Albums Just To Say F#@k You
It turns out some petty squabbles live on forever in album form.
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- By Cedric Voets
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29 Bizarre True Stories Behind the Most Popular Music Ever
Hmm, gross. That's not what we thought that song meant.
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- By AM Smiley
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20 Eyebrow-Arching Authors Of Famous Songs
We all kind of expect nowadays that the person singing a tune we're into likely didn't write it. What's shocking, though, is that sometimes the song was written by someone who likely could've performed it better as well.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Celebrities You Didn't Know Had Ridiculous Music Careers
Sometimes, an entertainer's musical side job reveals a whole other side of their personality.
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- By Chris Berglund, Sam Jackson, JM McNab
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7 Promotional Stunts by Musicians That Backfired Hilariously
Judging by how often their spectacularly bad ideas make the wrong kind of headlines, it clear musicians need to get better PR teams.
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- By Matt Farmer, Blair Dodge, A.C. Grimes
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5 Unknown People Who Secretly Made All Your Favorite Music
What sucks about the entertainment industry is that usually a very small group of very pretty people get all of the credit for work done by an army of talented folks behind the scenes.
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- By Sam Jackson
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22 Shockingly Dark Lyrics in Otherwise Happy Songs
Be honest, how hard are you listening to the lyrics of any given song?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Half-Assed Accidents Behind the Most Famous Songs Ever
Some of the most iconic musical moments of all time have just been farted out on accident.
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- By Jacob Trowbridge, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes, John Martin, Alexander Pan
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5 Classic Songs That Were Originally Creepy as Hell
Turns out that the words these forgotten originals were routinely bizarre, racist, and/or totally insane.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Shocking Early Versions of Famous Musicians
If you dig into the past of almost any famous artist, you'll find something radically, hilariously different from what they became famous for.
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- By Michael Hossey
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The 6 Most Disturbing Song Choices by Huge Ad Campaigns
Some marketers are content to slap any old catchy riff into their ads, regardless of the incredibly awkward context that the lyrics might create.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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6 Classic Album Covers That Were Originally Horrifying
If cooler heads hadn't prevailed, history might remember all of these differently.
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- By Jacob Trowbridge
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20 Backstories To Lyrics In Famous Songs
It turns out that if a tune is catchy enough you won't even put a second thought into the vile and disturbing things you're singing about.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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