Cracked Archive - Music
The Man Making A.I. SpongeBob Covers of Emo Songs
Gerard Way has some competition
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- By Ian Garner
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2 The Best Musical Moments from ‘Parks and Recreation’
You’re 5,000 candles in the wind…
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- By Steve Q
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Four Lame Songs Hiding Much Deeper Meanings
We’ll have you know that Ricky Martin’s ‘She Bangs’ is actually about the big bang theory and space — seriously
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Three Famous Drummers on How Well Animal from The Muppets Swings the Sticks
The drummers from the EELS, Gwar and Conan O’Brien’s TBS show determine if the resident madman of the Electric Mayhem can do anything with his drum kit other than eat it
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- By Brian VanHooker
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Five Songs That Don’t Add Up to One Cogent Thought
Just because lyrics rhyme doesn’t mean that they make sense
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Four Classic Songs with Major Historical Inaccuracies
Billy Joel is not exactly a Billy the Kid scholar
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- By Amanda Mannen
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4 Celebrity Stunts That Disproved the Healing Power of Music
Music sounds so much better when a guy from the Avengers sings it
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- By Eli Yudin
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Songs That Got Their Magic from Being Sped Up
Let’s turn that pitch up to 11
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Five Sugary Pop Songs That Are Actually About Heinous Crimes
The smooth criminal Michael Jackson was singing about? That would be Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker
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- By Amanda Mannen
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‘Saturday Night Live’: ‘More Cowbell’ Forever Changed How We Hear ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’
The classic 2000 sketch poked fun at Blue Öyster Cult, turning their biggest hit’s goofiest instrument into an indictment of the excesses and pretensions of a bygone rock era
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- By Tim Grierson
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5 Nonsense Reasons Music Was Banned
This "electric guitar" is sure to cause violence amongst the youth!
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- By Eli Yudin
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How A Backstreet Boys’ Fart Topped the Charts in Romania
‘The Call’ features backing vocals from Howie D’s butt
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- By Mike Rampton
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Hit Songs About Places That the Artists Had Never Visited
John Fogerty hadn’t spent a single second in that bayou he so famously captured in song
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Everyone Knows This Tune, But No One Knows Its Name
Da-da-da DA da DA da DA-da!
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Grow Up And Give Country Music A Break
So you're telling me the genre that brought us Johnny Cash is for hicks and rednecks?
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- By Eli Yudin
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