Cracked Archive - Music

4 Cute Songs That Were Originally Dark As Hell
‘Baby Shark’ isn’t as kid-friendly as you might think
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- By Amanda Mannen
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10 of the Strangest Things That Have Happened to Artists During a Live Performance
Bats, bras and cremated ashes, oh my!
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- By Ian Garner
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5 Radio Edits That Completely Changed a Song’s Meaning
The FCC ruins everything
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Ironic Epilogues of 4 Famous ‘True Story’ Songs
‘Layla’ might have been a love song, but its aftermath was a total horror show
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Bugs Bunny Inspired Part of the ‘Thong Song’ Video
The ‘Looney Tune’ influence on pop culture can’t be overstated
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- By Ian Garner
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5 TV Themes That Clearly Rip Off Other Songs
Huh. We never realized ‘Futurama’ was so rock ‘n’ roll
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- By Ryan Menezes
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How Kenny G’s ‘Songbird’ Went From Punchline to ‘Gran Turismo’ Anthem
The smooth-jazz titan has gotten used to people making fun of his easy-listening music. But his biggest hit is in a revved-up new sports film, unironically, suggesting that maybe the world is finally changing its tune on the saxman
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- By Tim Grierson
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5 Badass Responses Artists Leveled At Critics
Huh. Didn’t realize Beethoven had such a dirty mouth
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Four Songs About the Person You’d Least Expect
And here this whole time you thought Matt Pinfield just introduced songs
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Vanilla Ice’s Biggest Hit Was ‘Ice Ice Baby.’ But ‘Ninja Rap’ Is His Legacy
The ultra-cheesy song from ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze’ wasn’t a hit and wasn’t any good. But the rapper still loves it — and so do people who grew up on the film
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- By Tim Grierson
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How ‘Barbie’ Skewered the Sensitive-Bro Silliness of Matchbox Twenty’s ‘Push’
One of the comedy’s best jokes isn’t so much at the expense of Rob Thomas but, rather, the dudes who try to co-opt his 1990s hit to prove they’re, like, deep and stuff
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- By Tim Grierson
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5 of the Stupidest Ways We Used to Listen to Music
You’re not gonna like the sound of these
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 5 Worst Movies Named After Songs
It’s totally unfair to the song, too, as most of the time the plot has nothing whatsoever to do with them
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- By Amanda Mannen
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George Michael Wanted to Be Taken Seriously. But Dana Carvey and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Made Him the Butt of the Joke
In the late 1980s, the Wham! singer remade himself as a grownup, sexy pop auteur. Unfortunately, his ass-shaking video for ‘Faith’ opened him up for mocking that he struggled to live down
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- By Tim Grierson
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The 2007 Pilot of Kanye’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’-Style Show Has Leaked Online Again
‘A Little Inappropriate’ might have been a little too inappropriate for HBO
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- By Ian Garner
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