Cracked Archive - Music
5 Bizarre YouTube Parody Songs That Shouldn't Exist
Browsing these niche parodies can give viewers a sometimes-terrifying peek into the heads of the rarefied audiences who consume them.
- By C. Coville
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- June 13, 2015
5 Ways Your Life Changes When You're (Voluntarily) Homeless
Los Angeles is expensive. Just so expensive. Fortunately, I recently landed on a solution for that problem.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- June 04, 2015
27 Surprising Real Stories Behind Famous Songs
It turns out that some of our favorite tunes take on a whole new meaning when we actually listen to the lyrics.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- June 03, 2015
5 Famous Musicians Who Need To Retire
Just unplug their microphones and maybe they won't notice?
- By Cher Martinetti
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- May 17, 2015
5 Meaningless Songs Everyone Thinks Are Deep (Part 3)
Claiming to personally know a song's true meaning, it turns out, is just setting yourself up for disappointment.
- By Gladstone
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- April 26, 2015
5 Classic Songs Everyone Forgets Had Insane Music Videos
These songs were great, but how did their insane videos elude the pop culture history books?
- By Jason Iannone
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- April 25, 2015
7 Musicians Whose Trademark Looks Were Hiding Something
Sometimes an iconic trademark came about less by design and more by necessity.
- By Paul Blank
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- April 16, 2015
6 Musicians Who Made Entire Albums Just To Say F#@k You
It turns out some petty squabbles live on forever in album form.
- By Cedric Voets
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- April 12, 2015
5 Tribute Albums that Don't Realize How Insulting They Are
A tribute is supposed to be respectful. You already knew that, but the people you'll read about on this list clearly did not.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- March 12, 2015
29 Bizarre True Stories Behind the Most Popular Music Ever
Hmm, gross. That's not what we thought that song meant.
- By AM Smiley
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- February 28, 2015
5 Disturbing Messages That Always Show Up in Love Songs
Despite our endless harmonious yammering, we still write song after song from messed-up viewpoints that make it clear we actually have no clue what love is.
- By Jason Iannone
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- February 22, 2015
6 Of the Happiest Songs Ever (Are About Death)
Some songs about what's traditionally the saddest of all possible subject matter come out sounding like feel-good party anthems.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- January 22, 2015
27 Easter Eggs (We Wish Were) Hidden in Iconic Music Videos
Music videos. For three minutes we're treated to vainest self-promotion out of a late night infomercial. And yeah, some of them can be pretty cool -- but they can always be cooler.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- January 18, 2015
6 Hit Songs That Destroyed the Bands They Made Famous
Your favorite song might be the one the band hates the most.
- By Diana Cook
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- January 16, 2015
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