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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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12 Musical Partnerships That Imploded
With countless reasons to call it quits, it’s a wonder any group can stand the test of time.
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- By Jay L'Ecuyer, JhallComics
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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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13 Mythbusting Moments Necessary Because Of Pop Music
No, Kanye, you can’t "300 like the Romans".
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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28 Great Songs With Backstories We Had No Idea About
Songs? Inspired by things? Who knew!
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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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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12 Legitimately Innovative, Groundbreaking Music Videos
These bad boys helped the music video go from promo clip to legitimate art form.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Jay L'Ecuyer
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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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‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ Is the Soundtrack to Pixar’s Golden Age
The heartwarming Randy Newman classic from ‘Toy Story’ was a change of pace for the sardonic 1970s songwriter. But the song has only grown more bittersweet with the passage of time
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- By Tim Grierson
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