Music
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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35 Songs That Everybody Gets Wrong
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Famous Musicians Who Swiped Their Biggest Hits from Others
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Famous Musicians Who Correctly Predicted Their Own Death
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- By Sam Jackson, Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
20 Spirited Easter Eggs Hiding On Famous Albums
A good easter egg makes things infinitely more awesome.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Hit Songs You Won't Believe Are Insulting Celebrities
Some of the most famous songs in history were written as direct insults to actual people.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs
There are often dark secrets hiding in the lines your favorite musicians cut from famous songs.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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23 Eyebrow-Arching Backstories Behind Musician Stage Names
Sometimes you're born with an awesome name like Dave Grohl, and other times you're given the unawesome name of Marvin Lee causing you to make it awesome by renaming yourself ... Meat Loaf.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Inexplicably Hostile Interviews With Famous Musicians
There are those musicians who, for whatever reason -- an off-putting comment, a generally grumpy demeanor, the fact that they're opening that night for Sinbad -- are a little less agreeable.
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- By Teddy Wayne
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Predictions Ever Made in Pop Songs
It turns out music is an explosion of guitars, drums, and telling people about stuff before it happens.
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- By Jacob Trowbridge
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6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect
It's never widely publicized who did the actual writing, and sometimes it's for good reason.
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- By Mike Floorwalker
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5 Mind-Blowing True Stories Behind Famous Songs
The secret ingredient was pure insanity.
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- By Aaron Short, Sam Jackson
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23 Backstories About Famous Songs
Music fans spend a lot of time trying to find meaning in the songs they know and love. Well, it turns out a lot of our most popular songs have meanings that are a lot more bizarre than we would've thought possible.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Famous Online Copyright Crusaders Who Are Total Hypocrites
Here are some hilarious examples where the very people in charge of policing the Internet for potential copyright violations fall astray of the laws themselves.
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- By Ross Jones-Morris
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The 5 Most Embarrassing Past Lives of Famous Musicians
It turns out the package that some of history's most beloved artists were wrapped in when they first entered our collective consciousness is often the product of several aborted attempts to get their shtick down perfect.
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- By Mike Floorwalker
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