Cracked Archive - Music
The UK's Weird Christmas Obsession With The Pogues' 'Fairytale Of New York'
Just how much schadenfreude is involved in the song’s popularity among the Brits?
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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15 Rick James Got High And Destroyed A Salvador Dalí Sketch
Dalí drew it on a napkin, the only paper available.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Time A Rock Star Dove Into A Hotel Pool -- From The Ninth Floor
Shockingly, drugs were involved.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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Is Astroworld The End of Travis Scott's Career?
Here's what you need to know.
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- By Carly Tennes
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4 Ways The Saxophone's Had A Weird, Dark History
The sax took a bizarre path down history.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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How A Fake 'David Bowie' Trolled The Entire Internet
The real story behind Bowie's viral message board sass.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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6 Songs To Upgrade Your Lame Halloween Playlist
Time to put 'Thriller,' 'Time Warp,' and 'Monster Mash' out to the playlist pasture.
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- By Nathan Williams
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The Most Recorded Artist Of All Time (Isn't Who We Thought)
It was 19th-century singer George W. Johnson, who made hundreds of recordings each day.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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After Nirvana Baby Lawsuit, Nevermind May Get New Cover, Dave Grohl Implies
the iconic grunge album may have a new look soon.
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- By Carly Tennes
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4 Iconic Movie Characters (Who Had Bizarro Music Video Side Quests)
Most of the time, they’d throw together a hodgepodge of the artist performing the song with clips of the movie and call it a day. But other times, things got nuts.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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The Insane Clown Posse, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Good Charlotte D&D Alignment Chart, Explained
From "Insane Milk Hotel" to "Neutral Clown Posse," here's everything you need to know about these placements.
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- By Carly Tennes
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The Time Cher Took On Censorship And The U.S. Navy (And Won)
And the song that’ll now be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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The Music Industry Doesn't Understand Music; It Never Did
As long as humans have been judging art, they've been screwing it up. And no medium is quite so noteworthy for its lack of self-awareness as the music world.
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- By Nathan Williams
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'Louie, Louie' Cheated The Songwriter—But In The End, Everything Turned Out OK
Sell the rights for $750, it becomes a huge hit ... what can you do about it?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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WWII's Factory Women Who (Secretly) Made Gibson's Legendary Guitars
These Banner guitars were branded “Only a Gibson is good enough,” but somehow didn't mention who was making them.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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