Cracked Archive - Music
4 Kinds of Lyrics That (Almost) Always Ruin the Song
There are certain things songwriters do that seem almost guaranteed to produce a bad song, but they keep doing it.
- By Gladstone
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- December 14, 2014
5 One-Hit Wonders Who Deserve Way More Respect
This label is tossed around a bit too liberally, so much so that there are a few 'one-hit wonders' that deserve a second look.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- December 12, 2014
4 Steps to Being the Very Worst in a World of Shitty DJs
Step #1: Suck. Step #2: Forget you suck. Step #3: Remember you suck in front of 100 people.
- By Cyriaque Lamar
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- December 02, 2014
5 Little-Known Reasons Why Modern Pop Culture Sucks
When art sucks, it sucks for consistent and modern reasons.
- By Winston Rowntree
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- November 29, 2014
7 Promotional Stunts by Musicians That Backfired Hilariously
Judging by how often their spectacularly bad ideas make the wrong kind of headlines, it clear musicians need to get better PR teams.
- By Matt Farmer, Blair Dodge, A.C. Grimes
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- November 28, 2014
The 21 Most Horrifying Interpretations of Famous Song Lyrics
Sometimes lyrics have meaning. And sometimes that meaning is very terrifying.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- November 21, 2014
5 Unknown People Who Secretly Made All Your Favorite Music
What sucks about the entertainment industry is that usually a very small group of very pretty people get all of the credit for work done by an army of talented folks behind the scenes.
- By Sam Jackson
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- November 02, 2014
5 Artists Who Faced Death With a Song
When death stares you in the face, then stare right back and ROCK.
- By Gladstone
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- October 26, 2014
5 Great Songs by Otherwise Awful Musicians
Even a tone deaf squirrel finds a note once in awhile.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- October 17, 2014
4 Music Moments Ripped Off From Ridiculous Sources
Robin Thicke can relax knowing that the person he ripped off was much cooler than all the other people who have been ripped off.
- By Kristi Harrison
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- October 06, 2014
5 Failed Attempts At Keeping Up With Modern Pop Music
I'm going to venture out into the wilds of the Internet and track down what's being released today, if for no other reason than to get a status report on a part of pop culture I've abandoned.
- By Luis Prada
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- September 18, 2014
22 Shockingly Dark Lyrics in Otherwise Happy Songs
Be honest, how hard are you listening to the lyrics of any given song?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- September 14, 2014
6 Half-Assed Accidents Behind the Most Famous Songs Ever
Some of the most iconic musical moments of all time have just been farted out on accident.
- By Jacob Trowbridge, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes, John Martin, Alexander Pan
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- September 09, 2014
The 5 Stupidest Songs That Seemingly Predicted 9-11
As if 'But it hadn't happened yet!' was a valid excuse for being grossly insensitive.
- By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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- September 03, 2014
3 Bands Who Completely Disowned Their Former Members
The band may not straight-up pretend that the amputated musician never existed, but the hows and whys of that person's sudden departure are rarely discussed.
- By Tom Reimann
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- August 23, 2014
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