History’s Horniest King

Alfonso XIII of Spain had endless affairs, tons of illegitimate children (in addition to seven with his wife) and a sideline in commissioning pornography for his own private consumption

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27 Real (Surprising) Stories Behind Huge Songs

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27 Real (Surprising) Stories Behind Huge Songs

One of the great things about music is that we enjoy being able to decipher our own meanings from the songs we listen to. Or maybe we do this because sometimes the actual meaning can be a real let down. Not quite sure what we mean? It turns out that some of our favorite tunes take on a whole new look when we actually listen to the lyrics.

To help illustrate this, we asked our readers to collect some songs that everyone enjoys but probably haven't really listened closely to what's being said. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...

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Slide the Goo Goo arrt by DOolIs sounDs like a Late 90s generic Jove song. The pop-rock sounded SO safe the song band sung it with EImo episode of o

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27 Real (Surprising) Stories Behind Huge Songs

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