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Topic: Music (page 24)

Madonna performs on the Virgin Tour at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on May 21, 1985 (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

25 songs with misunderstood meanings

Erik Van Rheenen, Scott Beggs - Mental Floss
Ed Begley Jr. (Russell Baer)

Begley saved George Harrison's guitar

Nicole Michael
Coldplay (James Marcus Haney)

Coldplay's new album is an unholy mess

Kenneth Womack
Amy Winehouse performs onstage at Lollapalooza in Grant Park on August 5, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois (Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

25 must-see rockumentaries

Scott Beggs - Mental Floss
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Miles Davis performing live on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1969 (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)

How Miles Davis electrified jazz

Björn Heile - The Conversation
The Beatles, Apple Rooftop, 30 January 1969 (Ethan A. Russell / © Apple Corps Ltd.)

Beatles remix: Get back to "Let It Be"

Kenneth Womack
Moe Tucker, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed from archival photography from "The Velvet Underground" (Apple TV+)

Velvet Underground film is irresistible

Gary M. Kramer
Freddie Mercury of Queen on September 19, 1980 in Chicago, Il. (Paul Natkin/WireImage)

32 facts about Freddie Mercury

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
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Taylor Swift (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

VA election targets Taylor Swift fans

Kylie Cheung
Dolly Parton performing live onstage at the UK Country Music Festival (Andrew Putler/Redferns/Getty Images)

Dolly's queer anthem Coat of Many Colors

James Barker - The Conversation
Singer R. Kelly performs in concert during the '12 Nights Of Christmas' tour at Kings Theatre on December 17, 2016 in Brooklyn (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

What will happen to R. Kelly’s music?

Kylie Cheung
Little Steven van Zandt and The Disciples of Soul perform at Rockefeller Music Hall on June 3, 2019 in Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Redferns)

Steven Van Zandt's tale of taking risks

Kenneth Womack
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Singer R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Courthouse following his status hearing, in relation to the sex abuse allegations made against him, on May 07, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

R. Kelly found guilty of sex trafficking

Kylie Cheung
Yoko Ono and John Lennon, circa 1970 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

"Imagine" at 50: An atheistic anthem

Phil Zuckerman - The Conversation
Nick Lowe (Simon Jay Price)

Nick Lowe: Still his own toughest critic

Kenneth Womack
Nirvana artefacts and exhibits are seen at the opening of 'In Bloom: The Nirvana Exhibition', marking the 20th Anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind album, at the Loading Bay Gallery on September 13, 2011 in London, England. (Samir Hussein/Getty Images)

Nirvana's "Nevermind" 30 years later

Dean Biron - The Conversation
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Ringo Starr (Scott Robert Ritchie)

Ringo's mission to "Change the World"

Kenneth Womack
Tori Amos during an in-store autograph signing for her new album, "Strange Little Girls" in 2001 (Getty Images/Scott Gries/ImageDirect)

Tori Amos' "Strange Little Girls" at 20

Annie Zaleski
Liam Gallagher pictured on stage at Knebworth in 1996, when Oasis were at the height of their fame. (Roberta Parkin/Redferns/Permanent Press)

Morning Glory days: Oasis live in 1996

Kenneth Womack
Swedish pop group ABBA after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" in 1974 (OLLE LINDEBORG/AFP via Getty Images)

ABBA: who actually likes them?

Shanika Ranasinghe - The Conversation
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Woman enjoying music in the morning (Getty Images)

How Spotify may correlate with markets

Ivan Indriawan, Adrian Fernandez-Perez, Alexandre Garel, Alex Edmans - The Conversation
Weird Al Yankovic performing "Amish Paradise," a parody of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise," in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2019 (Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

Musicians who refused a Weird Al parody

Rudie Obias - Mental Floss
Cyndi Lauper, 1984 (Chris Walter/WireImage/Getty Images)

25 of the most covered songs in history

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
Lizzo attends the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, March 2021 ( Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Lizzo & Cardi B's classical Greek twist

Grace B. McGowan - The Conversation
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