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Tune Twist Quiz #47
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
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Tune Twist Quiz #46
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
15 Fascinating Facts About ‘Pet Sounds’
The story of how Pet Sounds was made has been told and retold (and parodied) plenty of times since its release in 1966, but there are still many fascinating little stories about the album that may have gone under the radar.
Tune Twist Quiz #45
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
26 Things You Might Not Have Known About ‘Hamilton’
The groundbreaking Broadway show turns 10 this year, so here are a few things you might not have known about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s take on the life and times of the $10 founding father.
When People Thought Paul From ‘The Wonder Years’ Grew Up to Be Marilyn Manson
Kids in the ’90s swore geeky Paul became shock rocker Marilyn Manson. Did he?
Tune Twist Quiz #44
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
Most Popular Disney Songs, Mapped
Two songs conquered the map, and they come from very different eras.
Tune Twist Quiz #43
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
‘I’m Breathless’: Madonna’s Forgotten Album
‘Dick Tracy’ (1990) saw Madonna deliver one of the most convincing performances of her film career. But apart from its iconic closing number, the accompanying soundtrack ‘I’m Breathless’ has seemingly been lost to time.
Tune Twist Quiz #42
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
When the Other Half of Wham! Tried (and Failed) to Go Solo
The 1990 album—which one critic said confirmed “his total lack of talent and ideas”—explained why Andrew Ridgeley always seemed to take a backseat to George Michael.
Tune Twist Quiz #41
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
10 Projects Funded by the U.S. Government
From initiatives to preserve American culture to things that change how we get around and communicate.
Tune Twist Quiz #40
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
10 Facts About Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’
In 1975, Bruce Springsteen was at risk of being dropped by his record label. The release of ‘Born to Run’ on August 25, 1975, changed everything—a fact made all the more wild considering how close Springsteen came to scrapping the record completely.
“Born In the U.S.A.”: How Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-Vietnam Anthem Got Lost In Translation
“Born in the USA,” the title track off Bruce Springsteen’s blockbuster 1984 album, isn’t the patriotic singalong many people thought it was. In fact, the Boss himself called it “a protest song.”
Quiz: Poisonous Plant or Indie Band?
Botany or badass band? See if you can tell the difference.
This Working LEGO Xylophone Sounds Better Than You’d Expect
Andrew Huang’s fully functional xylophone made entirely from LEGO is music to our ears.
Tune Twist Quiz #38
Can you figure out what the song is, or which musical it came from?
Tune Twist Quiz #37
It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
The Windows 95 Chime Just Earned a Spot in the National Recording Registry
The 6-second start-up anthem joins “My Heart Will Go On” and the ‘Hamilton’ soundtrack as “one of the defining sounds of history.”
The Peppy ’80s Song “Vamos a la Playa” Was Actually About Nuclear War
The lyric “Vamos a la playa, todos con sombrero / El viento radiactivo, despeina los cabellos” translates to “Let’s go to the beach, everyone in a sombrero / The radioactive wind, messes up the hair.”
Tune Twist Quiz #36
Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?