MUSIC

We hear some songs so often on the radio that we automatically sing along with them, but how much of what we’re singing do we really understand?

But making videos wasn’t all glamour. Behind the scenes, the long days were filled with vomit, blood, and diarrhea. Here’s a brief look at the injuries and ailments behind some of the decade’s most iconic videos.

Kurt Cobain did a lot for thrift store sweaters.

Can you imagine a world without pianos and guitars? Few can, and fewer still would want to actually live in such a place. But history has shown that musical devices don't last forever.

This Frozen number has taken the internet by storm.

People love to complain about today’s music. All the lyrics are too bland, repetitive, and racy. So thank goodness we have a canon of treasured composers to fall back on! You know, guys like Mozart. He wrote songs with substance.

Happy Kurt Cobain Day to the residents of Aberdeen, Washington.

In this week's episode of mental_floss on YouTube, The Gregory Brothers stop by to share a little music history.

There are some Christmas songs that don't get a lot of attention because they're dark, even by non-holiday song standards.

Peter Jackson's latest J.R.R. Tolkein-based film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hits theaters today. But Tolkein's books haven't just inspired films. Here's a look back at a few Hobbit- and Lord of the Rings-inspired musical moments.

When two musically disparate acts collaborate, the end results can be ... interesting.