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Maren Morris and Other Famous Singers Rejected by 'American Idol'

This year, in its final season, American Idol hyped up one past contestant who went on to major success: Tori Kelly. But Tori was actually rejected by Idol, incredibly never even making it to the top 24 live episodes. And this week, another Best New Artist Grammy nominee, 2016 breakout star Maren Morris, revealed that she too was rejected by the show. Morris and Kelly are just two of many talented singers who were turned away by Idol producers but went on to bigger and better things. Here are 12. (photos: Getty Images)

Morris tried out when she was 17, but didn’t even get past the cattle-call round receive a callback. “I did the walk of shame out of the stadium and never made it any further,” Morris told Rolling Stone, adding, “I’m actually really happy I didn’t make it onto any of the shows I tried out for… I took a much longer road, but it’s on my terms now.” Morris called it “full-circle irony” that many singing show contestants now cover her hit “My Church” on TV.

Tori Kelly

Looking back on 'Idol's' lackluster Season 9, it's hard to believe someone as talented as Tori was cut that year before the top 24 round. The rising singer-songwriter later built up a passionate following via her YouTube channel; she's now managed by Scooter Braun, signed to Capitol Records, and up for a Best New Artist Grammy nomination. Her album Unbreakable Smile also debuted at #2. Not too shabby for a "reject," huh?

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Hillary Scott

Lady Antebellum's famous frontwoman auditioned not once but twice for 'Idol,' and never even made it past the preliminary rounds. "I never got to see [the judges]. I literally performed for the production assistants and the interns, and I just didn't make it," she later told Entertainment Tonight. No worries. Hillary simply formed Lady Antebellum instead, and went on to win five Grammys in 2011 alone, including Record and Song of the Year. No Idol winner has ever done that.

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Colbie Caillat

This plucky songstress also auditioned unsuccessfully for 'Idol' twice, and on her second try she even warbled her own original ditty, "Bubbly." ("I was shy. I was nervous. I didn't look the greatest. I wasn't ready for it yet. I was glad, when I auditioned, that they said no," she explained to USA Today.) Apparently Colbie had reason to be glad. Not only did "Bubbly" eventually become a massive international hit for her, without 'Idol's' help, but it's since been covered by various other 'Idol' hopefuls, like Casey James, Katie Stevens, and Katelyn Epperly. Apparently Colbie wasn't too bitter to grant the show rights.

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Mary Lambert

The "She Keeps Me Warm" songstress, best known for singing the hook of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's marriage equality anthem "Same Love," tried out for 'Idol' at age 16 and, according to an interview with Ryan Seacrest, "did not go far at all!" Ironically, she is now dating a singing-show alum: 'The Voice' Season 4 runner-up Michelle Chamuel.

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Amber Riley

The 'Glee' diva auditioned for 'Idol' at age 17, but she too didn't even make it past the producers. But obviously, the singer also known as Mercedes Jones made it onto the Fox Network anyway. (And one of her biggest standout solo performances on 'Glee' was "And I Am Telling You," a song famously performed by Idols like Jennifer Hudson and LaKisha Jones.) "You know what? I still work on Fox and I get paid! Thank you, 'American Idol,'" Amber later gloated to Access Hollywood.

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Naya Rivera

Amber's fellow Gleek once auditioned for the show in San Francisco, but she was cut in the first round. In an interesting twist of fate, the same song she sang at her 'Idol' audition, "Emotion" by the Bee Gees, later landed her a role on 'Glee.'

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Alex & Sierra

Alex Kinsey and his girlfriend Sierra Deaton auditioned, separately, for 'American Idol' Season 12; Alex made it to Hollywood Week before getting cut, while Sierra didn't even make it past the producers. Less than a year later, they both made it all the way to the winners' circle, as a duo, on 'The X Factor USA' Season 3. They are now signed to Simon Cowell's Syco label and have toured with Andy Grammer.

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Mickey Guyton

Mickey Guyton is the bright new hope of Nashville, a breakout country star for 2015. But she was cut right before the live shows of 'Idol' Season 8, and she received a particularly brutal edit: The only evidence of her entire run was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it snippet of her sitting in a Green Mile chair, being told "it's a no." Clearly, Mickey is ready for her close-up now. This seaosn on 'Idol,' an auditioner even covers one of her songs.

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Alan Ritchson

Alan's first memorable TV appearance was a Season 3 striptease in an effort to seduce the impressionable Paula Abdul. That effort only got him to the top 87, but he went to play Aquaman on the CW's 'Smallville' and Thad Castle on Spike TV's 'Blue Mountain State,' and has also had film roles in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and the 2014 remake of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'

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Colton Swon

This likable, haystack-haired heartthrob auditioned for Season 7 and reached the top 48; he was cut right before the live shows. Six years later, joined by his younger sibling Zach in the Swon Brothers, he made it to 'The Voice' Season 4 finale. The Swon Brothers later signed to Arista Nashville.

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Robyn Troup

Robyn may be the least-known name on this list, but she made it to the Grammys only a few weeks after her Hollywood Week elimination aired, when she won Yahoo Music's own "My Grammy Moment" talent search. The grand prize: A chance to duet on the 2006 live awards telecast with none other than Justin Timberlake! (And Jennifer Hudson introduced her!) Since then, Robyn has recorded with Santana and Nas, and she is currently prepping her debut album.

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These Videos Are Rated Arrrrrr: Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Ahoy, mateys. For those of you who are unaware, Monday, Sept. 19 is the 15th annual National Talk Like A Pirate Day. Which is, of course, the coolest holiday since Christmas. Maybe it’s even cooler — because Santa Claus is awesome and all, but he’s not as awesome as Captain Jack Sparrow, is he? (And for you landlubbers who don’t believe this amazing if unnecessary holiday actually exists, click HERE.)

So to celebrate, we’ve (eye)patched together this collection of music videos that are sure to shiver your timbers. And if you don’t like ‘em, you can just go walk the plank…

Gwen Stefani with Eve - “Rich Girl” Only two stylish, A-list wenches like these could come up with a trend like Pirate Chic. Shoulder-dwelling parrots practically became THE hot new accessory after this video came out:

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Modest Mouse - “Dashboard” This indie-rock band’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank was practically a nautical concept album, filled with briney imagery about sea-faring life. So it made perfect sense that the video for its lead single was almost like a mini-version of Moby Dick, The Musical:

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The Flaming Lips - “Psychic Wall (Spongebob Theme)” The wonderfully wacky Lips are the best costume band EVER (yes, even better than the Village People), donning little-green-men facepaint for their movie Christmas on Mars and furry animal suits for their bizarre live shows. So for their Spongebob Movie theme song, dressing up like Jolly Roger was a totally logical move:

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Ben Folds - “Learn to Live With What You Are” Apparently what Ben Folds is is a piano-playing, street-roaming secret pirate-by-night. Hey, we can live with that:

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Norah Jones - “Chasing Pirates” Norah made a fine modern-day wench here, as she turned a New York tenement building into a landlocked pirate ship. What a great alternative to the NYC subway system:

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Dan Deacon - “Paddling Ghost” In this puppetastic video by the superstar DJ, a felt pirate ghost and his wacky pirate sidekicks embarked on a magical underwater journey so trippy, watching this will leave you feeling like you just drank a big mug of acid-spiked grog:

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Adam Ant - “Strip” Okay, forget what we said about Gwen and Eve a few paragraphs ago. The real originator of Pirate Chic was Adam Ant, who back in the '80s made flouncy peasant blouses, pantaloons, and waistcoasts seem like the sexiest thing a man could possibly wear. But most men couldn’t pull off Adam’s look with quite as much swashbuckling panache:

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Flogging Molly - “Seven Deadly Sins” What better way to celebrate this debauched holiday than with a sea shanty about “seven drunken pirates”? Pass the grog, please:

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Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew - “Pirate Rap” Sure, some gangsta rappers today think they’re real thugs. But do they carry swords? Do they have pegs for legs or hooks for hands? Do they drink grog from mugs made out of stowaways’ skulls? Nope. So Captain Dan is the real gangsta here:

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Lazy Town - “You Are a Pirate” Usually a children’s music video that mentions the words “precious booty” would be suspect. But in this case, it’s totally appropriate:

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Lambchop - “National Talk Like a Pirate Day” Merge Records indie heroes Lambchop actually recorded an original song titled “National Talk Like a Pirate Day” for their 2008 album OH. Sadly, they never shot any theme-specific pirate video complete with parrots, eyepatches, and pantaloons, but here’s a live clip from Merge’s 20th anniversary celebration. It’s still a great song to drink some grog to.

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Ranking Jack White's Many Musical Projects and Collaborations

Since emerging straight outta Detroit in the late ‘90s, Jack White has secured his place as rock’s most interesting and exciting figure since Kurt Cobain. While the Nirvana frontman’s career was sadly cut short, White continues to thrill fans with a slew of projects, whether it’s collaborating with his peers or working with legends and exposing them to a new generation of fans.

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To celebrate the Sept. 9 release of White's Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016, we’ve ranked the various projects White has not only produced, but also performed on over the years.

17. Insane Clown Posse, “Leck Mich Im Arsch”

This 2011 single is perhaps the most shocking and bizarre of all of White’s collaborations. The obvious connection is both acts’ Detroit roots, but beyond that, it’s a head-scratcher. ICP’s Violent J admitted that he too was shocked after getting the call from White asking to work with the face-painted shock-rap duo. Perhaps even stranger, the song is based on a piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Mozart shares songwriting credits with White, Violent J and his partner, Shaggy 2 Dope.

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16. Neil Young, A Letter Home

In 2014, Neil Young celebrated Record Store Day by heading down to White’s Third Man Records in Nashville and cutting this collection of covers – dedicated to his late mother – in a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph vinyl recording booth. Aside from co-producing this ultimate DIY recording, White plays guitar and piano and sings a bit on this curiosity – which has a certain homespun charm to it, but made Young’s claims about the poor quality of streaming audio seem ridiculous in retrospect.

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15. Beck, “Go It Alone”

White and Beck have both been acclaimed as the new face of rock at various points in their careers, so perhaps a collaboration was in the cards. On this track from Beck’s 2005 album Guero, Mr. Hansen doesn’t go it alone; rather, he had White co-write the song with him and production duo the Dust Brothers. It also features White cranking up some monster bass on the otherwise laid-back track.

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14. Mark Ronson, “Here Comes the Fuzz”

Long before this British producer scored hits with Bruno Mars and acclaim with Amy Winehouse, he recruited White to lend a hand to the title track of his 2003 debut album that also features rapper Freeway and singer Nikka Costa.

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13. The Hentchmen

Prior to forming the White Stripes, White kicked around in a few other Detroit combos, including Goober & The Peas and Two-Star Tabernacle. White played bass and guitar in this band in 1998, and the evidence was re-earthed with the 2007 release of Hentch Forth Five, originally issued on vinyl only. You’ll get a taste of those early White Stripes garage rock-influences, but not too many guitar fireworks, because White was mostly relegated to bass.

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12. The Rolling Stones, “Loving Cup,” Shine a Light

In 2008, director Martin Scorsese documented the Stones’ gig at New York’s Beacon Theatre and invited some special guests to join the party. White collaborated the Stones on this stirring take of the 1972 album track, trading off vocal lines with Mick Jagger as mutual sign of respect.

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11. Karen Elson, The Ghost Who Walks

White not only produced this acclaimed debut effort by his one-time wife, singer/model/actress Elson, but he played drums on some tracks.

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10. Wanda Jackson, The Party Ain’t Over

One of White’s nods to the past was when he lined up with the “Queen of Rockabilly” on this fine album 2011 of covers, with White serving as producer and playing bass, guitar, and tambourine on various songs.

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9. Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose

This Grammy-winning 2004 album served as a career renaissance for the country legend, with White producing, providing various instrumental support and dueting with Lynn on the standout tune “Portland, Oregon.”

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8. Electric Six, “Danger! High Voltage”

A leftfield collaboration with this Detroit combo has White, credited under the pseudonym of John S. O'Leary, as co-vocalist on a rocking mashup of rock and disco. To add to the confusion, in the video White’s lines are mimed by a bespectacled blonde woman in bondage gear.

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7. Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, Rome

White sings lead and wrote the lyrics on three songs on this 2011 project by the famed producer and the Italian composer. Perhaps most interesting was the pairing of White and Danger Mouse, known for his work with White’s arch rivals the Black Keys. As he sings in “Two Against One”: “I keep my enemies closer than my mirror ever gets to me.”

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6. It Might Get Loud

In this 2008 rock doc, White holds his own alongside Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and U2’s the Edge as they share their musical histories, inspirations, and various playing styles.

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5. The Raconteurs

This indie supergroup came together in 2005 when White and singer-songwriter pal Brendan Benson reportedly got together in an attic and wrote what’s still their best tune, “Steady, As She Goes,” which memorably starts with a riff borrowed from Joe Jackson’s “Is She Really Going Out With Him?” The quartet, rounded out with the Greenhornes’ rhythm section of bassist Jack Lawrence and drummer Patrick Keeler, has released two albums to date, and cut the bluegrass-inspired single “Old Enough” with Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe.

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4. Alicia Keys, “Another Way to Die”

Perhaps the best part of the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace was White teaming with the R&B crooner on a majestic, magical, and rocking track that stands comfortably alongside the best Bond themes. More, please.

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3. The Dead Weather

This combo came together in 2009 while the Kills were touring with the Raconteurs. One night in Memphis, White lost his voice, so he asked Kills frontwoman Alison Mosshart to step in. Impressed with her performance, White asked Mosshart if she’d like to record together, and the Dead Weather was born. Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence is a member of this combo, which also features guitarist Dean Fertita, who played on Brendan Benson’s solo albums, and keyboards in the Raconteurs and Queens of the Stone Age (and was once seen on Season 1 of MTV’s The Real World!). White is on drums and occasional vocals. The band’s debut single, “Hang You From the Heavens,” melted faces with some of White’s hardest-rockin’ sounds to date, and they’ve managed to retain that heat each of their subsequent releases, including Dodge and Burn, which may be their best yet.

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2. Jack White

His solo career started off relatively quiet on a number of acoustic numbers on the 2003 soundtrack Cold Mountain, back when the White Stripes were still kicking in high gear. Following the dissolution of the Stripes and work on various aforementioned collaborations, White dove full-on into life as a solo artist in 2012 with the release of Blunderbuss. With it and a subsequent tour, White flipped the script on the minimalism of the White Stripes by employing not one but two multi-member bands – one female and one male. He kept the more-is-more approach on second album Lazaretto in 2014 and a subsequent tour that included an appearance at Coachella in 2015 that had him rocking as hard as co-headliners AC/DC.

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1. The White Stripes

They take the top spot because it was in this duo – with drummer and ex-wife Meg White – that we first fell in love with Jack. Over six albums, they managed to keep us guessing, despite the limitations of the two-person lineup, and produced perhaps the greatest modern rock-jock anthem of the 2000s with “Seven Nation Army.”

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Watch Every VMA Video of the Year Winner Ever!

Sadly, between Madonna’s floor-rolling, Kanye’s speech-interrupting, Gaga’s meat-dressing, Beyoncé’s baby-bumping, and Miley’s foam-fingering, the artists who actually win Moonmen at the MTV Video Music Awards are usually quickly forgotten. This year’s Video of the Year VMA nominees are Beyoncé’s “Formation,” Justin Bieber's "Sorry," Kanye West's "Famous," Adele's "Hello," and Drake's "Hotline Bling." We will probably forget all about them halfway through Britney Spears's performance. Come on, does anyone even remember that Missy Elliott’s “Work It” was named Video of the Year in 2003, the year that Madonna swapped spit with Britney? Or that Justin Timberlake’s “Mirrors” picked up top honors in 2013, the year of Miley and Robin Thicke’s Twerkgate scandal?

Well, we’re here to remind you. These videos deserve your respect. They should not be tossed into the trash bin of pop history like one of Lil’ Kim’s discarded purple pasties. So before the VMAs crown the 2016 winner, let’s reflect with a visual history of the category. Don’t interrupt, let us finish, and watch all of the BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME. Of all time!

1984: The Cars, “You Might Think"

You might think (heh) that it looks like a Flying Toasters screensaver now, but 32 years ago, this video was pretty darn cutting-edge. "You Might Think” was actually one of the first videos to use computer graphics, and it cost $80,000, which was about three times the average music video budget back in ‘84. Believe it or not, “You Might Think” beat out an even more expensive classic video, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” for this inaugural honor.

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1985: Don Henley, “The Boys of Summer"

David Lee Roth apparently canceled himself out with his two nominees for "California Girls” and “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody,” thus clearing the way for the solo Eagle’s much more somber Jean-Baptiste Mondino mini-movie. Technically, “The Boys of Summer” beat out pretty much every star in American pop music, since it was also up against USA for Africa’s all-star charity video, “We Are the World.”

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1986: Dire Straits, “Money for Nothing”

Incredibly, director Steve Barron had to compete against himself in the Video of the Year category, as another video he directed (and another one of the 1980s’ most celebrated videos), A-ha’s “Take on Me,” was also nominated. In any other year, A-ha, who had to settle for the Viewer’s Choice Award, would have been a shoo-in — but 1986 was a very, very good year for music video. Godley & Creme’s groundbreaking morphing-technology clip “Cry” and Robert Palmer’s iconic supermodel romp “Addicted to Love” were also 1986 Video of the Year nominees.

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1987: Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer"

This stop-motion masterpiece still holds two illustrious MTV records: the most VMAs wins in a single night (nine), and the most plays in the history of the cable channel. Remember when MTV played music videos?

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1988: INXS, "Need You Tonight/Mediate"

The second half of the Aussie rockers’ breakthrough video, "Mediate,” was an obvious homage to Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” But the first half was thoroughly modern (for 1988, that is), with visual effects created by cutting up 35mm film, photocopying the individual frames, and layering those images over the original footage. How INXS-ive!

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1989: Neil Young, “This Note’s for You”

This win was a massive upset, since “This Note’s for You” was basically one giant F-U to M-T-V. The satirical video blasted corporate advertising — even parodying Michael Jackson’s fiery Pepsi commercial accident, which caused it to be temporarily banned from MTV. Ironically, it ended up winning the Video of the Year award over Jackson’s own “Leave Me Alone” (and Madonna’s infamous Pepsi campaign song, “Like a Prayer”). Also ironically, “This Note’s for You” later lost the Best Concept Video Grammy to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Fat” — another Michael Jackson spoof.

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1990: Sinéad O'Connor, “Nothing Compares 2 U”

Sometimes, less is more. While other nominees this year — including the David Fincher-directed “Janie’s Got a Gun” for Aerosmith and “Vogue” by Madonna — were grandiose affairs, O'Connor (who was the first female artist to win this award) captivated the MTV generation with her teary-but-unflinching camera stare-down, bare head, and one-take performance. O'Connor later revealed that her tears were real; she was thinking of her deceased mother when she lip-synched the line, “All the flowers that you planted, mama/All died when you went away.”

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1991: R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”

This was first video in which notoriously camera-shy frontman Michael Stipe agreed to lip-sync. Apparently, this was a good decision: “Losing My Religion” was nominated for nine VMAs and won six. The young filmmaker who directed this, Tarsem Singh, went on to lens movies like Jennifer Lopez’s thriller The Cell as well as big-budget TV commercials for (wait for it) Pepsi. What would Neil Young think?

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1992: Van Halen, “Right Now"

Diamond Dave-era videos like "Hot for Teacher” and “Panama” were classics, but incredibly, it wasn’t until the Van Hagar years that this band won a Video of the Year VMA. Sammy Hagar didn’t like the “Right Now” video at the time, probably because he wasn’t actually in it, complaining: “People ain’t even going to be listening to what I’m saying because they’ll be reading these subtitles.” (Rock fans hate reading, right?) Anyway, “Right Now” turned out to be the biggest video of Van Halen’s career. It even beat out Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for top VMA honors.

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1993: Pearl Jam, “Jeremy”

When Epic Records initially rejected “Jeremy” as a potential single off Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, Eddie Vedder and company took matters into their own hands and had Vedder’s friend, photographer Chris Cuffaro, do his own version, which Cuffaro financed himself. Unfortunately for Cuffaro, that’s not the “Jeremy” video that won four Moonmen at the '93 VMAs. Instead it was this later one, depicting a bullied child who eventually commits suicide, that got all the glory. While it wasn’t exactly a feelgood video, “Jeremy” truly connected with the disenfranchised Generation X of the '90s. But the Cuffaro’s simpler version exists on YouTube, if you care to see what might have been.

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1994: Aerosmith, “Cryin’”

This video did even more for Alicia Silverstone’s career than it did for Aerosmith’s. After director Marty Callner spotted Silverstone in The Crush and cast her in a trilogy of 'Smith vids — this one, “Amazing,” and “Crazy” — Silverstone caught the attention of Clueless director Amy Heckerling. And the rest was history. (Side note: Much like the late, great Nathaniel Hornblower, we still think the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” totally got robbed this year.)

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1995: TLC, “Waterfalls”

1995 was another good year for music video: Michael and Janet Jackson’s astounding, Mark Romanek-directed “Scream” and Weezer’s Happy Days homage “Buddy Holly” by Spike Jonze were also nominated that year. The director of this video, which won four VMAs, did all right for himself: F. Gary Gray’s most recent work was the box office smash Straight Outta Compton.

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1996: Smashing Pumpkins, “Tonight, Tonight”

Titanic almost caused this video to sink: “Tonight, Tonight” directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris had trouble finding period costumes in the L.A. area for this production (which was inspired by an entirely different movie, Georges Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon), because Titanic director James Cameron had rented them all. Thankfully, Dayton and Faris were able to find and/or doctor enough costumes to make it work, as Tim Gunn might say… and eventually at the VMAs, “Tonight, Tonight” was king of the world! Incidentally, Dayton and Faris got their own Oscar glory a decade later, with their film Little Miss Sunshine.

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1997: Jamiroquai, “Virtual Insanity"

It may look like singer Jay Kay is boogie-ing on a giant conveyor belt in this video, which scored 10 VMA nominations and four wins, but it was all a very clever illusion created by director Jonathan Glazer utilizing moving walls. Jamiroquai recreated the dizzying effect with an actual moving floor for their insanely cool performance at the 1997 VMAs.

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1998: Madonna, "Ray of Light”

Madonna holds the record with the most VMA wins (21), and five of those Moonmen are for this warp-speed clip lensed by Jonas Akerlund. Akerlund went on to direct six other videos for Madge: “Music,” “American Life,” “Jump,” “Celebration,” “Ghosttown,” and “Bitch I’m Madonna.” Akerlund is also the guy who brought us another “Bitch” video: the Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up,” which came out on Madonna’s Maverick Records label.

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1999: Lauryn Hill, “Doo Wop (That Thing)”

1999 was a good year for Ms. Hill: Along with her four VMA wins, she also won five Grammys (including Album of the Year and Best New Artist). She never replicated that success, but she returned to the MTV airwaves three years later with her polarizing and unhinged MTV Unplugged special. That won no awards.

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2000: Eminem, “The Real Slim Shady"

While "The Real Slim Shady,” which was co-directed by Eminem’s mentor Dr. Dre, wasn’t banned from MTV like “This Note’s for You” was, it probably wasn’t a favorite among many MTV regulars — including Total Request Live host Carson Daly, one of many public figures lampooned in the video and song. Tommy Lee, Will Smith, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Fred Durst, and *NSYNC were all targets of Shady’s scorn as well.

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2001: Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa & Pink (feat. Missy Elliott)

VMA viewers could have been forgiven for mistaking this clip for a Twister Sister video, thanks to Christina’s Dee Snider-like frightwig of blonde corkscrew curls. Xtina rocked the totally twisted look at various awards shows that year, including the Blockbuster Awards and MTV Movie Awards, despite many dismayed fashion critics’ cries of “We’re not gonna take it!”

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2002: Eminem, “Without Me”

Shady continued to piss off his peers two years after his first VMA victory, sparring at the awards with techno star Moby (“I will hit a man with glasses,” he said in one classy acceptance speech) and foul-mouthed Conan puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. An award for me to poop on, indeed.

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2003: Missy Elliott, “Work It"

Madonna and Britney stole poor Missy’s thunder, but this Dave Meyers-directed epic featuring cameos by Timbaland, Eve, Mr. Wiggles from the Rock Steady Crew, and a bunch of live bumblebees deserves its due. Fun fact: According to an MTV interview with Meyers, Missy got totally drunk on the set, when he forgot to replace the wine in her glass with water during multiple takes of the restaurant scene.

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2004: Outkast, "Hey Ya!”

MTV decided that this Ed Sullivan spoof starring eight Andre 3000s was definitely cooler than being cool: It won four VMAs in 2003. Director Bryan Barber told MTV that playing the multiple roles of the Love Below band members Benjamin Andre (keys), Possum Jenkins (bass), vocalist Ice Cold 3000 (vocals), Dookie Blasingame (drums), and Johnny Vulture (guitar) really wore Andre out during the 23 takes it took to get this video right. But clearly it was all worth it.

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2005: Green Day, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

The car used in this Samuel Bayer-directed clip, a 1968 green Mercury Monterey convertible, is the very same automobile that Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool drove to the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards to pick up their six trophies, including Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. What a wild ride.

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2006: Panic! At the Disco, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"

“What a beautiful wedding,” indeed. This circus-themed ceremony, starring the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque, was a great start to Panic!’s MTV career; it was, incredibly, the first video the band ever made. Even more incredibly, band members Brendon Urie and Ryan Ross had the flu while making it.

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2007: Rihanna, "Umbrella”

This song was originally penned with another MTV darling, Britney Spears, in mind. Well, Brit Brit’s loss was definitely RiRi’s gain, as this became the Barbados singer’s big breakthrough hit and a quintuple VMA nominee. However, we do think Britney totally could have rocked the silver bodypaint, custom-mixed by makeup guru Pamela Neal, that Rihanna wore in this memorable shoot. This year, Britney and Rihanna will be the stars of the VMAs, with Britney returning to perform for the first time since 2007 and Rihanna receiving the Video Vanguard Award.

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2008: Britney Spears, “Piece of Me"

2007 was a very bad year for Britney at the VMAs. Following her public meltdown that included a bizarre head-shaving incident and an umbrella attack, she was somehow forced by handlers, who clearly didn’t have her best interests at heart, back onto the VMAs stage — even though it was obvious that she was not ready for prime time. Her show-opening “Gimme More” performance was a critically panned, potentially career-killing disaster. The brass at MTV got their watercooler moment, but they must have felt some guilt over the whole thing, because the following year, they invited Britney back and lavished her with three Moonmen for “Piece of Me,” arguably one of the worst videos of her career.

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2009: Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

This was the crazy year when Kanye West, angered that Taylor Swift’s "You Belong With Me” had won for Best Female Video over “Single Ladies,” bumrushed Taylor’s speech. But people forget that Bey actually took home the top honor that year — beating out Kanye’s own “Love Lockdown” in the process.

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2010: Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance”

The basic plot of this bathhouse tour de force, directed by Francis Lawrence of Hunger Games fame, was Gaga — in a faux polar bear-fur jacket, razorblade sunglasses, and 12-inch Alexander McQueen platform shoes — getting kidnapped by a gang of supermodels who drug her and sell her to the Russian mafia. Typical Gaga, then. She’s made 25 dazzling music videos during her career, but “Bad Romance” is still the one by which all of Gaga’s other videos must be judged.

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2011: Katy Perry, “Firework"

Katy isn’t all about whipped-cream bras, teenage dreams, and blue wigs, you know. She has a serious side, too. This heartstring-plucking video, dedicated to the It Gets Better Project, was also a nominee for Best Video With a Message, a new category introduced in 2011, along with Eminem’s "Love the Way You Lie,” Pink’s “Perfect, "Rise Against’s "Make It Stop,” and Taylor Swift’s “Mean.” However, “Firework” ultimately lost out in that race to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”

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2012: Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”

This is possibly the best illustration of the old “art imitating life” cliché in VMAs history. When the video was released in October 2011, the similarities to Rihanna’s real-life drama with on/off boyfriend Chris Brown were impossible not to notice. Her co-star, Brown lookalike Dudley O'Shaughnessy, bleached his hair blond for the shoot, and he and RiRi even reenacted a portion of police report account of her 2009 car fight with Brown. Yet despite all of its sensationalism and exploitation of their personal lives, “We Found Love” humanized Rihanna and Brown, in a way. It remains one the VMAs’ finest champs.

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2013: Justin Timberlake, “Mirrors”

Who doesn’t love this eight-minute epic celebrating the decades-spanning love story of JT’s beloved maternal grandparents, William and Sadie Bomar? The Floria Sigismondi-directed, extremely haunting clip warrants multiple viewings, preferably with a box of extra-ply tissues at the ready. The real-life William died in December 2012 after a long battle with heart trouble and dementia; one scene in the “Mirrors” video, when the fictional Sadie’s wedding ring falls off and her grandson deftly catches it, hints at Justin’s intention to carry on the Bomars’ legacy and enjoy a union with his own bride, Jessica Biel, that’s as successful as the one his grandparents shared for 63 years. Sob.

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2014: Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball"

We think the 2015 VMAs host’s pool-party twerkfest "We Can’t Stop” was the real jam, but MTV honored this hammer-licking tighty-whiteys spectacle instead. Miley, who’d caused such a fuss twerking up on Robin Thicke at the previous year’s VMAs, attempted to clean up her act and make a social statement by dispatching a homeless youth, Jesse Helt, to accept the award on her behalf. But she still couldn’t avoid controversy, when it was later revealed that Helt had a criminal past; his TV appearance prompted police to send out a warrant for his arrest for probation violation, and he was eventually sentenced to six months in jail.

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2015: Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, "Bad Blood"

Taylor will probably sit out this year's VMAs, since quite a few people who are not members of her current "squad" -- like nominees Kanye West and Calvin Harris, and possibly Katy Perry -- may be in attendance. But what a difference a year makes. At last year's VMAs, Taylor was the belle of the ball, winning top honors for this all-star video; making up with Nicki Minaj during a surprise duet; and even introducing her frenemy Kanye's Video Vangard Award.

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Look What They've Done to My Song: When Politicians Co-Opt Music

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Rock ‘n’ roll and politics often make strange bedfellows – especially on the campaign trail, when candidates will occasionally play songs at their political rallies, only to learn that the creators of those songs do not share their political views.

Related: Queen's 'We Are the Champions' Sees Massive 'Shazam Spike' From RNC Use

It’s happened time and time again. In fact, it occurred four times just this week, with Queen, the O'Jays, the Turtles, and Earth, Wind & Fire all coming forward with complaints that their music was played at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

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It seems that politicians never learn. And with election season now kicking into high gear, this is probably not that last time that this will happen. History will keep repeating itself. With that in mind, here’s a look at some other notable times when political figures’ use of rock songs resulted in controversy.

Mike Huckabee - Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger”

Last year, former Republican presidential candidate Huckabee used Survivor’s Rocky III anthem to welcome anti-gay-marriage Kentucky country clerk Kim Davis out of jail (after she was ordered there for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses). Survivor’s Frankie Sullivan was none too pleased. Sullivan sued Huckabee for copyright infringement, and according to CNN, Huckabee, who had not paid for the rights to play the song. later agreed to a confidential, out-of-court settlement to pay $25,000 for the usage.

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Sarah Palin - R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)”

Just a couple days after the 2015 Huckabee/Davis rally, this trio joined forces in a rally to protest President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran, and they used )” as their walkout music. Singer Michael Stipe did not feel fine about this – and he issued a particularly pointed statement.

Donald Trump - Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World”

You’d think Trump would have avoided the “End of the World” situation by learning from his earlier mistake, but it often seems like the Donald doesn’t care about anyone but himself.

Back in June 2015, when he announced his presidential campaign, Trump chose to use Young’s famous 1989 track. Young is Canadian, but that doesn’t mean he’s not familiar with and active in American politics. Through a record company spokesman, a disgruntled Young responded: “Donald Trump was not authorized to use 'Rockin’ in the Free World’ in his presidential candidacy announcement. Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States of America.” Trump’s campaign maintained it had gone through the proper channels and paid performing rights organizations for use of the song.

This year, in an interview with Reuters, it seemed that Young, a vocal Bernie Sanders supporter, was totally fine with Trump using the song. However, Young later clarified via an expletive-laced open letter on Facebook that even though Trump may have used the song legally, that doesn't mean Young was happy about it.

Newt Gingrich - Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger”

The Kim Davis incident was not the first time that the rockin’ Rocky theme has been appropriated by a Republican candidate. Back in 2012, then-presidential candidate Newt Gingrich used the song at his campaign rallies, but apparently forgot to ask permission. The above-mentioned Sullivan, a co-writer on the song, sued, alleging the Gingrich had been using the song for three years prior. “I’m sure many of you have heard the news about the request for Newt Gingrich to stop using 'Eye of the Tiger’ as his campaign song,” he wrote on Survivor’s Facebook page. “It is not for political reasons, it is strictly an artist protecting their copyright.”

Michele Bachmann - Tom Petty’s “American Girl”

Back when the Minnesota congresswoman was campaigning for president in 2011, she used this 1977 rock anthem as her walkout music. Apparently, Bachman – who also confused legendary actor John Wayne with serial killer/clown fan John Wayne Gacy – wasn’t the type of “American Girl” Petty had in mind, so he fired of a cease-and-desist letter to stop her from using it.

George W. Bush - Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”

In 2000, during his first campaign for president, George W. Bush tried to get tough with his use of this 1989 rocker. Petty wouldn’t back down, either, and had his music publisher draft a letter to the future president. “It has recently come to our attention that your presidential campaign has been using the above-referenced song in connection with your presidential bid,” Wixen Music Publishing president Randall Wixen wrote. “Please be advised that this use has not been approved… Any use made by you or your campaign creates, either intentionally or unintentionally, the impression that you and your campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true.”

George W. Bush - Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These”

When W was running for re-election in 2004, he tried to turn on crowds with the use of the Foo Fighters’ hit. Dave Grohl did not approve this message. “I was personally offended that George Bush was using 'Times Like These,’” Grohl said. “I know what I’m singing about and it basically mirrored what John Kerry’s campaign was trying to represent.”

John McCain - Foo Fighters’ “My Hero”

Foo Fighters may be popular with Republicans, but apparently they are unaware that Grohl prefers the Dems. In 2008, Grohl was once again dismayed to hear one of his songs used on the campaign trail, this time by Republican presidential nominee McCain. “The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential,” the band said in a statement. “To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song.”

The McCain campaign countered that they had gone through the proper channels and had paid performing rights organizations for the use of the song.

John McCain - Heart’s “Barracuda”

McCain also ran afoul of the Wilson sisters when he used this '70s classic in reference to his running mate, Sarah Palin. Heart was outraged and issued a statement that said: “Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song 'Barracuda’ was written in the late '70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The 'barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.”

John McCain, the Republican Party - Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty”

This beef once again involved McCain, but Browne didn’t stop there. He took on the whole Republican National Committee and the Ohio Republican Party in a lawsuit over their use of his 1978 hit in a 2008 Internet ad mocking then-candidate Barack Obama’s policies on energy. After McCain lost the election, the suit was settled out of court. “This settlement is really a great affirmation of what I believed my rights to be, and all writers’ rights to be,” Browne said in an interview with the Associated Press. “One would hope that a presidential candidate would not only know the law but respect it. It was a matter of bringing that issue to bear.”

John McCain - John Mellencamp’s "Our Country”

McCain is such a repeat offender! Also in 2008, he used this 2007 song while campaigning, much to the displeasure of Mellencamp, who had thrown his support behind Democrat John Edwards at the time. “If you’re such a true conservative, why are you playing songs that have a very populist pro-labor message written by a guy who would find no argument if you characterized him as left of center?” a Mellencamp representative asked at the time. It was enough to make McCain stop using the song.

Ronald Reagan - Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.”

This is perhaps the granddaddy of all such incidents. During a 1984 campaign stop in New Jersey, Reagan not only played “Born in the U.S.A.,” but he mentioned the Boss in his speech – in Springsteen’s home state! “America’s future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire: New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen,” Reagan said. “And helping you make those dreams come true is what this job of mine is all about.”

Twenty-one years later, Springsteen reflected on the situation in an interview with National Public Radio. “This was when the Republicans first mastered the art of co-opting anything and everything that seemed fundamentally American, and if you were on the other side, you were somehow unpatriotic. I make American music, and I write about the place I live and who I am in my lifetime. Those are the things I’m going to struggle for and fight for.”

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Celebrate Bastille Day With Music by French Bands

Despite recent tragedies, the whole world is still secretly jealous of France. Beautiful countryside, deep history, stunning architecture, unparalleled art collections, the wine, the food… did I mention the food? There may not be a country more “hip” than France.

But France had to fight for what it is today. On July 14, the French celebrate what we English-speakers call Bastille Day. In France, it’s called La Fête Nationale. The day commemorates the start of the French Revolution, when the common people rose up and stormed the Bastille, a fortress that held gunpowder and political prisoners. Within a few weeks, feudalism was abolished in France.

This playlist features music you really need to hear by French artists. Viva la France!

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10 Protest Songs for All Time

Anyone can write a protest song. Maybe your allowance is too small! Maybe “The Man” has got you down. There are all kinds of things to make you mad. Good people go to jail. Bad people get off on a technicality. Life isn’t fair and we complain. But it’s war and politics that always come out on top.

Here are 10 moldy oldies that will forever remain among those that get trotted out whenever we need to get angry in the vaguest kind of way and hope to bring about change without actually doing anything.

10. “I Ain’t a Marchin’ Anymore,” Phil Ochs

Like “Universal Soldier” but different, this protest anthem is for people who are tired of fighting other people’s battles. Steve Earle has certainly done his best to update this sentiment, but I find myself drawn to the old folky classic, nonetheless. It makes everything seem so quaint.

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9. “Fight the Power,” Public Enemy

OK, this one probably isn’t going to go down as a stone cold classic in that “We Can Sing This at Any Random Political Rally” kind of way. It begins by dating itself in the summer of 1989, which is now more than 25 years ago. But it is the kind of song that gets people to yell and stamp their feet, meaning it’s sort of like “We Will Rock You” but less likely to be played at sporting events.

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8. “Okie From Muskogee,” Merle Haggard

I’ve always been partial to this song where getting wasted on White Lightning is acceptable and pitching woo is okey-dokey but lots of other similar ideas are considered subversive and likely to bring down an entire nation. It’s such a fine line.

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7. “If I Had a Hammer,” Pete Seeger

Should I have picked “We Shall Overcome”? I dunno. Anything by Pete Seeger sounds like a history lesson to me, and what I’d do with a hammer probably isn’t what Pete would have done with one. Which is what makes this country so great. We all have freedom of expression and the right to use a hammer as we see fit.

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6. “Give Peace a Chance,” John Lennon

This is right up there with “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” in terms of songs that are absolutely no fun to sing. It makes you bored just thinking about it. No one can actually remember the verses. The references are completely dated, but the chorus is one of those keepers that will haunt us all the days of our lives.

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5. “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Bob Dylan

You’re probably wondering why I didn’t choose “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” or that other show-stopper, “The Death of Emmett Till,” never mind the wonder of “With God on Our Side,” a song that may or may not ever actually end. But I had to go with the obvious, the song that people who don’t know anything about Bob Dylan will know beyond all else because that’s how popular culture works. It’s like gum on your shoe but even older and stickier.

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4. “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday

People don’t think of Billie Holiday as a protest singer, and this song about the ugliness of racism just goes to show how backwards things were that even artists who weren’t necessarily looking to shake things up could do so without hardly trying.

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3. “What’s Goin’ On,” Marvin Gaye

Gaye managed to record an entire concept album about waking up and smelling the social injustices of the oncoming 1970s, an album that nowadays bears a worthy relisten.

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2. “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan has a handful of songs expressing dissatisfaction with the way the world works. This one is just vague enough to work in just about any situation since the only thing we’re sure of is that times are always a-changin’.

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1. “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke

An awful lot of people ended up dead in the 1960s. And not just because they partied too much. That came later. Some people were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It’s what made people so rightfully paranoid. For some reason, many people do not like even the idea of change. But it’s been proven if you make things bad enough, people will opt for just about anything.

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Music Stars and Stripes: Patriotic Fashion

USA! USA! To celebrate America's favorite day to BBQ and blow things up, let's take a look at how some of the biggest music stars let their colors show. Whether a simple American flag tee or a full-on Uncle Sam getup (in sequins!), these singers know how to make a patriotic fashion statement. - By Tiffany Lee

Two American pop icons, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, made everyone salute in the legendary “Telephone” music video.

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Can't forget Bey's American flag manicure!

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JUNE 08: Carrie Underwood performs at LP Field during the 2012 CMA Music Festival on June 8, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon IV/WireImage)

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HMIRAMAR, CA - DECEMBER 03: Singer Katy Perry performs onstage during "VH1 Divas Salute the Troops" presented by the USO at the MCAS Miramar on December 3, 2010 in Miramar, California. "VH1 Divas Salute the Troops" concert event will be televised on Sunday, December 5 at 9:00 PM ET/PT on VH1. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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Destiny's Child during United We Stand Concert - Backstage at RFK Stadium in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

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Kid Rock during Kid Rock in Concert - May 10, 2002 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Debra L Rothenberg/FilmMagic)

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FILE - In this May 23, 2012 file photo released by Starpix, singer Katy Perry wears a patriotic dress as she performs at a Pepsi-sponsored event at Brooklyn Pier 9A, kicking off Fleet Week in New York. Perry's "Wide Awake," was the top downloaded song on iTunes for the week ending July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file)

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Pink during United We Stand Concert - Backstage at RFK Stadium in Washington DC, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

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399506 61: Singer Reba McEntire salutes photographers during the 28th Annual People's Choice Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center January 13, 2002 in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Mick Jagger Stage Outfit, 1981 Collection of Mick Jagger This outfit was worn by Mick Jagger during the Rolling Stones’ 1981-1982 tours of the U.S and Europe. The cape is made from actual flags.

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Britney Spears served as the Grand Marshal at Daytona for the Pepsi 400. at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (Photo by Kevin Kane/WireImage)

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Bono, lead singer of U2, displays American flag lining in his jacket after singing 'Where The Streets Have No Name', during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVI in the Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 3, 2002. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)

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The Best — and Worst — National Anthem Performances Ever

As we head into the 4th of July weekend, let’s pause to remember some of the standout celebrities who’ve tested their lungs with "The Star-Soangled Banner" in the past. When the smoke clears, is there proof through the night that their careers are still there? Which singers can we see realizing midway through their performances that they’re the bombs bursting in air?

Before we get to the 10 best modern renditions of Francis Scott Key’s classic, here are 10 duds that’ll make you very, very glad that no one in recorded history has ever sung all four verses of the song.

WORST NO. 10: STEVEN TYLER

Say what you will about the rocker-turned-Idol judge, but unlike most of the others on our worst list, he actually hits all the notes he goes for. But when you’ve got a voice so inherently unsuited for the anthem, that’s not necessarily a good thing. And he does flub (and then quickly correct himself) on one line, singing about “the hooooo-laaaaand of the free.” If you’re a fan, anyway, the Aerosmith frontman’s go-for-broke chutzpah here works… almost.

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WORST NO. 9: KERI HILSON

She’s got the chops for the song… but not, obviously, the photographic memory.

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WORST NO. 8: JESSE MCCARTNEY

Rather than stumble over his forgetfulness like other singers, McCartney makes it seem like he planned to do an abridged version. As puzzled as some of the onlookers appear, surely they were grateful for the condensing by song’s end.

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WORST NO. 7: MICHAEL BOLTON

Perhaps having learned from others’ flubs, Bolton came prepared with Sarah Palin-style crib notes. Unfortunately, there is an art to surreptitiously sneaking a look at one’s hand, and the crooner obviously did not get nearly enough experience cheating in college.

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WORST NO. 6: ANITA BAKER

How can a good singer go so bad? Whatever the cause, this boo-prompting rendition of the anthem was no rapture/all vocal bankruptcy.

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WORST NO. 5: KAT DELUNA

When in doubt — or especially if you know you are really, seriously blowing it — act as if you are delivering the most powerful version of the song of all time. You will still get roundly booed and become the ridicule of all of YouTube. But who are you going to believe: the crowd, or your own hand gestures and facial mannerisms?

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WORST NO. 4: CARL LEWIS

The champion runner turned out to be an Olympian among bad singers. P.S. Here is something you should probably never, ever utter in the middle of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” even if it’s merited: “Uh-oh.”

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WORST NO. 3: R. KELLY

You won’t believe he can fly. Forced for once to sing a song that is about neither sex nor his late mother, Kelly is flummoxed. Thus, this series of stylistically inappropriate choices, from the awkward syncopation to the folks swing-dancing in the background. Never before have the lyrics been rendered as “and the home come on clap your hands! of the brave.” And never should they be again.

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WORST NO. 2: ROSEANNE BARR

You were waiting for this one, but you’re a little surprised to see it in second place instead of first, right? Well, at least Roseanne gets credit for trying to sing the anthem as awfully as possible. Which is kind of like saying she should only get eight death sentences instead of nine. Needless to say, two decades later, she’s still being punished in the court of popular opinion, being the only person on this list whose rendition arguably marked the beginning of the end of a career.

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AND THE WORST NATIONAL ANTHEM EVER…? SCOTT STAPP!

When you think “national anthem,” you think low, growly, gravelly, fairly rangeless voices… right? Obviously, as rockers go, Steven Tyler is practically Kate Smith compared to the Creed singer. When a phalanx of jets appears overhead, surely everyone in the audience assumed the President had hit the Oval Office’s red button specifically to bomb Stapp, with everyone else at the event to be written off as so much collateral damage. What red-blooded, flag-waving, patriotic American wouldn’t hear this version of the anthem and want to turn Commie?

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But, of course, there have been plenty of singers in recent years whose renditions have roused our love of country and melisma. Here are some of the standouts:

BEST NO. 10: MAYA RUDOLPH

This one is a bit of a cheat: Rudolph is so great because she’s so perfectly terrible in her comedic impression of everyone who ever oversang the anthem. This Saturday Night Live sketch could serve as a cautionary video for Christina to watch before the Bowl.

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BEST NO. 9: CARRIE UNDERWOOD

It’s almost too predictable how well she’s going to be able to nail it, but that won’t stop us from admiring anyone who can pull the anthem off so nicely a cappella.

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BEST NO. 8: KELLY CLARKSON

Ditto to the a cappella factor mentioned about Underwood, above. And extra props for the restraint that Clarkson shows on the melisma until the final stretch, when she can’t help but bust out those Idol-making extra notes.

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BEST NO. 7: FAITH HILL

We don’t honestly know what the Scottish bagpipers are doing here, but it’s still a swell arrangement, well delivered by the country-pop chateuse.

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BEST NO. 6: BEYONCÉ

This 2006 Super Bowl appearance represents the gold standard of the second half of the last decade. What ballplayer would not be inspired to go kick some oppositional butt after this ridiculously rousing rendition? Seriously — how could either team lose?

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BEST NO. 5: JOSH GROBAN WITH FLEA

This might be most controversial among the “bests,” since some observers at the time groused that a neo-classical singer hooking up with a Red Hot Chili Pepper was a twain that never should have met. But the mixture of Groban’s ultra-traditional voice with slightly non-traditional accompaniment — especially that drum corps, even more than whatever Flea is doing on the bass — was adventurous and, also, pure class.

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BEST NO. 4: MARVIN GAYE

This is probably what R. Kelly was trying for (see the Worst list, above). Gaye does an R&B version of the anthem against nothing but a drum backing, and adapting it to a syncopated meter doesn’t always work perfectly. But the spontaneity of the moment — and the expertise and effortlessness of Gaye’s every syllable—add up to a legendary performance that’s still well remembered 28 years later.

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BEST NO. 3: JIMI HENDRIX

The anthem rendered as a sort of free jazz, as mindbending as it is string-bending. For a generation or three of serious rock 'n’ roll fans, the only version that matters.

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BEST NO. 2: WHITNEY HOUSTON

Dated fashion sensibility aside, this pre-Super Bowl performance hasn’t aged. It may remain the most highly regarded version of our lifetimes, being the rendition that instantly became a smash as a single the week after the Bowl. Yes, it was pre-recorded, like most modern versions of the anthem, but that doesn’t really take away from the genius of the moment that made Francis Scott Key a key figure in contemporary pop music. Here’s the Houston we miss so much.

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AND THE NO. 1 VERSION OF THE ANTHEM…? THE DIXIE CHICKS!

You might say this top slot sensibly belongs to Whitney, and maybe you’d be right. But we rarely hear “The Star-Spangled Banner” attempted in three-part harmony, let alone pulled off so brilliantly as by the Chicks at the 2003 Super Bowl. It’s ironic now to watch them admired by saluting veterans, just a couple of months before they publicly dissed President Bush’s war plans and became the pariahs of much of the patriotic right. But this is a rendition that crosses all preconceptions and political boundaries — and we swear it’d turn Toby Keith into a Natalie-lover if he watched it again.

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We All Shine On: Holograms and the Musical Hereafter

One thing is certain: Death is the surest path to musical immortality. One other fact is just as certain: People’s memories are short.

Enter the hologram, the cure for the fading fallen star. A cynic would say a hologram is a desperate gambit from a celebrity estate wanting to keep the royalties flowing years after the meal ticket is gone. A believer would say that a hologram is a deserving guarantee that a musical legend will be introduced to new generations of fans for years to come.

And others might say it’s just kinda creepy.

Nearly four years after tragic death, Whitney Houston — or her hologram — will be going on tour, as announced last year. Her sister-in-law Pat (who oversees Whitney’s estate) gave Hologram USA her approval to develop a tour that will travel across the world. Hologram USA is also developing shows with the estates of Buddy Holly, Bing Crosby, and Patsy Cline, according to The Daily Mail. The hologram was supposed to make her official debut dueting with Christina Aguilera on Tuesday's Voice finale, but Houston's estate put the breaks on that performance, saying the technology wasn't perfect yet.

Personally, I’m happy that Whitney may get the fairytale ending that eluded her in real life. She’ll join these other legends on the hologram highway. May they all keep their legacies alive and the lights down low.

TUPAC SHAKUR

Died: Sept. 13, 1996

Hologram born: April 15, 2012 (Coachella Festival)

There were other holograms before him, but 2Pac’s desert debut with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg was arguably the first hologram shot heard (and seen) around the world. Technically, Pac wasn’t a hologram; he was a “Pepper’s ghost,” according to Gizmodo. Still, it was trippy stuff, and it was the first afterlife performance on such a large scale.

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MICHAEL JACKSON

Died: June 25, 2009

Hologram born: May 18, 2014 (Billboard Music Awards)

Jackson’s stage comeback was another “Pepper’s ghost” incarnation (produced by same company as Tupac’s Coachella appearance). Despite being choreographed by longtime MJ collaborators the Talauega brothers, the performance left fans seriously divided, with some suspecting it was an impersonator. Pulse Evolution later sued Hologram USA accusing the company of “falsely claiming credit” for the virtual performance, but the claims were rejected by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson.

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ELVIS PRESLEY

Died: Aug. 16, 1977

Hologram born: May 22, 2007 (American Idol)

Elvis’s daughter Lisa Marie and the Elvis estate have made sure that the King has not been forgotten in the nearly 40 years since his death. There are endless Elvis tribute shows, merchandise, and compilations to keep us remembering. Still, Elvis’s Idol duet with Celine Dion probably did more than anything else to introduce Presley to a new generation. Dion prepped for the duet by singing alone, with a body double, and then with the original performance from Elvis’s “‘68 Comeback” TV special. Plans are reportedly underway for afterlife Elvis to return to Vegas for a residency.

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FRANK SINATRA

Died: May 14, 1998

Hologram born: Feb. 10, 2008 (Grammy Awards)

Along with an appearance at the Grammys alongside Alicia Keys, the hologram Sinatra made a cameo at Simon Cowell’s 50th birthday. This has since led to talks of Ol’ Blue Eyes getting together with Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson for an afterlife supergroup.

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OL’ DIRTY BASTARD

Died: Nov. 13, 2004

Hologram born: Sept. 8, 2013 (Rock the Bells Festival)

RZA brought his fallen bandmate onstage almost 10 years after ODB’s fatal drug overdose. Holo-Bastard performed “Shame On a N—a” and his solo single “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.” Unfortunately, some colossally bad sound marred the reunion a bit. (WARNING: Video below contains strong language.)

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BILLIE HOLIDAY

Died: July 17, 1959

Hologram born: 2015 (Apollo Theater)

Lady Day, who would have turned 100 this year and made her real-life Apollo debut at age 19, will sing the blues at the legendary venue again later this year, thanks to Hologram USA. "Billie is going to be able to talk about the history of the Apollo. She can take questions from the audience in an interesting way. She can sing some songs," Apollo president Jonelle Procope told The New York Times.

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SELENA

Died: March 31, 1995

Hologram born: 2016 (TBD)

Rolling Stone reported that the Tejano pop star is set to make a comeback, thanks to a family partnership with the California tech company Acrovirt. No details have been forthcoming, and $500,000 Indiegogo campaign was closed after raising only $11,643. We shall see…

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GORILLAZ

Born: 1998

Live debut: 2001

Perhaps music’s best-known virtual musicians, Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz brought their act to the IRL stage in 2001 with some band playing behind a projected screen. Thankfully, by the time Gorillaz made their 2006 Grammy appearance with Madonna, the technology had greatly improved.

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The 13 Unluckiest Musicians of All Time

Choosing the 13 unluckiest musicians, in honor of Friday the 13th, is an unlucky proposition. (How ironic.) You could make the case for hundreds of unknown folks who nearly got a recording contract or who released an album and watched their label doom its promotion. Every musician who died at the age of 27 is considered unlucky, and I tried to limit the damage from that as much as I reasonably could.

I liked the gentleman who suggested to me that the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson was unlucky because he's spent his life dealing with Mike Love. It's a good point.

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13. Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen was nearing 70 when his daughter suggested that his longtime friend and business manager might not be acting in good faith. Cohen began looking through statements and discovered that for nearly a decade his friend had been selling off his music publishing rights. What should have been a well-earned $5 million nest egg and growing was drawn down to a paltry $150,000. Cohen was forced back onto the road and back to writing and recording songs. It's been a gift to his fans, but he lost a close friend, had his trust violated, and had little choice in the matter. But, being Leonard Cohen, he takes a Zen-like approach to it all and has embraced his late-career renaissance.

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12. Dik Evans

Dik Evans played guitar for a band called the Hype. But making it big in music is so unlikely that he went back to college. Music could wait. Sure enough, he eventually ended up in a band called the Virgin Prunes that didn't make it big. Dik's brother Dave, however, being the more reckless one, continued with the singer from the Hype, someone they called by the silly name of Bono, and one night after the Hype played its final set together, Dave's new band debuted during the second set as U2. U2 went on to surpass the Hype — and the Virgin Prunes — in terms of popularity everywhere.

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11. Terry Reid

Jimmy Page once asked Terry Reid to be the singer for his "New Yardbirds" project. Reid, thinking his solo career was about to take off, declined and suggested Robert Plant, and the combination became Led Zeppelin. Reid was also approached by the folks in Deep Purple, who needed a new lead singer after Rod Evans left the group. Again, Reid declined, and Ian Gillan joined just in time to become a "Highway Star" and do some "Space Truckin'" alongside the "Smoke on the Water." Reid did make the first-rate solo album 'River' and several other fine recordings, but he never became the iconic hard rock singer that would've landed him in the record books.

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10. John Fogerty

With Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty had nine top 10 singles on the U.S. pop charts, including five that went to No. 2. He never had a No. 1 single in the U.S. Far more troubling, Fogerty, too young and naive to fully understand the implications of what he was doing, he signed away the rights to his own songs to his record label, which led to a substantial loss of income. However, even this pales by comparison to the bitterness that has seemingly ruled many of his decisions ever since. For years, he refused to play any of his Creedence hits and refused to perform with his former band mates at CCR's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, denying them their moment in the spotlight while Fogerty played with an all-star band.

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9. The Animals (anyone not named Alan Price)

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, author unknown, that's been covered by countless musicians over the years, including Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Gwen Foster, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Dave Van Ronk, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, and Frijid Pink. The Animals' version was recorded in one take in 1964. Their organist Alan Price was given the "arranging credit" because there wasn't room on the label to list all five band members. The "A" in Alan's name put him first alphabetically. This, however, meant that only Price received songwriting royalties for the million-selling single. The remaining members missed out on sizable royalty checks. The British must be more civilized than the rest of us. I'm reasonably certain that had this occurred in a band I was in, Price would've been beaten to a bloody pulp unless he agreed to share alike.

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8. Amy Winehouse

Self-destruction gets less sympathy because, well, it's self-destruction. However, it's still an illness. Otherwise intelligent people would never choose to throw their lives away on booze and psychoactive drugs just for kicks. The genetic predisposition towards addiction is magnified further when people who suffer from it are in positions where people hand them anything they desire and/or they have unlimited means to acquire it. Obviously, this list could be a list all to itself. I've chosen Amy Winehouse because she is a recent example of an ongoing issue that's been taking lives for centuries. (Scott Weiland could have also taken this spot.) Like they say, poor people are crazy. Rich people are eccentric.

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7. Syd Barrett/Roky Erickson/Skip Spence

Drugs are a helluva drug. It's impossible to determine whether these gentlemen would've succumbed to mental illness had they avoided using mind-altering substances. However, it's highly likely that bad acid exacerbated their mental slide. Only Roky recorded interesting music after 1971 (though Spence did perform with Moby Grape in the late '70s). You'd be doing yourself a serious favor — and countering all this unluckiness — by picking up copies of Spence's 'Oar,' Barrett's 'The Madcap Laughs,' and Barrett and Erickson's entire 13th Floor Elevators catalog and the 2005 anthology 'I Have Always Been Here Before.'

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6. Dimebag Darrell

An influential metal guitarist who was a founding member of Pantera and Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed while performing with the latter group in Columbus, Ohio on Dec. 8, 2004. The killer fired 15 shots in total, three hitting Darrell and the remaining killing three other people — the band's head of security, a club employee, and an audience member who attempted CPR on Darrell — while wounding seven others. Mick Jagger may have sung about being killed onstage, but Dimebag Darrell suffered the awful fate.

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5. Brian Jones

Brian Jones had the most perfect hair of the '60s. He was once the leader of the Rolling Stones, but as time went by he found himself squeezed out of his own band, as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards became the Stones' songwriters and central powers. Once Keith had stolen Brian's girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, it was only a matter of time before he would leave the group. His suspicious death in his swimming pool just weeks later made for decades of rumor and speculation.

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4. Pete Best

The Beatles went on to become a rather popular '60s pop group. But in the years before they had their recording contract in hand, they played their gigs in Liverpool, England and in Hamburg, Germany, with Pete Best as their drummer. Many sources say Best was arguably the most popular Beatle in those days. His good looks brought in many young ladies who were less enamored by the band's acerbic leader, John Lennon. Beatles producer George Martin, however, didn't care for Best's playing, and the fellas grabbed Ringo Starr to take his place. Even then, Martin was hesitant and had session drummer Andy White play most takes of the band's first single "Love Me Do." Ringo's take ended up on the first album and Martin said Ringo never quite forgave him. But imagine how Mr. Best felt about Ringo and the late Sir George Martin!

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3. Klaus Nomi/Ricky Wilson (B-52's)/Sylvester/Ofra Haza/Freddie Mercury/Eazy-E/Fela Kuti

It's impossible to list every credible musician who lost his or her life to the ravages of AIDS. However, these unlucky seven represent a cross-section of performers who were lost far too early.

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2. Lynyrd Skynyrd

The loss of Ronnie Van Zant forever changed the fortunes of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Van Zant was a complicated man at the height of his songwriting abilities when he, along with Steve and Cassie Gaines, died in a plane crash. The band's chartered plane ran out of fuel and fell from the sky. The other band members were seriously injured. Survivor Allen Collins was later in a car accident in 1986 that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He died in 1990.

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1. Badfinger

Remember songs like "Come and Get It," "No Matter What," "Day After Day," and "Baby Blue," the song that came at the end of 'Breaking Bad'? Those were all hits for Badfinger, who in 1974 released an album called 'Wish You Were Here' that was pulled off the market seven weeks after its release, because their manager was fighting with their record label. These arguments made it impossible for the group to release their next album. Three days before his 28th birthday, Pete Ham, co-author of Harry Nilsson's hit "Without You," committed suicide, partly in frustration with their business issues. Band member Tom Evans, the other co-writer of "Without You," never quite got over Ham's suicide and followed suit by hanging himself in 1983. Another member, Mike Gibbins, died of a brain aneurysm in 2005 at age 56.

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Coachella Staple: The Surprise Guest

From headliner homies to totally unexpected treats, Coachella's biggest newsmakers in recent years have always been the suprise guests! Nowadays, it's almost unheard of for a headliner to play without another star joining for a tune or two (ahem, Chili Peppers). Check out some of Coachella's most exciting unannounced appearances, from early crashers to the latest secret superstars. - By Tiffany Lee

Kanye West and A$AP Rocky

INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Hip-hop artist Kanye West and rapper A$AP Rocky perform onstage during day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Kiesza and Jack Ü

INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Special guest singer Kiesza performs onstage during Jack Ü’s set on day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Kanye West and Jack Ü

NDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Hip-hop artist Kanye West performs with Jack U onstage during day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Rihanna and Calvin Harris

INDIO, CA - APRIL 17: Guest singer Rihanna performs onstage with Calvin Harris during day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Angus Young and Guns N’ Roses

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: (L-R) Musician Angus Young of AC/DC performs onstage with Axl Rose and Slash of Guns N' Roses during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Ke$ha nd Zedd

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Singer Kesha performs onstage with record producer Zedd during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Rappers Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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DJ Yella and Ice Cube

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: DJ Yella (L) and rapper Ice Cube perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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MC Ren and Ice Cube

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Rappers Ice Cube (L) and MC Ren perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Common and Ice Cube

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Rapper Ice Cube (L) and guest singer Common perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Sam Smith and Disclosure

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Singer Sam Smith (C) performs with Guy Lawrence (L) and Howard Lawrence (R) of Disclosure during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Lorde and Disclosure

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Guest singer Lorde performs onstage during the Disclosure show on day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Skrillex and DJ Snails

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: DJ Snails (L) performs onstage with special guest record producer Skrillex during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Brendon Urie and Halsey

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Singer Brendon Urie (L) performs onstage during Halsey’s set on day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Janelle Monae and Grimes

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Recording artist Janelle Monae (L) performs onstage with singer Grimes during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Nas and Run the Jewels

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Hip-hop artist Nas (C) performs with Killer Mike and El-P of Run The Jewels onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Bernie Sanders and Run the Jewels

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Bernie Sanders speaks on screen during a performance with Run The Jewels onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Gary Clark Jr. and Run the Jewels

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Hip-Hop artist El-P (L) of Run the Jewels and musician Gary Clark Jr. perform onstage during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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DJ Snake, MØ and Major Lazer

INDIO, CA - APRIL 17: (L-R) Musicians Walshy Fire of Major Lazer, Jillionaire of Major Lazer, special guest MØ, special guest DJ Snake and record producer Diplo of Major Lazer during day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Sean Paul and Major Lazer

INDIO, CA - APRIL 17: Musician Sean Paul performs onstage with Major Lazer during day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Seal and Gallant

INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Guest performer Seal (L) and recording artist Gallant perform onstage during day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Jaden Smith and Lido

INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Musician Lido performs onstage during day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Zhu

INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Recording artists Layzie Bone (L) and Flesh-n-Bone (R) of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform onstage with Zhu (C) during day 2 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Kristen Wiig and Sia

INDIO, CA - APRIL 17: Actress Kristen Wiig (R) performs via video screen with Sia on day 3 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2016 in Indio, California.

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Black Eyed Peas and David Guetta

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: (L-R) Recording artists will.i.am, Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas, DJ David Guetta and apl.de.ap of The Black Eyed Peas perform onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Madonna and Drake

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Recording artists Drake (L) and Madonna perform onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Este Haim and Hozier

INDIO, CA - APRIL 11: Musicians Hozier (L) and Este Haim of Haim perform onstage during day 2 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Haim and Jenny Lewis

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Musicians Alana Haim, Jenny Lewis, Este Haim and Danielle Haim perform onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Alex Newell, Marina Diamandis and Clean Bandit

INDIO, CA - APRIL 11: (L-R) Singer Alex Newell, musician Luke Patterson, singer Marina Lambrini Diamandis, musician Jack Patterson, singers Grace Chatto and Elisabeth Troy of Clean Bandit pose onstage during day 2 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Jennifer Hudson

INDIO, CA - APRIL 10: Singer Jennifer Hudson performs onstage during day 1 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2015 in Indio, California.

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Beyonce and Solange

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Singer Beyonce (L) performs with her sister Solange onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Paul Westerberg and Billie Joe Armstrong

INDIO, CA - APRIL 18: Musician Billie Joe Armstrong (R) performs with musician Paul Westerberg of The Replacements onstage during day 1 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2014 in Indio, California (Photo by Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Chance the Rapper and Justin Bieber

INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was processed using Digital Filters) Singer Justin Bieber (L) performs with Chance The Rapper onstage during day 3 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Gwen Stefani and Pharrell

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Singers Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams perform onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Debbie Harry with Arcade FIre

INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: Singer Debbie Harry (R) performs with musician Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire onstage during day 3 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Karl Walter/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Slash with Motorhead

INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: (L-R) Musicians Phil Campbell of Motorhead, Slash, Lemmy Kilmister and Mikkey Dee of Motorhead perform onstage during day 3 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Coachella)

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R. Kelly and Phoenix

The most jaw-dropping special guest of Coachella could be R&B star R.Kelly joining alt-rock band Phoenix for their headlining set during Weekend 1 in 2013. R.Kelly and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars sang Kelly's hit "Ignition (Remix)" while the band played the tune of their own hit "1901" to create a truly memorable music-melding moment.

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Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre

One of the most talked-about and certainly strangest surprise guests in Coachella history was when a creepily-realistic hologram of Tupac Shakur joined Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre on stage at Coachella 2012. Tupac, who was killed in a drive-by shooting 16 years earlier, was digitally resurrected to seamlessly perform "Hail Mary" and "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" to an awestruck audience.

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson filled in for Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval for Jesus and Mary Chain's heart-melting 80s duet "Just Like Honey" at Coachella 2007. The song was featured in the closing scene of Johansson's breakout film "Lost In Translation" -- so that might've been the connection! Johansson was no stranger to singing when she appeared at Coachella, releasing two albums of her own in 2008 and 2009.

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Mary J. Blige with Disclosure

INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: Singer Mary J. Blige performs with Disclosure onstage during day 3 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2014 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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Rihanna and Calvin Harris

Rihanna surprised Calvin Harris's audience to sing their dance anthem, "We Found Love" at Coachella 2012. She jumped into the audience and hugged superstar BFF Katy Perry, who crowd-surfed during the set.

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Usher and David Guetta

The dance tent darn near exploded when Usher came out as a secret guest during David Guetta's Weekend 1 Coachella set in 2012. Usher and the Swedish super-producer/DJ performed their hit "Without You".

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Sia and David Guetta

She may be masked and in a fluffy coat, but everyone knew when Sia's booming voice filled David Guetta's packed tent. The eccentric Australian crooner came out to sing her smash hit collaboration "Titanium" during Guetta's Weekend 2 performance at Coachella 2012.

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Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Singer Pharrell Williams and rapper Snoop Dogg perform onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California.

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Puff Daddy and Nas

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs performs with Nas onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California.

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Jay Z

INDIO, CA - APRIL 12: Rapper Jay Z performs onstage during day 2 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2014 in Indio, California.

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Childish Gambino and Jhene Aiko

INDIO, CA - APRIL 13: Rapper Childish Gambino performs onstage with Jhene Aiko during day 3 of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2014 in Indio, California.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z

It would be a travesty if it didn't happen, but Jay-Z gave his Coachella 2010 crowd a treat with a surprise appearance from his superstar wife, Beyonce. The power couple performed "Young Forever" during Hova's encore.

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John Legend and DJ Benni Benassi

John Legend stepped out from behind the piano to join Italian DJ Benni Benassi at the turntables at Coachella 2013 for their song, "Dance the Pain Away".

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Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt

Fellow Odd Future member Tyler, The Creator joined Earl Sweatshirt's solo set at Coachella 2013 for their latest collab song, "Whoa" before Tyler scaled the scaffolding.

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Solange Knowles and The xx

Beyonce's baby sis Solange Knowles joined British indie band The xx at Coachella 2013 for a cover of Aaliah's "Hot Like Fire".

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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Kanye West

Tucked away to the side of Kanye West's mind-blowing stage show stood Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. Lost in an elaborate set full of dancers and ballerinas, with West flying above the audience in a woman's shirt, the indie frontman and Grammy winner joined West for their song, "Lost In The World" at Coachella 2011.

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Method Man & Redman

The dynamic duo of Method Man & Redman united during Wu-Tang's set at Coachella 2013 for the pair's own track "Da Rockwilder".

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50 Cent and Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre

50 Cent joined Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre on stage at Coachella 2012 for "What Up Gangsta" and "P.I.M.P."

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Eminem and Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre

As part of the stream of A-List surprises that can only be conducted by the Doggfather and the Doctor, rapper Eminem joined Snoop and Dre at Coachella 2012 to lend his rhymes for "Forgot About Dre", "I Need A Doctor" and "Til I Collapse".

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Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre

Barely a blip on the Coachella flier, rapper Kendrick Lamar joined the big dogs for Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's headlining set at Coachella 2012. The then-lesser known Lamar performed his song "The Recipe" that featured Dre.

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Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre

The deepest rolodex at Coachella 2012 no doubt belonged to Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Rapper Wiz Khalifa joined the two on stage for a blunt and his song, "Young, Wild & Free".

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Nate Dogg homage with Warren G, Kurupt and Snoop Dogg

Rapper Nate Dogg, who passed away in 2011, was given a sweet homage during Snoop Dogg's set at the 2012 Coachella Festival. Snoop, along with buddies Warren G and Kurupt, performed the song "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)", the 1993 track the four of them collaborated on, alongside a slideshow of Nate's photos.

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Tenacious D and Foo Fighters

Way back before set crashing was cool, Tenacious D surprised Foo Fighters' Coachella audience in 2002 by opening the set with a few of their own hilarious songs.

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Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean

Odd Future leader Tyler, The Creator shook things up at Grammy darling Frank Ocean's set for a surprise performance of Tyler's song, "Analog" at Coachella 2012.

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Beck

While most secret guests join a booked band for a hot second, in 2004 Beck got his own entire solo set that was completely unannounced at Coachella. The eclectic music man later joined DJ Z-Trip to rap over his 1996 hit "Where It's At".

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20 Artists Missing From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll is the “People’s Music,” so in honor of this week’s induction ceremony, I thought it would be nice to ask a handful of “people” which acts they believe should be elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Besides, my doctor and I enjoy talking about these matters. He says it helps with my treatment.

I asked a variety of people, but mostly rock writers wrote back. (As if making a list requires anyone to write!) I didn’t solicit comments, since I didn’t want this blog to read like the “Deluxe and Expanded Re-Mastered Version of War and Peace.” For my own list, I grabbed some names that didn’t make the others. I wrote up the 20 entries that caught my eye. But don’t take that to mean that the other suggestions are any less deserving.

Participating in this poll does not imply that you care about what happens with the Hall of Fame. This is for amusement purposes only. Thanks to all who participated. Obviously, I think quite a bit of your opinion.

Readers, don’t forget to write in your own faves.

20) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes: I’ve had to check the list several times to make sure the Blue Notes were not admitted. That’s how hard it is to believe. Listen, I know Philly is one of those cities that always gets dumped on, but you can’t argue with Philly Soul. Besides, the Hall itself is located in Cleveland, so it’s not like it doesn’t understand the plight of the underdog.

19) Captain Beefheart: Average people like to claim that Rock Critics are an elitist, snotty bunch with too much control. But clearly that is not true because the great Captain has gotten great reviews and sold very few records and is nowhere near the Hall of Fame.

18) The Cure: It’s really annoying how many great British bands have been left out of the Hall. Sure, most of the 1960s bands all got in, but after that, no Brits need apply. The Cure were so incredibly versatile. I also vote for Bauhaus and the Sisters of Mercy. Just think — a Goth wing! No windows and you could save a bundle on lighting!

17) Kraftwerk: Electronic music has been such an important part of rock music in the ensuing decades. Can’t these guys get in under the “influences” tag if nothing else? In fact, where are any of the great German bands?

16) Journey: OK, OK, I’ve been less than kind to them in the past. But I’m not everyone. And Yahoo Music’s own Lyndsey Parker certainly knows what the men don’t understand. I’m more partial to letting in her beloved faves Duran Duran, since they were an important part of early MTV. But just as your favorite musical acts made an indelible impression on you when you were a small person, so did Journey on young Lyndsey. Miss L remains a hardcore music junkie. That’s more than you can say for most people. She cares!

15) Moby Grape: Moby Grape were the best band to come out of that 1960s San Francisco scene and they’re the ones who aren’t here! They paid the first time around and they’re paying now!

14) Big Star: How the Hall can continue to ignore the “marginal” figures who have kept the flame alive for so many is just another chapter in a book I never intend to write! (Too busy listening to music.)

13) Buzzcocks: I guess the Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash, and Stooges are all we need to know of punk. It might have helped if these guys were signed to Sire.

12) Brian Eno: Brian is known to many people, except, I suppose, to those people voting in the real Hall. But really? Roxy Music isn’t in? And neither is Eno? Can’t U2 or Talking Heads do anything about this?

11) Love: Whenever you realize Arthur Lee and Love are not in the Hall, just remind yourself that U2 and the Eagles made it.

10) The Monkees: I know, this is where the Hall applies their standards. Again, I invoke what will be known hereafter as the “U2 Defense.”

9) The Dead Boys: There were so many great punk bands that have no likely shot at the Hall. Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, X Ray Spex, X, Suicide, the Dictators… take your kids to the zoo instead.

8) Graham Parker: Had Graham Parker studied harder, he could’ve been Elvis Costello. Instead, he’s a few steps ahead of Garland Jeffreys.

7) The Modern Lovers: Jerry Harrison got in as a member of Talking Heads and maybe someday David Robinson will get in as a member of the Cars. But the Modern Lovers, with auteur Jonathan Richman, were so much more, y’know!

6) Public Image Ltd.: I guess Johnny Rotten (Lydon) should be happy(?) that the Sex Pistols made it in. Why aren’t more people like Van Morrison? He didn’t even bother going to his induction ceremony. I guess he didn’t feel like “jamming” with the Boss.

5) New York Dolls: Madonna made it in. David Bowie made it in. Iggy & The Stooges made it in. What kind of grassroots push is it going to take to put in these folks? Or will Buster Poindexter be admitted first? Can they at least be considered “influences”?

4) MC5: You would think Bruce Springsteen’s manager would have a little more pull with the Hall. But then maybe things went really wrong in the studio and they weren’t nice enough to him. Or maybe someone should just let those poor filmmakers release that MC5 documentary and things will then work out.

3) Tim Buckley: So, does anyone think Jeff Buckley will get in instead? Or will all his fans have moved on as well when the time comes?

2) The Smiths: What is everyone waiting for? Wasn’t anyone on the Hall induction committee ever a teenager?

1) Joy Division: Seriously! They’ve now had enough books, films, and reissues to qualify. Does someone else in the band have to commit suicide to get more attention?

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