There is no doubt that every song has its hidden meaning and every person might understand that meaning differently. But have you ever tried to interpret the message of the song the other way than it is meant? Well, one guy from Iceland did that and created incredibly comical pictures.
Artist and cartoonist (or as he calls himself, “artoonist”) Hugleikur Dagsson (previously here) is drawing ironic parodies of popular songs, which range from innocent hits from the 50s to melancholic rock ballads of all time. These simple and unsophisticated illustrations might give a naive impression, but they are surprisingly accurate, snappy, sometimes rude and even vulgar.
Dagsson’s humor is not for everyone. His ideas go beyond the limits and might be considered bad taste. Some pictures are based on some taboos of Western society. Also, not everyone might find these picture funny, but it’s hard not to give a little smile at least once when strolling through these comic illustrations.
The artist put all of these pictures and more in a book series called “Popular Hits”, published in English.
More info: Hugleikur Dagsson | Tumblr | Facebook
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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
With the recent surveillance act passed in the UK, even tea drinking habits might be collected.
Sadly, the world today, begins to look more and more like the novel "1984" by George Orwell.
Load More Replies...Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Well, the original version of the song wa written about a stalker
Load More Replies...Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Why do drug addict celebrities get sympathy from the commoners but a homeless person with the same exact addiction is a piece of s**t burden on society? If people don't feel sorry for poor people why do celebrities with problems get sympathy?
If you often see someone on your screen and you have fun your mind starts to think you know them, they become a part of your group. Intellectually we know that we know almost nothing about them and they don't know us at all, but that's not how the more primitive parts of our minds work. We also know about all the terrible things in the world, many of which are totally preventable, like kids dying of cholera, but since we have no personal bond with them our feelings don't really get involved unless we force them there with our imagination. When a celebrity dies, our feelings are more involved since our brain thinks we know them.
Load More Replies...@over opinionated you are just putting words in people's mouths and being negative.
That was @over opinionated who I think is the insensitive one. We think of Amy's family, not sure what "bums" you are talking about.
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Less slutty you must mean. virgins have not had sex. You must not understand this. Satan wants pure not tainted.
Load More Replies...Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Oh, he definitely wasn't shock-frozen, it just felt that way because you've already been watching for 3 hours.
Load More Replies...Bing Crosby - White Christmas
I already said it 3 comments above you lol......great minds think alike
Load More Replies...Well now that got dark. Which is saying a lot considering the color in question.
Christmas Carols - Silent Night
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Well, if it is bad over there, come to my country, here the churches are doing a LOT of stuff. :)
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
Maybe because this portrays a sex act and Hot in Here doesn't?
Load More Replies...because that's the American way. Sex=bad, violence=2nd amendment rights. Sick but true.
Load More Replies...Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
As a wheelchair user I have to say this one is particularly funny! :D
The good thing is - she doesn't have to worry. There's no such thing as heaven anyway - chin-up, buttercup!
Load More Replies...He simply needs to go up the ramp with ' Heaven->' written on the wall behind it. Why anyone would take the stairs when they don't know where they're going. MMph! The assumptions people make when they can't read the signs!!!!!
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Did you know that a commercial for hemorrhoid cream asked Cash to use his song for their add? (He declined, of course).
I so think of this song in that exact situation. The chorus fits perfectly: ... down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire Read more: Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire Lyrics | MetroLyrics
When I think of "Ring of Fire" I think of it in the geological sense.. or that painful affect that happens on your nail bed caused by poorly applied acrylic.
You so stole mine from the Icelandic humor one these originality came from
Load More Replies...Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Nelly – Hot In Here
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
why is sexual content only for "mature" audiences and violence for everyone? shouldn't that be the other way around?
Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
Noone ever asks who let the cats out, cause the answer's obvious - same person who let 'em in 30 seconds later!
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
KISS - I Was Made For Lovin' You
wow...not "mature content" on this bone. Bored Panda is less "strict" as of late. ;)
This was a joke people...I am the last person to ask for "mature content" warnings on cartoons...
Load More Replies...Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
C'mon, give it to him... WIthin some years he won't even be able to do it and you will regret it!
Given that it was him singing, and that it's clearly a**l, it should have been her with a strapon.
Queen - Killer Queen
Eminem - My Name Is
If you ever wonder what you say in a call center that's pretty much it. Normally, people don't let them get past that before hanging up or cutting them off the curse at them.
Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Bing Crosby - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Wham! - Last Christmas
Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Ace Of Base - All That She Wants
Funnier if it was a welfare mom pleading with some guy to give her another baby to stay on welfare.
Go to Baby Changing Facilities. If it's really a bad baby leave away the C
Jay-Z - 99 Problems
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Okay. I bought the Twilight saga for my teenage daughter. As far as she reads, I said to me. But I couldn't help reading the bloody saga. And there's everything but blood, or action, or good literature, Oscar Wilde said "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written". Well, Twilight saga is badly written.
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Faithless - God Is A DJ
Dean Martin - Let It Snow
Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
Oasis - Wonderwall
George Michael - Careless Whisper
The Doors - Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name
Public Enemy & Anthrax - Bring The Noise
Village People - YMCA
It's a really nice hotel that is 4 letters long and therefore could easily be used to make this joke.
Load More Replies...it says RITZ, like the hotel - fun to stay at ^^
Load More Replies...Britney Spears - Oops, I Did It Again
Queen - Somebody To Love
Extreme - More Than Words
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Bing Crosby - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why. Santa Claus will break into your house.
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom, I Want You In My Room
Elton John - Circle Of Life
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=homer+dries+eyes&client=ms-android-hms-tef-gb&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3p_v9z87QAhUMDMAKHU7sDpkQ_AUIBygB&biw=360&bih=560#tbm=isch&q=homer+let+me+dry+those+tears&imgrc=-DvrcbA90v5wiM%3A
Ice Cube- Today Was A Good Day
Björk - It's Oh So Quiet
Kelis - Milkshake
The Police - Every Breath You Take
Kinda like a lot of the "humorous" comments the usual suspects post on here?
Load More Replies...It's a pretty common saying in the U.K. 90% of people have been let down 1 way or another and this is just a normal attitude here :'(
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness
Hm...this collection seems to have almost complete overlap with the "Icelandic Humor Is As Dark As Their Winters" but for not being marked "NSFW". Nice comics, though.
The only one that's not lame as f**k is the Amy Winehound one. Rest are actually literal retardation on full display
So the sexual content is censored, but the violence not. ;) :D This hypocrisy always amaze me. Why is sex more dirty even than the dark humor there ;)
Yes. And all the references to child molesting are still uncensored too. I guess consensual sex is, umm.. "bad"? :D As a Scandinavian I like these, though.
Load More Replies...Hm...this collection seems to have almost complete overlap with the "Icelandic Humor Is As Dark As Their Winters" but for not being marked "NSFW". Nice comics, though.
The only one that's not lame as f**k is the Amy Winehound one. Rest are actually literal retardation on full display
So the sexual content is censored, but the violence not. ;) :D This hypocrisy always amaze me. Why is sex more dirty even than the dark humor there ;)
Yes. And all the references to child molesting are still uncensored too. I guess consensual sex is, umm.. "bad"? :D As a Scandinavian I like these, though.
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