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.
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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
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 shit burden on society? If people don't feel sorry for poor people why do celebrities with problems get sympathy?
Christmas Carols - Silent Night
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
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).
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
KISS - I Was Made For Lovin' You
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!
Queen - Killer Queen
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
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.
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
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
Britney Spears - Oops, I Did It Again
Extreme - More Than Words
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
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
