Jesse Singer articles

For every Daniel Day-Lewis with three Oscars, there’s a legendary performer who’s never even been nominated. No matter how many classic lines they’ve delivered or hearts they’ve broken, Hollywood’s biggest award has somehow overlooked them. Here are the greats still waiting for their golden moment. Trust us...some of these will completely shock you.

Every generation has guilty pleasures—but boomers? Oh, they practically invented them. Long before Spotify Wrapped exposed everyone’s questionable listening habits, boomers were already hiding record sleeves under their beds and praying no one caught them humming along. These are the songs they loved…and would rather not talk about.

Every sci-fi fan has that one movie they pretend to love because everyone else calls it a masterpiece. But talk to the genre purists—the tech-obsessed, lore-picking, physics-correcting diehards—and they’ll tell you the uncomfortable truth: some “classics” just don’t hold up under fandom-level scrutiny. Do you agree?

Every legendary rock band has at least one album fans worship—and at least one they quietly pretend never existed. These are the greatest highs and the most notorious lows from the most iconic bands of all time… or are they? Do you agree with the choices?

Some bands were too strange, too experimental, or too ahead of their time to fit neatly between Top 40 jingles and car-dealership ads. But their weirdness? That’s exactly what made them unforgettable. These groups never conquered radio—but they conquered everyone who actually listened.

Some movies are festive. Some are definitely not. And then there’s that wild middle category—the films people fight about every December. Are they Christmas movies? Are they just movies that happen to take place at Christmas? Let’s settle nothing and argue everything.

Not only is the name of a song usually in the lyrics—it's usually part of the song's chorus. But not always. In fact, there are probably more examples than you realized in which the name of a song isn't anywhere to be found within it. Here are some great examples. How many more can you think of?

Every musician dreams of hearing their song on the radio—but for some, that moment was over almost as soon as it began. Whether pulled for controversy, lost to bad timing, or wrapped in rumor, these tracks had their brief moment on-air before fading into radio silence. Some were banned, others misunderstood, and a few eventually did return to playlists. But every one left static in its wake.

Love it, hate it, fear it—everyone remembers the first time they stumbled into Revolution 9. It wasn’t catchy, it wasn’t comforting, and it definitely wasn’t “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” But behind those loops, whispers, and sonic chaos lies one of the strangest gambles The Beatles ever took. Did the gamble pay off? Well… what do you think?