This one is pretty simple. For once. Pieces of music with no words.
First up, this is a pretty well known classic:
Secondly, The Pogues aren't massively known for instrumentals, but they had one or two on their earlier albums. Shane MacGowan's shrieking doesn't count as words:
Third, this...
... By Nominally Straight artists.
Now, the criteria I'm using here probably needs some explanation, and even then it's probably somewhat arbitrary. You'll also notice that all but one of the songs i'm going to post is lesbian rather than gay. That's mostly because straight men have no balls...
But are 1) in English and 2) contain mostly real words. So things like the "Numa Numa" song don't count.
Anyway:
Up first is this, which has the strangest metaphor in musical history in the first verse, and a notorious chorus. It's difficult to really call it pure nonsense though, since the...
... Without actually naming them. Can be confirmed or not. Will probably most likely be about partners or ex partners.
Trying to explain this in words is kind of annoying, so I'll open with the most obvious example:
Carly Simon - You're So Vain - She's admitted that part of it at least is...
I assumed there would already be one of these, given that there is one for opening songs.
Best songs that close an album. Not including bonus tracks, really, although I'm going to break that rule myself...
Here's 5 to start off with:
Macy's Day Parade by Green Day, from Warning:
Till St...
1) I think this has probably been done, but I couldn't find it on the first 9 pages
2) I was going to put "covers that are better than the original", but for at least one of the one the ones I'm going to post people would most likely flip and throw furniture.
Anyway, the first one is a...
http://deadspin.com/antonio-smith-tore-off-richie-incognitos-helmet-swung-1168840363
Main thing aside from Smith's dickishness, how the fuck did the official not see this happen? He was right there. Smith needs to be suspended for a long time. Per the SI article on this, they seem to be...
Pat White attempting NFL comeback in midst of read option craze - NFL - Andy Staples - SI.com
Good luck, although I hope the Dolphins don't give a second try. He threw one of the worst passes I have ever seen in the NFL (his last pass against the Steelers, before James Harrison knocked him...