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We'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you were unaware that today, November 3, is National Cliché Day. To celebrate the art of overusing things to death, we picked the Top 10 clichés that still permeate the music world. For some reason, these things are often hard to break out of and we don't really have a good explanation as to why. Maybe monkey see, monkey do. Bands should start thinking outside the box, but for today we'll give them a pass.
10. The Post-Retirement Comeback
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Spinner Celebrates National Cliché Day in Wonderfully Banal Fashion
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... It's National Cliché Day. This is the raddest day since National Talk Like a Pirate Day, especially since pirates are such a cliché. Spinner has published a list of the top ten music cliché, a device which is itself a cliché ... sigh, I can't control myself. That's what she said. Here's the list. ...
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