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Coffee Break: Misspellings

The Beatles look out of the Magical Mystery Tour coach skylight, on location in England in September 1967.
The Beatles look out of the Magical Mystery Tour coach skylight, on location in England in September 1967.Apple Films Ltd/Channel Thirteen, via NPR

by Anna Weggel

May 31, 2019

The National Spelling Bee crowned 8 champions last night who were so good that the bee was running out of words. But this morning, we're more interested in bands that would LOSE the bee.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs or bands do you want to hear that misspell words on purpose?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below, and thanks to Gary for today's theme idea.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

Jurassic 5 - Back 4 U
Janelle Monae - Pynk feat. Grimes
Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Redd Kross - Annie's Gone
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird