April Fools' Day is right around the corner, and Variations on a Theme is here to get you ready.
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We start with something we hope you'll be doing a lot of this April Fools' Day: laughing.
* Hooded Fang - "Laughing" - Album (2010)
* St. Vincent - "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood" - Actor (2009)
Now let's hear about another central part of April Fools' Day: being a fool.
* Ween - "You Were the Fool" - 12 Golden Country Greats (1996)
* Jason Collett - "Little Clown" - Motor Motel Love Songs (2002)
* Bedouin Soundclash - "Fools Tattoo" - Light the Horizon (2010)
As the last song suggests, love is one area where everyone is made a fool at some point.
* Aretha Franklin - "Chain of Fools"
* B.B. King - "Fools Get Wise"
* Sam Cooke - "Get Yourself Another Fool"
Love isn't all being fooled though—and that's no joke.
* 2 Mex - "Baby I Ain't Joking" - 2 Mex (2004)
* Eric B. & Rakim - "I Ain't No Joke" - Paid in Full (1987)
Back to laughing for a moment—sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry.
* The Trews - "Can't Stop Laughing" - No Time for Later (2008)
* Spin Doctors - "The Bigger I Laugh, the Harder I Cry" - Here Comes the Bride (1999)
* Neil Young - "The Old Laughing Lady" - Unplugged (1993)
Finally, we leave you with a savage Jimi Hendrix track to help you laugh all the way to April Fools' Day.
* Jimi Hendrix - "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"
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