Subject: Misheard lyrics
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Mar 08 07
When I first heard Desmond Dekker and the Aces sing the Isrealite I thought he was singing Oh Oh me ears are alight. It was only after quite a few times listening to it that I realised it was Poor me, The Isrealite.
Which lyrics have you mistakenly heard? And please do not just post a list pulled from the Web. I want to know your own.
Posted by: romeomikegolf
Date: Mar 08 07
When I first heard Desmond Dekker and the Aces sing the Isrealite I thought he was singing Oh Oh me ears are alight. It was only after quite a few times listening to it that I realised it was Poor me, The Isrealite.
Which lyrics have you mistakenly heard? And please do not just post a list pulled from the Web. I want to know your own.
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Professer
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Metallica - Master of Puppets: Misheard lyrics - you boring bastards, obey your master Real lyrics - come crawling faster, obey your master Reply #61. Feb 11 08, 2:16 PM |
x_lifeonmars_x
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misheard- wind thrashing at you on the 45 real- a brimful of asha on the 45 Reply #62. Feb 11 08, 4:01 PM |
greenkiwi
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Oh boy! Folks this is Great! May my daughter NEVER see this site to know I am admitting I get the words ..... muddled:-) I sing : And now my body is shaking like a whale out of water Meatloaf sings :My body is shaking like a wave on the water (R.Williams)I sing : I was hurt She was mean We were wrong to be mean Robbie sings : I was her she was me We were one we were free And my worst, emotionally scarring moment was Grace Jones/slave to the rhythm.After a musical bit half-way through the song I Sing : Here's Freddie! Grace sings : Here's Grace! But there's sooo many more:-) Reply #63. Feb 12 08, 9:53 PM |
bigsoxy
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The song 'Grillz' Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp. I thought it was "Rob the jewelry store and tell 'em to make me a girl", which didn't make much since. After I listened to the song again and heard the title, I realized that it was "Rob the jewelry store and tell 'em to make me a grill", which makes even less since. Reply #64. Feb 12 08, 10:30 PM |
Rumpo
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Not a lyric but a title threw me as a child. We went to symphony performances in New York City often. I was certain that "Scheherazade" by Rimsky-Korsakov was "Your Hair Is Odd" Reply #65. Feb 12 08, 11:12 PM |
gillimalta 
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I always thought "I'm every woman" was "climb every woman" and "Love in an elevator" was "Loving an alligator" Reply #66. Aug 14 08, 6:56 AM |
demurechicky
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I remember the "Eton Rifles", by the Jam and my dad, bless him, thought they were singing "Eat two trifles", still makes me chuckle lol Reply #67. Aug 14 08, 8:44 AM |
cydonia325
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That dreadful song by someone named Charlene, "I've Never Been to Me". I could have sworn that song was called "I've Never Been to Greece". Makes far more sense. Reply #68. Aug 14 08, 9:25 AM |
jk18
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I always mishear words to every song. Reply #69. Aug 14 08, 9:35 AM |
| clipperraider
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"Glorified G"-Pearl Jam The actual line- "Glorified version of a pellet gun". What was heard by my then roomate- "Glorified version of a pelican". Reply #70. Aug 14 08, 11:05 AM |
Cymruambyth
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Did you know that there is an actual term for misheard lyrics? They're called mondegreens. American writer Sylvia Wright came up with the term in an essay she wrote for Harper's Bazaar magazine back in the 1950s. Evidently, when she was a child she misheard the last two lines of a stanza of an old highland ballad - 'The Bonnie Earl o'Murray'. She heard "They hae slain the Earl Amurray and Lady Mondegreen", when it is actually "They hae slain the Earl o' Murray and laid him on the green." I, like many others, always heard "There's a bathroom on the right" in CCR's 'Bad Moon Rising' and when I was much younger than I am today I cheerfully mangled Christmas Carols. "Follow me to find my treasure" replaced "Follow me in merry measure" in 'Deck the Halls', and 'See How A Rose E'er Blooming' somehow translated itself into 'See Howard Rosaire Blooming' (I should explain that we had a family friend named Howard Rosaire), while the herald angels became Harold angels in 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' (my dad's name was Harold, you see. I also used to misspeak the first line of the Lord's Prayer as "Our Father who art in heaven, Harold be thy name..."). When they were little boys, my children always insisted that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a partner named Olive (as in "Olive, the other other reindeer"). Reply #71. Aug 14 08, 12:57 PM |
CowGirl91485
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As heard by my brother: "My candelabra, my candelabra..." As sung by Billy Squier: "My kind of lover, my kind of lover..." Wow. Reply #72. Sep 09 08, 8:17 PM |
| ang23rose
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When i listened to "When I grow Up" by the Pussycat Dolls I thought they said: "careful what you wish for cause you're just like me" but I knew that didn't make sense then I realized it was "careful what you wish for cause you just might get it" Reply #73. Sep 10 08, 11:55 AM |
hovenaut
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Remember swearing as a kid up and down that Steve Miller sang "Big ol' jet had a light on", and not "Big ol' jet airliner". I think John Fogerty should just up and change the Bad Moon Rising lyric altogether. Reply #74. Sep 12 08, 10:27 AM |
ladylmk58
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Can't remember the name of the song from church, but there's a line that goes "God has made all mankind one". My sisters would sing "God has gave all mankind buns" Reply #75. Sep 13 08, 1:16 PM |
runaway_drive
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Misheard- Allah Gone and Allah Agreed Real - All are Gone and None Agreed The Offspring: Conspiracy Of One Reply #76. Sep 14 08, 7:38 AM |
| Cymruambyth
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Randy Bachman (Guess Who and BTO) has a great show called 'Vinyl Tap' on CBC Radio 1. Last week he did a show on mondegreens, and related the story of the young man who told him that as a child he always thought Randy's major hit song was 'Baking carrot biscuits!'* * For those who don't keep up with this sort of thing, the song is, of course, 'Takin' care of business!' Reply #77. Oct 01 08, 8:24 PM |
juliewalls
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It was only recently that I realised what England Dan and John Ford coley were singing in I'd really love to see you tonight. I always thought it was "I'm not talkin' about the linen and I dont want to change your life". I couldnt work out why linen would change your life but.. hey whatever. I found out though that they are saying "I'm not talking bout moving in and I dont want to change your life". Makes more sense now :-) Reply #78. Oct 03 08, 7:42 AM |
RedSoxLuver
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For some reason when I heard Outkast's Bombs Over Baghdad I thought they were singing Bombs Over Bedlam. No idea why. Reply #79. Oct 04 08, 8:17 PM |
martin_cube
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In Don McLean's 'American Pie', I always thought he sang 'And we sang DIRTIES in the dark'. It was, of course 'And we sang DIRGES in the dark'. But I thought he was referring to singing dirty songs after lights-out. Not that I would know about such things, being young and innocent as I was. Reply #80. Oct 07 08, 3:19 PM |
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