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« on: January 22, 2016, 10:03:23 AM »
« edited: January 22, 2016, 10:07:43 AM by Oldiesfreak1854 »

I saw this thread on a music forum once, but I thought it would be a good one for this section.  What are some funny misheard song lyrics that you've seen (or misheard yourself)?  I know I'm far from the only one who has this problem, so I'll leave this to you.

When I was little, I thought the "mail time" song from Blue's Clues went like this:

Here's the mail, it never ends,
It makes me want to whack my tail,
When it comes, I want to shout, "MAIL!"


The actual lyrics, of course are this:

Here's the mail, it never fails,
It makes me want to wag my tail,
When it comes, I want to wail, "MAIL!"


Where I got "ends" and "shout" from, I will never know, but I think the "whack" part came from the way Steve sang the song.  The "A" sound he made on the word sounded more like that of "apple" than "bag."  When Joe came long, however, he made the pronunciation clearer, and there was no confusing "wag" with "whack."  And for the longest time, I insisted it was "whack," mostly because I thought it was funny.  This has become somewhat of a running joke in my house.

Some others I've heard before:

"Lipstick on your collar said you were a Jew..."
"Give me the Beach Boys, and free my soul..."
"This is the dawning of the age of asparagus..."
"You could really be a bull Brahma, baby, if you just give it half a chance..." (Another one that I misheard)
"I'm starting with the man in the middle..." (Another one of mine)
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 10:06:43 AM »

blinded by the light.....




First time I heard Dude Looks Like a Lady (a song that would NEVER be released today I'm guessing....at least not by a "mainstream" rock group trying to make a comeback) my mind heard "doodles like a lady" and I was like, do men and women doodle differently?
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 10:15:17 AM »

blinded by the light.....




First time I heard Dude Looks Like a Lady (a song that would NEVER be released today I'm guessing....at least not by a "mainstream" rock group trying to make a comeback) my mind heard "doodles like a lady" and I was like, do men and women doodle differently?
Ah, yes.  "Revved up like a douche..."  That one is classic.

I always heard "Dude Looks Like a Lady" as "do this like a lady."

I just thought of two more I've misheard:
"You know, I'm in it for the money..." (Gretchen Wilson, "Here for the Party")
"Oh yeah, baby, here I am, cry me a river, I'm yours..."
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2016, 10:24:29 AM »

Almost forgot: I always heard the second part of the infamous "Revved up" line as, "another rumor in the night..."
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2016, 10:28:01 AM »


Haha.  I think everybody hears that one.  jmfcst had a thread like this about five years ago and that's what I posted there.  ("wrapped up like a douche and other roller in the night...")


I used to think Santana was singing "Oye como va, peligro, buey no pago ser helado."

("hey, how's it going?  dangerous dude, I won't pay to be the ice cream")

I thought it was a strange lyric.
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 11:20:12 AM »


There's also a line that I (and some others I know) heard as "And little early birdie kept my anus curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."

The real line is "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 11:35:18 AM »

Got a long list of Starbuck lovers ("Blank Space", forgot her name)

I can't believe you kiss your cock goodnight. ("That don't impress me much", Shania Twain)

Lucky that my breasts are humble so that you don't confuse them with muffins. ("Whenever, wherever", Shakira)

It's not fair to deny me of the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me. ("You oughta know", Alanis Morissette)

Burglars, fire cum ("Lean on", Major Lazer, DJ Snake & MØ)
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 12:07:16 PM »


There's also a line that I (and some others I know) heard as "And little early birdie kept my anus curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."

The real line is "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."


I heard "Little early birdie gave my anus curl a whorley" for a long time, till I finally looked up.

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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2016, 01:17:28 PM »

Yeah, Blinded By the Light is probably the best one.  NO ONE can hear past that singer's lisp until they read the lyrics for themselves, LOL.

I'll also add, as that car commercial so brilliantly parodied, "Rocket Man" by Elton John.
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2016, 04:09:12 PM »

Jimi's "kiss this guy" is probably the most well-known one, although I never found it particularly funny. My personal favorites are
"See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen"
-Abba
"Steak and a knife, steak and a knife"
-The Bee Gees
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2016, 08:14:02 PM »
« Edited: January 22, 2016, 08:16:01 PM by Simfan34 »

blinded by the light.....




First time I heard Dude Looks Like a Lady (a song that would NEVER be released today I'm guessing....at least not by a "mainstream" rock group trying to make a comeback) my mind heard "doodles like a lady" and I was like, do men and women doodle differently?
Ah, yes.  "Revved up like a douche..."  That one is classic.

I always heard "Dude Looks Like a Lady" as "do this like a lady."

I just thought of two more I've misheard:
"You know, I'm in it for the money..." (Gretchen Wilson, "Here for the Party")
"Oh yeah, baby, here I am, cry me a river, I'm yours..."


Surely it's wrapped up like a douche into the runner in the night? And little Ernie-wernie came by in his curly-wurly...

I actually heard that song by complete accident while looking for something else on Spotify. I liked it.

e: Wait, the lyrics are actually "the calliope crashed to the ground?" That's what I first heard, but I thought that obviously wasn't right...
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2016, 08:35:52 PM »

Yes, it's actually the Calliope crashed to the ground.  I'd been hearing the song for 20 years before I looked up the lyrics, then it was on that cocaine-dealer move that I illegally downloaded on KaZaA back when you could still bootleg movies from there, about ten years ago, and I looked up the lyrics.  Another runner in the night?  What the hell is that?  Anyway, I studied the lyrics and decided it was all meant to be sort of like Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.  Well, maybe not exactly like Jabberwocky, because Jabberwocky is really just jabberwocky, but maybe more like a play by Sartre, or a James Joyce poem, or a campaign speech from Sarah Palin. 

I'm an old boring guy now.  Still like the song. 
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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2017, 04:30:32 PM »

This old thread has to be updated.

Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean - Feels:

Don't be afraid to catch fish. 🐟
One minute you're here and in Mexico. 🌮

Charlie Puth - Attention:

You've been runnin' round, runnin' around, runnin' throwing that turtle on my nail. 🐢
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« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2017, 04:54:14 PM »

excuse me, while I kiss this guy
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« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2017, 05:11:54 PM »

Come on and suck yourself off, 'cause it's time to play
Bouncin' the boots and the rods 'cause they're here to save
The one and only marathon man living today
But we're not coming back, say, he'll blow you away.


Zebrahead - His World (for Sonic the Hedgehog)
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« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2017, 08:30:34 PM »

Hmmm.  My wackiest personally misheard lyric is from The Doors' "(Break On Through) To The Other Side". 

Real lyrics: "She gets....(high)....she gets....(high)
Misheard as: "Shake it....shake it!!

Don't ask, LOL.  Wink
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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2017, 09:48:31 PM »

For years I was convinced I was mishearing the lyrics in "One Vision" by Queen. But it turned out Freddie actually was singing "Fried chicken!" at the end.
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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2017, 09:54:25 PM »

My dad has always heard "just like the one-winged dove" in Edge of Seventeen.
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« Reply #18 on: August 19, 2017, 12:36:26 PM »

Don't forget Taylor Swift's Starbucks lovers and Lorde's iPhone.
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« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2017, 01:23:56 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ
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« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2017, 04:25:35 AM »

Alicia Keys singing about 🌊💤🍅
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« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2017, 01:16:10 PM »

Lots.

At age 6 I misheard many lyrics in the Peter, Paul and Mary song "It's Raining" which led to my giving a wrong answer in "Go to the Head of the Class" (I'm really, really dating myself here.

Among other things, I thought the female singer sang "I'll be a millionaire's wife", rather than "I'll be a fiddler's wife".

As a young man, I misheard the lyrics to Bananarama's "Venus". I decline to elaborate further.
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« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2017, 06:17:14 PM »

Oh, also: you know that rap song that repeats "I love havin' sex, but I'd rather get some head" over and over? I definitely heard that as "I love havin' sex, but I'd rather kiss a man," for so long before I learned the actual lyrics. I used to think it was one #woke ass rap song.
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« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2017, 07:02:19 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yltIFHhnyJw

I keep hearing "lecter chair" instead of "'lectir chair".
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« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2017, 07:02:29 AM »

The very first sentence of Alice Merton's song "No Roots", but i won't tell what I understand... 🙃
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