Misheard song lyrics
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No, It s " Secret Cajun Man" !!!
Sweet dreams are made of Cheese...
My HS GF bought a book that was nothing but misheard lyrics, animated..This one.. holy crow... theirs a ton of books on that subject...
heck.. I've been guilty of so many that I can't even think of them now...
and some of the songs too obscure....
one in particular... the name of the Track should have clued me in.... "Amnesia"
when it gets to the Chorus:
"I'm trying to find who we were
Before the lies and the hurt
So take me back to this time
Amnesia"
instead of Amnesia, I, for years, heard "Can We Try?"
esp the later bits where she repeats "Am-ne-sia" a few times
my frikkin ears...
and Frankly... If there's a "Weird Al" cover, That's what my brain defaults to when i hear the real song....you've NO IDEA, how often i've found my self singing the "Weird Al" version over the real song on the radio, or in store muzak
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All I hear when I hear that song is "all we are is oreos".Nirvana "All Apologies"
I always thought he was singing "Choking on the asses of orangutan."
Like, who would choke on ape butt? Does this single ape have multiple butts?
What's even funnier is that I used to hang out with one of the Nirvana band members. I never bothered to ask about this for some reason. LOL
Early 90s. Band by the name of Go West had a song "King of Wishful Thinking".
Lyric in the song is "I'll pretend my ship's not sinking".
DJ came on the radio because someone called into the radio station about obscene lyrics.
He said, "It's the kind that sinks, not the kind that stinks".
Lyric in the song is "I'll pretend my ship's not sinking".
DJ came on the radio because someone called into the radio station about obscene lyrics.
He said, "It's the kind that sinks, not the kind that stinks".
"While shepherds washed their fox by night..."
A lot of these ring true. One singer I never had a problem understanding was Sinatra.
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Peter Kay is a popular UK comedian. He does a comedy piece about misheard lyrics.
Misheard Lyrics | Peter Kay: The Tour That Didn't Tour Tour - YouTube
Peter Kay is a popular UK comedian. He does a comedy piece about misheard lyrics.
Misheard Lyrics | Peter Kay: The Tour That Didn't Tour Tour - YouTube
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille" by Kenny Rodgers.
It really says
… "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field...
But you "hear four hundred children and a crop in the field..." LOL
It really says
… "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With four hungry children and a crop in the field...
But you "hear four hundred children and a crop in the field..." LOL
The breakfast meat song:
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jo - leeeeen, ham bacon of you, please don't take mah man."
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jo - leeeeen, ham bacon of you, please don't take mah man."
Perfect enunciation - he never dropped a 'g' at the end of an 'ing' word.
That’s not what ELO says? No joke, I never knew it wasn’t. Any Nirvana song can’t be heard many ways. Someone burned out on Heroin isn’t very clear or exciting.
Exactly!!
When the song was first released, I was riding with a couple of my friends when it played on the radio. I asked "What are electric boobs?" My friends laughed at me and told me the correct lyrics. Almost 50 years later, and I still remember that.
Credence Clearwater- There’s a bathroom on the right
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The song Unwell by Matchbox 20 goes I’m not crazy I’m just a little unwell. I always thought it was I’m not lazy I’m just crazy.
Several other songs too like that one The Breakup Song by Greg Kihn Band that goes they don’t write em like that anymore. I always thought was I didn’t like my daddy anymore.
Several other songs too like that one The Breakup Song by Greg Kihn Band that goes they don’t write em like that anymore. I always thought was I didn’t like my daddy anymore.
Marvelous! Tikka, what part of the UK is he from? Wales?
Ruby and the Romantics, from "Our Day Will Come" - I always thought they were singing "Our dreams of magic pizzas will always stay ..."
Now that I've suggested these lyrics, it's hard not to hear it this way.
Now that I've suggested these lyrics, it's hard not to hear it this way.
This was new to me - hadn't heard of the band before. Checked it out on YouTube - my old ears heard "Uh uh uh uh ... uh uh uh, (something something) Daddy no more."
My musical education continues ... I know a lot of obscure '70s stuff, but not too much newer.
The most frequently misunderstood song lyrics I can recall, is from Manfred Mann's "Blinded By The Light".
My Sister STILL thought the lyrics were: "Wrapped up like a douche, a roamer in the night" She sang exactly that a couple years ago when the song came on the radio.
I told her: You do know he's singing "Revved up like a Deuce, another runner in the night". I had to explain what a Deuce Coupe was...
My Sister STILL thought the lyrics were: "Wrapped up like a douche, a roamer in the night" She sang exactly that a couple years ago when the song came on the radio.
I told her: You do know he's singing "Revved up like a Deuce, another runner in the night". I had to explain what a Deuce Coupe was...
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Yeah I think it was early 80s lol but I still sing it as I didn’t like my daddy anymore
