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Started by Jamie-o, June 13, 2008, 05:36:38 AM

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Jamie-o

I was listening to some old albums that I hadn't heard in ages the other day. When Abba'a "Chiquitita" came on I couldn't help chuckling as I remembered how when I was a little kid I thought the line,

"Sing a new song, Chiquitita."  was actually

"Sing the new song: 'Kick Your Teeth Out'"

So what were some of your favorite misheard lyrics from when you were a kid?
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Lisbeth

Hee.  For the longest time when I heard Curtis Stigers' "Centerpiece," the words in my head were, "You are my centipede."   :laugh:
"Anyone who attempts to play the 'real transsexual' card should be summarily dismissed, as they are merely engaging in name calling rather than serious debate."
--Julia Serano

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/09/transsexual-versus-transgender.html
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Dennis

In Arc of a Diver, I thought that when Steve Winwood sang "when some subtle dream reminds you", he was singing "when some sodomy reminds you"

Dennis
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tekla

Oh Dennis, Dr. Freud would like a word or two with you.
FIGHT APATHY!, or don't...
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Jamie-o

Quote from: tekla on June 13, 2008, 09:35:48 AM
Oh Dennis, Dr. Freud would like a word or two with you.

Speaking of Dr. Freud, a good friend of mine thought Billy Idol's "One Touch of Venus" was "Won't touch your penis."

I have yet to explain, though, the dozen or so people I've met who thought The Shamen's "Love, Sex, Intelligence"  was "Love, Sex, and Janet Jackson"
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tekla

In other news, someone actually listens to Billy Idol.
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Dennis

Quote from: tekla on June 13, 2008, 09:35:48 AM
Oh Dennis, Dr. Freud would like a word or two with you.

LOL, yeah but it really does sound like that! Honest!

Dennis
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BeverlyAnn

Someone I knew actually thought that Credence Clearwater Revival, instead of singing "the bad moon on the rise," were singing "the bathroom on the right." 

As far as misunderstood lyrics, I will admit to spending hours in various altered states of consciousness trying to figure out what the heck Procul Harem's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was really about.  Great song but I mean what were they smoking when they wrote that one.

Beverly
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tekla

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, 'There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see.'
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well've been closed

She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, 'You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.'
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed 


The final verses are not on the recorded version, but are often done in concert.

I always assumed it was about drugs and drug overdoses.  What else other than a corpse is a whiter shade of pale.
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Sephirah

Europe: 'The Final Countdown'

We're heading for Venus,
And still we stand tall.


I'll leave what I thought was told the lyrics were to your imaginations... needless to say, it still rhymed.

:embarrassed: :embarrassed:

But in my defence, I was very young (8 years old) when I heard the song, and had some very twisted acquaintences.
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BeverlyAnn

Yep, had the sheet music, knew those missing lyrics and I used to play that song on my Korg.  It was always amazing that to make that little keyboard sound like a pipe organ.

I just remembered one I misheard as a kid.  "My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new bluejeans."  But I though she had "sold" his new bluejeans.  Sorry I just realized some will not know that is from The Animals "House of the Rising Sun."

Beverly
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Lisbeth

Quote from: BeverlyAnn on June 13, 2008, 01:29:26 PM
I just remembered one I misheard as a kid.  "My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new bluejeans."  But I though she had "sold" his new bluejeans.  Sorry I just realized some will not know that is from The Animals "House of the Rising Sun."

Beverly

Lordy!  I haven't thought about that song in years!

"Anyone who attempts to play the 'real transsexual' card should be summarily dismissed, as they are merely engaging in name calling rather than serious debate."
--Julia Serano

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/09/transsexual-versus-transgender.html
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tekla

At least that sticks in context, 'sewed' or 'sold' both indicates poverty, which I think is the intent.  So its not as far off as my friend who thought that on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song, Long Time Gone, when they sing "it appears to be a long, time, gone" told me that she thought they were singing, and 'it appears to be a golf ball.'

HotRS dates back to the 1920s at least, and the main character is a hooker, not a gambler.  The Animals changed it to make it more radio friendly.
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BeverlyAnn

Quote from: Lisbeth on June 13, 2008, 01:43:40 PM
Lordy!  I haven't thought about that song in years!

It was always one of my favorite songs.  My parents hated it!!!!!!!!  If I wanted to do something and they wouldn't let me, I would go in my room and put that on the record player.  Took about 2 minutes until it was "get out of the house and go somewhere."  ROFL

Beverly

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gina

Here's one, not a kid at the time, just a little older ;)

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Load up on guns
Bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's over boarn
And self assured
Oh no, I know
A dirty word

Hello,
hello,
hello,
hell-lo  x4

With the lights
out it's less
dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid
and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
YaY

I'm worse at
what I do best
And for this gift I
feel blessed
Our little group
has always been
And always will
until the end

Hello,
hello,
hello,
hell-lo  x4

With the lights
out it's less
dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid
and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
YaY

And I forget
Just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it
makes me smile
I found it hard
It's hard to find
Oh well,
whatever,
nevermind

Hello,
hello,
hello,
hell-lo  x4

With the lights
out it's less
dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid
and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
YaY, a denial
A denial
A denial...

Alot could barely understand this part:

A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
YaY, a denial
A denial
A denial...


R.I.P Kurt....

gina
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Lori

Genesis Abacab

Sounds like

"There's a hole in my swim wear" instead of "There's a hole in there somewhere"


Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door.
There's a crack in the mirror.
Somewhere there's a hole in a window-pane.
Do you think I'm to blame?
Tell me do you think I'm to blame?

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab)

If you're wrapping up the world
'Cos you've taken someone elses girl,
When they turn on the pillow,
Even when they answer the telephone,
Don't you think that by now,
Tell me, don't you think that by now.

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab) Doesn't really care.

you want it, you got it, you gotta go
you want it, you got it, now you know

It's an illusion, It's a game,
Or reflection of someone else's name.
When you wake in the morning,
Wake and find you're covered in cellophane.

Well, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Yeah, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Baby, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Now there's a hole in there somewhere.


(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) he's in anywhere.
(Abacab)
"In my world, everybody is a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!"


If the shoe fits, buy it in every color.
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Lisbeth

Quote from: BeverlyAnn on June 13, 2008, 01:57:45 PM
It was always one of my favorite songs.  My parents hated it!!!!!!!!  If I wanted to do something and they wouldn't let me, I would go in my room and put that on the record player.  Took about 2 minutes until it was "get out of the house and go somewhere."  ROFL

Beverly

Hee! Sounds like a familiar story.
"Anyone who attempts to play the 'real transsexual' card should be summarily dismissed, as they are merely engaging in name calling rather than serious debate."
--Julia Serano

http://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/09/transsexual-versus-transgender.html
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Hazumu

Hey, a topic on Mondegreens!

"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"
"Dawnzer lee light"
"Olive, the other reindeer ..."
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza."
"The girl with colitis goes by."
"With liver tea and just this for all."

>:D

=K
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