How about some misheard lyrics?

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  1. Turntable

    Turntable Senior Member

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    sure was. From the album Discovery
     
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  2. andrewskyDE

    andrewskyDE Island Owner

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    I wasn't into their discography so much previously. But thanks!! I have to check this out.
     
  3. David Egan

    David Egan Forum Resident

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    The Dead got political on their first album:

    "Wrote a letter to Mayor Lindsey
    Wrote a letter to Mayor Lindsey
    Wrote a letter to Mayor Lindsey yeah!"

    As a kid I only had a vague idea who John Lindsey was (and no idea where the song came from) but this is what I heard.
     
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  4. andrewskyDE

    andrewskyDE Island Owner

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    As a german guy hearing this song with misheard lyrics it's even much more funny!
     
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  5. buzzzx

    buzzzx Forum Resident

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    Way back my friends used to sing Tommy James "Draggin the Line" as "Chuggin' the Wine".
     
  6. bleachershane

    bleachershane Forum Resident

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    I always heard the chorus in Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" as "Concrete jungle with creamed to-mayyy-toes".
    To this day, I still sing it that way if it comes on the radio....
     
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  7. fab432

    fab432 β€œTo the toppermost of the poppermost, Johnny!”

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    Over the Christmas holidays I overheard my wife singing a line from a classic CCR song. Well almost - she was singing "There's a bathroom on the right..."
     
  8. limoges

    limoges Forum Resident

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    I thought the exact same thing!

    Another one is Lindsey Buckingham's "Two, ah-three, a-four!" intro to "Trouble." I used to think he was saying "Ooh, a bird, a fowl!"
     
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  9. "I was sittin' in a bar with Pat Benatar in Jackson"(Country Honk) and "There's gonna be a party tonight" (Heartache Tonight) I had a friend named Bill, who used to be a carpet layer in my crew years ago, who really thought that's what those particular lyrics were.
     
  10. sixelsix

    sixelsix Forum Resident

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    I remember a night long ago where "In a Gadda Da Vida" became "If I gotta love Edith." Don't ask.
     
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  11. bxbluesman

    bxbluesman Forum Resident

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    C.C.R. - Bad Moon Rising:
    "There's a bathroom on the right".
     
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  12. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

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  13. ALAN SICHERMAN

    ALAN SICHERMAN Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY

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    In Aretha's "Respect":

    "....R E S P E C T, taking care of TCB (taking care of taking care of business)!
     
  14. OobuJoobu

    OobuJoobu Forum Resident

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    Brilliant, first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title! :p
     
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  15. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    Roger: "So I won't be alone on my way to the stone"

    Also, Altered Images' Don't Talk to Me About Love"--I thought Yesterday's shatter, tomorrows don't matter" was 'yesterday's showers, tomorrow comes flowers'
     
  16. Not AJB

    Not AJB Shark Repellent Bat Spray!

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    I was just watching a few minutes of Honeysuckle Rose on Turner Classic Movies and Willie Nelson was singing 'You Show Me Yours'. The captioning happened to be on and I got corrected on some lyrics that I've been mishearing for about 37 years now...

    They sang: "If you're feeling salty, then I'm your tequila"
    I heard: "If you feel insulted, then I'm your deep healer"

    I like my version better... even if it doesn't make sense. It sounds really deep, man.
     
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  17. EddieVanHalen

    EddieVanHalen Forum Resident

    I heard on Madonna's Like A Virgin "only boys that save their ***** make my rainy day" and it actually is "only boys that save their pennies make my rainy day". I'm Spanish and I was 10 when LAV was released...
     
  18. Price.pittsburgh

    Price.pittsburgh Forum Resident

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    I was certain for years that Paperback Writer said Cleaning wife and not Clinging wife.
    It made sense since it's about a dirty husband.
     
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  19. Buggyhair

    Buggyhair Forum Resident

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    I heard this as "How can anyone win your smile?" Van really slurs that line. Fortunately it's in the title, so it didn't take long to figure out I was wrong. What a great song though.

     
  20. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    Burning Love-I missed my turn to smoke instead of I just might turn to smoke...LOL
     
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  21. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    OMG! that's hysterical!
     
  22. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    after 11 years I'm laughing my ass off on this thread! killer funny...
     
  23. Thwacko

    Thwacko Forum Resident

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    For about 30 years I thought "Build Me Up Buttercup" by the Foudations was "Build Me Up Lollipop".
     
  24. Ethan B

    Ethan B Forum Resident

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    Anarchy In The UK. I thought he sang " and now I'll count to ten and say " when it was " another council tenancy ".
     
  25. Boo Rad

    Boo Rad His horse was fast as polished steel

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    On the YouTube video comments for Eric Carmen's All By Myself I see people mishearing it as Obama's Elf.
     
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