Lyrics you misunderstood as a kid

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by PaulKTF, May 28, 2009.

  1. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member

    I always thought he said 'shamon'!
     
  2. BuddhaBob

    BuddhaBob Forum Resident

    Location:
    Erie, PA, USA
    Sha-mon...sham off
     
  3. I believe the lexicon of Jackospeak includes both.
     
  4. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

    Location:
    Alexandria VA
    Same difference! :laugh:
     
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  5. Aghast of Ithaca

    Aghast of Ithaca Forum Resident

    Location:
    Angleterre
    On Deep Purple's Fireball, I always heard (and sometimes still hear):

    'The magic in your armpit which is all you gaze upon'.
     
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  6. jpmosu

    jpmosu a.k.a. Mr. Jones

    Location:
    Ohio, USA
    I bought the 45 of "Afternoon Delight" as a 9-year old, and I don't think I really knew what those singers were anticipating so much.
     
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  7. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

    Location:
    Chicago, IL, US
    Another one that came to mind is the song I used to hear all the time "Love The World Away" by Kenny Rogers. I was confused by the chorus since I thought it began "take my hand, let's go to the store, and be free of the world once more."
     
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  8. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    "It'll take an accountant of accurate talents to set you on your feet again..."
     
  9. GlamorProfession

    GlamorProfession Forum Resident

    Location:
    Tejas
    Bennie and the Jets - i always thought Elton was saying "she's got electric boobs..."
     
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  10. Former Scientist

    Former Scientist Now on wheels....

    Location:
    UK
    Genesis I Know What I Like. '...keep them mowing blades sharp...'

    I thought he was singing: '...Give them one big shove...'

    I thought: Yeah, Pete.... give them a push.

    That'll show 'em.

    To be fair, they didn't put the lyric sheet in my copy.....
     
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  11. Rich C

    Rich C Forum Resident

    Location:
    Northbrook, IL
    I thought it was granite lake until a few seconds ago!
     
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  12. And this is from...? It sounds so familiar but I can't place it.
     
  13. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. That whole song was utter nonsense to me as a kid!
     
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  14. GlamorProfession

    GlamorProfession Forum Resident

    Location:
    Tejas
    it'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics to set you on your feet again....

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
     
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  15. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    USA
    I like your lyrics way better. :)
     
  16. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member

    It was the 'mongrels who ain't got a penny. Sniffing for titbits like you on the ground' bit that I could never decipher!
     
  17. jpmosu

    jpmosu a.k.a. Mr. Jones

    Location:
    Ohio, USA
    What about "hunting the horny back toad"?

    I'm still not sure about that line--does anyone, anywhere, hunt toads? If so, does one require a toad license?
     
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  18. Coricama

    Coricama Classic Rocker

    Location:
    Marietta, GA
    Don't feel bad, I heard "Big hotel with a light on''. I still sounds like it to me. :p
     
  19. Bobby Morrow

    Bobby Morrow Senior Member

    Wasn't the song supposed to be about Bernie Taupin's adjustment to city life after growing up in the country? I wouldn't have deduced this myself had I not read it! Great song, though.

    As for hunting the horny back toad, I hope it's not a euphemism for something distasteful Bernie & Elton got up to!
     
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  20. Rocker

    Rocker Senior Member

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada


    The last 2 lines of the song are:
    I got it on sale at a discount store
    Cost me all of seven cents.

    But when I was a kid, I thought it sounded like:
    I got it on sale at a discount store
    'Cause we all have seven cents.

    (Which, of course, makes no sense!) ;)
     
  21. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

    Location:
    Chicago, IL, US
    I don't think I have mentioned my younger brother's misheard lyric from Olivia Newton John's "Physical": "Let's get physical/Let me hit your bodyguard"
     
  22. JamesD1957

    JamesD1957 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Cypress, Texas
    The Temptations: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". The line "And when he died, all he left us was alone". For the LONGEST time, I heard that lyric as "And when he died, all he left us was a loan". I really couldn't understand how they were supposed to pay that loan back!
     
  23. vamborules

    vamborules Forum Resident

    Location:
    CT
    In "Living Loving Maid"

    where it says Telling tall tales of how it used to be"

    I thought it said Helen told Hazel.
     
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  24. geo50000

    geo50000 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Canon City, CO.
    Three Dog Night - "I'm a Toad in a Cup"

    also..
    Donovan - "We screwed on the beach at sunset, do you remember when?"
     
  25. Rocker

    Rocker Senior Member

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    Prince - "Raspberry Berry"

    The correct line is:
    "Overcast days never turned me on, but somethin' 'bout the clouds and her mixed"

    But I used to think it sounded like:
    "Overcast days never turned me on, but somethin' 'bout the clouds in her midst"
     
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