I watched Samuel L Jackson get a bit of stick in the movie The Long Kiss Goodnight because he was singing the wrong lyrics to a song. I've done this a few times myself examples......
April Sun in Cuba by Dragon (Aussie Band)
Lyrics are "Take me to the April Sun in Cuba..."
I sang "...Take me to the Airport son....in Cuba.."
With Arms Wide Open by Creed
Lyrics are " with Arms Wide Open"
I heard "With Old Viduka" which I naturally assumed was a homage to the Australian soccer centre forward.
So who else has got cloth ears?
Misheard/mis-sung
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Misheard/mis-sung
"Winston, if you were my husband I'd give you poison" ................ "Madam, if you were my wife I would drink it!"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
"Terrorism is war by the poor, and war is terrorism by the rich"
"A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well."
"The opposite of pro-life isn't pro-death. Y'know?"
"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what its all about?"
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Can't think of any specific examples, but I remember being totally confused when I read the lyrics to one of my faves, the Pogues album 'If I should fall from grace with god' cos they were definitely not what I was singing!
My excuse is Shane Mcgowans's lack of teeth.
I have to say, when I read the lyrics, they were even more bizarre than what I was singing!
My excuse is Shane Mcgowans's lack of teeth.
I have to say, when I read the lyrics, they were even more bizarre than what I was singing!
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A girl I went to high school with was a classic. She loved the song Break My Stride, but instead of singing, "aint nothing gonna break my stride", she sang, "aint nothing but a great white shark". 
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
I think Golden Earring's "Twilight Zone" is one of the most confusing songs ever.
This is the actual lyric....
"Help, I'm stepping into the Twilight Zone
The place is a mad-house, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far"
This is what I've been hearing for the last 25 years or so....
"Now I'm steppin into the Twilight Zone (OK so far)
Listen to me house, feels like being stoned (not so good)
My feet just can't move now the moon is gone (WTF?)
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far (redemption on the last one!)
This is the actual lyric....
"Help, I'm stepping into the Twilight Zone
The place is a mad-house, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far"
This is what I've been hearing for the last 25 years or so....
"Now I'm steppin into the Twilight Zone (OK so far)
Listen to me house, feels like being stoned (not so good)
My feet just can't move now the moon is gone (WTF?)
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far (redemption on the last one!)
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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great one Cail.Me, I always remember messing up Elton John's 'Benny & the Jets':
The real lyrics:
My interpretation:"She's got electric boots a mohair suit"
"She's got electric boobs, and I'm on her soon"
.... yah, I was a horny guy back then ...
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I like the song where the singer got it wrong.....
That's from 'Freewill' off the 'Permanent Waves' album by Rush. That's the lyric I hear, and certainly the lyric Geddy sings, but IIRC, what Neal Peart wrote was:You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You CAN'T have made a choice
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Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Heh, I'm not joking! Geddy apparently changed it!
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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* This post carries Jay's seal of approval
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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when Lay Lady Lay came out, dylan's vocals were so garbled i thought he was singing french when he said "lay across my big brass bed".
i can't write what i thought he was saying cause i don't speak french.
or write it.
i can't write what i thought he was saying cause i don't speak french.
or write it.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Just like the white winged dove...
Sings a song...
Sounds like shes singing...
Whoo... whoo... whoo...
Just like the white winged dove...
Sings a song...
Sounds like shes singing...
Ooo baby... ooo... said ooo
See, I could have sworn she was saying "One wing dove"....
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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* This post carries Jay's seal of approval
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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I was working overnight a couple of weeks ago when a song came on the radio - no idea what it was but the chorus went 'You're unstoppable, you're a machine!" I and the other four people in hearing range all heard "You're unstoppable, you're rubber sheets!"
..it was utterly hilarious at 4 AM, and it didn't help that he kept repeating it.
I have a long and rather embarrassing history of hearing lyrics wrong. For a long time (years) I thought Men At Work's Down Under started:
'Traveling in fait accompli,
On a hippie trailhead full of zombies'
Not:
'Traveling in a fried-out combie,
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie'
I have no excuse for the first line, but it is difficult to hear punctuation.
Err... Fire Deuce's Children of the Deuce:
My version:
wasted use
we're the fire deuce
we're the snakes in boots
while we rock for you
Actual lyrics:
wasted youths
we're the fire deuce
wear your snake skin boots
while we rock for you
I could probably come up with more and worse if I give it some thought.
Everybody got to evelate from the norm...
..it was utterly hilarious at 4 AM, and it didn't help that he kept repeating it.
I have a long and rather embarrassing history of hearing lyrics wrong. For a long time (years) I thought Men At Work's Down Under started:
'Traveling in fait accompli,
On a hippie trailhead full of zombies'
Not:
'Traveling in a fried-out combie,
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie'
I have no excuse for the first line, but it is difficult to hear punctuation.
Err... Fire Deuce's Children of the Deuce:
My version:
wasted use
we're the fire deuce
we're the snakes in boots
while we rock for you
Actual lyrics:
wasted youths
we're the fire deuce
wear your snake skin boots
while we rock for you
I could probably come up with more and worse if I give it some thought.
Everybody got to evelate from the norm...
Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Most Misunderstood Songs
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen.
Why do I ALWAYS hear this song at the patriotic "I love oiur country" events? Does NO ONE listen past the chorus?
Why do I ALWAYS hear this song at the patriotic "I love oiur country" events? Does NO ONE listen past the chorus?
Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog thats been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
I was born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the u.s..a....
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said son if it was up to me
Went down to see my v.a. man
He said son, dont you understand
I had a brother at khe sahn
Fighting off the viet cong
Theyre still there, hes all gone
He had a woman he loved in saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
Im ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run aint got nowhere to go
Born in the u.s.a., I was born in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., Im a long gone daddy in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., born in the u.s.a.
Born in the u.s.a., Im a cool rocking daddy in the u.s.a.
Avatar wrote:But then, the answers provided by your imagination are not only sometimes best, but have the added advantage of being unable to be wrong.
Reagan used "Born in the USA" during his '84 campaign.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
_____________
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I hear it all the time lol.
I'm just as guilty, I was a baby when the boss was big, I never really listened to it, all I knew was the Chorus too.
He is completely right, played all the time at patriotic events. (Personally I would LOVE to see a candidate play "America F*** YEAH!" at a campaign event.
I would say that Closer by Nine Inch Nails is pretty misunderstood, no one really listens past the provocative chorus.
I'm just as guilty, I was a baby when the boss was big, I never really listened to it, all I knew was the Chorus too.
He is completely right, played all the time at patriotic events. (Personally I would LOVE to see a candidate play "America F*** YEAH!" at a campaign event.
I would say that Closer by Nine Inch Nails is pretty misunderstood, no one really listens past the provocative chorus.
