November 25, 20196 yr The Blinded By The Light thread in the Movies & TV forum had several examples of screwed up lyrics. Instead of continuing to derail that thread, I thought I'd make a specific messed up lyrics thread over here in the Music forum. I searched, but didn't find one. (if there is one delete thread/ban user) In 1980, 10 year old me would listen to Uncle Johnny in the Box on Q107. It took a friend and I several weeks to figure out the lyrics for a newly released Alan Parsons Project Song. At first we were convinced it was "Dead people play you take it or you leave it . . . " but after listening a few more weeks we decided that made no sense and realized it was ". . . Gay people play in the middle of the night."
November 25, 20196 yr Are we talking Mondegreens, or misheard lyrics? "Here we are now, in containers" Edited November 25, 20196 yr by Deej
November 25, 20196 yr My favorite misheard Stairway lyrics... "And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the jews, then the bible will lead us to reason" "And there's Bill Wyman down the road"
November 26, 20196 yr Idiot friend in HS thought "she wore a pearl necklace" was "she wore a pearl neckbrace." Oof.
November 26, 20196 yr 35 minutes ago, deadshank said: Idiot friend in HS thought "she wore a pearl necklace" was "she wore a pearl neckbrace." Oof. Hell we thought it meant jewelry...
December 2, 20196 yr My brother thought "Panama" was "pay any more." When Chad Jr. was about four, he loved "I love rock n' roll" and would belt it out at the top of his lungs as: I love rock n roll Put another dime in the juice box bebe
December 6, 20196 yr "She could hear the cars roll by, I don't fall for the one, like waves crashing on the beach" It wasn't until Live Aid that I figured it out.
December 6, 20196 yr I learned this morning when driving to work via my car's display that the Indigo Girls' biggest hit is actually titled 'Closer to Fine' and not 'Closer, I'm Blind' as I'd always thought. I shared this with Mrs Ghost over lunch & she about lost her shit with laughter. Thirty fucking years I've had it wrong.
December 6, 20196 yr 6 minutes ago, Deej said: Your car is a compact truck? Probably even more fitting of the Indigo Girls' demographic: a Subaru Outback.
December 10, 20196 yr Dirty Deets and the Thunderchief. Lord I apologize... Edited December 10, 20196 yr by Cajun
December 10, 20196 yr On 12/6/2019 at 12:55 PM, Deej said: Your car is a compact truck? Appropo of this post -- my SIL (you do not want pics, trust me) thought for a long time that Huey Lewis was singing "I want a new truck" instead of "I want a new drug."
December 10, 20196 yr On 12/6/2019 at 3:49 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said: I learned this morning when driving to work via my car's display that the Indigo Girls' biggest hit is actually titled 'Closer to Fine' and not 'Closer, I'm Blind' as I'd always thought. I shared this with Mrs Ghost over lunch & she about lost her shit with laughter. Thirty fucking years I've had it wrong. Closer to Deaf more like it.
December 10, 20196 yr Prince 1999, "Two-thousand, zero, zero...party overlips. Outta time." I thought that until a few years into this millennium.
December 13, 20196 yr I thought Everlast were singing hands instead of Ends. Those close will never let me live it down ..
December 27, 20195 yr On 12/9/2019 at 9:11 PM, Cajun said: Dirty Deets and the Thunderchief. Lord I apologize... I used to hear thunder chief as well
December 27, 20195 yr Good lord, AC/DC used to have not only females at their shows, but hot chicks. I didn't see a single female in the first :60 of that video clip.
December 27, 20195 yr On 12/11/2019 at 4:49 PM, Buzzrock said: Big ol Jed at the lighthouse Nah man, that's all wrong
December 27, 20195 yr 6 hours ago, Ogie Ogilthorpe said: I used to hear thunder chief as well Mutherfuck! I knew I wasn't the only one.
December 28, 20195 yr On 12/9/2019 at 10:42 PM, Carl Spackler said: Appropo of this post -- my SIL (you do not want pics, trust me) thought for a long time that Huey Lewis was singing "I want a new truck" instead of "I want a new drug." I want a new truck, one that won't make me sick? What kind of bad luck did that guy have with Fords or Chevys?
January 15, 20205 yr On 11/25/2019 at 9:06 PM, Dennis Taylor said: Big Ole Jed had a light on Came here to post about a guy who mentioned that misheard lyric to me once. Either you are the same person or the universe is messing with me.
January 15, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, dcbc said: Came here to post about a guy who mentioned that misheard lyric to me once. Either you are the same person or the universe is messing with me. lol not sure I've ever discussed that with anyone. I think that's a common one
January 15, 20205 yr On 12/6/2019 at 2:49 PM, GhostOfTomJoad said: I learned this morning when driving to work via my car's display that the Indigo Girls' biggest hit is actually titled 'Closer to Fine' and not 'Closer, I'm Blind' as I'd always thought. I shared this with Mrs Ghost over lunch & she about lost her shit with laughter. Thirty fucking years I've had it wrong.
January 20, 20205 yr On 11/25/2019 at 6:50 PM, noharleyyet said: Louie Louie....don't think I ever sang it correctly or the same way twice. Everyone gets a pass on that one. Not even the Kingsmen sang it the same twice in a row.
January 20, 20205 yr I thought REO Speedwagon was singing “Light in the stormhouse.” I didn’t know what a stormhouse was, but the fact that a light had come on... that seemed ominous. I was disappointed to learn the actual lyric. I also thought The Who were singing “Neeeew Orleans, hoo hoo, hoo hoo.”
January 20, 20205 yr Wife always thought Boston's Peace of Mind was "Piece of pie." People living in competition, all I want is to have my piece of pie. Makes for a better song, anyway.
January 20, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, jinx said: I wanna rock and roll all night, And part of everyday You gotta pace yourself, old man
January 22, 20205 yr My fav comment section comment for Bennie And The Jets- "I don't care what the lyrics are, I'm always singing She's got electric boobs"
February 3, 20205 yr On November 25, 2019 at 6:39 PM, Deej said: Are we talking Mondegreens, or misheard lyrics? Yes. They're the same thing. Mishearing "laid him on the green" as "Lady Mondegreen" is where the term comes from.
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