What are some funny ways you or others have misunderstood lyrics over the years?
The first one that comes to mind for reasons unknown...
"Blinded by the Light" - wrapped up like a douche
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
Urgent by Foreigner- I thought they were saying Virgin, so Virgin
WTF are they saying in Blinded By the Light?
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza..."
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
WTF are they saying in Blinded By the Light?
"revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"...
It took one too many times of me singing the misheard lyrics loudly in the backseat of the family wagon for my dad to finally let me in on the proper lyrics. Of course, it didn't stop me from saying "douche" anyway for another couple of years. :)
~ Amanda
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."
WTF are they saying in Blinded By the Light?
"revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"...
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
"I'll keep it 'til it's covered with AIDS" - Hey good looking by Hank Williams.
Though that's more of a misheard lyric than a misunderstood one.
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
"I'll never be your pizza burger..."
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
Manfred Mann dropped a deuce
~ Amanda
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Excuse me while I kiss this guy..."
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
Gonna post this link before we get to "'scuse me while I kiss this guy"
http://www.uh.edu/~mbarber/mondegreens.html
Edit: oops too late
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza..."
lol
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
I guess I didn't read carefully enough. Excuse the F out of me.
In the case of others, I used to know a little boy who would sing "Taking care of biscuits." It was the cutest thing ever.
lol
"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this." -Dale Cooper
One of my paleontologist friends got this one wrong:
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Scar Tissue
In the Burgess Shale this lonely view
(should be "With the birds I share this lonely view")
not that funny, but hard to hear it the right way now.
And this probably doesn't count either, but in the song Big Rock Candy Mountain on the O Brother Album, we swear that the singer says "Blig Rock" rather than "big rock", and I just love the idea of a blig rock, whatever that is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_3nQFNy-w&feature=PlayList&p=08DCAC684916EF73&playnext=1&index=32
WTF are they saying in Blinded By the Light?
"revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"...
"...the chair is not my son"
-Michael Jackson, Billie Jean
I'm one of the sad twats who always thought Hendrix wailed "Excuse me, while i kiss this guy."
I'm one of the sad twats who always thought Hendrix wailed "Excuse me, while i kiss this guy."Sad because "kiss the SKY" makes sooooo much more sense...
While working today I overheard a woman telling someone "You're boiling my glands!", which intrigued me... then I realized it was likely "You're spoiling my plans!". I liked my way better.
While working today I overheard a woman telling someone "You're boiling my glands!", which intrigued me... then I realized it was likely "You're spoiling my plans!". I liked my way better.
While working today I overheard a woman telling someone "You're boiling my glands!", which intrigued me... then I realized it was likely "You're spoiling my plans!". I liked my way better.
While working today I overheard a woman telling someone "You're boiling my glands!", which intrigued me... then I realized it was likely "You're spoiling my plans!". I liked my way better.
While working today I overheard a woman telling someone "You're boiling my glands!", which intrigued me... then I realized it was likely "You're spoiling my plans!". I liked my way better.