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8.25.2008

Misheard Lyrics

I think we all mishear song lyrics from time-to-time. Here are a few that I found at various sites online:

By the Police - Message In A Bottle:
Actual: "A year has passed since I wrote my note"
Misheard: "A year has passed since I broke my nose"

By the Beatles - Michelle:
Actual: "Michelle ma belle, sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble"
Misheard: "Michelle ma belle, some say monkeys play piano well, play piano well"

By the Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds:
Actual: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
Misheard: "The girl with colitis goes by"

The Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive:
Actual: "It's alright, it's okay, you may look the other way"
Misheard: "It's alright, it's okay, you make love the other way"

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody:
Actual: "Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?"
Misheard: "Scallaboosh, Scallaboosh, will you do the banned tango?"

David Bowie – Changes:
Actual: "Strange fascination fascinating me"
Misheard: "Strange vaccinations are killing me"

Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light:
Actual: "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"
Misheard: "Wrapped up like a douchbag in the middle of the night"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon On The Rise:
Actual: "There's a bad moon on the rise"
Misheard: "There's a bathroom on the right"

Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away:
Actual: "Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you"
Misheard: "Every time you go away you take a piece of meat with you"

Herman's Hermits - Must To Avoid:
Actual: "She's a must to avoid"
Misheard: "She's a muscular boy"

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes:
Actual: "She knows how to make a pro blush"
Misheard: "She knows how to make pub lunch"

Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans:
Actual: "Forever in blue jeans"
Misheard: "For Reverend Blue Jeans"

Bonnie Tyler - Heartache:
Actual: "It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache"
Misheard: "It's hard egg, nothing but a hard egg"

Paul Simon - Graceland:
Actual: "As if Id never noticed, the way she brushed her hair from her forehead"
Misheard: "As if I'd never noticed, the way she brushed her hair, and farted"

And probably the most famous misheard lyric of all time:
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze:
Actual: "S'cuse me while I kiss the sky"
Misheard: "S'cuse me while I kiss this guy"

Here are my own:

Sam Cooke - Twisting The Night Away
Actual: "He's dancing with the chick in slacks"
Misheard: "He's dancing with the chicken slats"

Jimmy Buffet - Margaritaville:
Actual: "Wastin' away again in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt"
Misheard: "Wasted away again in Margaritaville, searching for my outlaw shaker of salt"

What are some of your misheard lyrics?

12 comments :

  1. The Lucy in the Sky one was an old joke that Richard Jeni used to do in his standup.

    One that I always got wrong was "Glorified G" by Pearl Jam.

    Actual: Glorified version of a pellet gun.
    Misheard: Glorified version of a pelican.

    I know, I know...

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  2. I'm constantly finding people on my sitemeter who have come to my page looking for Billy Joel's "Vienna waits for you" by googling "The inner waits for you". I get at least one a week and it isn't the same person.

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  3. Remember Karen-na-na-na from high school? She was convinced that "Bad Moon Rising" was really about unfortunate political maneuvers by conservatives: "There's a bad move on the right."

    Jim always thought that "Hot fun in the summertime" was "Hot fudge in the summertime."

    One I remembered from a television show was--
    Correct: Don't it make my brown eyes blue
    Misheard: Doughnuts make my brown eyes blue

    I've had some that I've misheard, but none of them were funny that I can remember.

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  4. Hazy Shade of Winter:
    Actual" Look around, Leaves are brown.."

    What I heard: "Look around, Lisa Brown..."

    No Doubt Spider web:
    Actual: "It's all your fault, I screen my phone calls"

    What I heard "It's all your fault, I scream my balls off"

    Aerosmith: Actual
    "Dude looks like a Lady"

    What I heard:
    "Do the funky lady"

    ACDC: Actual

    Dirty Deeds, done dirt cheap"

    What Beau heard:
    "Dirty deeds and the Dunder Chiefs"

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  5. You forgot this one, Ville:

    Creedence Clearwater - Down on the Corner:
    Actual: Willy and the poor boys are playi', bring a nickel; tap your feet.

    Ville Misheard: Willy and the poor boys are playin', throwing meatloaf at your feet.

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  6. LOL. How could I have forgotten that one!!

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  7. Cute post! How about, "Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you."

    Nice blog. I've over from David's place.

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  8. I came across one of mine today as I was listening to pandora.com

    Song: "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" by Donovan

    Actual: That I may, That I may wear my love like heaven.
    Misheard: Flatter me, Flatter me, Wear my love like heaven.

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  9. Do remember how long it took us to get "a silver bicycle we shall ride" from Donovan's "Ferris Wheel"? Don't feel badly about not getting some of his lyrics; he's always played with syllables.

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  10. I was thinking about the silver bicycle earlier. Also "cri-STILL spec-TICK-les."

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  11. Deni: LMAO!

    Ville: How could you forget that one and leave me here to remember it???

    Willow: Oh yeah, I love that one best!

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