Misheard Lyrics

[Steve French]

I think they have another name, but cant remember what it is.

Anyway, on random play today I heard the lyric

"Love Bombs in Space" and thought: hmmmm what is that? Of course I had misheard/half heard Richard Hell & the Voidoids

"Love Comes in Spurts"...... Doh.

also "Love Comes in Spurts" is one of the best song titles EVER.

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

I think they have another name, but cant remember what it is.

mondegreens

had a friend who always thought (a) Beast of Burden said something about a pizza burning and (B) Bad Moon Rising said something about a bathroom on the right

[potatoeater]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

Possibly the most misunderstood lyrics ever. I am guilty of mishearing on this song.

How the fuck do I put the youtube video right in the post?!

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

Possibly the most misunderstood lyrics ever. I am guilty of mishearing on this song.

How the fuck do I put the youtube video right in the post?!

I wanna leave Bennigans Love that song though I hardly understand a word of it

[Steve French]

Nobody makes bridges that size

[Jack Flash]

"The smell of fat chicks" instead of "this mellow-thighed chick" in Suffragette City.

I cannot unhear it.

[Steve French]

"The smell of fat chicks" instead of "this mellow-thighed chick" in Suffragette City.

I cannot unhear it.

I always hear what I heard when I was 13 "The smell of bad cheques has put my spine out of place"



and, you'd think that Tigers on Vaseline was incorrect, but no.

[Tequila Cowboy]

When I was 11 or 12 I thought the words to Venus by the Shocking Blue were this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, on your penis,
on your fire that you require.


As opposed to this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire at your desire.

I also remember some deep embarrassment when some kid's mom was the one to correct me...

[beantownbubba]

When I was 11 or 12 I thought the words to Venus by the Shocking Blue were this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, on your penis,
on your fire that you require.


As opposed to this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire at your desire.

I also remember some deep embarrassment when some kid's mom was the one to correct me...

If it's any consolation at this late date, EVERYONE i knew thought they were singing "penis". We didnt much care what any of the other words were

And no conversation on this subject can go too far w/out mentioning the mangling of Jimi Hendrix that goes : "'scuse me while i kiss this guy"

[Smitty]

lit up like a douche another runner in the night

[UncleFrank23]

"She's so popular" in Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers

[scotto]

When I was 11 or 12 I thought the words to Venus by the Shocking Blue were this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, on your penis,
on your fire that you require.


As opposed to this:

She's got it,
Yeah, baby, she's got it.
Well, I'm your Venus,
I'm your fire at your desire.

I also remember some deep embarrassment when some kid's mom was the one to correct me...

I can't begin to express my gratitude that you said "Venus by the Shocking Blue" instead of "Venus by Bananarama."

[never going back]

lit up like a douche another runner in the night

Yep. Or wrapped up like a douche into the Romans in the night.

I always thought Cooley was singing "If I had a dime for every time I heard my old man say one of these days, I wouldn't be lying in my own bed today..." I know what he's really saying now but I can't sing it correctly to save my life.

[dee dee]

When I first started listening to the DBT's I thought Patterson said "Seven years my daddy spinned" in Sinkhole.

[Smitty]

"All in all is all we are" (all apologies, nirvana)

I've heard people say "all alone is all we are" and "all we are is all we are" (including Kevn Kinney on the Tres Tangled Truckers at the Pour House DVD)

and "Lithium"
"I kill you I'm not smoking crack" and "I kill you I'm not coming back"

don't get me started on "Smells like Teen Spirit"....

[whatwouldcooleydo?]

Truckin' actual lyric: Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.

Truckin' lyric as many mishear it: Arrows of neon I'm flashing my keys out on Main Street



And let's not even bring up Louie Louie

[Smitty]

The Band - The Weight

actual lyric: "Take a load off Fanny"
not "Take a load off, Annie"

[Flood18]

When I first started listening to the DBT's I thought Patterson said "Seven years my daddy spinned" in Sinkhole.

Werent there a bunch of these in sinkhole people were mentioning a while back.

[Smitty]

Leprechauns are coming in a hurry with the furries breathing down your neck

[merrikat]

My best friend has one that, ever since she told me, I can't *not* sing it this way. On Gravity's Gone Cooley sings, "It's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'," and she heard, "It's like gravity's gone and I've exploded." I now am unable to sing that line any other way!! Sorry, Cooley. :D

I thought Smashing Pumpkins Disarm said, "The bitterness of one who's laugh I loathed," instead of "The bitterness of one who's left alone."

I also thought the Old 97's lyric, "Oh, Celeste" in Timebomb was "House of lids," which doesn't even make sense. At their show a few years ago, my friend looks at me and says all huffily, "That's not right, it's house arrest." To which another friend looks at us both like we're crazy and says, "It's oh, Celeste." AH. That makes much more sense ;)

[SmashedinNashville]

Hoooooooooold me cloooosah, Tony Danza.....

[SmashedinNashville]

The hubs always thought Loretta was singing "You're the reason my tits are ugly...." to Conway.

[Iowan]

The Band - The Weight

actual lyric: "Take a load off Fanny"
not "Take a load off, Annie"

There's no way anyone can sing that to make the two distinguishable. When you have a word ending in "F" right before one beginning with it, it just blends.

[lajakesdad]

real lyric: If I get murdered in the city...

misheard: A faggot murdered in the city...

that's too funny. Me and a friend were sitting around listen to that and he turned and asked me if he said that. I was laughing my ass off.

[Steve French]

"I've got shoes, they're made of plywood" vs

"I've got chills, they're multiplying"


I like the first one.

[Gator McKlusky]

I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
'Cos the air pollution is fogging up my eyes

or

Cos the air pollution is fuckin up my eyes

[scotto]

When I first heard "Jailhouse Rock," being about 3 or 4, I was sure the opening line was "Wanted to potty in the county jail..."

[Penny Lane]

"I've got shoes, they're made of plywood" vs

"I've got chills, they're multiplying"


I like the first one.

which one is correct?

[Steve French]

"I've got shoes, they're made of plywood" vs

"I've got chills, they're multiplying"


I like the first one.

which one is correct?

not a Bee Gees fan Penny? :: the second one