Misheard Lyrics

[Pauro 76]

Is there a song for years you were convinced that the lyrics were what you thought? I always thought the chorus to Toto's 'Rain in Africa' went

'I guess it rains down in Africa'
it's 'I bless the rains down in Africa'. Any examples?

[thischarmingman]

There's a word for misheard lyrics, which as far as I remember comes from an actual misheard lyric.

Hang on a sec...

[Lionel Ritchie]

'scuse me while I kiss this guy

:D

[thischarmingman]

Ah, it's a 'Mondegreen.'

My favourite is the Jimi Hendrix 'scuse me while I kiss this guy,' lyrics.

Check out http://www.kissthisguy.com/ ---->



The real lyrics were:
Sunday Bloody Sunday

But I misheard them as:
Some day buddy, some day




The real lyrics were:
The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

But I misheard them as:
The ants are my friends,
they're blowin' in the wind
The ants are a-blowin' in the wind




The real lyrics were:
Here we are now, entertain us

But I misheard them as:
Here we are now in containers




The real lyrics were:
Heathcliff!
It's me, Cathy and I've come home
oh, so cold, let me in-a your window

But I misheard them as:
Eeee-wheee!
It's me; I'm a tree, I'm a wombat.
Oh, so cold at the end of your winter

[Pauro 76]

Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer

I thought for a while the first line was 'Tommy used to work on the DART'!

[passinginterest]

Amy Winehouse - Valerie,
I always though she was saying that-a-way, obviously this was before I knew the song was called Valerie.

Aeorsmith - Love in an Elevator,
I thought that was Livin' la vie da layda.

I'm terrible at lyrics in general to be honest.

[osarusan]

I thought for a while the first line was 'Tommy used to work on the DART'!

Me too.:o

Here's a website devoted to misheard lyrics. Some funny examples.

http://www.kissthisguy.com/funny.php

[inexile]

the actual lyrics were "sad sweet dreamer its just one of those things you put down to experience"

i thought it was "sex with tina ...... etc"

[sonofstan]

'Ireland's Industry, that's what we are.....' by Kenny R. and Dolly P.

[stojkovic]

Abra, Abracadabra
I met a brazzer from Cabra.

[Maz]

Not me but one of the girls was forever singing "Take me to the parking lot" when it should have been "Take me to the clouds above"...yeah she is still getting slagged about it

[dahamsta]

Sorry, didn't mean to lock this.

[noby]

Thank God I didn't start that 'What dumbass locked the Misheard Lyrics' thread in support. Could have opened a whole new can of worms. Now where's my tin hat.

Anyway, to keep it on topic, to my bemusement I discovered a few years ago that a group of female friends thought the Weather Girls sang' It's a rainy day, hallelujah', which kind of completely misses the point of the song.

[Roadend]

You soon set them straight though ;)

[Block G Raptor]

Weather Girls sang' It's a rainy day, hallelujah', which kind of completely misses the point of the song.

My ex thought it was raining baby and used to contradict me down to the ground when i'd correct her :confused: which again completely misses the point of the song

[strangeirish]

Message in a bottle...
'A year has passed since I wrote my note'
Misheard as...
'A year has passed since I broke my nose'

[Pauro 76]

that song No One by Alicia Keys.

For ages I didnt know who it was, and thought she was singing 'Go On, Go On, Go On'

oh and Celine Dion.......

'I believe that the hot dogs go on and on...'

and Shakira, that line from 'Underneath your Clothes'

'Lamps are hanging from the ceiling' sounds like 'snots are hanging from the ceiling' :D

[Magicme]

God you listen to some crap music Pauro! Are you sure your not a girl?? :D

When my eldest was younger he used to think that Fat Boy Slim was singing "crazy like a shoe" when it was actually "Praise you like I should" We still slag him about that.

[Pauro 76]

God you listen to some crap music Pauro! Are you sure your not a girl?? :D

When my eldest was younger he used to think that Fat Boy Slim was singing "crazy like a shoe" when it was actually "Praise you like I should" We still slag him about that.

Oh Jaysis no i never listen to that sh!te! :eek: We've the radio on at work and that song keeps popping up.

Used to think Sting's Englishman in New York went 'Im an alien, im a little alien'...

[TonyD]

The Stranglers - Golden Brown. For ages thought the lyrics went "Lays me down with my mancheerons." Spent a long time wondering WTF a mancheeron was before I copped on it was "with my mind she runs" :D

[noby]

You mean it's not a mancheeron?

[passinginterest]

That reminds me of another one:
Blur - Song 2
"I got my head shaved, by a jimojay" I always did wonder what a jimojay was.
It was only a few weeks ago I found out it was jumbo jet.
And I used to sing along to this constantly while playing Fifa Road to World Cup 98.

[Wolfie]

Stone Roses - I wanna be Adored

Someone once asked me "What is a "dored" anyway?"

[Bluebeard]

You mean it's not a mancheeron?

Seconded. I always presumed it was some 70s drug reference that I was too young and innocent to get:o

[Pauro 76]

My girlfriend thought that the first line to You Sexy Thing was...

'I believe in mangos'....

[McShels]

Message in a bottle...
'A year has passed since I wrote my note'
Misheard as...
'A year has passed since I broke my nose'

I used to think the exact same.

When zig anf zag used to be on 2FM's breakfast show with Ian Dempsey they would sing songs as they heard them the Bon Jovi 'Living on a Dart' was used one day.

Surprised no-one has mentioned Queen's 'fried chicken' at the end of 'One Vision'

[Magicme]

Slightly off topic but I remember many moons ago buying my brother-in-law the Shooting Stars game which came with a CD which included Vic Reeves doing his "Karaoke" style version of songs and you had to guess what he was singing. We had a party one night and the CD came out and we were all trying to guess the songs and there was one where he kept singing "what about the chickens" over and over. Turned out it was nothing to do with chickens but was his version of Michael Jackson's Earth Song. Was really funny especially to those who were using "performance enhancing substances" on the night.

[Pauro 76]

Ex workmate had me in fits once...

Bee Gees 'How Deep Is Your Love' changed to 'How Big Is Your Kn*b'? :D

[gustavo]

That reminds me of another one:
Blur - Song 2
"I got my head shaved, by a jimojay" I always did wonder what a jimojay was.
It was only a few weeks ago I found out it was jumbo jet.
And I used to sing along to this constantly while playing Fifa Road to World Cup 98.
It's actually "I got my head checked" ;)

[stann]

Surprised no-one has mentioned Queen's 'fried chicken' at the end of 'One Vision'

Thinking I'm falling into the dense trap now but, ehhhhh, they do sing 'Fried Chicken' at the end. :confused:
It's marvellously witty don'tcha know.

I have quite a few of these that I can't remember at the mo, I think because I get genuinely embarrassed for myself each time I find out the difference between the real and imagined phrase, and proceed to block it from my memory. I'm sure one or two will come back with a bit of prompting.

[Wolfie]

Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" has a line "When the lights out, its less dangerous".

A mate of mine heard it as "When the lights out, MISSUS DAVIS!!!!!!"

[Pauro 76]

Heard one the other day that could be misconstrued...

Theres a line in Aerosmith's 'Dont Wanna Miss A Thing'

'Oh when I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together...'

I swore 'eyes' sounded like 'ass'.

Same with Shakira 'Underneath Your Clothes'

'Lamps are hanging from the ceiling' sounds like 'snots are hanging from the ceiling'.... :D

[Block G Raptor]

Mario Rosenstock in his Ronan Keating Guise on Gift Grub was going on about these yesterday. I wonder was he reading this thread as he mentioned nearly every one

[Pauro 76]

Mario Rosenstock in his Ronan Keating Guise on Gift Grub was going on about these yesterday. I wonder was he reading this thread as he mentioned nearly every one

I started this thread so I'll hunt him down if he does nick these.... ;)

[Metrostars]

When I was a kid, I always thought The Police's

"I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing...." was "I can't, I can't, I can't stand music..." which I couldnt understand because they were playing music...

[michaelguineys]

That one Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas. her song Glamourous
She says
We're flying first class
Up in the sky
Poppin' champagne

Definitely sounds like
We're flying first class
Up in the sky
I got a sh*t pain

[TonyD]

Just thought of another one.

Squeeze - Is That Love.

The line "Beat me up with your letters, your walk out notes" sounds like:
"Beat me up with your lettuce" :D

[Blue Man]

My mate used to think the chorus to REM's 'Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight' was "calling Chadder Baker" when it was "call me when she wakes now". Still gets a fierce time over it!

[Olander]

aerosmith - dude looks like a lady

i thought he said "do the frocky lady" :o

[Thunderblaster]

Lighthouse Family's High

At the end of the day
Remember the way
We were close to the UK

:eek:

[Pauro 76]

Queen 'We Will Rock You'

I was never sure of the line...

'You got mud on your face, you big disgrace
Whipping your bladder all over the place.'

Only now did I find out it was...

Wavin your banner all over the place

:eek:

[sligoman]

Wavin your banner all over the place:eek: I always thought it was 'Kicking your can all over the place':o

[stann]

It is, they're different verses.
'Kickin your can' is the last line of the first verse, 'waving your banner' the last line of the second.

'Buddy you're an old man, poor man, pleadin' with your eyes, gonna make a zombie some day', on the other hand, is not a line in the song at all. :o
Turns out it's 'gonna make you some peace some day'. :D

[brendy_éire]

For ages I thought that Eiffel 65's Blue (Da ba de de ba di) went 'I'm blue. I was beat up and died'. Felt like a wile eejit when my friend corrected me on it.

[Magicme]

You should feel like an eejit for even listening to that song brendy.

[Block G Raptor]

Mini raptor used to love the feckin' thing when she was about 18months . every time we'd get into the car all we'd here was "Boo ....Boo" and she'd keep it up till it was put on then about 2 lines from the end she'd have the hands up in the air just waiting and as soon as the last note* sounds she'd be at it again "Boo Boo Boo" hands waving frantically until yet again we'd put it back on. needless to say long journeys were agony.

*if you could call any of the noises on that track a note

[OwlsFan]

Kevin Barry song "who died for liberty"

As a kid I thought this was "who died for liver tea" :o

[drinkfeckarse]

Gwen Stefani had a song out a few years ago called "Hey Baby". There's a line in it where she sings "Boys say, boys say"...

I had my wife convinced that it was actually a tribute song to Only Fools and Horses and she was singing "Boycie, boycie". :D :D

[pól-dcfc]

And I used to sing along to this constantly while playing Fifa Road to World Cup 98.

Best game ever.

I've got two, one from me and one from the current wife.

Monster by The Automatic

Actually: "What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?"
What I heard: "What's that coming over the hill? Is it a bus stop?"

Could for the life of me figure out why a bus stop would be coming over a hill/

Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy
Actually: "Smack my bitch up"
What the mrs heard up until 2 months ago: "Smash my picture"

I've never laughed so hard in all my life as when I realised she seriously believed they were the lyrics.

[Sheridan]

I remember the first time I heard the song Volare, the line "Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu" sounded like "kneedeep in gerbils" etc.