Misheard Lyrics Which Turn Out Not to Be Misheard At All

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The last song on the first Sundays lp has what sounded like the line "The Lone Ranger has sold his bad, bad dawg". I mentioned this to them when I met them one time, with a kind of "haha, can you believe how silly I was?!" disclaimer, only for them to reply "No, that's right".
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Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 14:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

"what's she gonna do with a chimney on her"...

Fabrice (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 09:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

I always thought that my mishearing produced the genius of "Of course, I've had it in my ear before" in 'Lust for Life'. But that's what it is, isn't it?

Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Is it me or is there a voice in the background during "I Wanna Sex You Up" that keeps saying

"I told you I wanted the fish-sticks!" over and over again.

Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I told you I wanted the fish-sticks!"

In the ear, sil vous plait.

Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Isn't that 'What's she gonna LOOK LIKE with a chimney on her?'

bedroom, Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

That one Shakira lyric about her breasts being small and humble so you wont confuse them with mountains.

David Allen, Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, and in the same song, the line about her legs being strong like her mother's.

bedroom, Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

I always thought I heard Queen's "One Vision" wrong where at the end he says "Gimme gimme gimme fried chicken" was looking to see what it really was the other day, sure enough, I was right...

Bryan From Kappa Sig, Thursday, 24 April 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

"red dogs under illegal eggs (legs?)" - elvis costello - what does this mean?

duane, Sunday, 27 April 2003 05:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

four years pass...

I find myself to often have to double check the lyrics to "Too Far Gone" by Adonis; doubting that he does say "Yall start jackin' off in there"

Or is he actually saying something different? Assumedly he is talking about dancing, not masturbating, but hey, you never know.

mehlt, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 06:05 (sixteen years ago) link

I always thought in Punks in the Beerlight (Silver Jews), that Dave Berman sang "Punks in the Beerlight--Toulouse-Lautrec!".

And then I found out, yeah, he does.

Chaucer Arafat, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link

Hendrix did in fact say 'Kiss this Guy' in live performances and meant for it to be androgynous on the album. Is that common knowledge? Still interesting.

humansuit, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Irreplaceable... I thought "to the left" didn't make any sense, why is his stuff in a box to the left? Then I thought "aha!", she's saying "to the lift" and she wants him to get his stuff out of her flat, down in the elevator and out of her life. Then I found out I was right the first time. Still makes no sense though.

ledge, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link

still makes more sense than Beyonce calling an elevator a "lift," wtf

Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link

The Heart of Rock and Roll is New Beaton

Mr. Que, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link

Beyonce is a a stuck up diva that's wtf. See: Madonna's English accent.

humansuit, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link

I always thought I heard Queen's "One Vision" wrong where at the end he says "Gimme gimme gimme fried chicken" was looking to see what it really was the other day, sure enough, I was right...

-- Bryan From Kappa Sig, Thursday, April 24, 2003 7:35 PM (4 years ago)

beaten to the punch, totally! we had so many arguments about this is 1987,but it turns out...well, you know.

CharlieNo4, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link

"And I feel it as the dogs begin to smell her. Will they smell alone?"

Richard Wood Johnson, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link

six years pass...

"Seems as though a month ago I was Beta-Chi." From Kenny Loggins's "Danny's Song."

Kinda weird, don't ya think?

― Dadaismus, Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:18 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not so weird when you're drinking the tussin.

how's life, Monday, 21 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link

At least it's not Ironic!

Hey HeyJ

Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 06:02 (ten years ago) link

the Robitussin references in the Moby Grape song refer to its use as a recreational drug when large amounts are ingested, nowadays known as "robo-tripping". I've long wondered whether the Grape were getting high on the dextromethorphan- or codeine-laced version of Robitussin; the latter was much more readily available in 1967 than it is now, with many states now requiring a prescription for it. Outside the US, codeine cough syrups or pain relievers are still usually available without an rx.

Lee626, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 08:43 (ten years ago) link

The Move did a cover version, but they disbelieved the lyrics they heard, so they substituted "Your old bustle" instead.

Mark G, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 10:22 (ten years ago) link

"Robitussin" possibly chosen over "Romilar" because it sang better

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link

Syd Barrett's "It Is Obvious" has the line "Your stars, my stars, simple cock bars". Syd, man, I know you were insane, but what?

rushomancy, Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link

I always thought it was cot bars... but, as you say, it's Syd after all

A frenzied geologist (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:11 (ten years ago) link

five years pass...

I put on Culture Club's 'That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)' and I cracked up when my gf made a face and said 'clowns caress you?!'. I insisted that no no, he said clouds! Come on. Clowns? As if. But then I looked it up and...hmm. Huh. Hmm. Well.

Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Friday, 28 February 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link


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