yesterday i learned that the dutch word for "mondegreen" is "mama appelsap", after a michael jackson song (presumably the soul makossa thing)
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:14 (five years ago) link
Correct, it's because a lot of people thought they heard/wanted to hear 'mama appelsap' in 'Wanna Be Startin' Something'. 'Mama appelsap' means 'mama apple juice'.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 7 February 2019 08:26 (five years ago) link
mamasay mamasa mamakusa puts me in mind of the epic Rusted Root neologism thread
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 February 2019 12:33 (five years ago) link
In "Man In The Mirror", the line "a summer disregard, a broken bottle top" I always sing in my head as "a Baby Bottle Pop"
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
"So when you call up that shrink in Beverly HillsYou know the one, goddammit everything's going to be alright."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
Runnin With the Devil:
I found the simple life ain't so simpleWhen I jumped out, on that roadI got no love, no love in Korea ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
Party Rock Anthem, I always heard them declare "No Lennon or Zeppelin."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
Saint Etienne, Girl VII: "Blazer y-fronts blazer y-fronts"
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
when I was first getting into Metallica, due to James's weird elocution, I kept thinking he was singing "tied to machines that make me pee", and kept wondering what the main character had left to pee out of
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 03:28 (five years ago) link
Though I know the real lyrics, my whole life my brain has persisted in hearing Ex Lion Tamer's chorus as going "be good to your geniuses!"
― mick signals, Sunday, 31 March 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
Might be an old chestnut, but The Police's Walking on the Moon: "Tomorrow's another day, Tuesday"
― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Thursday, 4 April 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
In "Tempted," I always end up singing "tempted by the fruit of your mother."
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 4 April 2019 12:06 (five years ago) link
I'm telling you, babeThat I don't think it's true, babeOr even if it is, keep kissing mine
― mick signals, Sunday, 14 April 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/E3gQ0km.png
― mick signals, Friday, 31 May 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
Whenever I listen to the Red Crayola song Former Reflections Enduring Doubt, I hear the opening words as: "Martha Plimpton..."
(I like that so much, I don't even wanna know what Mayo's really singing!)
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 22:49 (five years ago) link
We can try to understandThe New York Times' effect on man
lol u gotta be shitting me
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 July 2019 05:38 (four years ago) link
That's gonna bug me...
Back later
― Mark G, Sunday, 7 July 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
Got it.
Carry on...
― Mark G, Sunday, 7 July 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
Wayward son
― CumuloNIMBY (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 July 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
There'll be peas when you are done
― CumuloNIMBY (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 8 July 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
I was sure "Stayin' Alive" said "The New York Times don't make no sense"
(even before my recognition of their warmongering corporate liberalism)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 July 2019 02:32 (four years ago) link
Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Cold Shot." Was stunned to find out he's not singing "at nights I go shopping"
(real lyric = "and that's a cold shot, baby")
― Josefa, Monday, 8 July 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
All I ever wantedAll I ever neededIs here in my arse
― mick signals, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
that sort of reminds me:
Kylie - Made of Glass "where dogging is rarely that necessary"
― kinder, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
I always thought the Mr Belvedere theme began:
Streets of ChinaNever met him before
And not
Streaks on the chinaNever mattered before
― Fuck Trump, cops, and the CBP (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
Silver Jews - Ablemarle Station
Bad roads, bad snow, bad bridgesTed Turner wants Batman religious
(could turn a once bad man religious)
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
'Breathe' - Shaggy ft. Blu Cantrell
I've always always always heard the line as 'So what's that supposed to be, a bald lady?'
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
idk if this fits here but I've heard "Caribbean Queen" probably every day for the past two years and I still cannot understand why Billy weights it like "Carob Bean Queen"
It is ca-RIB-be-yan right? Not care-ob-BEEN? *does a google* what the fuck he recorded three versions of this song? European Queen? African Queen?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:36 (four years ago) link
I would say something like CA-ro-BE-yan?
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:43 (four years ago) link
not much different to how he sings it I guess? I have heard people pronounce it Cuh-RIB-ian but that sounds non-standard
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:44 (four years ago) link
ah this is a UK vs American thing https://www.google.com/search?q=caribbean+pronounce
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
Ocean is English/Trinidadian
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
Also that's how it's pronounced in the Caribbean, isn't it?
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:06 (four years ago) link
How is it pronounced in Pirates of the Caribbean?
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
I've heard "Caribbean Queen" probably every day for the past two years
y tho
― hoostanbank de reason lyrics mp4 hd video download (unregistered), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
My boyfriend has two playlists, a daytime list and a nighttime list, Ocean is on both
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
Both pronunciations suggest four syllables, whether you're weighting on the rib or the care/bee. European is four syllables; does Ocean sing "Europe Peen" when he adjusts the origin story of his queen?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:54 (four years ago) link
I'm gonna write a song called "Euripidean Queen"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
He sings it with four syllables though? Admittedly I don't hear it every day.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:57 (four years ago) link
do you say you-ROW pee-an?
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
I hear it every day too because work and it's definitely 4 syllables
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
also here's a random fact I found out the other day: Billy Ocean sings backup vocals on Scott Walker's Track Three on Climate of Hunter
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
Nope I say YER-rope-EE-an, the opposite of fa-LOPE-ee-an.
It is four syllables? OK I'll take it. I guess it's more my own aesthetic barometer swinging more toward the melodious possibility of a "ca-RIB-be-yan QUEEN" over "CARE-ob-BEE-yan QUEEN". Having the phoneme "bean"/"BEE-yan" weighted heavily next to an also-weighted-heavily "queen" is unappealing to my ears? Bean Queen. Lots of 'ee' sounds.
Anyway "now our hearts they beat as one / no more love on the run" is a fabulous lyric, but I always like it when a lyricist names an object and then follows it with a pronoun, "our hearts, they..." "my father, he..." "my lover, she..." etc.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
*a subject, rather, I guess
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
I keep hearing mentions to Felix Leiter in the "I’d be a fearless leader/I'd be an alpha type" lines in Swift's "The Man". I really liked the clever nod to Ian Fleming and addressing her own americanity.
― cpl593H, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 13:08 (four years ago) link
That's Sean Paul, not Shaggy
― kinder, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
Lol
― When I am afraid, I put my toast in you (Neanderthal), Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:48 (four years ago) link
xp - oh yeah, course it is.
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 08:58 (four years ago) link
Just remembered that when I first heard 'Motorcycle Emptiness' as a teenager at a local indie night, I heard 'Under neon loneliness' as something like 'La la-la la lovely boots' and now that's what it is
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 08:59 (four years ago) link
Bob Dylan - Are You Ready?
Are you ready for the judgment?Are you ready for that Taylor Swift song?
For a moment I thought he was making a joke, but the recording is from 80
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link