Misheard lyrics

i thought of another one

ben harper's 'diamonds on the inside'

"she was a horrible liar"

for ages i was hearing "she was a whore and a liar"

NIN, Hurt - not misheard but I prefer to sing it this way:

"What have I become, my Swedish friend?"

I'm surprised no one's mentioned it upthread, but Radiohead's "No surprises" had my brother fooled for a while, doubting the merits of the song:

"such a pretty ass / on such a pretty girl"

when my bro criticized this, my brother-in-law responded "well maybe he's just calling it like he sees it"

As a teen one of my friends had "Dreadlock Holiday" (you know, the one that goes "I don't like reggae / I love it") on tape, and after we'd listened to it about a kazillion times, another friend said, "You know, this is a great tune, but why does the singer say he doesn't like cricket?". Holy god did we laugh!

-- Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 29 May 2006 20:22 (1 year ago) Link

He does actually sing "I don't like cricket". One of the most popular sports in the West Indies is cricket, so it makes sense.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned it upthread, but Radiohead's "No surprises" had my brother fooled for a while, doubting the merits of the song:

"such a pretty ass / on such a pretty girl"

when my bro criticized this, my brother-in-law responded "well maybe he's just calling it like he sees it"

-- Mark Clemente, Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:27 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I could never figure out if tired_nhappy in the liner notes meant tired AND happy or tired/unhappy. hmm?

"What have I become, my Swedish friend?"

"I miss my little Danish friend" :' (

(I looked around pretty hard for a picture of Mustaine. The emoticon above will have to suffice.)

"What have I become, my Swedish friend?"

lol I thought I was the only who sang it that way. It's even better on the Cash cover. Also, I always picture him singing it to the sSwedish chef from the muppets.

that scene with mustaine is one of the most surreal things i've seen on screen
the guy recalls 1982 like it was a week ago

Just realised that James Carr is not singing 'Sugarplums all dancing in my mind/ everyday you whip me it feels like valentines' in You Got my Mind Messed Up.... (it's 'everyday you're with me')

My brother thought Billy Jo was saying "sell doughnuts at my door" on 'When I Come Around'.

This girl insisted that the lyrics to Positive K's "I Got a Man" were "I'm not tryin to head out sea", and claimed it was a 'metaphor'.

one of my friends in middle school thought James Hetfield was saying "to constipate his grace" in Metallica's 'Unforgiven'

Someone on Internet Relay chat thought the chorus to "The Real Slim Shady" went "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the Real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are justin my teddy".

oh and this foreign guy who spoke broken english on IRC was convinced that the chorus to Metallica's 'One' went "Hold my breathless, I wish go dead"

british nobodies freerunner have a song called 'friday don't need it' and it sounds exactly like "fried egg, don't eat it" which amuses me somewhat

vegan anthem

my brother used to think one of the lyrics on Shaquille O'neals debut was "Rhymin is like poopin, I'm already a legend"...

oh and this foreign guy who spoke broken english on IRC was convinced that the chorus to Metallica's 'One' went "Hold my breathless, I wish go dead"

I knew someone who thought it was "Oh, my breath is Irish for death".

that just made me lol

Oh my breath is Irish for death....Oh please Zod spank me.

Split Enz 'I See Red'

hurt my penis walking down the street
I see red I see red I see red

Still no idea what the actual lyric is.

i always used to hear the Big L line "you see what happened in my last fight friend?/aight then" as "you see what happened to my last white friend/ aight then"

just mis-heard again today, as I have forever, the Hollies "Bus Stop"

"By all goods she was mine" (instead of) by August she was mine.

can't believe that i am the 1st to mention this one (b/c i'm not the only one whose misheard this song), but anyway:

the cocteau twins, "sugar hiccup on cheerios"

I just posted this in the Muxtape thread, but:

In the Rose Tattoo song "Remedy" I mistook the line "Baby you know they call it...Rock and rollll!" for, "Baby you're not retarded...ROCK AND ROOOLLLLL!"

Until last week, in Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry," I always thought he sang:

"And then we'll cook corned beef porridge, of which I'll share with you"

Saw someone sing it in Karaoke and when they printed the actual "a meal for it" lyrics, I nearly fell over.

Am I the only one who for years thought the chorus to Toto's "Africa" goes "I guess the rain's down in Africa", not "I bless the rains down in Africa"?

http://www.amiright.com/misheard/ >>> mega LOL

Tori Amos: "God, sometimes you're a stone cold fool"

Theres a song on that last Burial album that me and my mates keep hearing as "I cant take no more in my eye". No idea wtf it actually is, mind.

From "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts":

"Rosemary combed her hair and ... took a cabbage into town."

Mott, I'll always love ya for that one.

Carrot glide, carrot glide, no he can't read my poker face.

"Le-e-et's groove/be sick in your shoes" - Let's Groove by Kool And The Gang

Not only did you get the lyric wrong but the band too.

Paul Young, "Every Time You Go Away":

Every time you go away
You take a piece of meat with you

Life Without Buildings - Juno: "Mad as a seal, mad as a seal"

Roger hold a pumpkin, in the cold November rain

anagram, I always used to think it was 'you take a piece of cheese with you'

Gang of Four - Anthrax

"ought to control what I do to my mind" >>Actual lyrics

Better lyric that I always heard<<<<<"Oh to control what I did to my mind."

I used to always think "how spooky. What on earth did he do to his mind that makes him wish he could go back and take the mental reigns? Was he brainwashed?"

Cars "Shake It Up" - "Dance all night with anyone/ Don't let nobody pick your bum"

Cher - "Shit, seeds, crappin' beans"

Just heard "Rich Man's Spiritual" by Gordon Lightfoot for the first time, and seriously thought the 1st verse ended "I'm gonna get me a long white rope, and get me hung". The following verses made me look up the lyrics, though.

For years I thought Morphine's "Candy" went:

"Candy says she's made arrangements / for me in her cell"

Instead of "in the sand."

Huh. Not very interesting. Carry on.

I thought that when James Murphy shouts "Joy Division!" in Losing My Edge that he was shouting "Chinavision!" and I figured it was probably a really cool band I should learn more about.

same with the band NCC (10cc)

"Break my knees so I can't move" in Destiny's child's Bug-a-boo.

more than a lover
more than a lamma
more than enough, for you
-aaliyah

I always heard INXS 'Don't Change' as:

Don't change the earth
Don't change a thing, for me

"And you can act real rude and totally removed
Like an African in Brazil"

Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Beat it, beat it, no one wants to beat it, beat it

: D

"just like a ONE-winged dove, sings a song sound like she singing"

If I only could
Make a deal with God
Get him to swap our faces

- Kate Bush