Misheard lyrics

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

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

ya learn something every day.

"Lasagne!!!!"

http://www.prostamerika.com/soundersfc/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Uefa_Champions_League_roma.jpg

Champignon!

I just realized I've been mishearing this Thinkin Fellers lyric - "The terror, the horror" as "The turds of war"

always heard in 'rock your body', "the air is thick, it's smelling rank".

Suede-Animal Nitrate
"In the council hall, he jumped on you both"

Another "Beat It" mondegreen:

"Show 'em how fucking / strong is your fight!"

I always thought "Breed" by Nirvana woulda been better if it'd been about a girl named Giselle.

"Giselle! Giselle! Giselle! Giseeeeeeeeeeeelle!"

Love is the drug - Roxy music
"I said COKE, she said yes, dim the lights you can guess the rest"

Found out it was go not coke, personally i like my version better!

guess the rest = "damn, cant see it now!"

wait, the lyric isn't "I said Coke, she said yes?" ...that's what I thought it was, uh, until now.

When my sister and I were kids we would sing Smooth Operator as "Coast to coast we eat enchiladas, then we sail"

DOG WARTS! DOG WAAAARTS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztRdUuOgEwk

(It's actually 'downwards')

"Ooh, I'm gonna buy shoes and I'm ready for the WEEKEND!"

Dream Baby Dream

Keep them James Brown runnin, Jesus
Keep them James Brown runnin forever

Talking Heads, "Dream Operator". When he sings "three angels above the whole human race", I thought for ages he was singing "the angels above Napoleon in rags". Come to think of it, I prefer my interpretation.

Diana Ross, I'm Still Waiting:

Then someone finally came
He told me that he loved me
I put him off at last
He could see I had no ass

Nirvana - "Scoff"
Gimme back my autoharp!
Gimme back my autoharp!

Nirvana - "Aneurysm"
Beat me, Adam Ant!
Beat me, Adam Ant!

This must have been mentioned before but, LCD Soundsystem:

"Get your payments from the nation
for your trouser tribulations"

... or does this belong here

We always thought Scoff was saying "Albert Hall"

My mate used to think Mozza was singing "Last of the Famous International Gayboys"

In smells like teen spirit, I could have swore Kurt Cobain sung "I'm a Beatle" in th chorus after he sings "a mosquito"...but turns out he was singing "my libido"...That guy always sung like he had a shotgun in his mouth...

lol good one

Chinese like a melody in my head
(garbled)
Na, na, na, na everyday
Like my eyeball's stuck on replay replay

They say that girl ya know she act too tough tough tough
Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light
They say that girl you know she act so rough rough rough
Well it's till' I turn off the light, turn off the light
And I say doggy, doggy, doggy, doggy, meow meow meow
till' you see all my dreams
Not everything in this magical world is quite what it seems

an actual mishear from an idiot on mIRC:

"I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are justin' my teddy"

when I was a kid I used to think "the Monserrat mystique" was "your mom's a rotten steak"

in "Kokomo"

I thought it was something like, "Monterrey Jack steak".

There's a Nation of Ulysses song where they say "Cough syrup! What are you coughin' up? Cough syrup!"

For some reason I thought they said, in an intentionally bad Japanese accent, "Godzirra! What are you talkin' about? Godzirra!" - as if people were warning someone that Godzilla was right behind him, and he didn't understand.

there was this chick we used to chat with on IRC that used to love the song "I Got a Man" by Positive K, but she would insist the lyrics were:

"I got a man
WHAT'S YOUR MAN GOT TO DO WITH ME?
I got a man
I'M NOT TRYIN TO HEAD OUT SEA"

She insisted "head out sea" was a metaphor. Then again, this was the same girl who once claimed World War 1 was fought between the North and the South over slaves.

All these years I've heard a line from B&S's "Shoot the Sexual Athlete" as ".. and he dressed like Sharon Olds." SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED to find out that he dresses like Sherlock Holmes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mapbdUAbcrY

Show me a penis

Just when I thought that love could never be a part of me/that's when you came along/and showed me a penis

(Juvenile, I know)

"No more will my green seagull turn a deeper blue"

(paint it black)

To expand on "Africa" confusion...

"There's nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever do
I guess the rain's down in Africa..."

"I just hope my pinball's not too big"