Misheard lyrics

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

Mark G, Friday, 17 September 2010 13:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

and i was standing on the side of the road
rain falling on my shoes
heading out for the east coast
lord knows i've paid some dudes gettin' through
tangled up in blue

astronomy broheems (haitch), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

roxy music - stranded

actual lyrics: "from courtly love to costly game"

i always hear: "from courtNEY love to costly game"

charlie h, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

"Make me a deal, and make it quick
Offside is zeal, I kick it.
Doowabeda DEE a ZurrrrrWIT!
I really hope we don't blow it..."

Mark G, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 14:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

but which chevrolet i own
i drive back to the place you are
peter gabriel, "in your eyes"

kamerad, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

David Bowie, "Wild is the Wind": "Don't you know, your life- it's hell"

B'wana Beast, Sunday, 26 December 2010 08:06 (2 years ago) Permalink


basically what the clean version of the song results in

We attack the mayor with hummus (kelpolaris), Sunday, 26 December 2010 08:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

The Jungle Brother's "Black Is Black" I heard "Martin Luther had to shout" as "Martin Buber had to shout." For a brief moment I was impressed that the Jungle brothers were throwing out Buber references before I pieced things together.

EDB, Friday, 21 January 2011 16:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

When I was a kid I always heard that Dire Straits song as 'money for nothing and your chips for free'. I mean, who's gonna turn down free chips? I'll take mine with salt and loads of vinegar, thanks.

wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, 21 January 2011 22:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

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

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

― VegemiteGrrrl, Sunday, 27 September 2009 10:50 (1 year ago)

...you mean it isnt that? *checks*

fuuuuuck.

Stargazey Pi (Trayce), Saturday, 22 January 2011 01:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

I also thought "The one thing"'s chorus went "you want my thing". Blargh. Mumbles Hutchence.

Stargazey Pi (Trayce), Saturday, 22 January 2011 01:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

"Oh, give me the Beach Boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock n roll and drift away ..."

Jazzbo, Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:12 (2 years ago) Permalink

Is the band name Half Man Half Biscuit derived from the Birthday Party song She's Hit in which A Monster Half Man Half-beast climbs the stairs?
Think that's the right correct words but Cave sounds odd at that point.

Stevolende, Thursday, 10 March 2011 20:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

5 months pass...

Wo-Woh it's a Rock and Roll Dalmatian....

Mark G, Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

"I'm not talking 'bout a live-in"
"I'm not talking 'bout milennia"

(England Dan and John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight")

timellison, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

There's a warlock blowin the stars around...

i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

Isn't she lovely
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we'd be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn't she lovely, yes or no

the four HOOSmen of the STEENpacolypse (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

misheard lyric: "bad day at the cattery, they're making a mess of me"
actual lyric: "bad day at the cannery, they're making a mess of me"

from Meet Me In The Dollar Bin by Les Savy Fav.

spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Saturday, 12 November 2011 13:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I don't want my pizza burnin'

Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 January 2012 19:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Creepy.

Pixies lyrics I have misheard:

"losing my penis to a horrid disease"
I refused to believe that he was saying "whore with disease"

"I am moved -- SHIT! and I lose ya!" ("I am un chien andalusia")

the Smurf who'll snatch your money (Je55e), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

max b

"spending all my money on jewellery and vehicles"

as

"spending all my money on jewellery and bagels"

gucci gyoza (tpp), Sunday, 15 April 2012 10:15 (1 year ago) Permalink

An alternative take on Neil Young's classic 'Broken Arrow'...

"Did you see them in the river?
They were there to wave to you.
Could you tell that the empty quiver? Groundskin.
In the inn
on the banks that were crowded and narrow
Held a broken arrow?"

Now I know that italicised part makes absolutely no sense and I know now that its actually "empty-quiverred brown-skinned Indian", but for years that's how I heard it (no lyric sheets in those Buffalo Springfield albums!).

Bloody Snail, Sunday, 15 April 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

I'M THE ILLEST MUTHAFUCKA FROM HERE TO GARDENIA

Until last week, I though this line was "I'm the illest muthafucka since Vincent Gardenia", thus continuing the Beastie Boys tradition of surpassing the hip hop prowess of Italian-American character actors, cf. Abe Vigoda.

bendy, Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Enter Sandman"

Say your prayers!
It's a won-
-derful gift my son,
To include everyone.

Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Fork display

http://www.kissthisguy.com/538misheard.htm

pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:56 (10 months ago) Permalink

war of the masses / outcome disastrous / many of the victim's families shaved their asses

Poliopolice, Monday, 6 August 2012 20:17 (10 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

my friend missy posting abt her daughter on facebook: A-- asked to hear "Missy in the sky with dominoes."

lag∞n, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

<3

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

tinie tempeh - pass out

"i've never been to scunthorpe"

wait a minute he DOES say that

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:29 (7 months ago) Permalink

Paul, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 15:58 (7 months ago) Permalink

Paul, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 16:00 (7 months ago) Permalink

^ both engrained in my brain

itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 16:01 (7 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

"spit on the streets/don't hesitate"

qiqing, Monday, 26 November 2012 03:36 (6 months ago) Permalink

everyone's misheard "how soon is now," of course ... i originally thought that the opening lyric was "i am the sun and the air/of a shiner that is criminally vulgar." that is, that someone had punched Morrissey and gave him a black eye (or maybe that's me projecting?) what the "sun and air" had to do with getting a black eye, though, was an unsolved teenage mystery.
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 26 December 2002 20:23 (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How Soon Is Ow?

(timing!)

Mark G, Monday, 26 November 2012 09:15 (6 months ago) Permalink

I got the money and the juice
Twin sisters in my bed
Their father had Andy
So i shot him in the head

i assumed it was some kind of Andy Griffith reference.

how's life, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 10:41 (6 months ago) Permalink

Speaking of the Smiths, I always heard it as "Haunted bicycle"

make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 10:54 (6 months ago) Permalink

I'm not talking bout my linen
and I don't wanna change your mind
but there's a warm wind blowin the stars around
and I'd really love to see you tonight

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:44 (6 months ago) Permalink

Was pretty sad to find out that on Money Trees off Good Kid Maad City, "Dolla Mike" had not just fucked my main bitch.

Andrew W, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:58 (6 months ago) Permalink

When I was little and I would listen to "All I Really Want" I thought Alanis was singing "The conflicts, the craziness, and the sound of credenzas falling all around"

jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:10 (6 months ago) Permalink

That's actually how I learned what a credenza was

jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:11 (6 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

Humpty Dance

"I'm sick with this, straight gangsta mack"

as

"I'm sick with this, straight 'gainst the max"

and in fact, used to describe things as "straight 'gainst the max" as a term of derision.

how's life, Sunday, 17 March 2013 16:14 (3 months ago) Permalink

u should bring it back

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:00 (3 months ago) Permalink

creepin on the comeup:

"Stocking cat food, plotting jack moves"

still not sure the actual lyric, but i like the image of bizzy working in a pet store...

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m0stlyClean, Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:42 (3 months ago) Permalink

Dusky's "Nobody Else" is one of my favorite tracks of the year, slightly mitigated when my daughter asked if they're singing, "No body....no body hair."

bendy, Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:20 (3 months ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

eating dick with janus, jeanie, and george harrison

Spectrum, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:37 (2 months ago) Permalink


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