Misheard lyrics

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"

Brother and I used to think Immigrant Song went:

"Always sleeping, and crushing on / I wanna go where there's a wrestling show!"

Hey little thing lemon lime sh' can-o-corn/ Uh mama I'm sure the ha nah nah disciplaaan!

Bryan Adams' abomination came on the other day and I realized that all these years I thought the lyrics were "I'd die for you / I'd lie for you / I'd walk a mile for you..."

Like, a WHOLE mile. ON FOOT.

always hear: "and he can't be a man cos he doesn't smoke / ten cigarettes a week". worked as i now smoke 10 cigarettes each week, no less.

a friend slept over last night so made breakfast this morning, listening to a bunch of 60s northern soul tracks and patti & the emblems 'mixed up shook up girl' (the great live version from that multi-cd compilation) came on. my friend was shocked and wondered who the 'big fat sugar girl' was

xp: I have always thought that too.

elvis, burning love: "i missed my turn to smoke, but i feel fine"
beach boys: "round round get a round, i'll get a round... i'll get a round in, i'll give you special brew"

for context, xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hyO8L4P-oo

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

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

roxy music - stranded

actual lyrics: "from courtly love to costly game"

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

"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..."

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

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

http://i.imgur.com/x65Fs.jpg
basically what the clean version of the song results in

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.