Misheard lyrics

Smoke on the water / And fire in the sky

he thought it was:

Slow-motion Walter / That fire-engine guy

And then the character Phoebe on "Friends" mistook Elton John's (well, Bernie Taupin's) chorus in Tiny Dancer as:

"Hold me closer Tony Danza"

:)

small world

1.) You'll say anything to a butterfly (If this is It)

2.) I wanna new drug, wetherwall made me sick

3.) They say the heart of rock and roll is forbidden

I guess I can make another Louie Louie reference today...

I wondered why you didn't hear more about Ian Curtis being gay.

the stones, of course

Poor guy.

As cited in Mojo as one of the best lyrics of all time!

(I hear "I look ill but...")

Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in love with excremental torture.
Original Lyrics:
I'm in love with extreme mental torture.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Steveritt

A rock journalist in the UK went to press with these misheard lyrics.

Not a misheard lyric per se, but for the longest time I refused to believe that Morrissey was actually singing, "No, I'm gonna kill my dog" on "Unhappy Birthday." And for the life of me I still cannot figure out how that has anything to do with the rest of the song.

And there is a line in "Summer's Last Sound" by Disco Inferno that I always hear as "..Which would tell you if you'll spend the next few years/Free from Laffy Taffy petrol bongs."

It's black humor, obviously:

Loved and lost
And some may say
When usually it's Nothing
Surely you're happy
It should be this way ?
I say "No, I'm gonna kill my dog"

Like when you're in a bad mood and someone says, "How many dogs did you kick on your way to school today?"

"Three lions on a shirt, jewels remain still gleaming"

!!!!

What I heard: "I trust the boys in the government".

Real lyrics: "I trust the police and the government".

i like my version much more!

We then realised they're singing "there's a conflicting sound". I liked the other version better.

Great tune either way, though. The Faint are face-rockingly awesome.

i always wondered what tom did to piss them off.

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".