Misheard lyrics

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!).

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.

"Enter Sandman"

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

Fork display

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

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

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

<3

tinie tempeh - pass out

"i've never been to scunthorpe"

wait a minute he DOES say that

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAFBjmdNPKo&feature=related

^ both engrained in my brain

"spit on the streets/don't hesitate"

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!)

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.

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

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

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

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"

That's actually how I learned what a credenza was

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.

u should bring it back

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

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."

eating dick with janus, jeanie, and george harrison

hey-e-ey bud or amstel light?

("alive," PJ)

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, January 21, 2011 10:54 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

when I was a kid I was convinced it was "money for nothing and your checks for free."

me too!

I'm not talk bout my linen
and I don't want to change your blinds

(I'd Really Love To See You Tonight)

True story: until two months ago, my wife thought this song was called 'Burn to Death'

—ArchCarrier in the Motown discussion thread

re: The Four Tops' "Bernadette"

when i was a kid i thought ac/dc's "dirty deeds" took place "in a dunder jeep."

<3

i just googled "dunder jeep" and apparently this is a common misconception.

how else does crocodile dundee offroad through the outback?

Until 2001, I thought it was "dirty deeds and the dunder cheek," which didn't make sense, but it I figured it was some kind of Australian slang, like, "Crikey, you really bollocksed up that bloomin' onion, you dunder cheek."

Used to mishear "rockin in Atlanta at Tattletails" as "rockin in Atlanta at the tidal table" in Motley Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls. Somewhere along the line I glanced at a map and discovered that Atlanta was not a seaside community.

Is there not a specific misheard rap lyrics thread? anyway in the intro of Shook Ones part II it sounds like Mob Deep gives a shot out "to all my real n_gg_s who aint got no fillings" and i'm now fantasizing about a remake of this song which is all about dental health.

Enter Sandman: 'Eggs to-night / It's your di-eet!'

In Aladdin Sane I misheard "Paris or maybe hell" as "Paris or maybe Hull" for ages, which is much better IMO.

Woah, just looked this thread up to post some misheard Bowie!

African Night Flight:

One of these days/One of these days/Gotta get a boyfriend one of these days

In Aladdin Sane I misheard "Paris or maybe hell" as "Paris or maybe Hull" for ages, which is much better IMO.

Well Hull is where the Spiders from Mars were all from, so are you sure he isn't singing that?

When I was a kid, I heard the first line of Peace Sells as:

What do you mean I don't believe in God / Tu-tu Mary Lee?

I wouldn't say I was convinced it was correct, but I have been hearing "infinity" as "in Tennessee" in Infinity Ink's "Infinity" (the artist and title of which I just discovered).

real lyric: "The greater is the beauty"

misheard lyric: "february is the s.a.t.'s."

-- stereolab, Pack Yr Romantic Mind

For years, I thought Billy Joel was singing "rock and roll's a color war and I can't take it anymore." I was so disappointed to learn that he was really singing, "rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore."

Overheard my gf singing to herself this evening:

"Why do boats suddenly appear/Every time you are near?"

"He screams in the night / Ice cream in the day"
-Laura Marling "Night After Night"

Hold on to the night
Hold on to the mammaries

Richard Marx, Hold on to the Night

it really does sound like he's saying mammaries

my mom always said the same thing!