Songs where the songwriter confuses A with B

In "Tambourine", Eve seems to think the Taj Mahal is a palace, rather than a mausoleum:

Only learned that fact myself in the last year. :(

"I'm a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed." - Lil Wayne

In Eve's defense, living in the Taj Mahal would be pretty sweet even if it were an abbatoir

i dont know if thats relavent here, and it was written with full awareness,but "left of the dial" - the replacements:
"pretty girls are growing up
playing make up,wearing guitar"

Re Dead Milkmen and "California Dreamin'", Made in the USA was a popular comp, and lots of people heard that cover, but CD jukeboxes were exceedingly rare in 1988 and it wasn't a single.

OK, maybe it was a single. The important thing is that someone needs to flesh out the entry for "Jukebox" on Wikipedia.

"Y'all niggaz is scared, I'm your worst nightmare squared
That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware"

Ha, wow. Who was that?

Cannibus

It's OK, because my nightmare is 2.

In '4th Chamber' by the GZA, RZA confuses positrons with protons.

Either that or he confuses 'Causing explosions' with 'Collectively forming a hydrogen atom'. Though that would have made the acronym 'PEACFAHA'. And also wouldn't have scanned.

I like this forum already and this is only my first post. Ace.

Hello linea. It's good in parts.

In "Daddy," Juelz Santana confuses leaving his child an orphan with siring a bastard. (One imagines that ship has sailed already, Mr Santana.)

Same as in "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"

"Y'all niggaz is scared, I'm your worst nightmare squared
That's double for niggaz who ain't mathematically aware"

Maybe he meant that anyone who confuses "multiplied by two" with "to the power of two" is "mathematically unaware"? (Which would be OTM)

I think that is the correct interpretation of that line.

he is actually saying your worst nightmare is the number 2

(your nightmare)^2 = (your nightmare)*2

-> your nightmare = 2

haha

My take:

for the mathematically aware, he is (your worst nightmare)^2
for those that ain't mathematically aware he is twice that: 2*(your worst nightmare)^2

So for all beings > 2, it's better to be non-mathematically aware if beefing with Canibus. I understand now.

Heh, it's the old "I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man/And so is Lola" kerfluffle all over again! "Pronoun Trouble", Daffy Duck would say.

so that would be 2 men.

Either way, Canibus really should call his next album (Your Nightmare)^2 = (Your Nightmare)*2

Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands

"Your girl got more niggaz in her mouth than Kramer from Friends"

cant believe theres no noreaga mentions here

run laps around the english channel

In most Rolling Stones songs, Mick Jagger confuses the female sex with a piece of meat.

"When I was in England town. The rain came right down"

Love-She comes in colours.

Well he could be half-right.

Except when he wrote that, he'd never been to England Anything.

Hold the press!

There's an England Town in Texas.

Maybe he was unlucky with the weather.

With Frampton comes Alive 2, Peter Frampton confused the general public with someone who gives a shit.

in hey hey, my my neil young confuses sid vicious with johnny rotten:

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Is this the story of Johnny Rotten?
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Even if you change the line to the right show, what exactly are Brooklyn Academy getting at there? I'm sure I would have heard about an episode of Seinfeld in which Kramer had "niggaz in his mouth".

PLEASE, NOBODY LINK TO THAT FUCKING THREAD.

In "Paranoid", Ozzy confuses paranoia with depression.

In "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" Jeru confuses Manuel Noriega being captured for Manuel Noriega being killed.

In today's high tech world where almost everything is remote controlled, it's difficult to image life without batteries, but let's be honest, batteries are not a product that immediately create an emotional response.

In Duracell's case however, that is exactly what happened when the company introduced Duracell Bunny to the world.

It began in 1973, when breakthrough advertising was developed to communicate that Duracell alkaline batteries lasted much longer in than ordinary and inexpensive zinc carbon batteries. A small pink, fluffy bunny was created, who, powered by Duracell batteries, was able to outlast all others in an array of colourful challenges.

The Duracell Bunny made his debut appearance in the US 35 years ago, in a commercial that included a group of drum-banging pink bunnies. The winner was the Duracell Drumming Bunny, the message was loud and clear - powered by the long-lasting Duracell battery, he's unstoppable.

From 1973 through to 1980, the Duracell Bunny starred in a toy campaign, which was later rolled out around the world.

Throughout his successful career, the Duracell Bunny has embarked on numerous sports and cultural activities :

He excels on drums which he has been practicing since 1973
With unparalleled endurance, the Bunny's a natural at skiing, kayaking, boxing, football and marathons; he always performs at the top.

For over 33 years, Duracell has followed a coherent advertising strategy continuing to evolve the bunny to keep up with the consistent improvements in quality and power of Duracell batteries. 35 years old, 35 years of high performance and the Duracell Bunny is still going strong.

Today the Duracell Bunny is one of the Top Advertising Icons of the 20th Century.

The Duracell advertising strategy has now changed. The Duracell Bunny does not want to compete any longer with Zinc-Carbon Bunnies, as the Zinc Carbon category is less and less important. The Duracell Bunny has now come to the real world to highlight the power of the new formula of the best Duracell ever, Duracell Ultra AA / AAA.

Damn Duracell Bunny was a wind-up toy anyroad!

just to get back to the Dead Milkmen/Beach Boys controversy...

The BB cover was HUGE and I thought it was there song for years. I also remember seeing the MTV video a lot.

So I don't think the Dead Milkmen were mistaken.

I think the Neil Young line is more a question. Let's say:
Is this[, too,] the story of Johnny Rotten?
Record released '79, recorded '78, before PiL, basically.

It also really implies Rotten v. Presley.

In Ghostface's song "The Drummer", he yells, "When Biggie died, they came out with Biggie fries!" Wendy's introduced the Biggie fry several years before the death of the Notorious B.I.G.

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is actually about the horror genre.

On "It's Never That Easy Though, Is It? (Song For The Other Kurt)", Los Campesinos! confused "ringtones" with "dialling tones"

In "Being Boiled" by Human League Phil Oakey confuses Buddhism with Hinduism.

Where does that happen?

Geto Boys, "My Mind Playing Tricks On Me":

I often drift while I drive
Havin fatal thoughts of suicide
Bang and get it over with
And then Im worry-free, but thats bullshit
I got a little boy to look after
And if I died then my child would be a bastard

A child's father being alive or not has nothing to do with his bastard status.

From the musical Hair (with the hit by the Cowsills) referring to having long hair:

"It's not for lack of bread, like the Grateful Dead."

In fact the Grateful Dead were very successful financially by that point, and could easily have afforded haircuts!

Maybe they mean the actual grateful dead, God rest their souls.

Although in that case I would have submitted their being dead as the main reason why they haven't gotten haircuts.

"Then someone played a BEACH BOYS song on the jukebox, it was "California Dreamin'" - wtf???

in "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Beyonce seems to be under the impression either men really like women's fingers, or that they put wedding rings somewhere other than on their finger.