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Ever realize one day that you've been singing the wrong words to your favorite song for years? That's what this thread is for. Yes, we're all idiots with hearing problems. Nightwish: Pretty much all of it. Alanis Morissette, You Oughta Know: "The cross I bear that ya gave to me." misheard as "The cross-eyed bear that ya gave to me." Van Halen, When its Love: "Waiting for someone to come into focus, teach you your final love lesson." misheard as "Waiting for someone to come and do gently caress-rear end, teach you your final love lesson." Bangles, Going Down to Liverpool: "I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing all the days of my life." misheard as "I'm going down to Liverpool to ignore the pain all the days of my life." Pantera, Cemetery Gates: "Reverend, reverend, is this some conspiracy?" misheard as "Red rum, red rum, is this some conspiracy?" What songs have you managed to mangle in the space between your ears and brain?
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Stone Temple Pilots (RIP Scott Weiland), Vasoline Real: Blew a kiss and tried to take it home Misheard: You would kiss a tractor, take it home Megadeth, Foreclosure of a Dream Real: A plan of dignity and balance for all Misheard: Unplanned indignity, imbalance for all St. Lunatics, Midwest Swing Real: Why my Cutlass blue? Misheard: Why'm I cuttin' wit' spoons? Nas, If I Ruled the World Real: Black diamonds and pearls Misheard: Black time ends in pearls (  )I am bad at hearing lyrics. 
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Dec 7, 2015 02:39
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They're called "mondegreens".  Eskimo Joe: Black Fingernails, Red Wine Real: All of us stand and point our fingers Misheard: I don't understand the point of fingers. Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03D2DE48vW8
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Dec 7, 2015 04:01
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Guns n Roses's You could be mine has this: "Don't forget to call my lawyers with ridiculous demands. An you can take the pity so far But it's more than I can stand." But i swear to god i hear Axl telling the dude to take his bigger sofa cause it's more than he can stand.
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Dec 7, 2015 05:30
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I always heard it as "Take the biggest snowball"
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Dec 7, 2015 05:43
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Beck "Loser" "Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby so why don't you kill me?" I always hear "sore from head to toe, I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me". I didn't know I was even mishearing the lyrics until about two years ago, and I refuse to sing it any other way. 
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Dec 7, 2015 05:50
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Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" Real Lyric: Got a long list of ex-lovers. What I hear: Gotta love those Starbucks lovers. This one's pretty common, even Swift's mom mishears it. Personally I like the misheard version. It suggests the idea of a Starbucks lover, a very customized single-serving boyfriend. Someone you date once, enjoy, and then discard.
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Dec 7, 2015 17:23
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A cross eyed bear that i give to you again and again now will you return it
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Dec 7, 2015 17:42
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not song lyric, but related: I remember watching Beetlejuice when i was about 8 or 9 and hearing the case worker lady say: "and not some mere parlor trick" but my babby brain didn't process it as her having an accent, so i got really confused and asked my mom what a "mia pah-latrick" was.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:42
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Madonna - La Isla Bonita Real lyric: A young girl with eyes like the desert Misheard as: A young girl with eyes like potatoes IT MAKES A KIND OF SENSE. Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Real lyric: She's got Bette Davis eyes Misheard as: She's got better days to die To be fair, I didn't know the song's title for years. Bad Roy has a new favorite as of 23:35 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Dec 7, 2015 23:32
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for years i thought madonna was singing "Young girl with eyes like te amo"
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Dec 7, 2015 23:39
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Didn't know the song title, thought Madonna was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl" (Material Girl)
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Dec 7, 2015 23:48
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ToastFaceKillah posted:Beck "Loser" Sooooo, Ganondorf
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Dec 9, 2015 05:40
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Dasilodavi posted:Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" huh. always assumed it was star-crossed lovers.
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Dec 9, 2015 05:43
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In 'American Girl', by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the opening lines are: "Well she was an American girl/ Raised on promises" Which little-me interpreted as: "Well she was an American girl/ Raised by Protestants" Which my parents (coming from Catholic families) found hilarious.
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Dec 10, 2015 19:55
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Poison, Ride the Wind: "Where eagles and angels dare to fly" misheard as "Where eagles and angels are pedophiles."
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Dec 10, 2015 20:34
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Not mine, but in Germany there is a popular book which lists some of those misunderstandings Some of them off the top of my mind: Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall: "All in all, you're just a (-nother brick in the wall)" becomes "Holt ihn, holt ihn unters Dach (-nother brick in the wall)", with the German misunderstanding meaning (Take him below the roof). This spawned an entire urban legend about a German sound technician mastering the album who had a dark past as a guy molesting children in his attic, where he later hung himself as well. Complete bollocks, of course. The Mamas and the Papa's California Dreamin': "All the leaves are brown" = "Anneliese Braun" (a somewhat old-fashioned woman's name) And my favourite: There's a popular children's lullaby in Germany ending with the lines "Und aus den Wiesen steiget / der weiße Nebel wunderbar" (and from the meadows rises the wonderful white mist). Many a child misheard that as "Und aus den Wiesen steiget / der weiße Neger Wumbaba" (and from the meadows rises the white negro Wumbaba). It's just so delightfully absurd 
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Dec 10, 2015 20:36
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Nirvana - In Bloom Actual lyric: "Sell the kids for food" Heard lyric: "Sarah kissed a fool" Lady Gaga - Poker Face Actual lyric: "I got my poker face, got my poker face" Heard lyric: "Ah bah bah bup bip bay, ah bup bip bip bay"
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Dec 10, 2015 21:00
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Wait, the line isn't: So I don't walk out the door I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
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Dec 11, 2015 07:55
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Radiohead - Creep. "Coz I'm a creep, I'm a railroad, Run a track right through my head. I don't belong here."
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Dec 11, 2015 10:05
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Samovar posted:In 'American Girl', by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the opening lines are: I always parsed it as "raised on the prophecies," which makes sense if you think maybe they mean William Blake.
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Dec 11, 2015 10:14
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Up until a couple years ago I was drat convinced Fatboy Slim was singing about how he'd "praise you like a shoe".
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Dec 11, 2015 10:16
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For years I thought that AC/DC song was extolling the adventures of partners in crime, Dirty Dean and the Thunder Chief.
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Dec 11, 2015 10:28
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As a child, I thought Starship were singing "We built this city on the wrong drat road".
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Dec 11, 2015 11:51
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Steve Miller Band: Big 'ol Jet airliner, misheard as "Big ol' Jed left a light on". I know it's not the actual lyric, but in Rockin Around the Christmas Tree, "Later we'll have some fuckin' pie and do some caroling" works perfectly.
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Dec 11, 2015 17:08
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AFewBricksShy posted:Steve Miller Band: Big 'ol Jet airliner, misheard as "Big ol' Jed left a light on". In a similar vein, someone once told me they heard the chorus of Jungle Love ("Jungle love is drivin' me mad") as "Chug-a-lug, strawberry man" and it works way better than it should
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Dec 11, 2015 18:31
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My sister always heard the lyrics to The Beatles' "Wild Honey Pie" as "Army man, army man, army man, I love you, army man!"
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Dec 11, 2015 18:39
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loquacius posted:In a similar vein, someone once told me they heard the chorus of Jungle Love ("Jungle love is drivin' me mad") as "Chug-a-lug, strawberry man" and it works way better than it should There was an old thread dedicated to mondegreens in which someone posted about hearing "Message In A Bottle" as "Mr. Chinnabotto" and I always found that hilarious.
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Dec 11, 2015 19:15
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exquisite tea posted:For years I thought that AC/DC song was extolling the adventures of partners in crime, Dirty Dean and the Thunder Chief. When I was a kid I thought it was saying "Dirty deads in the thunder jeep" and imagined how awesome a thunder jeep would be. Also when my sister was really young she thought that "glorified version of a pellet gun" in the pearl jam song Glorified G said "Butterflies buzzing with a pelican" and would sign it all the time.
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Dec 11, 2015 19:17
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The Rolling Stones, "Miss You" "I've been holding out so long, I've been sleepin' all alone, Lord I miss you" became "I've been haulin' rear end so long, I've been sleepin' on the lawn, Lord I miss you" I like my version better.
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Dec 14, 2015 03:01
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:The Rolling Stones, "Miss You"
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Dec 14, 2015 08:45
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I see a baboon risin'
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Dec 14, 2015 08:55
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'scuse me while I kiss this guy
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Dec 14, 2015 12:21
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Fister Roboto posted:I see a baboon risin' There's a bathroom on the right
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Dec 14, 2015 14:44
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Dec 14, 2015 16:37
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exquisite tea posted:For years I thought that AC/DC song was extolling the adventures of partners in crime, Dirty Dean and the Thunder Chief. Huh, I always heard it as "Thirty thieves and the Thunder Chief" like a sort of Superfriends/Arabian Nights crossover.
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Dec 14, 2015 17:12
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Winter Wonderland always became Later on, we'll perspire as we dream by the fire but apparently they were conspiring, which is way less funny.
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Dec 14, 2015 19:58
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wait what i thought it was perspire jesus christ
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Dec 14, 2015 23:14
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Mans posted:what the gently caress, i had to check that out right now to see if you were joking. Those were "my" lyrics ever since i first heard that song. 
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Dec 14, 2015 23:24
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Peter Kay had a great skit based on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ukn2YT5jeM
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