Misheard Lyrics

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  1. Nerys Myk

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    I’m not ashamed to admit that Penny, Abbey and Strawberry were solid contenders for name if I had a daughter. Oddly enough, Eleanor. was not.
     
  2. Mr. Laser Beam

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    There's not a snowball's chance in hell of me ever having a kid (I never wanted kids, and still don't) but....if I did have a daughter, I think 'Phaedra' would be a cool name. Tangerine Dream fans will know whereof I speak.

     
  3. Mojochi

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    I'm confused... When Peter Gabriel is Sledgehammering is he saying he'll "show for me" & "show for you", or "chauffeur me" & "chauffeur you"? Not sure which I'd prefer, actually. Either seems like an interesting prospect.
     
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  4. Mr. Laser Beam

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    Yes.
     
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  5. Gingerbread Demon

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    The song Magic Bus

    For years, and years I heard that line in the song as "Zoomba the magic bus"
    I think the correct words are "Too much magic bus"
     
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  6. Nerys Myk

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    Love that song. I thought it was “Goody bye the Magic Bus” myself :lol:
     
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  7. Gingerbread Demon

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    Yeah it's one of those with odd vocals...... I looked up the lyrics
     
  8. cosmic mouse

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    Doobie Brothers- What a Fool Believes:
    But what a fool believes he sees
    No wise man has the power to reason away
    ...


    what my 8-year old brain and ears heard:
    But what a fool believes he sees
    The white man has the power to reason away

    ...

    :crazy:
     
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  9. Mrs. Silvercrest

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    From Star Blazers cartoon I thought it was Our or All stars blazers and they don't say that. Also in the second Guardians of Galaxy movie where the guy on the ship was singing Shoop, I thought we was singing soup, soup, soup. And it didn't help he was eating a bowl of soup at the time.
     
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  10. Malicia

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    Papa Don't Preach I drink Ovaltine. I know that isn't the line as I doubt Madonna would be singing about a hot, malted drink but it sounds like it.
     
  11. Mr. Laser Beam

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    I hope I'm never at the ballpark when THAT happens!

     
  12. Gingerbread Demon

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    Yeah OK I am not the only one that heard that as Ovaltine as a youngster.

    The Caravan Palace song Suzy still gets me sometimes.
    The line in the song sounds like "Suzy is dancing the death star and sings"

     
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  13. Gingerbread Demon

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    OK not misheard but Lionel Richie's song Hello listening to that back to back with Amy Grant's song El Shaddai, and they sound terribly similar and now I can't not hear it.

    Both of these songs came out a year apart.
     
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  14. Random_Spock

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    Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

    The actual lyrics

    Livin' like a lover with a radar phone (just what the heck that is, I have no clue :lol:)

    What I thought they were since I was younger lol :lol:

    Looking like a lover with a red eye thong
     
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  15. Gingerbread Demon

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    When The Going Gets Tough by Billy Ocean

    For years, and years I heard the line in the song as "go and get stuffed"
     
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  16. Random_Spock

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    From The End of The Innocence by Don Henley.

    What I heard: The tired old man with the electric cane. ( Misheard it as that for years, since I was a kid. :lol: And even imagined an old man angrily swinging around an electric cane. )

    The actual lyric: The tired old man who we elected king.
     
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  17. Elder Knight

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    Some time ago, we used to listen to an "oldies" station all the time in the car.

    They played an old Dick Haymes song with a peculiar and unintelligible phrase repeated.
    "What's he singing about?"
    "Must be a country thing: "The Old Mashed P'tater" maybe?
    "Sounds a bit worse than that to me!"

    It turned out to be something about "The Old Master Painter"!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Master_Painter
     
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  18. DarrenTR1970

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    Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys recorded a version of this song as part of a medley with 'You Are My Sunshine' during the making of SMiLE.
    Sadly, Brian only got around to adding Dennis vocals to 'You Are. . .' portion before the album was abandoned.
    So, the song remains incomplete; although there are bootlegs floating around with Brian teaching the song to the musicians and singing a portion of the song off mike.
     
  19. Vanyel

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    For the longest time I misheard the lyrics to the song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from Grease.
    What I thought I heard:
    But now there's no where to hide
    Since you pushed my love aside
    I nodded my head
    Hopelessly devoted to you (3x)

    What the lyrics are:
    But now there's no where to hide
    Since you pushed my love aside
    I'm out of my head
    Hopelessly devoted to you (3x)
     
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  20. DarrenTR1970

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    There's an outtake on the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box set called 'Ways to be Wicked'.

    Initially I heard the line as, 'I watch your little eyes light up as you're walking with no help'.

    Had the headphones on last night and I heard, 'I watch your beady eyes light up as you're walking me through Hell'.
     
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