Misheard Lyrics

[Gingerbread Demon]

"Inside the inner man" seems redundant, not that redundancy is not present in many songs... in fact, some songs are a redundancy of the silence.

<gravely voice> Silence will fall </gravely voice>

 

[Random_Spock]

Yeah, Aerosmith used to play around with phonemes and totally distort the meaning of their songs. Elton John was one of the worst. Raise your hand if you didn't understand much of what he sang in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road".

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, by Elton John.
Just an example of what I thought I heard:

So goodbye yellow brick road, where the doctor's so sign a big house.
You can't blame me in your pen house. I'm goin' back to my blah-oww.
Back to the Holland, go down. Not to the hard to fight town.​

Original song:

So goodbye yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl.
You can't plant me in your penthouse. I'm going back to my plough.
Back to the howling old owl in the wood. Hunting the horny back toad.
​

What I heard instead of that one: Back to house of Aladdin's woods. Right in the heart of Mac Town.

 

[Discofan]

What I heard instead of that one: Back to house of Aladdin's woods. Right in the heart of Mac Town.

Sometimes the distorted lyrics are better than the original ones.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

What I heard instead of that one: Back to house of Aladdin's woods. Right in the heart of Mac Town.

Damn you!!!!!!!!!

Now I am hearing the same thing thanks to the power of suggestion.

 

[Random_Spock]

Damn you!!!!!!!!!

Now I am hearing the same thing thanks to the power of suggestion.

Sorry!!!

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

This is what I hear with that song

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road where the dogs of society howl. You can't keep me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plow. Back to the House out in the woods, back to the horny black toad

 

[Admiral Archer]

Okay, here's a reason I can't stand country music. My mom always played it on the radio when I was a kid, and this song messed me up bad. LOL

"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" sung by John Michael Montgomery

What he says is:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know"

I swear I heard:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten-eyed nose."

...I had nightmares, I'm sure.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Okay, here's a reason I can't stand country music. My mom always played it on the radio when I was a kid, and this song messed me up bad. LOL

"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" sung by John Michael Montgomery

What he says is:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know"

I swear I heard:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten-eyed nose."

...I had nightmares, I'm sure.

Oddly enough I have heard this song.

 

[Discofan]

Okay, here's a reason I can't stand country music. My mom always played it on the radio when I was a kid, and this song messed me up bad. LOL

"Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" sung by John Michael Montgomery

What he says is:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten, I know"

I swear I heard:
"To the lady in the second row
She's an eight, she's a nine, she's a ten-eyed nose."

...I had nightmares, I'm sure.

Seems like something from "The Fly"...

 

[Admiral Archer]

There's also the case of the lyrics to ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down", where the misunderstood lyric was made an official replacement for the original lyric. As the story goes, Jeff Lynne sung the words "Don't bring me down, Groos", the word Groos being a German lyric often misheard as "Bruce". Lynne later replaced Groos with Bruce in later performances of the song.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

There's also the case of the lyrics to ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down", where the misunderstood lyric was made an official replacement for the original lyric. As the story goes, Jeff Lynne sung the words "Don't bring me down, Groos", the word Groos being a German lyric often misheard as "Bruce". Lynne later replaced Groos with Bruce in later performances of the song.

Ah.........................

I've always wondered about that one because it sure as hell sounds like Bruce on the album.

 

[J.T.B.]

Around 1990 a group called The Kentucky Headhunters had a song about a Southern dive joint that said "Let's all go down to Dumas Walker." My mom thought they were saying "Let's all go down to do Miss Walker."

The Stranglers "Skin Deep," 1984: "Better watch out for the skin deep." My friend told me it said "Better watch out for the skinned knee."

 

[tharpdevenport]

One of the things that has annoyed me is how fucking often that annoying Wham song "Last Christmas" was played on the two stations playing Christmas songs the last two months.

So, I came up with some new lyrics for how it starts (try not hearing these in your heads now!):

"Last Christmas, I gave you my fart.
And the very next day you blew it away..."​

 

[Discofan]

One of the things that has annoyed me is how fucking often that annoying Wham song "Last Christmas" was played on the two stations playing Christmas songs the last two months.

So, I came up with some new lyrics for how it starts (try not hearing these in your heads now!):

"Last Christmas, I gave you my fart.
And the very next day you blew it away..."​

Actually, I prefer this version.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

One of the things that has annoyed me is how fucking often that annoying Wham song "Last Christmas" was played on the two stations playing Christmas songs the last two months.

So, I came up with some new lyrics for how it starts (try not hearing these in your heads now!):

"Last Christmas, I gave you my fart.
And the very next day you blew it away..."​

I like your version much better.

I had a Yamaha keytar and that was the actual demo song to show off the midi functions.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Around 1990 a group called The Kentucky Headhunters had a song about a Southern dive joint that said "Let's all go down to Dumas Walker."

I love that song!

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One of the things that has annoyed me is how fucking often that annoying Wham song "Last Christmas" was played on the two stations playing Christmas songs the last two months.

Been hit by Whamageddon, have you?

Welcome to the hallowed halls of Whamhalla.

 

[scotpens]

Here's one I've probably mentioned before: In the song "Tonight" from West Side Story, there's the line "Today the world was just an address." I always used to hear it as "Today the world was just a mattress."

 

[thribs]

There’s a new song out where it sure sounds like, “everybody thinks I farted...”

I’m pretty sure that isn’t the line.

 

[Discofan]

Here's one I've probably mentioned before: In the song "Tonight" from West Side Story, there's the line "Today the world was just an address." I always used to hear it as "Today the world was just a mattress."

Thanks. Now this will be embedded in my mind...

 

[scotpens]

A somewhat obscure one: In the Beach Boys' song "Our Car Club" (a filler track on the Little Deuce Coupe album), there's the line "And you can bet that we'll have our jackets on for every cruise." I used to hear it as "And you can bet that we'll have a tracking song for every cruise." I always wondered what the hell a "tracking song" is.