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10 May 2017, 9:19 am

Regarding songs others have mentioned:

I found the lyrics "the job's a joke, you're broke" in the Friends song incomprehensible until I put on the closed captioning feature on my television.

"Jive talking" was interpreted by me as "child talk."

This thread gives me an idea for a humorous speech for Toastmasters, "Mondegreens," about misheard song lyrics.



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10 May 2017, 10:29 am

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on The Corner

actual lyric "But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?"

My misinterpretation "But if you got a n****r, won't you lay your money down". For years I wondered why they allowed a racial slur on the radio.

I misinterpreted the "Blinded By The Light" lyric as "douche" also


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20 Aug 2017, 11:55 am

A mixtape my parents always played in the car when I was very small featured this Glen Campbell song:
"Country boy
You've got your feet in a lake
But your mind's under the sea"

Or more accurately:
"Country boy
You've got your feet in L.A.
But your mind's on Tennessee"

In my defense, I didn't know much American geography when I was 5.

Once, I decided to learn a song written by a couple of friends of mine. I transcribed the lyrics by ear off a recording first and got them to check it. Turned out I'd mangled practically every line, including baffling mistakes like "little white flies" for "little white lies."


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20 Aug 2017, 11:59 am

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I forget the name of the song.

Dylan sings: " Genghis Khan could not keep his kings supplied with sleep.

What I heard was: "Genghis Khan, and his brother Don, could not keep on keeping on."

i like my version better.


I really want to know about Don Khan now.


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20 Aug 2017, 12:21 pm

This thread is making me so happy right now.

White Stripes Blue Orchid: I hear "You tickled my orchid and turned it blue", but it's really "You took a white orchid and turned it blue". Personally, I think my way is better. :lol: :lol: :lol:


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20 Aug 2017, 1:02 pm

Actual lyrics: "And baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory"
What I heard that prompted me to look the song lyrics up, even though I really didn't like the song:
"And baby, your smile's forever in my mind like matte marine"



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20 Aug 2017, 1:09 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on The Corner

actual lyric "But if you've got a nickel, won't you lay your money down?"

My misinterpretation "But if you got a n****r, won't you lay your money down". For years I wondered why they allowed a racial slur on the radio.

I misinterpreted the "Blinded By The Light" lyric as "douche" also


I just balked outloud. That's hysterical.


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23 Aug 2017, 5:03 pm

In the instrumental "Rebel Rouser" it sounded like they said "Donald Duck," even though there were no lyrics.



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24 Aug 2017, 9:30 am

Not a misheard lyric, but one I altered purposely to reflect a special interest:

"Jenny, Jenny," reworked as "Deni, Deni," the nickname of Denis Istomin



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24 Aug 2017, 4:34 pm

"The Boxer": my ears chastely supplied the line
"Used to come home from the wars on Seventh Avenue"
to replace
"Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue".
I was quite startled to learn the real words.

In the run-up to Christmas at primary school, our teachers kept telling us it's "Good tidings we bring / To you and your KIN," not King. We didn't believe them. What kind of stoopid word's that, doesn't even rhyme properly.


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13 Oct 2017, 7:46 am

"Oh... What's love, Doctor Who, Doctor Who was it?"
(Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It" as I heard it aged about 10)


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18 Oct 2017, 5:09 am

What I heard:
"Body like a backhoe..."

I didn't even hear most of the other lyrics in the song because I was too busy trying to make sense of that.

Actual lyrics:
"Body like a back road..."

Well, I wasn't expecting the actual lyrics to be that, but at least that makes a little more sense.



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04 May 2018, 5:41 pm

'Never Can Say Goodbye' (1975) Gloria Gaynor.

The lyric "never can say goodbye" was misheard as "never can say the bible."



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04 May 2018, 5:49 pm

PhosphorusDecree wrote:
wesmontfan wrote:
I forget the name of the song.

Dylan sings: " Genghis Khan could not keep his kings supplied with sleep.

What I heard was: "Genghis Khan, and his brother Don, could not keep on keeping on."

i like my version better.


I really want to know about Don Khan now.


He was probably a lot like Billie Carter! :lol:



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05 May 2018, 1:40 pm

The granddaddy of all misinterpreted lyrics: the song from the closing credits of WKRP in Cincinnati.


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05 May 2018, 1:45 pm

GriffinGuitar12 wrote:
from The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic":

actual lyrics:

"I resolve to CALL HER UP a thousand times a day"

what I heard:

"I resolve to CHOLERA a thousand times day"

:lmao:


I thought the same thing! :D


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