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01 May 2007, 10:11 am

Have you ever misheard song lyrics and given the song a different angle ?
Here are a couple of examples I've seen

Gypsies,Tramps and Thieves,
The people come around to lay their money down

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(Gypsies,Chimpanzees
The people come around to lay their monkey down)

Is this the real life,is this just fantasy ?
(Is this the real life,is this just Battersea ? )


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01 May 2007, 11:31 am

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy. (Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix)
It is actually: 'scuse me while I kiss the sky.


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01 May 2007, 11:33 am

Yeah, used to happen to me constantly as a kid. One of my obsessions now is learning the correct lyrics.

I remember this one from Elton John:
"Me and you, rendezvous, at the club at the end of the street"

I thought it was:
"Me and you, Rhonda too, eating clucks on Vienna street"



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01 May 2007, 11:36 am

Vegasadelphia wrote:
I thought it was:
"Me and you, Rhonda too, eating clucks on Vienna street"


I thought it was:
"Me and you, rendezvous, making love on Vienna street.


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01 May 2007, 12:13 pm

jackhippy wrote:
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy. (Purple Haze -Jimi Hendrix)
It is actually: 'scuse me while I kiss the sky.

Jimi knew that people misheard his lyrics... and sometimes liked to mess around with that, himself; occasionally he actually did sing "kiss this guy."



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01 May 2007, 12:32 pm

ich geh dir hinterher "She's got it in her hair" - Du Riechst So Gut - Rammstein
I guess it fits considering its "you smell so good, I follow you" I guess she used herbal essence.

mich ganz auf "Dance off" - Eifersucht by Rammstein
Another one that fits, being that he is so incredible and such.

I tend to mishear things and somehow.. they kind of make sense..


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01 May 2007, 12:35 pm

Yeah, I always mishear lyrics like that. Or sometimes it doesn't make sense at all.



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01 May 2007, 12:37 pm

I used to think that Day Tripper by The Beatles was Day Trooper, when I was little. :lol:



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01 May 2007, 1:06 pm

That happens to me a lot. Here are a few of the things I've misheard:

Superman - Five for Fighting

Correct: It may sound absurd, but don't be naive

Misheard: I'm misunderstood, but don't be naive

Correct: I'm only a man in a funny red sheet

Misheard: I'm only a man in a phony red sheet

Run Away - Real McCoy

Correct: Run away and save your life

Misheard: Run away and say you're mine

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

Correct: Shot through the heart

Misheard: Shock to the heart

Androgyny - Garbage

Correct: You free your mind in your androgyny

Misheard: I see you're minding your androgyny

Fun fact: Misheard song lyrics are called "mondegreens".



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01 May 2007, 2:09 pm

Umbrella by Rihanna

under my umbrella, I thought it was under my arm forever.



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01 May 2007, 4:54 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
I used to think that Day Tripper by The Beatles was Day Trooper, when I was little. :lol:


I once though it was Gay Stripper.

Here's one that I never hear mentioned, from "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.

His version: "Oh, I wanna be that complete"

My version: "Oh, I wanna be packin' heat"



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01 May 2007, 5:21 pm

Macy Gray - I try
Actual: "My world crumbles when you are not here"
Misheard: "I wear goggles when you are not here"

Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
Actual: "Got canned heat in my ears tonight, baby"
Misheard: "Got candy in my ears tonight, big ben"

Eiffel 65 - Blue
Actual: "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di a dab a dee dab a di dab a dee dab a di"
Misheard: I'm blue, if I was green I would die...." <-Listen to the song, you can almost hear those words.


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01 May 2007, 5:25 pm

neurodeviant wrote:
Macy Gray - I try
Actual: "My world crumbles when you are not here"
Misheard: "I wear goggles when you are not here"

Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
Actual: "Got canned heat in my ears tonight, baby"
Misheard: "Got candy in my ears tonight, big ben"

Eiffel 65 - Blue
Actual: "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di a dab a dee dab a di dab a dee dab a di"
Misheard: I'm blue, if I was green I would die...." <-Listen to the song, you can almost hear those words.


Oh man I think you just blew my internal cpu over this.
Hillarious. And yes, I can hear "I'm blue, if I was green I would die...."

I also think Macy Gray would have a much better time dealing with things if she wore goggles instead of crumbled.


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01 May 2007, 6:09 pm

For some reason I've always been able to hear lyrics correctly. Kinda funny considering I can never tell what people are saying in normal conversations.



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01 May 2007, 6:20 pm

The karaoke scene isn't much help in this regard. A lot of times, karaoke disc manufacturers will deliberately misprint lyrics, to get around having to pay royalties.

One I misheard when I was in grade school:

Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff

Actual: "I shot the sheriff"
Misheard: "I popped the cherry"