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25 October 2005

misheard lyric thread: simple→[More:] i always thought in "How Soon Is Now" he said "i go about things my own way"

i like mine better.
nyeah.
post by: ethylene at: 03:48 | 65 comments
you're such a copycat eth.
posted by nomis 25 October | 04:03
anyway I'll say it again.
reminded by this thread

For a long time I thought in Caribou he was singing "RED PANTS!! RED PANTS!!!"
posted by nomis 25 October | 04:04
one always likes ones own version better, innit.
posted by nomis 25 October | 04:05
I was pretty sure that Dave Grohl was singing about the "bad puppy nation" on Foo Fighters' "This is a Call". Which, in fact, is preferable to "my past resignations", doncha think?
posted by bmarkey 25 October | 04:22
I thought Dave Matthews was singing "Hike up your skirts, little boy" (as opposed to "...a little more") in "Crash".
posted by tracicle 25 October | 04:47
i thought a line in an old 97's song was "what's so good about a good time spent"

nomis: i think it is common knowledge or lore that most misheard lyrics are about food because people are hungry at the time.
something about purple haze.
and that was record, not lyric.

i think i also thought "broken face" was "broken fish" but the original is better.

do vases have eyes?
posted by ethylene 25 October | 05:21
when did you say that anyway?
i barely get to read as much of this as i do
which is still apparently more than most.
rubber biscuit?
posted by ethylene 25 October | 05:23
the verses of "smells like teens spirit" use to have the best revisions because no one could figure it out while all unsober.
a lot of "whoa, i was rocking out to something totally different."
posted by ethylene 25 October | 05:25
From my better half - "The heart of rock and roll is still beatin'" becomes "The harder rock and roll is forbidden."
posted by tr33hggr 25 October | 07:42
from what i've seen, i believe it
and i entirely blame the eighties for saying that
posted by ethylene 25 October | 07:50
There's a bathroom on the right.
posted by danostuporstar 25 October | 08:43
i think that's "there's a barroom brawl tonight"
but your mind was in the toilet
posted by ethylene 25 October | 09:07
These are from my son who is 7:

99 Problems, but I bet you ain't one

Reverent blue jeans
posted by Quartermass 25 October | 09:15
Soft Cell's "Tainted Love".

I was pretty sure I could not stand the way you sneezed. Until I walked into my high school senior english class singing the song at the top of my lungs. Everyone, even the ancient teacher, knew that it was TEASE. I was mortified.
posted by WolfDaddy 25 October | 09:38
Just one for now, it still persists even though I've looked up the "real" lyrics:

Fork's ear:

"Sun shine on me
....'cause I'm a loser baby so why dont' you kill me."

Printed Lyrics:

"Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?"
posted by safetyfork 25 October | 09:48
Grateful Dead - She plays my chicken when I speed.
and I also misheard the heart of rock n' roll - I thought it was in Cleveland.
posted by mygothlaundry 25 October | 09:52
and I also misheard the heart of rock n' roll - I thought it was in Cleveland.


The hall of rock and roll *is* in Cleveland!

≡ Click to see image ≡
posted by mosch 25 October | 10:33
So...open the door. I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me.

(safteyfork, I found out the truth when I missed the question "What song has the lyrics 'soy un perdedor'" during a pub quiz, and shouted That's what he's saying?)

I had a friend who thought Prince's father's name was Two Pole. Maybe you're just like my father, Two Pole. In actuality, his name was Two Tents.
posted by melissa may 25 October | 10:33
I thought Two Pole was 2Pac's dad?

I always thought the "come on baby, do you do more than dance" line in Hot Blooded was "come on baby, do your dude-lovin' dance."
What decent woman doesn't have a dude-lovin' dance? I know I do.
posted by jrossi4r 25 October | 10:45
he use to be called twelve pack but then he got ten pack shy
posted by ethylene 25 October | 10:49
Oh, god. I'm totally cracking up at jrossi4r's dude-lovin' dance. I love you, jrossi4r.
posted by taz 25 October | 11:05
Don't forget "There's a bathroom on the right" which is really "There's a bad moon on the rise."

For a long time, I thought the Eagles lyric "There's gonna be a heartache tonight" was "There's gonna be a party tonight."

I also thought Jackson Browne's "For A Rocker" was "For Robert."
posted by sisterhavana 25 October | 11:06
There's a bathroom on the right! Excellent.

Okay, you guys are making me give up one of the best ever, from my ex: "Bald-headed woman" = "more than a woman" (from the eponymnous song); just listen, and you'll totally hear it. Specklet, are you there?????
posted by taz 25 October | 11:19
*sings*

baldheaded wo-man to mee-eeee...
posted by taz 25 October | 11:21
this is what you get when you miss the bus
posted by ethylene 25 October | 11:34
I have climbed, higest mountain,
I have scaled, these silly walls, these silly walls.
posted by Capn 25 October | 11:56
for a minute there
i lost my cell
posted by ethylene 25 October | 12:02
dawnzerly light?
posted by ethylene 25 October | 12:04
slowly the cross eyed bear.
posted by arse_hat 25 October | 12:44
She's got electric boobs
More than two
You know I read it in a magazeeeeeeene
B-B-B-Benny and the Jetssssssssss
posted by grateful 25 October | 12:49
that song haunted me for two weeks, muzak, radio--
i was being chased by benny and the jets
posted by ethylene 25 October | 12:51
'scuse me while I kiss this guy
posted by grateful 25 October | 12:52
you can actually see how long i waited for that
posted by ethylene 25 October | 12:55
*sings*

baldheaded wo-man to mee-eeee...

I just laughed and choked on my tea and now there are tea droplets on my keyboard.

My sister thought Tina Turner was singing "What's love daffy-dill, daffy-dilly?"

For a long time, I thought the Eagles lyric "There's gonna be a heartache tonight" was "There's gonna be a party tonight."

Uh, until I read this, I thought it was "party tonight".
posted by Specklet 25 October | 13:13
Don't forget "There's a bathroom on the right" which is really "There's a bad moon on the rise."

There's a bathroom on the right! Excellent.

*pouts*
*decides I have issues*
posted by danostuporstar 25 October | 13:58
I've always heard every lyric *exactly* as it was written. :)

However, I always like the interpretation of Smoke on the water, fire in the sky as Slow motion Walter, the fire-engine guy.
posted by dobbs 25 October | 14:08
Secret Asian Man!
posted by Specklet 25 October | 14:10
i have a helluva story there
anothertime
posted by ethylene 25 October | 14:15
Everybody wang chung tonight!

Wait, you mean...? huh.
posted by danostuporstar 25 October | 14:16
dobbs, i beg to differ
but i'm on irc with my MAN
posted by ethylene 25 October | 14:17
Sorry, danostuporstar! But I have a problem with a lot of these that don't identify what the original lyics actually were. I'm just reading what people thought certain lyrics were, and find them faintly amusing... and then really laugh when someone specifies, or when I finally figure out, what the originals really were.

except for "Secret Asian Man"
posted by taz 25 October | 14:20
:)
posted by danostuporstar 25 October | 14:21
Until my early teens, I thought "We Are Family" was "Peacock Family". And I sang that song A LOT.
posted by gigawhat? 25 October | 14:39
nomis, you freak, i didn't see you posted that until before i mediated.

for taz:
this is what you get when you mess with us
for a minute there, i lost myself
i lost myself
--karma police

and yes, i do a mean version of secret asian man as well as the whole "asian for every occasion" which i don't think i can sue for.
tired. ask icon.
posted by ethylene 25 October | 23:58
INXS -- you wanna make a... soup and salad bar.
posted by dreamsign 26 October | 00:52
ok, anyone who didn't clarify their proper lyrics, please do for the love of taz--

dawn's early light = don zearly light
also a quote from a ramona book.

and i changed my mind about ethelyne
posted by ethylene 26 October | 02:34
for the love of taz!!! Yes, secret asian man totally cracked me up... I'll never hear it any other way now.
posted by taz 26 October | 02:36
"fly away on my cell phone" instead of "fly away on my zephyr"
posted by pliskie 26 October | 06:12
I was reminded of this because it's being used in an SUV commercial now.

When I was a kid I thought that the song Dust in the Wind had a line that said "Nothing lasts forever but the advanced guy." and I thought it meant God. Actually it's "earth and sky".
posted by matildaben 26 October | 20:48
taz, the line is "what's so good about a good times van, when you're working on a broken man"
it just made sense my way as i didn't even think of a good times van.
the lyrics go: "what's so great about the barrier reef, what's so fine about art--"
posted by ethylene 26 October | 21:45
sarah vaughn made up the words a lot
and even ella couldn't remember all of mack the knife
posted by ethylene 26 October | 21:46
Not me, but a friend:

"I'm not talking 'bout the linen and I don't want to change your mind, but there's a warm wind blowin' and the stars are out, and I'd really love to see you tonight."
. . .not talking 'bout movin' in

My favorite was from grade school:

"Disco Bunny how we don't talk anymore"
It's so funny, how we don't talk. . .
posted by Feisty 26 October | 23:15
nomis, you freak, i didn't see you posted that until before i mediated.

Fair enough then.

You should know by now that I always add my $.02 long after everyone else has moved on to shinier newer threads.
posted by nomis 26 October | 23:32
Pretty spooky though, huh, cos if you're not a copycat, that makes you a mindreader.
posted by nomis 26 October | 23:33
Even if you're not a mindreader, you certainly are bold. And I always pictured you as italic, although it's pure speculation on my part.
posted by nomis 26 October | 23:34
at least half italic
posted by nomis 26 October | 23:35
like jonmc
posted by nomis 26 October | 23:37
it must be the brooklyn in me
and that was meditated/accidentally fell asleep and missed the great pumpkin/GG

i wanted to be an italian woman once.
but i'm "always a woman tombies"
(just made it up)
don't pick my brain and those aren't quotes!
posted by ethylene 27 October | 00:08
somehow mediated and meditated both work equally well. I wonder how many other word pairs do that.

Is this worthy of an effpeepee?

How about this?
posted by nomis 27 October | 02:25
you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose brain.
posted by nomis 27 October | 02:26
former, yes
latter, yes

neither is a lyric

cuma cuma cuma cuma cumming chameleon--
posted by ethylene 27 October | 03:29
Oh that reminds me of that one by Gomez: "she came, she came, she came again ..."

Actually, what is he actually singing, actually?
posted by nomis 27 October | 03:55
Savage Garden: "I wanna lay like this forever, until this guy goes down on me"

It's kind of a rip off of the misheard Purple Haze, if it's at all possible to rip off a mishearing.
posted by nomis 27 October | 03:57
i'm just making stuff up now anyway

"what if god was full of pus?"
posted by ethylene 27 October | 04:06
I've had that song stuck in my head since I read your amusing potential misreading a good two hours ago.
posted by nomis 27 October | 05:54
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