Misunderstood Song Lyrics! :)

arctic lemur

Have you often listened to a song only to find out years later that the words were totally different?

For example KD Lang had a song called 'Constant Craving'
and i thought the tyrics went 'I cant stand gravy and i always will'

fade2black

Paul Simon- Graceland

"As she brush her hair and farted"

(As she brushed her hair from her forehead)

Faith

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69.

"I got my first real sex dream".

("I got my first real six string"!)

I knew it didn't make any sense...

xzanti

Reverend blue jeans
Forever in blue jeans


Her lips curled up where they belonged
Love Lifts us up where we belong

(Macy Gray) I wore goggles when you are not there
My world crumbles when you are not there

xzanti

Faith wrote:

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69.

"I got my first real sex dream".

("I got my first real six string"!)

I knew it didn't make any sense...

Ha thats good

gonker

"She dries meat gravy"

"She drives me crazy" Fine Young Cannibals

Capt'n Midnight

Mondegreen

You just can't beat the ones that american primary school kids come up with
"I led the pigeons to the flag"

there's about 4 others for that one I can't find ATM.


http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml

The Free Man

theres a whole site dedicated to this
http://www.kissthisguy.com/


my new fav is that song doing the rounds now:
'i wish i was a prawn cracker with flowers in my hair'

the Shades

"If you turn away fish, then your children will be next"

If you tolerate this, then your children will be next

manic street preachers

Ruu_Old

"Come a, come a, come a, come a, come a chameleon"

"Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon"

:rolleyes: ¬.¬

whizzbang

Anyone remember Zig and Zag AOR (Alient Orientated Rocktime) on 2FM in the morning? They did a few of these, I remember the following

"She dried meat gravey" -"She drives me crazy" Fien Yound Cannibals
"A Haon Deig" - something about legs 11, dont' know the original song
"Are you wonkey Annie?" - "Are you ok Annie?" Micko Jacko

There were loads of them.

Whenever I hear these songs these days I still hear the Zig and Zag lyrics!

JungleBunny

Faith wrote:

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69.
"I got my first real sex dream".
("I got my first real six string"!)
I knew it didn't make any sense...

And I thought I was the only one

Diana Ross - Stop in the Name of Love
I thought she sang "Stop in the neighbourhood" - yeah! that makes sense!

whizzbang

JungleBunny wrote:

Diana Ross - Stop in the Name of Love
I thought she sang "Stop in the neighbourhood" - yeah! that makes sense!

road safety campaign?

"Stop! In the neighbourhood!
before you look both ways!"

telecinesk

The pretenders , Brass in Pocket> "Im gonna use my style, gonna use my Sausage"?!..

The Police So lonley , "Sue Lawley".

Toyah Wilcox(No was it Hazel OConnor?) Decadent Days "These are chicken and chips".

Oobie

Uncle Jasons Waterfalls

(Don't go chasing Waterfalls - tlc or some cr*p group like that).

quickbeam

No dogs or cats are in the classroom

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (should be "no dark sarcasm in the classroom")


Didn't we nearly have it off

Whitney Heuston (should be "didn't we nearly have it all")


Every little thing she does is maddening

The Police (should be "every little things she does is magic")

Ruu_Old

quickbeam wrote:

No dogs or cats are in the classroom

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (should be "no dark sarcasm in the classroom")

That would have made sense too

_Kaiser_

I've a related problem... I've an old 80s pop tune on a tape that has bugging me at this stage for YEARS because I ca't figure out who sang it/the title so I can download it snd put it to rest (Side note: the OP's "KD Lang - Constant Craving" was on this list for a while too:))

I've tried googling the lyrics and such but no luck.. I'd try ripping it to a mp3 and upload it if I could, or can try posting lyrics here if any of ye are good at that sorta thing - I used to be pretty good at FM104's "Beat the Intro" game myself

niallb

Kaiser2000 wrote:

...
I'd try ripping it to a mp3 and upload it if I could, or can try posting lyrics here if any of ye are good at that sorta thing - I used to be pretty good at FM104's "Beat the Intro" game myself

Go on, go on.

DublinWriter

There was a fantastic ad campaign from the late 80's for Maxell tapes about this very concept!

Bascially, guy on a street, a là Dylan "Subterranian Homesick Blues' film, dropping lyrics cards to a song.

One of the songs was Demond Dekker's reggae classic 'The Isrealites',

Desond sung "aaaaaaaaaaahhh ahhhh The Isrealities"

But the card read "aaaaaaaaaaahhh ahhhh me ears are alight!"

Full lyrics:

Get up in the morning
Sleeping for bread Sir
Sold out to every monk and cheese head
Ooh Ooh
Me ears are alight

Why find my kids
To buck up and a leave me
Darling cheese head
I was far too greasy
Ooh Ooh
Me ears are alight

Faith

Kaiser2000 wrote:

I've a related problem... I've an old 80s pop tune on a tape that has bugging me at this stage for YEARS because I ca't figure out who sang it/the title so I can download it snd put it to rest (Side note: the OP's "KD Lang - Constant Craving" was on this list for a while too:))

I've tried googling the lyrics and such but no luck.. I'd try ripping it to a mp3 and upload it if I could, or can try posting lyrics here if any of ye are good at that sorta thing - I used to be pretty good at FM104's "Beat the Intro" game myself

"You know that song... by that band ... it has those lyrics in it ..."

gonker

Oh I remember that ad. I had forgotten about it till now. It was very funny.

Oriel

"Give me all of your plasticine and I'll turn the night into the skylight of day"

"Give me all of your prayers to sing, and I'll turn the night into the skylight of day"

Meat Loaf - Heaven Can Wait

_Kaiser_

ok here goes...

[intro/chorus]
Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)

Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)

Said he'll never let me go
said he's gonna hold me back
said his name was Envy
said things would get better

I gotta rope around my neck
got chains on my feet
he's watchin every single thing I do
now I'm ruinning from the big boy

Someone take my hand
don't care if I fall
don't care if I stumble
I will never crawl

take me by the hand
don't care if I fall
don't care if I tumble
you won't make me crawl

[chorus]
Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)

Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)


Is there ... ? (can't quite make this line out)
he's drowing my life
my happiness is down the drain
could be gone forever

and jealous men are dangerous
they're out of control
I've got a ticket, got a ride
I've got to save my soul

Someone take my hand
don't care if I fall
don't care if I stumble
I will never crawl

take me by the hand
don't care if I fall
don't care if I tumble
you won't make me crawl

[chorus]
Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)

Gonna get better baby, I'm a good thing
(I'm a good thing)
you will never make me crawl
(no you won't baby oh)

[musical interlude]

It goes on a bit longer but my fingers hurt Any ideas?

J.R.HARTLEY

whizzbang wrote:

Anyone remember Zig and Zag AOR (Alient Orientated Rocktime) on 2FM in the morning? They did a few of these, I remember the following

"She dried meat gravey" -"She drives me crazy" Fien Yound Cannibals
"A Haon Deig" - something about legs 11, dont' know the original song
"Are you wonkey Annie?" - "Are you ok Annie?" Micko Jacko

There were loads of them.

Whenever I hear these songs these days I still hear the Zig and Zag lyrics!

do you remember
Jim Reeves - I love you big horse (i love you because)
Prince - Gerry ryans arms will hold this boat together (Orions arms will hold us both together, or something like that)

RobertFoster

Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient

#He's just a fly, and he's ancient#
(#They're Justified, and they're Ancient#)

#Woah-oh down in moo moo land#
(#All bound for Mu Mu Land#)

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do:

#Until the sun comes up over sana-monna-cheese boulevard#
(#Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard#)

I sung weird songs as a kid.

arctic lemur

Check this website out for misunderstood lyrics
www.kissthisguy.com

Abba: Dancing Queen
The real lyrics were:
You can dance,
You can jive,
Having the time of your life...

But I misheard them as:
You can dance,
You can die,
Having the time of your life...


Band on the Run: Paul MCCartney
The real lyrics were:
Band on the run, Band on the Run.....

But I misheard them as:
Stand on the rug, Stand on the rug...


Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes
The real lyrics were:
She knows just how to make a pro blush

But I misheard them as:
She knows just how to make a clothes brush

colm_mcm

Kaiser2000 wrote:

ok here goes...

It goes on a bit longer but my fingers hurt Any ideas?

I remember that song! wasn't natalie imbruglia or Tina Arina or someone was it?

_Kaiser_

colm_mcm wrote:

I remember that song! wasn't natalie imbruglia or someone was it?

Bit before her time Id think but if you get it PLEASE let me know

colm_mcm

I reckon it was in the 90's as opposed to the 80's. I clearly remember that song.

Femelade

"my world crumbles when you are not here"


i heard:

"i blow bubbles when you are not here."

macy gray.

SpitfireIV

Femmy wrote:

"my world crumbles when you are not here"

macy gray.

If you listen to it again you will hear "I wear goggles when you are not here", haha.


The one that got me was a Billy Joel song, 'Goodnight Saigon', and the line:

They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope

I heard it as:

They sent us Playboy, they gave us bog roll

Only discovered the real words a year back or so, hmm.....:)

dbnavan

My wife always thought Everything but the Girl's lyrics of "Like the deserts miss the rain" was "like the devil's listerine"

brown*eyed*girl

Some of these are very funny!

Someone I know used to think Gabriell's song Out of Reach where she sings "out of reach" sounds like "gonorrhoea" (without pronouncing the a). Listen to it next time and it really does!!

monkeyfudge

There's a Mariah Carrey(I think) song called 'I Can't Live' and at one point it sounds like she says 'I can't forget the semen on your face as you were leaving'

PaulOH

Originally Posted by Femmy
"my world crumbles when you are not here"

macy gray.

Genuinely thought for a long time she was saying "I walk the roads when you are not here"
Thot it was quite an Irish way of putting it

Also for years, in the chorus of Eurythmics 'Love is a stranger', I used to think Annie was saying 'Self-in-circumcision' (ouch!!) instead of 'so it's an obsession'. Was only enlightened quite recently.

My ma stopped us corrupting Police's 'Message in a bottle' when she heard us shouting out 'message up your bottom'

Can anyone confirm if Holly Johnson actually refers to the... er... end result after the 'climax' during 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood? I'm convinced he does but says it in a way that was clearly indistinct to get it round the censor.

arctic lemur

'Rock me Amadeus' (dunno singer but heard it on VHI Classic)

I used to think it was 'rock me Sabbuteo'

fuzzywiggle

Keane - everybody's changing

''So little time''

I thought was ''So it turns out'' :rolleyes:

numorouno

mine was the weather girls - its raining men

i always thought "its a rainy day" when i was in niteclubs before i knew the name of the song. id say they though i looked a bit odd with a 6' 3'' cluchie jumping around the place singing "its a rainy day" with the rest of the dance floor all women. doh!!!


also thought saw doctors - i usta love her was "pints of ocher" . hmmm strange!

GoldieBear

RobertFoster wrote:

Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient

#He's just a fly, and he's ancient#
(#They're Justified, and they're Ancient#)

#Woah-oh down in moo moo land#
(#All bound for Mu Mu Land#)

Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do:

#Until the sun comes up over sana-monna-cheese boulevard#
(#Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard#)

I sung weird songs as a kid.

I always thought the lyrics we all bound for mu mu land too. I thought the song was a quirky tribute to cows!

Faith

I can't believe no-one's mentioned the most obvious one!

"Graham put a rasher on the morning five".

("Brimful of asha on the 45".)

Also, I thought POD's "Youth of a Nation" was "euthanasia"!

seanironmaiden

There's a song by The Corrs, "Give me a Reason", I think's the name and it sounds like the lyrics go: "Gimme a Reason.. I'm makin' Sausages"

can't be arsed findin out what the real lyrics are..

deedee lepoopoo

The Stranglers - You better watch out for the skindeep

I thought was - You better watch out for the stringbeans.

Dun laoire

I would like to point out i am not and never will be a fan of gerry halliwells music. Just making that clear:D

Geri Halliwell "raining men"

"A donor with all sauces"

("according to all sources")

quickbeam

Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire:

Real Lyrics: British Beatlemania
I thought: British beat Romania

I did often wonder why I never read about that little war in my history class.

Mrs. MacGyver

Fatboy Slim 'Rockerfella Skank'

Actual lyrics:

"Right about now, the funk soul brother,
Check it out now, the funk soul brother,
Double Screwball, Double Screwball"

Always thought the last line said civil servant , civil servant!

killswitch

"And I miss you...like a sad ass miss the rain"

Everything But The Girl - "Missing"

FatherTed

When I was a kid, I always thought The Police's "I can't stand losing" meant "I can't stand music".

Also that Desree song "You gotta be".... the lyrics "gotta be bold" sounds like "got big bones".

The Muppet

Go and get stuffed also known as known as Billy Oceans/Boyzones When the Going gets tough.

solas

Radioheads creep.

what was.. I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo sounds like I'm a tree..I'm a willow. still works for me.

Reganio 2

Mrs. MacGyver wrote:

Fatboy Slim 'Rockerfella Skank'

Actual lyrics:

"Right about now, the funk soul brother,
Check it out now, the funk soul brother,
Double Screwball, Double Screwball"

Always thought the last line said civil servant , civil servant!

When it says "right about now, the funk soul brother". I thought it said "right about now the funk's so rubber" so stupid when you think about it.:o