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Mistaken lyrics

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  • #32
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,162 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Adyx wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVD6_BGV8mM


    ;)

    OMG, you were right! How odd!


  • #33
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I used to think the chorus to "Blinded By The Light" by Manfred Mann was ....

    "Blinded by the light . . . wrapped up like a douche" (instead of "reved up like a deuce").

    I mean, who the hell wraps up a douche? "Her honey, I got you something for Christmas that I not only think you like, but you could also really do with."
    Thank you for clarifying. I also thought until this moment it was "wrapped up like a douche". Nonsensical I know, but I could not think of an alternative... :o


  • #34
    Daisy Steiner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 751 ✭✭✭Daisy Steiner


    I see you baby . . . chicken and egg; chicken and egg

    (shakin' that ass)


  • #35
    molloyjazz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭molloyjazz


    i heard some auld lad singing it and he did say Deuce.. but the mannfred mann version is much better.. and will always be douche to me. Douche FTW!



  • #36
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I lived in Spain for a few years & used to have heated arguments with my Spanish mates about the lyrics to Beck's "Loser"... I was adamant (not Adam Ant - that would be a serious mondegreen!!) that the chrous was...

    "Saw you walk out the door,
    I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me"

    It took me a long time & a lot of learning of Spanish to concede that the lyrics were in fact..

    "Soy un perdedor
    I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me"


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  • #37
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    molloyjazz wrote: »
    anyone know 'blinded by the light' by manfred manns earth band... well that songs says 'wrapped up like a DOUCHE' \0/

    Interesting tidbit; that song was written by Bruce Springsteen.
    I'll just point that out before Outlaw Pete does.


  • #38
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    ascanbe wrote: »
    Interesting tidbit; that song was written by Bruce Springsteen.
    I'll just point that out before Outlaw Pete does.

    I'm surprised you got in there before Pete did. Candy must be on Channel 907 tonight.


  • #39
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I love this one...Ken Lee.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo


  • #40
    Dennis the Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Dennis the Stone


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkqbp4xWGM


  • #41
    Topper Harley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Topper Harley


    A friend of mine used to think that Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a prayer" was "livin' on a railroad"


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  • #42
    molloyjazz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭molloyjazz


    Topper Harley wrote: »
    A friend of mine used to think that Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a prayer" was "livin' on a railroad"

    isnt it great for him that the headshops are now banned!


  • #43
    wonton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭wonton


    i've heard people sing some words that just dont make sense in the song AT ALL!

    whiskey in the jar

    As I was goin' over the far famed Kerry mountains,
    I met with Captain Farrell, and his money he was countin'.
    I first produced me pistol and I then produced me "RAYGUN"


    though my favourite one i've heard


    nelly - ride wit me

    if you wanna go and get high wit me
    smoke an L in the back of the benzie
    oh why must i feel this way
    (Hey Más é do thoil é )


    ,


  • #44
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    wonton wrote: »
    i've heard people sing some words that just dont make sense in the song AT ALL!

    whiskey in the jar

    As I was goin' over the far famed Kerry mountains,
    I met with Captain Farrell, and his money he was countin'.
    I first produced me pistol and I then produced me "RAYGUN"
    [/B]


    ,

    Oh dear - not only did I think it was 'Raygun' (until now when I just Googled it & saw that it is "rapier"), but I also thought that you f*cked up with "far framed Kerry mountains" - I always thought it was "Cork & Kerry mountains".

    I'll get my coat.


  • #45
    KevinVonSpiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭KevinVonSpiel


    I was speaking with a Chinese guy once & he blurts out that he likes the music of Cweam very much... I am surprised, but Cream was a great band (albeit one you don't hear much about these days) & started spieling (as I do) about Clapton & co...

    He looks bemused.

    He then tells me his favorite song by this 'Cweam' is: We Will Rock You.


  • #46
    ascanbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    wonton wrote: »
    i've heard people sing some words that just dont make sense in the song AT ALL!

    whiskey in the jar

    As I was goin' over the far famed Kerry mountains,
    I met with Captain Farrell, and his money he was countin'.
    I first produced me pistol and I then produced me "RAYGUN"


    though my favourite one i've heard


    nelly - ride wit me

    if you wanna go and get high wit me
    smoke an L in the back of the benzie
    oh why must i feel this way
    (Hey Más é do thoil é )


    ,

    In fairness, Nelly is a well known gealgoir, so it's an easy missunderstanding.


  • #47
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    KevinVonSpiel wrote: »
    I was speaking with a Chinese guy once & he blurts out that he likes the music of Cweam very much... I am surprised, but Cream was a great band (albeit one you don't hear much about these days) & started spieling (as I do) about Clapton & co...

    He looks bemused.

    He then tells me his favorite song by this 'Cweam' is: We Will Rock You.

    What an eejit. Everybody knows that Cweam's best song is "We Will Wok You". Duh!


  • #48
    The Gibzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 494 ✭✭The Gibzilla


    "The ants are my friends is blowin in the wind, the ants are blowing in the wind" I thought Dylan was a bit like Dougal "TED THE ANTS ARE BACK"!!


  • #49
    Nick Dolan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭Nick Dolan


    In the middle of Messugahs song Rational Gaze (cracking good tune), the guy roars out, clear as a bell, I LIKE JUICE!! Check it out!


  • #50
    wonton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭wonton


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Oh dear - not only did I think it was 'Raygun' (until now when I just Googled it & saw that it is "rapier"), but I also thought that you f*cked up with "far framed Kerry mountains" - I always thought it was "Cork & Kerry mountains".

    I'll get my coat.



    It actually is cork and kerry in some versions so you may stay for a few more minutes


  • #51
    gamgsam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭gamgsam




    My version:

    I've got a chick chick chicken in my head

    Real version:

    Got the time tick tick ticking in my head


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  • #52
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    I always thought he was singin' about an STD in this song. "Salty Peeeeeeeeee"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXWX9e10Ubw


  • #53
    Thomas828
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    One lyric I misheard was in "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. The original line is: Can you help me occupy my brain? I thought it was: Can you help me? Can you burn my brain?


  • #54
    molloyjazz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭molloyjazz


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    I always thought he was singin' about an STD in this song. "Salty Peeeeeeeeee"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXWX9e10Ubw

    i always say "ctrl alt delete!" for that song.


  • #55
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27_h364InY


    Yeah so there I was sitting with this lass Michelle...happy out in first year of college...listening to mah slipknot... Heard 'Inside my shell I wait and bleed' as 'Inside Michelle I wait and bleed'...<end of story here> it's all I could think about then and until this day.

    Love the songs where they just stick up the lyrics that sound like they are saying it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLDLyeepVs


  • #56
    celtic Liger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭celtic Liger


    LAME TRACK, LAAAAAME TRACK, LAME TRACK, WE'LL GIVE YOU LAME TRACK

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7iHXV_uP_w


  • #57
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    Clown control to Mao Zidong. = Ground control to Major Tom.


  • #58
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    For years I thought it was "I love Cecile" but it was "Our lips are sealed"...


  • #59
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Paulo Nutella's song "Ten out of Ten"

    Always thought he was singing, "I wanna get me outta bed" instead of "I wanna get ten out of ten"


  • #60
    IvySlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,194 ✭✭✭✭IvySlayer


    When I heard 'When loves takes overrrr' I always thought it was 'When I taste soberrr'

    For months, until I looked at the lyrics.


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  • #61
    Dixie Chick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭Dixie Chick


    there is that famous U2 song

    "Electric toaster"


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