Mistaken lyrics

Twilightning · 14-05-2010 10:13AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ

HAMSTER!
A DENTIST!
HARD PORN!
STEVEN SEAGULL!

Banned Account · 14-05-2010 10:24AM

I knew a guy who thought the Dead Kennedys were singing:

"Matchbox, Matchbox, Matchbox, - FCUK OFF!!"

That was funny.

pjmn · 14-05-2010 10:27AM

Reverened Blue Jeans...

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

jigglywoo · 14-05-2010 10:34AM

Lock the Taskbar by The Clash

dilallio · 14-05-2010 10:43AM

Islands in the Stream

All those years I wondered why Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers were singing about Ireland's Industry

Dunjohn · 14-05-2010 10:44AM

Remember the song Blue (Da Ba Dee)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

I used to work with a guy who refused to have it playing around him incase people thought he was gay. He thought the lyrics were "Blue (I'm in need of a guy)."

gmonov1 · 14-05-2010 10:46AM

i always thought it was strange that U2 were singing about an 'Angel with a hard on'

(Angel of Harlem)

:o:o

Meemars · 14-05-2010 10:47AM

pjmn wrote: »

Reverened Blue Jeans...

+1 for Reverend Blue Jeans.

I thought the same for many years, and it has stuck so firmly that I still sing it by accident, although I know it's "Forever in...."

Not that I find myself singing Neil Diamond too often, you understand!

LittleBook · 14-05-2010 11:37AM

"Seo libh, canaidh amhrán na bhFiann."

Shovin' Connie-eeeee around the greeeeeeeen!

MissMotivated · 14-05-2010 11:43AM

Theme tune of Home and Away, it's 'I'm walking on air', always thought it was 'and what can i nam', could never figure out what nam meant!!!

I'm sure I have more but these are ones my friends sang,

'Take the shotgun off my feet so I can dance' instead of 'take the shackles off'

Alannis Morrisette 'You've already run me over' instead of 'You've already won me over'

hahahahahahah these still make me laugh

Gmol · 14-05-2010 11:51AM

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.

Should have gone to Spec savers....

sorrywhat · 14-05-2010 11:52AM

I heard my friend singing along to Greendays song Good Riddance/Time of your life

There is part in the song that goes: in the end its right, I hope you've had the time time of your life

Instead........

I heard from him ....

The INDIAN was right, I hope you've had the time of your life

He hasnt ever really lived it down.

dubtom · 14-05-2010 12:01PM

Skiddilly napp ba dapp booo,diddelly wopp ba dumdum.

These words or similar usually end up in most songs I sing

Earthhorse · 14-05-2010 12:03PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

there was a dance song out in the 90's with the line 'he's gotta be quick' but it sounded like 'he's got a big dick'

Dudess wrote: »

Oh yeah a dance mix of Tori Amos's Professional Widow.

It's "We gotta be big".

Kasabian · 14-05-2010 12:08PM

I find that if I listen to music on my Ipod it is so much better than having it on in the background. Some songs have taken on a whole new meaning to me after listening to them for years and then putting them on my Ipod.
Some songs I have being listening to for years and I never really knew what the lyrics or message intended.

ArmaniJeanss · 14-05-2010 12:12PM

"Theres murder on the dance floor, but you'd better not tell the groom."

I assumed it was a song about the afters at a wedding or something.

VERYinterested · 14-05-2010 12:21PM

I used to think that Alanis Morrisette's 'Ironic' contained the following lyrics:

'It's a death row hard-on, two minutes too late' :eek:

I remember hearing a guy ringing 98fm to say that his girlfriend thought that Prince's song 'Little Red Corvette' was actually 'Dia Dhuit Collette' and whenever I hear it now, those lyrics work for me!

annie87 · 14-05-2010 12:35PM

You'll be dancing once again like a baby wren, you will have no time for dreaming, Chiquitita la la la laaaa...

lalala dance, miracle dance instead of 'She wore a raspberry beret'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwtsVaIcW2A - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (alternative lyrics)

Ruthie_ · 14-05-2010 12:46PM

Dunjohn wrote: »

Remember the song Blue (Da Ba Dee)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

I used to work with a guy who refused to have it playing around him incase people thought he was gay. He thought the lyrics were "Blue (I'm in need of a guy)."

I always thought it was "Blue (If I OD I will die)"

misslt · 14-05-2010 12:52PM

Ruthie_ wrote: »

I always thought it was "Blue (If I OD I will die)"

I once heard someone singing Blue (If i was green I would die)

Smcgie · 14-05-2010 12:55PM

Sam sparrows 'Black & Gold' used to sing 'Like a ghost'

But it really really sounds like - like a ghost!!

Dj Stiggie · 14-05-2010 12:58PM

jigglywoo wrote: »

Lock the Taskbar by The Clash

NO WAY! I StumbledUpon that the other day. That site is brilliant.

No mondegreens springing to mind atm, my friend's a whuare for them though

alwaysadub · 14-05-2010 05:20PM

I always sing the wrong lyrics-sometimes it's years before i realise

The most recent one i can think of is Alicia Keys' New York:

"In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of"

I sang as:

"In New York, concrete jungle with green to-may-toes(the American pronunciation of tomatoes)

AssaultedPeanut · 14-05-2010 05:37PM

Lurching wrote: »

My house mate used to think that "Shes got Bette Davis eyes" actually went "shes got better days aside".

My friend thought it was "she's got better days in sight" and my sister thought it was "she's got very dangerous eyes" :P

Another person I know thought that dancey song that goes "I can feel the beat, feel the beat, feel the beat.."
Well she thought it was
"I can spill the beans, spill the beans, spill the beans..."

anewme · 14-05-2010 08:41PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCevP9DJtIY

Tall man in Tallaght.......meet me somewhere......

Listen just as he starts singing!

MardiB · 14-05-2010 09:12PM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Favoutie one I've heard about is Bryan Adams "Summer of 69"

Had my first real six string became "Had my first real sex dream (played it 'til my fingers bled...)"

I thought the line in the chorus ' back in the summer of 69' went ' So do you wanna have sex tonight....

Truley · 14-05-2010 09:15PM

I don't understand a word of what comes out of Beyonce's mouth :P

thegen · 14-05-2010 09:20PM

Worked with a guy back in the 80's who sang.

"I don't want to be a park ranger" instead of "I don't want to be a heart breaker". Dion Warick song.

starbelgrade · 15-05-2010 12:52AM

My brother used to think that "Fairytale of New York" contained the following lyric...

"The boys in the orthopedic choir were singing Galway Bay".

Little Acorn · 15-05-2010 01:25AM

The Killers -When you were young

I thought "talks like a general,like you remember when, you were young"
Really is "talks like a gentleman ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' "

Used to sing these lyrics really loudly, till one day one of my friends was like
-"talks like a what?!", I argued with them until they googled the lyrics and proved me wrong.:o

Mistaken lyrics

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