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One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.
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Roxy Music: Remake/Remodel

Original: CPL5938

Misheard: She get health, 5938
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Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
 
Really?  I thought it was supposed to be "instant comment".  You mean I've been hearing it correctly all these years??? I'm in shock.
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Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
 
Really?  I thought it was supposed to be "instant comment".  You mean I've been hearing it correctly all these years??? I'm in shock.

Pretty sure karma is correct (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/yes/iveseenallgoodpeople.html) but I always thought it was "comet" until a few years ago. I guess the reference to Instant Karma/Lennon fits in with them singing "Give Peace a Chance" at the end.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
 
Really?  I thought it was supposed to be "instant comment".  You mean I've been hearing it correctly all these years??? I'm in shock.

Pretty sure karma is correct (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/yes/iveseenallgoodpeople.html) but I always thought it was "comet" until a few years ago. I guess the reference to Instant Karma/Lennon fits in with them singing "Give Peace a Chance" at the end.
 
I guess it must be, but how do you send "an instant karma" to someone?  although I guess there's no point in asking Anderson's lyrics to make sense....Tongue
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Talk Talk by Talk Talk I thought the chorus was "Can you hear me doctor? Doc-tor Doc-tor?"

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Genesis, Blood on the Rooftops

Original "The outlook's fine"

I used to hear "The aunt looks fine".
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On Golden Earring's Radar Love:

Actual: Brenda Lee's comin' on strong

Heard: Brand a' Lee coming on strong
"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
 
Really?  I thought it was supposed to be "instant comment".  You mean I've been hearing it correctly all these years??? I'm in shock.

Pretty sure karma is correct (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/yes/iveseenallgoodpeople.html) but I always thought it was "comet" until a few years ago. I guess the reference to Instant Karma/Lennon fits in with them singing "Give Peace a Chance" at the end.
 
I guess it must be, but how do you send "an instant karma" to someone?  although I guess there's no point in asking Anderson's lyrics to make sense....Tongue
Yep, it makes as much sense as a purple wolfhound anyway.
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

On Golden Earring's Radar Love:

Actual: Brenda Lee's comin' on strong

Heard: Brand a' Lee coming on strong


I always thought it was "Mandolins comin' on strong".
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


 I guess it must be, but how do you send "an instant karma" to someone?  although I guess there's no point in asking Anderson's lyrics to make sense....Tongue
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Yep, it makes as much sense as a purple wolfhound anyway.
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Now I think a purple wolfhound makes PERFECT sense. Particularly a shining flying one.
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At the end of the song "Beyond They Dwell" off of Glass Hammer's album Perilous, Jon concludes the chorus by singing loudly "onward!" and I thought at first he had said "awkward!"
"I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters
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From Robert Wyatt's "Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road", I always thought that when Robert sings "Can you see them?" I always mishear it as "Count your semen".


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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by JediJoker7169 JediJoker7169 wrote:


One Prog one that came to mind is in Yes' "I've Seen All Good People," in the "Your Move" section: "Send an instant comet to me..." Never made much sense...
 
I always heard "instant karma" and thought, that's nice, he's quoting John Lennon.

"Instant karma" is correct.
 
Really?  I thought it was supposed to be "instant comment".  You mean I've been hearing it correctly all these years??? I'm in shock.

Pretty sure karma is correct (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/yes/iveseenallgoodpeople.html) but I always thought it was "comet" until a few years ago. I guess the reference to Instant Karma/Lennon fits in with them singing "Give Peace a Chance" at the end.
 
I guess it must be, but how do you send "an instant karma" to someone?  although I guess there's no point in asking Anderson's lyrics to make sense....Tongue
Yep, it makes as much sense as a purple wolfhound anyway.

It's "instant comment.'' Apparently Jon was into text messaging long before the rest of us.
Here is the official sheet music from Yes Complete vol. 1:
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Points: 2223 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 09 2015 at 14:54
^ Now I can't figure out if I'm right, wrong or both simultaneously.
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It's hard to initial karma. But bad karma comes back to bite people in the ass.  Ying Yang

And it is hard to say the sheet music is definitive beyond any shadow of a doubt. The chords are played in substantially different positions by Mr. Howe.


Edited by RockHound - August 09 2015 at 16:09
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Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath: "Oh no no please Gold help me"
I heard: "Oh no no please don't help me"
(I thought this was about the protagonist of the song considering if he should be Satan's "chosen one" or not ...)

Threshold, Siege of Baghdad: "The mighty cross of Jerusalem"
I heard: "The mighty corpse of Jerusalem"

If you speak German, you might mishear "Zïss ünt ëtnah" in Magma's Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh as "Siehst du Edna?" (Do you see Edna?)

Edited by Skalla-Grim - January 26 2016 at 05:05
"4/4 - That's 5/4 minus one." - Don Ellis (1934-1978)
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YES.
Original: "I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
so satisfied I'm on my way"

Misheard: "I've seen all good people turn their heads each day so sad to spot I'm on my way"
Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Originally posted by Skalla-Grim Skalla-Grim wrote:

Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath: "Oh no no please Gold help me"
I heard: "Oh no no please don't help me"
(I thought this was about the protagonist of the song considering if he should be Satan's "chosen one" or not ...)

Threshold, Siege of Baghdad: "The mighty cross of Jerusalem"
I heard: "The mighty corpse of Jerusalem"

If you speak German, you might mishear "Zïss ünt ëtnah" in Magma's Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh as "Siehst du Edna?" (Do you see Edna?)

not to forget that "Kobaïa ïss dëh Hündin!" sounds like German for "Kobaïa ïs the female dog" and "Hortz ẁirt tlaït üts Mïtlaït" sounds like "Horch, wer teilt unser Mitleid" meaning "listen, who shares our pity"


A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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