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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2005 at 07:44
Originally posted by porter porter wrote:

Sheryl Crow "Run Baby Run"

real lyrics:

"She was born in november, 1963, the day Aldous Huxley died"

as I heard them for years:

"She was born in november, 1963, the day Elvis actually died"

 



Oh,this is a good one...
 
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

"Woke up this morning, bucked up and I leave me.
Darling, cheesehead, I was yards to greasy.
Ohhhh-ho, me ears are alight".

"I think that's what he sings, but I need to hear it on a Maxwell."

That was a German tv-ad for Maxwell tapes in the 80s. Let's see if you can guess the song.

I remember that ad! This one was Desmond Dekker's Israelites. Weren't there some others too?

My favourite misheard lyric is "Excuse me while I kiss this guy". There's also a line in a Coverdale-Page song which goes "pour your ocean over me" and it sounds just like "pour your horse sh*t over me".



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Sheryl Crow "Run Baby Run"

real lyrics:

"She was born in november, 1963, the day Aldous Huxley died"

as I heard them for years:

"She was born in november, 1963, the day Elvis actually died"

 
"my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III")
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Points: 237 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2005 at 06:34

one of the most  popular mishearding :

Pink floyd - Echoes

"...And everything is green and submarine"

misheard as:

"....And everything is green and summery"

 

 
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Points: 1381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2005 at 06:09
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:


Another brick in the wall-Pink floyd

Real lyrics:

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher leave those kids alone
Misheard as:
We don't need no education
We don't need no thoughts at all
No Dukes of Hazard in the classroom
Teacher leave them Dukes alone



Gimme a break...

LOLOL I swear I heard the same thing for years.

As soon as i saw this thread, i was gonna post that, thats why i came in lol.

at least I'm not the only one
I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Originally posted by Matti Matti wrote:

One famous mishearing is in Manfred Mann's Earth Band's Blinded by the light, "ripped up like a douche" (misheard) >< "revved up like a deuce" (right words). This was talked about in Mann's interview: a detail that possibly helped the single (and Roaring Silence album) sell so well. Eh, my English is not good enough to understand either of them properly, what sort of naughtiness is there, can someone enlighten me?

I found this text below in the net:    http://www.izzlepfaff.com/blog/archives/000119.php

" I can't believe the biggest Mondegreen song of all time has not been mentioned. It was even a Skit on The State. The song? Blinded by the Light. Some variations:

"Blinded by the light, held up like a luffe by the foreman of the night."
"Blinded by the light, ripped up like a douche and then you throw away the night."

The funny thing is, I had to go to a lyrics site to get the original:
"Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night" "


and how do you know they are the original lyrics? on the official homepage of Hawkwind there is a mistake about the lyrics of "High Rise". one line is given as "Caged up rage, swarming all the time", but Robert Calvert definitely sings "Caged up rage, swarming hornet hive" (Calvert had an obsession with insect swarms, especially hornets; they appear in many of his songs).


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One famous mishearing is in Manfred Mann's Earth Band's Blinded by the light, "ripped up like a douche" (misheard) >< "revved up like a deuce" (right words). This was talked about in Mann's interview: a detail that possibly helped the single (and Roaring Silence album) sell so well. Eh, my English is not good enough to understand either of them properly, what sort of naughtiness is there, can someone enlighten me?

I found this text below in the net:    http://www.izzlepfaff.com/blog/archives/000119.php

" I can't believe the biggest Mondegreen song of all time has not been mentioned. It was even a Skit on The State. The song? Blinded by the Light. Some variations:

"Blinded by the light, held up like a luffe by the foreman of the night."
"Blinded by the light, ripped up like a douche and then you throw away the night."

The funny thing is, I had to go to a lyrics site to get the original:
"Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night" "
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"Woke up this morning, bucked up and I leave me.
Darling, cheesehead, I was yards to greasy.
Ohhhh-ho, me ears are alight".

"I think that's what he sings, but I need to hear it on a Maxwell."

That was a German tv-ad for Maxwell tapes in the 80s. Let's see if you can guess the song.


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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2005 at 04:02

One ANEKDOTEN mishearing ended up on some bootleg CD of their live show.

"This Far from The Sky" -> This heartless guy

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In Finland we have even two books of misheard lyrics - are such in other countries? I laugh my eyes wet reading them. I try to memorize some English-language examples (I bring the best tomorrow)...

"All I needed was to love you gay" ("...the love you gave"; Only You)
"I saw a reindeer" (I Surrender)
"Cents on a dollar", "Since I'm a donut" (Senza una donna)
"I'm at schoolboy age" ("how my poor heart aches"; Every Breath You Take)

 As a young boy I heard Peter Gabriel's line "out of woman comes a man" in Humdrum as "I want woman, condom and...". Not that I THOUGHT it was that way really...
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TOTO-Africa

Real lyrics:

I bless the rains down in Africa

Misheard as:
I've led some raids down in Africa

 
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 07 2005 at 03:38
Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:


Another brick in the wall-Pink floyd

Real lyrics:

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher leave those kids alone
Misheard as:
We don't need no education
We don't need no thoughts at all
No Dukes of Hazard in the classroom
Teacher leave them Dukes alone



Gimme a break...
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AC/DC-You shook me all night long

Real lyrics:

She had sightless eyes.

Misheard as:
She had Satan's eyes.

Rush:The trees

Real lyrics:
...and the oaks just shake their heads

Misheard as
...and the folks just sh*t their beds

Can i play with madness-Iron Maiden

Real lyrics:

Can I play with madness

Misheard as:
Can I play with matches

Another brick in the wall-Pink floyd

Real lyrics:

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teacher leave those kids alone
Misheard as:
We don't need no education
We don't need no thoughts at all
No Dukes of Hazard in the classroom
Teacher leave them Dukes alone

 anyways anybody misheard any songs?



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