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Radioactive Toy 
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Posted: April 17 2005 at 04:56 |
excuse me for that.. Haven't seen that tread.. some treads are gone before you notice it eh? 
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 20:14 |
Another kind of lyrical misinterpretation
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Arsillus
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 20:12 |
When I was but a child, my dad would play AC/DC sometimes. I thought it was Dirty Deeds And The Thunder Jeep.
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Ben2112
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 18:04 |
Some real classics here  ! This doesn't really fit in but I am reminded of when my neice was about 4 years old and cracked me up by singing along to the radio "I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Free Willy". It seems she had (almost) absorbed the song from hearing my brother play it so much.
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Posted: April 16 2005 at 15:55 |
It took me quite a while to work out that Shania Twain was singing "But just look at us holding on" and not "But just look at the scolded nun"!  
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Posted: April 15 2005 at 15:05 |
 threefates wrote:
One of my favorite songs by CSN&Y was "Helplessly Hoping" The lyrics that always got me was "Her harlequin hovers nearby" I always thought it was "Her hard-lickin' lover's nearby". I'm still not sure what the original line means anyway....
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 A true classic from one of my favourite non prog acts. I definitely prefer your version of the lyric, which as you point out at least makes sense.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Posted: April 15 2005 at 14:44 |
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maani
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 23:53 |
Syzygy:
"A chicken or an aeroplane?" Actually, I'll take the chicken - it's probably safer!!
Peace.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 21:06 |
One of my favorite songs by CSN&Y was "Helplessly Hoping" The lyrics that always got me was "Her harlequin hovers nearby" I always thought it was "Her hard-lickin' lover's nearby". I'm still not sure what the original line means anyway....
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:29 |
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Not so much prog misunderstandings, but for years I thought that on The Letter by the Box Tops Alex Chilton sang 'Give a chicken or an aeroplane...' - the real lyric is 'Give me a ticket for an aeroplane'. I was also convinced that Tammy Wynnette sang 'Stan my old man' on her awful dirge.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Reed Lover
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:13 |
maani wrote:
Reed Lover:
Bathosphere?
Peace.
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Glad someone appreciated that!
Especially as it is usually my forum-surfing vehicle of choice!
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maani
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:07 |
Reed Lover:
Bathosphere?
Peace.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 14:02 |
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In N.I.B. by Black Sabbath where Ozzy sings "now I have you with me,
under my power" i kept misinterpreting it as "now I have you with me,
under my bum"
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We Lost the Skyline............
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 13:53 |
SPOCK'S BEARD - Beware Of Darkness
"Watch out now, take care beware of THOUGHTS that linger, winding round inside your head".
I swear it sounds like "Farts" rather than "thoughts". Even Neal Morse in the recent special edition says that one of his friends asked him why the first line is about being careful of flatulence.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 13:24 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Rush:The Trees
The real lyrics were:
...and the oaks just shake their heads
But I misheard them as:
...and the folks just sh*t their beds
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I thought the SAME THING dude!!!! That is too funny.
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:59 |
My favorite will always be Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising"
At the end of several of the verses where he's supposedly singing "There's a bad moon on the rise"... listen closely because he's really singing..
"Theres a bathroom on the right"
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Reed Lover
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:22 |
Rush:The Trees
The real lyrics were:
...and the oaks just shake their heads
But I misheard them as:
...and the folks just sh*t their beds
Freewill:
The real lyrics were:
I will choose a path that's clear.
But I misheard them as:
I will choose a bathosphere
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maani
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:18 |
One of my all-time gaffs was a lyric in Every Breath You Take by The Police:
What he says: "How my poor heart aches."
What I heard: "I'm a pool hall ace."
Listen to his voice and diction, and I can be forgiven...
Also, there is a very famous book on this subject called: "'Scuse Me, While I Kiss This Guy." And there is a website as well:
www.kissthisguy.com
Have fun!
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Eemu Ranta
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:44 |
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More Opeth:
Harvest // ...born of cement but it's me who's tomato ? ...mourner's
lament but it's me who's the martyr.
A Fair Judgement // Leave the pee.. it was meant for me ? Leave it be.. it
was meant for me.
The Drapery Falls // Deadly badgers made my wreath ? Deadly patterns
made my wreath.
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mirco
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Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:38 |
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Sean: my doughter ask the same to me while listening to PH... And she's blonde too (in her defence, she's only 14 and not pefectly bilingual...)
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Please forgive me for my crappy english!
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