Lyrics misinterpertations
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Topic: Lyrics misinterpertations
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Subject: Lyrics misinterpertations
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 05:52
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I was wondering.. If anyone had extremly funny lyrics misinterpetations... I've reminded me of one yesterday that makes all my others look like losers.. here it is: Opeth - damnation - hope leaves: ".. there's a wound that's alway's bleeding.." I tought in a funny week that Mike sung: ".. there's a woumb that's alway's bleeding.." Tought that was quite funny -------------  
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Anybody else funny Lyrics misinterpertations?Replies:
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 09:18
| There was one that I read on a website a couple of years that back (can't remember which one) where someone misheard the Iron Maiden lyrics 'The Evil That Men Do' as 'The Evil Katmandu'. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:15
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A fairly dumb girlfriend asked me if Jimi Hendrix was gay. When asked why she wondered, she said that she heard in a song of his (Purple Haze): "Excuse me , while I kiss this guy". Need I mention that she was a stunning blonde?!? ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: mirco
Date 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...) ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: Eemu Ranta
Date 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. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:18
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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: http://www.kissthisguy.com - www.kissthisguy.com Have fun! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:22
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Rush:The Trees The real lyrics were: But I misheard them as:
Freewill: The real lyrics were: But I misheard them as:
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 12:59
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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" ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 13:24
I thought the SAME THING dude!!!! |
Reed Lover wrote:Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 13:53
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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 By: Metropolis
Date 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"
------------- We Lost the Skyline............ 
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:07
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Reed Lover: Bathosphere? Peace. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:13
Glad someone appreciated that! Especially as it is usually my forum-surfing vehicle of choice! -------------
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date 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. ------------- '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 |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 21:06
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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.... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 23:53
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Syzygy: "A chicken or an aeroplane?" Peace. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 14:44
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Here's a previous thread on the same subject. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1587 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1587 |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 15:05
------------- '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 |
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.Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: April 16 2005 at 15:55
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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 By: Ben2112
Date 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 By: Arsillus
Date Posted: April 16 2005 at 20:12
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When I was but a child, my dad would play AC/DC sometimes. I thought it was Dirty Deeds And The Thunder Jeep. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 16 2005 at 20:14
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Another kind of lyrical misinterpretation -------------
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Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date 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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