Everyone mishears lyrics from time to time... So lets start a list... Mostly cuz I'm bored
Now I don't usually have any that I don't hear right, so if I do I'll post them.. But here are some of the most common ones I've heard people sing:
Song: Jack And Diane Artist: John Mellencamp Actual Lyric: Changes comin' 'round real soon/Make us women and men Misheard as: Changes comin' 'round real soon/Make us swimming in men
I love The Bangles and a song both Jon and I love is Walk Like An Egyptian from their second album Different Light. When I was younger and didn't know all the words, and I'd only heard it on radio and music videos on TV, plus I've always had a slight hearing deficiency, this is what I thought Michael Steele (who sings the middle verse) was singing...
Song: Walk Like An Egyptian
Artist: The Bangles (Michael Steele)
Actual Lyric: "All the schoolkids so sick of books, they like the punk and the metal band..."
Misheard As: "All the schoolkids so sick of books, they like to [*insert four letter rude word starting with sixth letter of the alphabet*] in the middle bed..."
I always felt too embarrassed to sing along out loud to the middle verse when I was younger, because I thought I would get in trouble!
What a relief to finally know what the actual lyric was when I bought my own copy of the album.
Actual Lyric: "All the schoolkids so sick of books, they like the punk and the metal band..."
Misheard As: "All the schoolkids so sick of books, they like to [*insert four letter rude word starting with sixth letter of the alphabet*] in the middle bed..."
That's funny Mikey!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Favorite quote from 2007: Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Song: Whoes Bed Have Your Boots Been Under Artist: Shania Twain Actual lyrics: Whoes bed have your boots been under Misheard lyrics: How bad have your boots bent under
Has anyone ever misheard lyrics so badly it sticks with you years and years later? In my defense I was a small kid, maybe 5 or 6. I never really liked 80’s music back then but some songs got through to me. Like Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean“ or “Jelly Bean“, I ed that song as a kid.
Being a small child I didn’t get the concept of song writing and that artists want their songs to make sense…
So here is what he was really saying:
Billie Jean Is Not My Lover She's Just A Girl Who Claims That I Am The One But The Kid Is Not My Son She Says I Am The One, But The Kid Is Not My Son
Here is what I would sing at the top of my lungs:
Jelly Bean is not my mother La la la la la (couldn't figure them out) Cheese says that I am the one But the chair is not my son.
Originally posted by luvs2talk20: Song: Whoes Bed Have Your Boots Been Under Artist: Shania Twain Actual lyrics: Whoes bed have your boots been under Misheard lyrics: How bad have your boots bent under
Oh my gosh Luvs I screwed that one up SO bad too. Only I forget what I sang it as. Her "Come on Over" was my first CD when I was like 8... so I messed up a bunch of her songs. Hahaa
/\__/\ (>' '< ) (,,)(,,) Bob for world domination!
Song: Bad Moon Rising Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival Actual Lyric: There's a bad moon on the rise Misheard Lyric: There's a bathroom on the right
actually, in the copy of the song i have, he actually sings the bathroom line at one point, it's funny.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I <3 Organization XIII “I mean it. Let’s get married and have lots of babies that will throw boomerangs and rocks at people.”
Correct Lyrics: "Spill the wine and take that pearl"
Misheard Lyrics: "Do I dig that girl" or "Blue eyed big fat girl"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
Correct Lyrics: In the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend that he is Parson Brown. ... Later on we'll conspire as we sit by the fire.
Misheard Lyrics: In the meadow we can build a snowman, and pretend that he's nice and brown. ... Later on we'll perspire as we sit by the fire
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Song: Feliz Navidad Lyrics: "I want to wish you a merry Christmas" Misheard Lyrics: "I want to worship Harry Krishna"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
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Correct Lyrics: She's got electic boots, a mohair suit.
Misheard Lyrics: She got electric b**bs, a mohawk too.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
ed that song as a kid.
