Misheard Lyrics
Dec 3, 2014 18:38:23 GMT -5
Post by blaky on Dec 3, 2014 18:38:23 GMT -5
There was a conversation in the daily news thread about misheard lyrics. I have collected the posts here. Some have been edited to keep just the relevant quote.
I thought it would be fun to share our own and add to this list.
Misheard lyrics are called Mondegreens. The origin of this term was helpfully explained by murly:
The conversation was sparked by dontshakemytree and durberville hearing in Somebody to Love:
"Need somebody to love bite!"
Which was actually because of the break in the phrasing:
"Find
Me somebody to love, Find
Me somebody to love, Find"
Etc, etc.
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Other misheard lyrics:
To bring it back to Adam, that chant frustrated me to no end because I always found Adam to be such an articulate speaker and singer, that I rarely have a problem understanding him....except for this one time!
--> I've heard: "Hold my clothes now, Tony Danza!" 
I read about a woman who thought Elvis had a song about a woman named Marcia Cook--"I'm in love! Marcia Cook!"
I used to think that Paul Simon sang about "the war zone, Seventh Avenue" in The Boxer and was surprised to learn that he was actually singing about "the whores on Seventh Avenue." In the words of Emily Litella, "Never mind."
--> Marcia Cook = I'm all shook up.
(I had to look it up.)
(By the way, maybe it says something about America's particular, speshul brand of prudishness--and this is certainly not an attack on you, Murly, I did it too!--that we jump more easily to 'war zone' than 'whores on.' To bring it back to Adam and on-topic, think about his comments post-AMAs about how much more prepared the country was for Rihanna's gun-laden choreo than his sexual performance.)
I once read somewhere that the most saluted man in America was Richard Stans, as in "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for Richard Stans." On the other hand, I also knew someone who used to say "I lead the pigeons to the flag..."
One final Mondegreen--a personal favorite: My sister thought the song went "Lucy and this guy with diamonds." Makes much more sense, really!
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I agree with dontshakemytree that Adam is an articulate singer. Definitely more articulate than Freddie. Before Adam I thought this was the lyric in Dragon Attack: "Take me to the room where the green's all green and from what I've seen it's hot as a bean". :D
Also, I thought it was "Sammy" walking wearily down the street with his brim pulled way down low.
This one I found out about a while ago, but I used to think that the Killer Queen had "a spaceship of and appetite". Made sense to me. :D
Share your own misheard lyrics below.
I thought it would be fun to share our own and add to this list.
Misheard lyrics are called Mondegreens. The origin of this term was helpfully explained by murly:
American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term "Mondegreen" for misheard lyrics, because as a child she heard the last line of a poem as:
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray,
And Lady Mondegreen.
The last line is actually "and laid him on the green."
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl o' Moray,
And Lady Mondegreen.
The last line is actually "and laid him on the green."
The conversation was sparked by dontshakemytree and durberville hearing in Somebody to Love:
"Need somebody to love bite!"
Which was actually because of the break in the phrasing:
"Find
Me somebody to love, Find
Me somebody to love, Find"
Etc, etc.
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Other misheard lyrics:
dontshakemytree said:
I think I inherited this trait from Mom. I have a clear memory of her standing in the kitchen...in the 60's...listening to a song on the radio and then asking, in all innocence..."Why would they name a song 'I Love You, Big Horse' "!!!!! It was "I Love You Because" by....hmmm...wanna say Al Martino? To bring it back to Adam, that chant frustrated me to no end because I always found Adam to be such an articulate speaker and singer, that I rarely have a problem understanding him....except for this one time!
@mys*&@^#r50 said:
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza!" 
murly said:
Some people think there's a line in "Bad Moon Rising" that says "There's a bathroom on the right."I read about a woman who thought Elvis had a song about a woman named Marcia Cook--"I'm in love! Marcia Cook!"
I used to think that Paul Simon sang about "the war zone, Seventh Avenue" in The Boxer and was surprised to learn that he was actually singing about "the whores on Seventh Avenue." In the words of Emily Litella, "Never mind."
(I had to look it up.)
midwifespal said:
LOL Murly, I used to think there was a war zone on Seventh Avenue too! :D(By the way, maybe it says something about America's particular, speshul brand of prudishness--and this is certainly not an attack on you, Murly, I did it too!--that we jump more easily to 'war zone' than 'whores on.' To bring it back to Adam and on-topic, think about his comments post-AMAs about how much more prepared the country was for Rihanna's gun-laden choreo than his sexual performance.)
I once read somewhere that the most saluted man in America was Richard Stans, as in "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to the Republic for Richard Stans." On the other hand, I also knew someone who used to say "I lead the pigeons to the flag..."
One final Mondegreen--a personal favorite: My sister thought the song went "Lucy and this guy with diamonds." Makes much more sense, really!
dontshakemytree said:
To bring it back to Adam: "'scuse me while I kiss this guy!" [img style="max-width:100%;" src=" 
geezlouise said:
The Archive of Misheard Song Lyrics (yeah.... there is such a thing) is called www.kissthisguy.comI agree with dontshakemytree that Adam is an articulate singer. Definitely more articulate than Freddie. Before Adam I thought this was the lyric in Dragon Attack: "Take me to the room where the green's all green and from what I've seen it's hot as a bean". :D
Also, I thought it was "Sammy" walking wearily down the street with his brim pulled way down low.
This one I found out about a while ago, but I used to think that the Killer Queen had "a spaceship of and appetite". Made sense to me. :D
Share your own misheard lyrics below.
