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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
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Bob1Dog Inner circle Wife: It's me or this houseful of 1159 Posts |
These are actually called Mondegreens as a result of what was probably the first misheard lyrics ever recorded: Lady Mondegreen was heard in a Scottish ballad, "The Bonnie Earl O'Moray" that was incorrectly heard from "and laid him on the green"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen :-)
What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about?
My neighbor rang my doorbell at 2:30 a.m. this morning, can you believe that, 2:30 a.m.!? Lucky for him I was still up playing my drums. |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
On another thread, I already confessed to thinking the lyrics for a Beatles song were "When I get older, losing my head" ... when in fact they are: "When I get older, losing my hair."
Years ago, in the early 1970's, I was playing a club date in a pop/rock cover band. Between songs, a guy came up to the bandstand and asked us to play "Methrofill." "What's that?" I asked. "Play Methrofill." We quizzed him a little more, but just couldn't figure out what he meant by "Methrofill." A while later, the band launched into our rendition of "Locomotive Breath." Which caused the guy to run up to us, smiling and obviously very pleased, yelling "Methrofill." It turned out what he meant was "Jethro Tull." |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
On another thread, I already confessed to thinking the lyrics for a Beatles song were "When I get older, losing my head" ... when in fact they are: "When I get older, losing my hair."
Years ago, in the early 1970's, I was playing a club date in a pop/rock cover band. Between songs, a guy came up to the bandstand and asked us to play "Methrofill." "What's that?" I asked. "Play Methrofill." We quizzed him a little more, but just couldn't figure out what he meant by "Methrofill." A while later, the band launched into our rendition of "Locomotive Breath." Which caused the guy to run up to us, smiling and obviously very pleased, yelling "Methrofill." It turned out what he meant was "Jethro Tull." |
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
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On Nov 8, 2008, MagicSanta wrote: I always thought that was "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit." |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
I have a friend in Boston who played a steady gig with a 3-piece cover band. They had quite a following and their fans were treated to rude adaptations of popular and standard songs. Most of their "new" lyrics are too rude to post here. But one that I can share was their version of Strangers In The Night. It started:
Strangers in the night Three lonely people ... |
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
Sinatra was known to intentionally change lyrics as a lark, to yuk it up with his buddies. I once heard him sing that one, "Love was just a glance away, a worn out pair of pants away." Elvis also added his own lyric to "Suspicious Minds" when, while doing a near-split, he replaced "because I love you too much, baby" with "I hope this suit don't tear now baby".
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
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On Sep 2, 2015, arthur stead wrote: Ya know, I KNEW there was a more recent thread about mis-heard lyrics. I just found this one first so posted to this. |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
Actually Rockwall, I was referring to the Rock Song Lyric Game thread.
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
Arthur, I find it interesting that even professional musicians misunderstand lyrics. I am wondering if you might have any insight into lyrics that never made it into songs, e.g. "Scrambled Eggs" being the working title of "Yesterday".
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
Starrpower, I can't think of any such lyrics for other people's songs. But several of my own come to mind which I wrote with Ace Frehley when we founded Frehley's Comet! Most of those lyrics are too filthy to mention. We even had a song entitled "You'll Succeed" which never got recorded.
Also, I once wrote a song about a relationship for a girl singer which contained the line: "I don't wanna force it." But when we recorded the girl singing that line, it sounded like "I don't want a faucet." We all cracked up and it took a long time to get her vocal on tape, because she kept laughing every time we got to that line! |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
My two favorites were;
"Must To Avoid" - Herman's Hermits "She's a must to avoid." For years I thought it was; "She's a muscular boy." I never saw the record, so I never saw or hear the actual title. and "Groovin'" - The Rascals "Life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly . . . " For years I thought it was; "Life would be ecstasy, you and me and Leslie." I wondered who "Leslie" was and why he was messing with our day!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
Haha! That;s funny, Ed!
When I toured as a 4-piece band with Peter Frampton, I sang the lead vocal on "I Don't Need No Doctor." Must confess I could never decipher the lyrics from the original Humble Pie recording. In particular, a line in the 2nd verse, which even on the internet is described as "incomprehensible." So I basically just made something up that sounded the same, and sang it as un-clearly as possible. Peter never commented, so I guess it was close enough! |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
Haha! That;s funny, Ed!
When I toured as a 4-piece band with Peter Frampton, I sang the lead vocal on "I Don't Need No Doctor." Must confess I could never decipher the lyrics from the original Humble Pie recording. In particular, a line in the 2nd verse, which even on the internet is described as "incomprehensible." So I basically just made something up that sounded the same, and sang it as un-clearly as possible. Peter never commented, so I guess it was close enough! |
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RogerTheShrubber Veteran user 301 Posts |
When my wife was a kid she thought BTO's "Takin' Care of Business" was "Bakin' Carrot Biscuits." So some years ago, my best friend was in Canada on a business trip and mailed carrot biscuits to her, using a fake return address and listing Randy Bachman as the sender.
The note inside said "Dear Debbie, I hope you enjoy these carrot biscuits I baked. By the way, I like your lyric better. - Randy B." She fell for the Canadian stamps / postmark completely and FREAKED. We let her off the hook as soon as my buddy got back from Canada, but she spent close to a week in shock over this. And still to this day, she doesn't believe that I didn't put him up to it, but it really was all his idea. I wish I could take credit for it. |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Sep 4, 2015, RogerTheShrubber wrote: Very funny. Randy has a weekly radio program coast to coast to coast (as we say), called Vinyl Tap. (If you go to the website, You'll see a show from June. Randy's summer vacation will end next week.) I bet that if you send him an email with this story, he'd read it on air and send Debbie a nice response.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9979 Posts |
As a kid singing "Silent Night" I held a mental image of a "round young version" that was difficult to shake
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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James FX Regular user Virginia 178 Posts |
When I was I kid playing next door I would sing along with my neighbor's record while she cleaned, "Coco Banana" to Barry Manillow's "Copacabana". I also remember we were visiting a relative in Southern California where I was eating french fries from a basket at a beachside bar and over the speaker was playing "One way, Coronada" which I thought was amazingly spooky timing since I happened to be there in Coranada California! Years later I learned I was in Coronado California, and of course the lyric was actually "One way, or another" by Blondie.
Funny the way the mind works, making those mental shortcuts. |
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RogerTheShrubber Veteran user 301 Posts |
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On Sep 4, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Thanks for this, I think I will. Much appreciated. |
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
In CCR's "Lodi," the line, "Stuck in ol' Lodi, again." Always sounded to me like, "Suckin' on Odiah.'
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus |
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