....ya ever sing a song for years thinking they are saying one thing and you find out you are way off??? here's my embarrassing one....
elton john..bennie and the jets...the part of the chorus where it says: ya know i read it in a magazine..oh oh oh ba ba ba bennie and the jets...
i used to sing....ya know i read it on a pack of draino-ooooo...ba ba ba bennie and jets.
a pack of draino??...as in the sink clog stuff...what was i thinking!?
when my husband gets mad at me i just start singing that and he starts laughing.
come on what's your wrong word song???
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I read halfway through the hobit, thinking the wizards name was grandalf... by then it was too late... so to me, he still is Grandalf.
"Get your money for nothin’ and your chicks for free" ... I thought they said "checks for free" you know... money = checks... DOH!
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Karyn... Here are 2 that come to mind. My sister-in-law Janice thought that Boy George was singing "Become a Comedian" in "Karma Chameleon" And-years ago my duaghter Rachael asked me who Jason Waterfalls was. I didn't have an answer for her until I realized she was listening to TLC's "Waterfalls". Also, the song "My Sharona" by the Knack really confused me back in 1980. And the one line in "Scar Tissue" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers always puzzled me till I bought the CD. "With the birds I'll share this lonely view..." As for Elton, I could never understand him. Love-JILL
Posted by Steve Racz (Member # 4376) on :
Wilson Pickett had a song in the late 50's / early 60's called "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" a.k.a "I hurdled Through the Grapevine". I can't hear worth a darn anyway - left ear no longer works at all. The only way i ever could understand lyrics was to read them in the album or cd case.
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
There's some great books out with a bunch of these misquotes from songs. Check Barnes & Knobles when you are there. One of the books is named "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy." I don't know the author, but that lyric is from "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. I think the correct lyric is "'scuse me while I kiss the sky." Heck, he was probably high, he could have said it either way!
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
I know I have a bunch of them, just can't think of them right now. I've been trying to get "baby did a bad, bad thing" to stop running through my mind thanks to Lavelle. (brat!) Course now I'm signing "don't go chasing waterfalls..." Thanks Jill!
Remember the song everyone changed the words to "hey, hey what, get laid, get..."? Our HS marching band used to play that and us in the auxiliary felt it was our duty to sing along, if only the chorus. The mean wench who ran the auxiliary always glared at us although she couldn't be 100% sure what we were saying. Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
My mom thought they said B B B Betty's Chest and didn't let me listen to that song...LOL If only we'd known he was gay back then, we could have challenged mom about the lyrics.
Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
games without frontiers ... born without ears Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
I can't think of any of my own right now, but this reminds me of a Rozanne episode. The daughter thought it was:
gypsies, chimpanses... every night the man would come around, and he'd lay that monkey down!
Fun post!
Suelynn
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Mark! That song used to throw me off too! Sounded like he was saying "She's so POP-ular!" Damn I wish I knew more French. Love-JILL
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
My best friend always sang...And there's a WINO down the road...for Stairway to Heaven. DROVE ME NUTS!
Posted by Brian Snyder (Member # 41) on :
Always wondered why Steve Miller wanted to "shoot the children with no shoes on their feet...." Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
"Five Man Electric Band" Sign, sign, everywhere a sign~ Give me your money and I'll paint you a sign!
Thats the way I still sing it.....
[ January 23, 2004, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: Bob Stephens ]
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
Manfred Mann singing a Springsteen song....
"Wrapped Up Like a douche in the middle of the night" ????
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
Harris, I remember thinking the same thing.
Just a few weeks ago Lauren(the oldest Grandaughter) and her friend Lindsey were practicing Janis Joplin's "Me & Bobby Magee" for a video. When they sang "Bobby thumbed a deisel down," Lindy (the 12 yr old.)asked Lindsey "Why would he bomb a decent dam?"
Posted by Bill Cosharek (Member # 1274) on :
"Searchin' for my... lost shaker of smalts"
Posted by Olde Lang Signs (Member # 336) on :
My Goat knows the bowling score, Alleluia. Antonio on Wings sang it this way, cracks me up every time I hear the real version. Jeff
Posted by R T Thomas (Member # 355) on :
Can't think of any at the moment, but Harris, that's "revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night", Deuce as in "Lil' Deuce Coupe" Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
I have a neighbor that grew up on a midwestern farm. We were doing a project together once at my place and a song came on the radio and I heard him singing some strange words. Following the completion of the song by the Rolling Stones, I asked him what he thought they said. His understanding was "Hey Gene, get off of my plow!"
Posted by Del Badry (Member # 114) on :
This is way to funny,,,,
The scottish version of that rollings stone classic is,,"Hey Mcloud,, get off of my ewe!
If this was a poll, i'd be voting for karyn,, thats way to funny!
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
We have a friend who is hearing impared and she has some great "Missed-Lyrics"- the pop romantic song "I miss you like crazy"- she thought was "I WISHED YOU LIKE GRAVY"
When I was a little kid, I thought the Steve Miller Band's song "Big ol' jet airliner" was "BINGO JED WITH A LIGHT ON..."
A friend thought the Eagles "Heartache Tonight" was "THERE'S GONNA BE A PAARRTY TONIGHT..."
Even Church Hymns are not immune to the occasional "missed lyric"- One Sunday, we had sang the hymn, "For unto the King Eternal" and after church, a little 3-year old girl was singing the song at the top of her lungs "FOR UNTO THE KINKY TURTLE..."
My son and I now make a game of changing lyrics to songs- too many to post here!
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Karyn,
The list is far too long...Steve only has so much space on the web server.
The one that really makes me nuts is getting a song stuck in my head for hours or days...especially a song I really can't stand!!!
Oh Mickey you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind Hey Mickey (clap clap...clap) Hey Mickey (clap clap...clap clap)
Just great. Rapid
Posted by Greg McRoberts (Member # 3501) on :
How about CCR's "Bathroom On The Right"?
Posted by Stephen Faulkner (Member # 2511) on :
Zappa... kitties & Beer.... =^!^= [~]3
Posted by John Cordova (Member # 220) on :
I had a friend who used to sing the Van Morrison song Brown Eyed Girl. It starts, "Hey, where did we go..." and he used to sing, "Hey Rodrigo!" And, he would also insist that Elton John's song Island Girl said, "I love girls..."
Posted by Mike Duncan (Member # 316) on :
I told a guy at work there was a song from the fifties named after him called "Martin". He said he never heard of it. I listened to it closer and the woman was singing "dark room". We both laughed our a$$es off over that one!!! Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
Ya know you get bored sometimes standing in front of the sign wall, the radio is going and your mind wanders and all of a sudden the bloke next to you breaks into song with a different set of lyrics to a tume on the radio. A couple that spring to mind: At about 9:30am waiting for the smoko van to arrive. Sung to Fleetwood Mac - Tell me lies "Sell me pies, sell me sweet little pies" Or an old favourite sung to AC/DC's Long way to the top. "Its a long way to the shop, if you wanna sausage roll" Or Friday afternoon about knock off time. Sung to Boston's - Amanda I'm gunna take you by the hand, and put it on my gland, Amanda Or the alternative to the same song: "I'm gunna take you by surprise, and poke you in the eyes, Amanda"
So many original & funny people in this game.
So many more forgotten
Posted by Ted Nesbitt (Member # 3292) on :
The Ramones BLITZKRIEG BOP is on the Tony Hawk 3 game soundtrack. Many kids (mine included) who don't know the song think it's "..let's drink pop.." instead of Blitzkrieg Bop...
oh, and at a Bon Jovi concert years ago, some chick beside me was singing "Daedelus Live" along to "Dead or Alive"----guess she watched those darned Hercules cartoons as a kid!
Posted by Michael Clanton (Member # 2419) on :
Yeah, the Van Morrison song- "Brown Eyed girl" reminded me of an old crotchety bar singer that we used to play with that would get the words mixed up- He thought it said " HEY THERE, BIG NEGRO..."
Another blooper he was famous for was he insisted that the line in Jimmy Buffet's "Margeritavilla" was "STEPPED ON A POP TART, BLEW OUT MY TUBE TOP..."
He sang "Heard it in a love song" as "PURTY LITTLE LUNG SONG"
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