Have you ever been listening to a song and think the lyrics are one thing and find out later that they are completely different?
Here are a couple of examples of songs that I completely heard wrong:
Hazy Shade of Winter – The Bangles
Actual Lyrics: "Look around. Leaves are brown. There’s a patch of snow on the ground."
Andrea thought: "Look around. Leaves are brown. There’s a FASCIST snow on the ground."
Now I ask you, what would a FASCIST snow be? And is a FASCIST snow better or worse than a Communist snow?
Gin & Juice – Snoop Dogg
Actual Lyrics: "Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice. Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]:
Andrea Thought: "Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice. Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my NINE]"
Wouldn't it be hard to get to your NINE (as in nine millimeter) if the money was on top of it?
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Actual Lyrics: "Keep on with the force don't stop. Don't stop 'til you get enough."
Andrea Thought: "Keep on with the PORN STAR GROOVE. Don't stop 'til you get enough"
I don't even want to know what a PORN START GROOVE may be, but Andrea really needs to get a life!!
These are just a couple of examples and they make me laugh when I think about what I hear and what my mind actually thinks....
What about you? What lyrics have you ever gotten completely wrong?
10 comments:
I have had the same issue with the "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough."
Miranda Lambert's "Famous In a Small Town"
Actual Lyrics: "everybody DIES famous in a small town"
Queen's Thought: "everybody DRIVES famous in a small town"
I like my version better ;)
I am laughing very hard right now at this post. Every song you listed I can TOTALLY hear with the lyric confusion. OMG. As for me, there is a song that goes "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a ____ (I say douche) in the middle of the night" - but I have no idea what it really is. Does anyone know?? LOLOL
apparently this is a bigger issue than we first realized... there is an entire web site cataloging this very topic! http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/
Jinjer, the answer is "wrapped up like a DEUCE..." though your version is listed as a common mishearing! RO!
http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/blindedbythelight.shtml
Jinjer - I completely forgot about that song, but yeah I hear "wrapped up like a douche bag in the night"!!
Thank God it isn't just me!!
LOL Jinjer! I used to think the same thing about that song! Then my hubby told me it was Deuce.
Best post ever! I am surprised that Jinjer didn't mention this. We had a friend in high school (Sharon) that used to sing INXS Suidice Blond like this:
Real Lyrics: You want to make her
Suicide Blonde
Sharon's Lyrics: You want to make Super Salad Bar
Aerosmith "Dude looks like a Lady" as sang by Ruth "Snot head, Snot head you look like a lady"
LOL!! This whole topic and comment thread is just hilarious!
As for misheard lyrics...I do that all the time!
What about "Life in the fast lane"? I thought for a long time it was "Fly in the Vaseline". I love your blog, Andrea and all your friends' comments. Graham and I get a chuckle out of all of you.
Andrea's big sis, Marti
My mom just reminded me of one from Kenny Rogers that I forgot as well. Real lyrics "... fine time to leave me Lucille, with four hungry children and the crops in the field". Mom and I, and I'm sure a few others always heard ".... fine time to leave me Lucille, 400 children and the crops in the field."
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