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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 25 2016 at 16:40 | |
This discussion reminds me of Gertrude Stein's reaction to James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake". She sent him the message "A rose is a rose is a rose", to which Joyce wittingly replied with "A thorn is a thorn is a thorn".
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Logan
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Posted: February 25 2016 at 16:54 | |
And I'm reminded of the saying sometimes attributed to Freud "Sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar" which segues into my misheard Pink Freud, erm Floyd lyrics off Have a Cigar: I hear it as "Come in here, jitter boy, have a cigar" instead of "dear boy". As well as, I hear "And did we tell you the name of the McCain boy, we're going riding the gravy train". |
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 25 2016 at 17:00 | |
I had that in mind as well. |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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A_Flower
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Posted: February 25 2016 at 18:53 | |
On Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus by The Mars Votla instead of "Will they feed us to womb?" I heard "Will they feed us to Will?"
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 10:28 | |
Why Jens shaved his head I do not know........... |
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 10:41 | |
Well, I can answer that: "Jens and Fredrik" sounds almost like "Jean and Friede" (Friederike, my full name, is actually the German and female version of "Fredrik"). He wanted to look like Jean. Edited by BaldFriede - February 26 2016 at 10:45 |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 10:52 | |
^ That's just wonderful !! You make me smile, Friede.
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DDPascalDD
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 11:54 | |
A while ago, when I was very young and didn't know many english words, we went to the beach and my dad put on The Police - Roxanne. I didn't see the title before I heard the chorus and I couldn't help but hear rocksand instead of Roxanne.
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Pastmaster
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 16:56 | |
Not really a bad mishearing, but before I realized they were singing in German I used to think Kraftwerk was singing "Fun, Fun, Fun in the Autobahn".
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emigre80
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 18:57 | |
A friend of mine named her daughter Roxanne because she liked the song and the way the name sounded when it was sung. I asked if she had ever listened to the lyrics. She confessed she had not and was somewhat taken aback when I told her it was a song about a prostitute.
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zappaholic
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Posted: February 26 2016 at 21:15 | |
That's about on the same level as all the people who thought "Every Breath You Take" was a sweet love song and wanted it played at their weddings. It's about a STALKER, for chrissakes! |
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Skalla-Grim
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Posted: March 06 2016 at 05:42 | |
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Let's Make the Water Turn Black
Original: Oh! How they yearn to see a bomber burn! I heard: Oh! How they yearn to see Obama burn! |
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"4/4 - That's 5/4 minus one." - Don Ellis (1934-1978)
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uduwudu
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 00:48 | |
I always heard it this way as well and despite knowing better, I still do. |
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uduwudu
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 00:53 | |
Purple Haze, " 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" - a bit standard among mishearing fans and serious humourless homophobic type rock fans have hated me for mentioning that. However Jimi used those very words on a recording somewhere. Wish I could remember which one but I've so many.
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DDPascalDD
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 02:26 | |
I heard I buried Paul instead of cranberry sauce. Now, am I too obsessed with Paul is dead?
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chopper
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 06:03 | |
I thought the same when I first heard it. |
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chopper
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 06:06 | |
The same applies to REM's "The One I Love" (not the stalker bit). A lot of people posted Kate Bush's "Mother Stands for Comfort" on the Kate Bush forum on FB for Mothers Day. They also apparently don't know that it's about a serial killer! |
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A_Flower
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 08:06 | |
In The Sleepwalkers by VDGG, instead of "I only know the meaning of sight and that's all," I heard, "I only know the meaning of Satan that's all!"
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Meltdowner
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Posted: March 10 2016 at 08:30 | |
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Skalla-Grim
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Posted: March 22 2016 at 03:58 | |
Triumvirat, Broken Mirror
Original lyrics: Came back from a party which is to be as foretold Misheard: Came back from a party You choose to be a butthole It really sounds like that! Edited by Skalla-Grim - March 22 2016 at 03:59 |
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"4/4 - That's 5/4 minus one." - Don Ellis (1934-1978)
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