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Topic: Your Worst Misheard Lyrics!
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Subject: Your Worst Misheard Lyrics!
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 13:45
We've all at some point misinterpreted what a vocalist is singing. Especially in prog this is an easy thing to do, so what are some of your worst misheard lyrics?



Mine is in supper's ready on the line 
"Shimmering Silver Head Of Wisdom Looking At Me" for a long time i was convinced Gabriel said "Tiramisu ahead of wisdom looking at me" (with the title supper's ready i guess it seemed appropriate!)


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:03
Toto -Africa ''There's nothing that a million men or more could ever do'' I always heard as 'there's nothing that a million men on Mars could ever do''
I like my version!


Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:10
In Roger Water's What God Wants Part 1 I thought he said "God wants greed, God wants fa****s," when indeed he said a very exaggerated "God wants good, God wants bad."

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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:24
In Games Without Frontiers, I thought the female voice was saying, "She's so Funk-u-ler" instead of "jeux sans Fron-ti-ers"


Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:26
Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

In Games Without Frontiers, I thought the female voice was saying, "She's so Funk-u-ler" instead of "jeux sans Fron-ti-ers"
 
Years and years ago when I first heard that song without knowing what it was I thought it was, "She said f**k-you-all." LOL


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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:30
Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

In Games Without Frontiers, I thought the female voice was saying, "She's so Funk-u-ler" instead of "jeux sans Fron-ti-ers"
I did too.LOL


Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:35
Just remembered one, though it's not really "the worst":
 
In Hazards of Love Pt 4. where they sing 'these rushing waves', I always thought they said 'these Russian ways' until today, lol.


Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:51
"I've been waiting for a guy to come and take me by the hand
'cause these sensations make me feel the pleasures of another man"


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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:23
KC - One More Red Nightmare:
Actual lyrics - "Sweat began to pour down, my neck as I turn round"
Misheard - "Sweat began to pour down, my knickers as I turn round"


Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:46
Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

Just remembered one, though it's not really "the worst":
 
In Hazards of Love Pt 4. where they sing 'these rushing waves', I always thought they said 'these Russian ways' until today, lol.


Colin's Billy Joe accent is so awesome LOL


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Posted By: LionRocker
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:49
Please excuse this incoming burst of raunch, people. It took three entire listens to "Kid A" before I knew the correct lyrics to a single verse, believe it or not.
 
"Everything In It's Right Place"
 
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking on my mom"
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon"
And I always thought Games Without Frontiers was "She's so funky, yeah". I assume Ms. Bush never took a remedial French class. LOL


Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:51
Originally posted by CinemaZebra CinemaZebra wrote:

"I've been waiting for a guy to come and take me by the hand
'cause these sensations make me feel the pleasures of another man"
It's funny because it makes you think Ian Curtis was gay.


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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:52
21st Century Schizoid Man

used to think he said
"Politicians lay strewn in a pile"
Conjured one hell of an image in my head!


Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 20:55
this i heard it in a pearl jam show ( yeah, the grunge band)
Kiss "i wanna rock and roll all night and party every day"
heard as "i wanna rock and roll all night and part of every day"




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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 00:40
Originally posted by Arnold_Layne Arnold_Layne wrote:

"i wanna rock and roll all night and part of every day"


That sounds better anyway. Tongue


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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 04:53
For some unfathomable reason I always used to sing...

"Who was broken by trained personnel" from Dogs by Pink Floyd, as:

"He was taken by train to Seville".

Confused


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 06:59
Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

KC - One More Red Nightmare:
Actual lyrics - "Sweat began to pour down, my neck as I turn round"
Misheard - "Sweat began to pour down, my knickers as I turn round"
that is the funniest so farLOL


Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 07:44
PG Slowburn:
 
"You're back telling me your Apocalypse." misheard as "Your back o' the knee or upon the lips."




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Posted By: Klogg
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 08:03
All You Need is love-The Beatles
In the end of the song:"Love is all you need"
Misheard: "Lobisomem", that means werewolf in portuguese


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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 15:58
Originally posted by Klogg Klogg wrote:

All You Need is love-The Beatles
In the end of the song:"Love is all you need"
Misheard: "Lobisomem", that means werewolf in portuguese
LOL


Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 16:32
Sometimes I hear the lyrics correctly, but make up my own anyway:

Led Zeppelin "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Hey lady
You've got a bug on your sleeve
Maybe more than one
Oh darling darling darling
Wave your arm wildly






Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 00:19
I used to think Jon Anderson sang in the choris of Yours is no Disgrace:
 
"Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race" . 
 
I'm not sure what the line really is but obviously i must have misheard it. Smile


Posted By: Attack
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 01:52
Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

I used to think Jon Anderson sang in the choris of Yours is no Disgrace:
 
"Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race" . 
 
I'm not sure what the line really is but obviously i must have misheard it. Smile


No you didn't mishear it! This is the original lyrics Wink


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 02:26
Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

I used to think Jon Anderson sang in the choris of Yours is no Disgrace:
 
"Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race" . 
 
I'm not sure what the line really is but obviously i must have misheard it. Smile
what about
''crying flying purple wallflowers show me where you are?''
 
..ermm ,probably misheard that oneLOL


Posted By: scatterplot1
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 03:12
Although not a Queen fan, it irritated me when friends would sing "We will we will rock 'n roll", Who in God's name could not hear that lyric in it's simplicity? And then the famous Hendrix screw-up " Scuse me while I kiss this guy". When folks screw up lyrics I don't understand why, unless the singer has a real accent or slurred speech. Funny stuph tho....


Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 03:25
listen to opera and try understanding what they sing there. It is very hard, especially with the high female voices.

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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 05:01
Originally posted by scatterplot1 scatterplot1 wrote:

Although not a Queen fan, it irritated me when friends would sing "We will we will rock 'n roll", Who in God's name could not hear that lyric in it's simplicity? And then the famous Hendrix screw-up " Scuse me while I kiss this guy". When folks screw up lyrics I don't understand why, unless the singer has a real accent or slurred speech. Funny stuph tho....


It actually DOES sound like "Scuse me while I kiss this guy", and he actually would say it live in some shows...


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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 11:47
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Toto -Africa ''There's nothing that a million men or more could ever do'' I always heard as 'there's nothing that a million men on Mars could ever do''
I like my version!


Hahahaha, I (mis)heard the same thing!


Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 14:45
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

listen to opera and try understanding what they sing there. It is very hard, especially with the high female voices.


Especially if you had in mind that a lot of operas were written in Italian until Mozart came and then operas were written in German.
Roughly said.



Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 14:47
Lemming - VDGG
Correct: What is the point in catching breath? Expel it!
Misheard: What is the point in catching breath? Egg salad!
A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater
Correct: I was blinded by a paradise
Misheard: I was blinded by a pair o dice


Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 14:49
A PA legend:

Opeth - "The Baying of the Hounds"
"Pass me the tacos of the earth!"
("Festering jackals of the earth") - courtesy of Man OverboardThumbs Up!


Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 14:54
Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Lemming - VDGG
Correct: What is the point in catching breath? Expel it!
Misheard: What is the point in catching breath? Egg salad!

I've never heard it that way. LOL


Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 15:37
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Lemmings - VDGG
Correct: What is the point in catching breath? Expel it!
Misheard: What is the point in catching breath? Egg salad!

I've never heard it that way. LOL

Yeah, that was just my first time listening to it I heard that. Then I looked at the lyrics to check and never heard it that way again.LOL


Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 15:48
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
 
Actual: Soft venus (lonely maiden)...
 
Misheard: Soft penis, lonely me that....
 
It really sounds like that
 
 


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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 16:23
In "Anthem" by Rush, Geddy Lee sings: "Anthem of the heart, and anthem of the mind."  The first time I listened to it, I could've sworn he was saying: "I'm from Oklahoma, I'm from up in Maine."  I figured he was pronouncing Maine as "Mine" because of his Canadian accent.  LOL  I still didn't make sense, though.

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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 16:39
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
 
Actual: Soft venus (lonely maiden)...
 
Misheard: Soft penis, lonely me that....
 
It really sounds like that
 
 

lol i have always heard "soft penis, lonely made them pay" 


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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: August 01 2010 at 17:54
Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Lemming - VDGG
Correct: What is the point in catching breath? Expel it!
Misheard: What is the point in catching breath? Egg salad!
A Change Of Seasons - Dream Theater
Correct: I was blinded by a paradise
Misheard: I was blinded by a pair o dice

Until I read that I thought the line was "I was blinded by a pair of eyes." LOL


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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 07:36
I believe everyone is familiar with this one:
 
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
 
Actual: Revved up like a deuce
 
Heard: Wrapped up like a douche
 
Listening to the song, I still don't think there is any way he isn't singing "douche"


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Posted By: Wiktor Hatif
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 08:30
Originally posted by kole kole wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Toto -Africa ''There's nothing that a million men or more could ever do'' I always heard as 'there's nothing that a million men on Mars could ever do''
I like my version!


Hahahaha, I (mis)heard the same thing!


and when they sing "hurry boy it's waiting there for you" I always heard "three boys is waiting there for you" - I know it's gramatically incorrect and that was always bothering me when I was a kid LOL


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Sa sa sa sa saa! Fssss
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Rapateeka! do go tchaa"

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:33
Not particularly funny but on ELP's 'KE9 3rd impression' I always heard ''Guardians of a new clear dawn'' as ''Guardians of a nuclear zone''.
 
also going back a good few years there was a DJ on local radio in Nottingham called Graham Neal who was convinced that ELP had paid homage to him in KE9 (the bit with ''Pray and kneel'' Tongue )


Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 13:43
Killer Queen

My friends brother thought it was...

"She keeps a mowing a shundle...."


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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 14:09
Originally posted by Wiktor Hatif Wiktor Hatif wrote:

Originally posted by kole kole wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Toto -Africa ''There's nothing that a million men or more could ever do'' I always heard as 'there's nothing that a million men on Mars could ever do''
I like my version!


Hahahaha, I (mis)heard the same thing!


and when they sing "hurry boy it's waiting there for you" I always heard "three boys is waiting there for you" - I know it's gramatically incorrect and that was always bothering me when I was a kid LOL


Isn't it a hundred men rather than a million? LOL


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Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: August 03 2010 at 07:05
From an old (old) Horslips song called Motorway Madness, I always liked to hear the chilling line:
"...you'd never guess my name is Death."
as: "...you'd never guess my name is Jeff."
(puts a whole new spin on the meaning, wouldn't you say?)


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Posted By: daslaf
Date Posted: August 04 2010 at 23:17

the first time I listened to Raconteur, Troubadour I was like WTF because of what I misheard in this part:

I will make you laugh, Revel, Merry-dance. Throw your pennies, then you'll hear more of the story-telling half.
 
I misheard:
 
I will make you love, for a merry time, through your penis, then you'll hear more of the story-telling art.

 


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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: August 07 2010 at 20:28
good topic, good topic

I don't remember which songs I misheard, i'll come back when i do.Smile


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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 07 2010 at 20:36
Travelling back from the cinema this evening I was playing Mark Wirtz "Teenage Opera" on the car stereo, on the third track my wife looked at the track title on the display and said; "Oh, I always thought they sang Grow Sir Jack..."


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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 07 2010 at 23:44
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not particularly funny but on ELP's 'KE9 3rd impression' I always heard ''Guardians of a new clear dawn'' as ''Guardians of a nuclear zone''.
 
Isn't it "Guardians of a Nuclear dawn" ?


Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: August 08 2010 at 07:56
Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not particularly funny but on ELP's 'KE9 3rd impression' I always heard ''Guardians of a new clear dawn'' as ''Guardians of a nuclear zone''.
 
Isn't it "Guardians of a Nuclear dawn" ?

in the third impression i always misheard "No man yields who flies in my ship"
as

"NO MAN YIELDS HIS FLIES IN MY SHED" 


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Posted By: Jörgemeister
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 23:57
Agents Of Mercy - The Fading Ghosts Of Twilight

i heard: "the world is bigger than an autobus" LOL
actually: "the world is bigger than both of us"

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Posted By: AerosolKid74
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 17:29
ELP Karn Evil 9 Third Impression
"No man yields who flys on my ship"
"No man yields his flies in my shed"


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Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 17:46
Not a prog band but Pearl Jam are the kings of this due to Eddie Vedder's singing style. There are numerous Youtube videos illustrating Vedder's inability to enunciate.
 
 
"I don't know why they suntan nails" gets me everytime, as does the "I don't know the words" conclusion. Almost ruins the real song because now I always think of this.
 
 
 


Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 20:30
In Dream Theater's Prophets of War, i swear he says "debate this fa**ot's just cause" or something like that when he really says 
"Debate this fight it's just cause"


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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 20:32
Originally posted by andyman1125 andyman1125 wrote:

In Dream Theater's Prophets of War, i swear he says "debate this fa**ot's just cause" or something like that when he really says 
"Debate this fight it's just cause"

Ahh yes, same. LOL


Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: August 13 2010 at 20:32
or:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EigJVZAkZU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EigJVZAkZU


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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: October 17 2010 at 00:04
Dream Theater "In The Name Of God"

I was certain that I heard "murders in the name of God"

but it's actually "violence in the name of God"


Dream Theater "Raise The Knife"

I thought he was singing "Raising my knife"
while it's really "Raising the knife"

Anyway, it does add a layered and mystical feel to James LaBrie's vocals


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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 09:23
I'm stil trying to figure out the lyrics to Benny and the Jets (never stole a glance at the lyrics sheet).


Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 10:17
Originally posted by James McProgger James McProgger wrote:

this i heard it in a pearl jam show ( yeah, the grunge band)
Kiss "i wanna rock and roll all night and party every day"
heard as "i wanna rock and roll all night and part of every day"



Perhaps this is the anthem of an aging KISS.  

Not actually misheard, but I've always wanted Elvis Costello to be singing, "We're just washing the defectives."


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The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.

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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 10:34
I've always wondered what Donovan sung in the chorus line of "Catch the Wind" - I always thought it was the name of a bloke who was trying to catch the wind, something like "Albert Ameers". Now I find it's "Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind".


Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 10:43
Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not particularly funny but on ELP's 'KE9 3rd impression' I always heard ''Guardians of a new clear dawn'' as ''Guardians of a nuclear zone''.
 
Isn't it "Guardians of a Nuclear dawn" ?
 
I've seen it written as "new clear". It's an obvious pun and is pronounced pretty much the same way.


Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 11:02
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Correct: You radiate cold shafts of broken glass.
Misheard: You really ate cold shaft and broken glass


Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: November 08 2010 at 11:16
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Not particularly funny but on ELP's 'KE9 3rd impression' I always heard ''Guardians of a new clear dawn'' as ''Guardians of a nuclear zone''.
 
Isn't it "Guardians of a Nuclear dawn" ?

in the third impression i always misheard "No man yields who flies in my ship"
as

"NO MAN YIELDS HIS FLIES IN MY SHED" 

I always heard it as "No man yields to flies in my ship," which seemed pretty ridiculous.  Didn't seem much of a brag.  I mean how surly are such sailors who might even give in to bluebottles?  


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Posted By: Mifesto
Date Posted: November 13 2010 at 01:10
Do you wanna be an angle? Do you wanna be a star? Do you wanna watch some porn on my VCR.

This was actualy: Do you wanna be angle? Do you wanna be star? Do you wanna play some magic on my guitar? By ELP
How I misheard these extremely simple lyrics is beyond me but it has made for some great laughs


Posted By: Xanatos
Date Posted: November 14 2010 at 20:46
I have misheard all meshuggah songs xD


Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: March 28 2011 at 05:05
For those who understand German:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjr0bIsxLtE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjr0bIsxLtE



Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 28 2011 at 05:09
Originally posted by Ronnie Pilgrim Ronnie Pilgrim wrote:

Sometimes I hear the lyrics correctly, but make up my own anyway:

Led Zeppelin "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Hey lady
You've got a bug on your sleeve
Maybe more than one
Oh darling darling darling
Wave your arm wildly


  LOL




Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 28 2011 at 07:11
Waaaay back when I first started learning English, I was über sure that the lyrics in Do It! on Soft Parade by The Door were: Please please listen to me tuna! Instead of Please please listen to me CHILDRENLOL -And in listening to this weird shaman of the west, - you wouldn´t necessarily weed out the possibility that the guy actually was addressing the buggers beneath the waves. 
-I still hear it though....


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Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: March 28 2011 at 07:54
Originally posted by Jörgemeister Jörgemeister wrote:

this i heard it in a pearl jam show ( yeah, the grunge band)
Kiss "i wanna rock and roll all night and party every day"
heard as "i wanna rock and roll all night and part of every day"



Funny, and please take no offense to this, but "Grunge" is the last word I think of when I hear the name Pearl Jam.


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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 19:38
Thick As A Brick: So! Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?
And where were all the sportsmen who always pulled you though?
 
I thought it was: So! Where the hell was giggles when you needed him last saturday?
And all you morning glory seekers will use his name in doubt.LOL


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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 20:16
My friend still refused to acknowledge that the Claypool song is HENDERSHOT.  He constantly says it's Hearhshot and will find versions and keep playing it back to me saying things like "see right there they're definitely saying hear shot", but I listen and it definitely says Hendershot.  I make the syllable argument but it's to no use......No Steve, I think I'M right, you know since the song is called what I think they say.

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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 20:19
Like some others here, I misheard Games Without Frontiers very closely to what you all had, but I heard "She's So Popular" which makes more sense than Fun-clear or whatever. Stupid introduction of French.

As for the Beatles which someone mentions on the first page, like Bob Dylan I also hear "I get high" instead of "I can't hide" in I want to hold your hand. Dylan was supposedly therefore shocked when he found the Beatles weren't already using "the stuff", so he helped them out. True story.



Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: April 01 2011 at 00:20
I always heard the lyric in Close To the Edge as:
 
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
 
Which I must have mis-heard, surely.


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Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.


Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: April 01 2011 at 11:27
VDGG - sleepwalkers:

The columns of the night advance,
infectiously, their cryptic dance
gathers converts to the fold -
in time the whole raw world will pace"

The colours of the night advance,
Infectiously, their cryptic Dam.
Carries toilets to the foul
In time the Horror World will pace etc...

I used to sing it like that when i first listened ahaahah, even though it didnt make any sense.


Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 01 2011 at 21:47
One of the funniest I've heard is from Creedence Clearwater Revival:
 
Don't go out tonight
It's bound to take your life
There's a baboon on your eyes.
 
But the best was when my brother was little and would walk around the house singing that great Deep Purple hit
"Slow Cousin Walter". I still tease him about it decades later.


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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 02 2011 at 04:53
Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

One of the funniest I've heard is from Creedence Clearwater Revival:
 
Don't go out tonight
It's bound to take your life
There's a baboon on your eyes.
 

There's also:

Don't go out tonight
It's bound to take your life
there's a bathroom on the right. 




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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 12:39
Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

For some unfathomable reason I always used to sing...

"Who was broken by trained personnel" from Dogs by Pink Floyd, as:

"He was taken by train to Seville".

Confused


Me too!




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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 12:45
Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

In Games Without Frontiers, I thought the female voice was saying, "She's so Funk-u-ler" instead of "jeux sans Fron-ti-ers"


I thought it was "She's so frustrated".




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Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 12:47
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by zachfive zachfive wrote:

KC - One More Red Nightmare:
Actual lyrics - "Sweat began to pour down, my neck as I turn round"
Misheard - "Sweat began to pour down, my knickers as I turn round"
that is the funniest so farLOL

Wait what!? I thought this is what it was!


Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 12:47
Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Correct: You radiate cold shafts of broken glass.
Misheard: You really ate cold shaft and broken glass


Correct:  Pig stain on your fat chin, what do you hope to find?

Misheard:  Pig stain on your fat chin, I know you're ultra-fried


(I am a big collector of misheard song lyrics.  I don't think I have too many that are prog though.)




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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 20:35
^ Give them anyway, they are funny.


Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 20:36
Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:


Originally posted by Takeshi Kovacs Takeshi Kovacs wrote:

For some unfathomable reason I always used to sing..."Who was broken by trained personnel" from Dogs by Pink Floyd, as:"He was taken by train to Seville".Confused
Me too!


Another one. I hadn't payed attention to the lyrics on the booklet, so until now I thought that was the right one.


Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 06 2011 at 16:24
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

We've all at some point misinterpreted what a vocalist is singing. Especially in prog this is an easy thing to do, so what are some of your worst misheard lyrics?
...
 
English is my third language ... you don't want to know mine ... and it was double hard when people made fun of you ... how you gonna learn a language and communicate when people are not being helpful? .... yeah ... good old high school ...


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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: April 09 2011 at 13:01
Not prog, but "Spoke to Joyce" has to be mentioned here.
I spoke to joyce in the morning, I spoke to joyce at night. Of course he is saying, smoke two joints.




Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:07
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

I believe everyone is familiar with this one:
 
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded by the Light
 
Actual: Revved up like a deuce
 
Heard: Wrapped up like a douche
 
Listening to the song, I still don't think there is any way he isn't singing "douche"


I'm going to guess that 99% of everyone who has or ever will hear that song thinks thats what he is saying.



The one that sticks out to me is Genesis "Abacab", which I didn't know was the name of the song. I heard it in junior high and thought the chorus was, "I'm a cun*", which I could not believe they were getting away with.


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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 10:44
I don't like reviving threads but:

Real: "Take me on board their beautiful ship"
Misheard: "Take me on board. Had a beautiful sh*t"
Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead


Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 11:32
Hendrix´s Purple haze

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"... I heard "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"


...what!?!??!


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Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 11:46
The first couple of times I heard .38 Special sing "So Caught Up in You", I thought they were singing "Don't color me blue, Little Girl."


Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 12:25

For the best part of thirty years I was sure the lyrics to Roundabout where:

In and around the lake
Marlins come out of the sky and they stand there...
 
It was such a great mental image I was disapointed when I discovered the real words.


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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 01:24
The song "down on the farm" by Camel. For the longest time I thought the lyrics were "behind the woodshed the plowman is taking a pee." The real lyrics are "behind the woodshed the plowman is taking a peek at the farmer's daughter...."

Personally, I like "taking a pee" better. LOL


Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 15:43
For the longest time, before i knew the song title, i thought when Peter Gabriel sang the title of his song "Sledgehammer", he was actually saying "Snake Charmer"LOL


Posted By: esky
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 16:03
Originally posted by LionRocker LionRocker wrote:

Please excuse this incoming burst of raunch, people. It took three entire listens to "Kid A" before I knew the correct lyrics to a single verse, believe it or not.
 
"Everything In It's Right Place"
 
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking on my mom"
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon"
And I always thought Games Without Frontiers was "She's so funky, yeah". I assume Ms. Bush never took a remedial French class. LOL
That Gabriel thing here readily comes to mind for me, also. Quite frankly, I hate it, whatever it means in French. An artist spewing French didn't work for me either at the end of that Let It Be song sung by Lennon ("Across the Universe"?). It detracts from his legend quite honestly. Enjoyed the French by his bandmate in "Michelle" though.


Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 18:09
From a Mars Volta song, I don't remember which one: "I've got a penis that will rip through the very fabric of time"

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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 19:50


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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 22:06
Originally posted by Polo Polo wrote:



LOL


Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 23:59
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

From a Mars Volta song, I don't remember which one: "I've got a penis that will rip through the very fabric of time"

That should be a Mars Volta lyric, though. 

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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 07:14
Originally posted by esky esky wrote:

Originally posted by LionRocker LionRocker wrote:

Please excuse this incoming burst of raunch, people. It took three entire listens to "Kid A" before I knew the correct lyrics to a single verse, believe it or not.
 
"Everything In It's Right Place"
 
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking on my mom"
"Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon"
And I always thought Games Without Frontiers was "She's so funky, yeah". I assume Ms. Bush never took a remedial French class. LOL
That Gabriel thing here readily comes to mind for me, also. Quite frankly, I hate it, whatever it means in French. An artist spewing French didn't work for me either at the end of that Let It Be song sung by Lennon ("Across the Universe"?). It detracts from his legend quite honestly. Enjoyed the French by his bandmate in "Michelle" though.
That is NOT French at the end of "Across the Universe".


Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 11:41
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

From a Mars Volta song, I don't remember which one: "I've got a penis that will rip through the very fabric of time"
Conjugal Burns. LOL I heard that too.


Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 16:04
I HEAR THE BAYING OF THE HOOOOOUNDS
IN THE DISTANCE
I HEAR THEM DEVOURING
PASS ME TACOS OF THE EARTH

Also

HOLDING HER DOWN
DRAINING THE WEENIES

Also

DEADLY BADGERS MADE MY WREAAAAAAATH

Mikeal Akerfeldt is great for this sort of thing.


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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 16:33
Initially I heard the verse of Rush's 2112 as "We are the priests of the temple of syringe" instead of "Syrinx" so I thought the song must've been about drugs.


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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 16:38
Originally posted by Tuzvihar Tuzvihar wrote:

Initially I heard the verse of Rush's 2112 as "We are the priests of the temple of syringe" instead of "Syrinx" so I thought the song must've been about drugs.

LOL That brings back some memories! So did my Mum, who tried to bar me from listening on the grounds I might be turning into a drug crazed looney. I spent a fair amount of time as a stroppy teenager trying to persuade her that I was a booze crazed looney and it was Syrinx.


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Posted By: Frederik
Date Posted: June 21 2011 at 17:05
Well... for a while, I thought John sang "I buried Paul" near the ending of Strawberry Fields Forever... Silly me :p
 
Now seriously, I'm awful at understanding sung lyrics - I must've misheard lyrics like a million times now xD



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