Misheard lyrics

My friend though that Pearl Jam was saying "Glorified version of a pelican" and I thought that in the song Terrible Lie by NIN the verse was "Have yourself a bullet" instead of "I was up above it", if you know the song either line could work.

I kept forgetting to start this thread. Good job Casino Joe.

Thanx Sublime 1.

Hey, I know where you live:

the windy city equals Chicago. Wow, bet you're impressed by my general...

Another one that was very prevalent in Britain was the Police's "So lonely" being mistook for "Sue Lawley" who was a popular newsreader at the time in GB.

Even the newsreader was fooled into thinking the song was about her and it frequently comes up in interviews with Sting..."So how is your relationship with Sue Lawley?"

Another One Bites the Dust....


I swear he screams out "I'M ADOPTED!!"

Apparently [they said during the programme] Freddie Mercury actually did shout "Fried chicken" at the end of "One vision" [because he couldn't think of anything else to rhyme with "Vision"].

This was long cited as a misheard lyric when it really wasn't one at all!

The Nirvana song Smells like Teen Spirit at the end i thuaght he was chanting Addinio....Really it was "in denial". Oops

Just walk away Renee
You won't see me in a UFO

Jimi

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky."

Heard as

"Excuse me while I kiss this guy."

Joe(dah dah dah DAHHHH dah)Nation

back in the day, i could never figure out what was up with the "angels aquarium" in the song aquarius

"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age
of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!"

Money for Nothing -- Dire Straits

I thought they were saying: We got the Flinstones microwave oven...they were actually saying: We gotta install microwave ovens

Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do it
You play the guitar on the mtv
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin and chicks for free
Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour tvs

See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy thats his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot hes a millionaire

We gotta install microwave ovesns
Custom kitchens deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour tvs

I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And hes up there, whats that? hawaiian noises?
Bangin on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Get your money for nothin get your chicks for free

We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour tvs, lord

Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
You play the guitar on the mtv
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin and your chicks for free
Money for nothin and chicks for free

I always thought they were saying "Happy berth day to ewe", rather than "Happy birthday to you."

She was blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a douche another runner in the night

They were! It was written to commemorate the first shipment of live sheep to the colonies.


For more than a year I thought George Harrison (though I could not fathom why he would do so) was begging us to "Free the people and bomb the dead" instead of "Free the people of Bangladesh"

McTag just reminded me of my favourite -
Knights in white satin which is really nights in white satin.

The mental image of gentle Galahads never reaching the end of their quests is so much more romantic than hot, sweaty gropings on hot, sweaty satin sheets!!

Secret Agent Man

Always thought he was singing about a secret Asian man.....until one day, it hit me.....secret AGENT man!

Apparently, the pop group The Lightening Seeds were named after a misheard Prince lyric from the song "Rasberry Beret". The actual lyric is :

"the thunder drowns out what the lightning sees..." but this was misheard by singer Ian Broudie who named the group after the lyric.

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So you're Dorothy Parker that smorgs wrote the song about.

Yes, she is...

I love her...

She is a very beautiful girl - both inside and out.

Though you would never know it from her boring posts!

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And NO! It isn't me, masquerading as DP.

Isn't it Ironic by Alanis Morrisette

Actual lyrics: It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

What I heard: It's like ten thousand phones when all you need is a dime

He He. CerealKiller you just reminded me, in the same Alanis song I thought "death row pardon two minutes too late" was "death row hard-on"

(although I think that works as well - don't you?)
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