The Misheard Song Lyrics thread...

[cheapo]

red hot chili peppers:

I thought: i dont ever wanna feel, like i did back then

actual: i dont ever wanna feel, like i did that day

-David

 

[LED BriCK]

The Cult "Firewoman"-
heard: "Twistin' like a turd on a hot tin shack"
original: I don't know, that's all I can hear. My wife says it's a cat that's twisting.

CCR "Bad Moon Rising"-
heard: "There's a bathroom on the right."
original: "There's a bad moon on the rise."

 

[The_LED_Museum]

From the same song I started this thread with; another way I've heard these lyrics:

Manfred Mann's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard lyrics:
Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a doozer in the morning or the night.

Original lyrics:
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.


I have no idea what a "doozer" is; I've never seen one wrapped up or unwrapped.

 

[Lightmeup]

For awhile, I thought that started out "Wrapped up like a douche...."

?

 

[Sub_Umbra]

In the old Fugees tune Killing Me Softly, when they sing the line:

Killing me softly with his song,

It's really too easy to hear:

Killing me softly with Islam

I'm also partial to the old CCR, Bad Moon Rising mistaken line:

There's a bathroom on the right.

And what about when Martina McBride sings the line from Independence Day:

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing,

I was shocked and stunned to find that she was not singing:

Let freedom ring
Let the white girl sing

Who knew?

 

[geepondy]

LOL, that brought back memories. In high school, I think 1981, my friend with the super duper stereo system asked what songs I wanted him to record from vinyl to cassette. When I said "Don't feel the reaper (I got the reaper part right), I sure got a lot of chiding!

Blue Oyster Cult:

Actual lyrics: Don't fear the reaper
I heard: Don't feel the reefer

?

 

[nemul]

search for "sugar we're going down" by fallout boy on you tube, go to the flash cartoon one, luleeleruh is now my favourite word

I heard We're going downtown in a luleeluruh,the rest was probably the cartoon designer's over active imagination.

It's supposed to be we're going down, down in an earlier round

were goin daaadaaa! lol

Blue Oyster Cult:

Actual lyrics: Don't fear the reaper
I heard: Don't feel the reefer

?

more cowbell!

 

[AlphaTea]

One of the greatest is...
Iron Butterfly singing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The original title and lyrics were "In The Garden Of Eden"
They were so wasted when they recorded it, they could not carry on a coherant conversation and the rest is history.

 

[cerbie]

A few gems:

Alan Parsons Project: The Raven
Wrong: Thus quote the raisin
Right: Thus quoth the Raven

Alice in Chains: Them Bones:
Wrong: God, I love them Bagel Bites of them bones.
Right: Gonna wind up a big ol' pile of them bones.

Faith No More: Midlife Crisis
Wrong: My butt gets tingly.
Right: Like pockets jingling

Finally, one that left me speechless:

Faith No More: Everything's Ruined
Wrong: The nipples on a cow, really tough
Right: The numbers on a calculator

 

[nzgunnie]

Macey gray: I try


Right:
My world crumbles when you are not here

Wrong:
I wear goggles when your not there

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Anthrax's, "Howling Furies"
Misheard lyrics:
A clouded mist in a darkened tunnel
And twisted screams are pounding near

Original lyrics:
A clouded mist in a darkened tunnel
And twisted screams are growing near

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Kraftwerk's, "Radioland"
Misheard lyrics:
Come the diodes
Lift your heads
Tell your friend
The shortwave ant

Original lyrics:
Turn the dials
With your hands
Till you find
The shortwave band

 

[Mags]

U2, Beautiful Day


(Real lyrics)
After the flood all the colors came out

(Misheard lyric)
I turned around and all the clothes came off



This kinda stuff makes me feel the stupidest of all...

 

[D@rk Messenger]

30 seconds to mars: attack

"run away
run away
run away
I love tag
run away
run away
run away
I love tag
run away
run away
run away
I love tag I love tag (incomprehensible screams)"

The real lyrics is supposed to have "i'll attack", not "i love tag"

 

[GJW]

Bob Dylan: Blowin' In The Wind

(right)
The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind.

(wrong)
The ants are my friends,
they're blowin' in the wind.

I also just heard a radio interview with Bruce Springsteen (who wrote Manfred Mann's, "Blinded By The Light") and he was joking that all it took to turn his song from a nothing to a #1 hit was to change the word "deuce" to "douche".

 

[unclearty]

Aerosmith: "Dude looks like Greg Brady"
I think the most famous of these, is the line from "Louie Louie" I really don't think ANYONE knows for sure.....remember?...It had to do with ..."I laid her again.."

 

[KingSmono]

Great thread!

Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Wrong: "Hold me closer, Tony Danza"
Right: "Hold me closer, tiny dancer"

Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter
Wrong: "That's why I say He-Man Nation."
Right: "That's why I say hey man nice shot."

 

[MacGyver]

I have no idea what a "doozer" is; I've never seen one wrapped up or unwrapped.

What, you never watched Fraggle Rock?
http://www.fragglerocker.com/info/characters.asp?chrName=Doozers


Guy I worked with did the following one:

The Kings-Switchin' to Glide

Correct : "Switchin' to glide"
Him: "Switchin' to rye"

:drunk: lmao

 

[VWTim]

search for "sugar we're going down" by fallout boy on you tube, go to the flash cartoon one, luleeleruh is now my favourite word

I heard We're going downtown in a luleeluruh,the rest was probably the cartoon designer's over active imagination.

It's supposed to be we're going down, down in an earlier round

That flash is really one of the best I've seen in a while. Reminds why I really don't like Emo/whiney rock.

http://www.funlol.com/funpages/fall-out-boy-song.html

Another error I almost didn't belive came from a friend of mine's old Roomate.
Smashing Pumkins:

"Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage" *correct*

"Despite of her age, I'd still put my rat in her cage" *Wrong*

 

[lukus]

When I was in high school, I was giving my sister a ride somewhere. "Boys of summer" (forget by who) came on the radio. She immediately reached over and turned the radio off.

"Why'd you do that?"

"Because it's a gross song!"

"What do you mean it's a gross song?"

"Because they're singing about a dead head sticking on a Cadillac."

The lyric was "out on the road today...I saw a dead head sticker on a Cadillac."