Misheard Lyrics

[Johnnythefox]

For years when singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody I always thought he sang,
"living his life on his pork sausages"
Instead of,
"Spare him his life from this monstrosity"

What lyrics have you misheard?

 

[iHeartRockArt]

Alan Jackson's song, "Flaws." I always hear, "balls."

Balls, everybody's got 'em
You can bet your last two dollars
There ain't no tens
All them balls…

 

[therhydler]

My friend though her whole life that "oh, oh, you're in the army now" was a meaningless "yorindi yorina". I let her sing it like that for ages and she was shocked when I finally corrected her

 

[Johnnythefox]

I've only now decided to look up what the actual words are to this line from the manic street preacher's "motorcycle emptiness"
I've always thought it was, "Obi Wan who ate the cakes you'd given us"

Instead of this:
"All we want from you are the kicks you've given us"

 

[Xerxes]

Tool - Schism

"I know the pizza's in..."

 

[TiredHorse]

I have heard these refered to as "Mondegreens", though I can't remember why they are called that. I believe it referrs to a specific, commonly mis-heard lyric.

My favorite is the US Pledge of Allegiance: "He led the pigeons to the flag, one naked individual..."

 

[iHeartRockArt]

I have heard these refered to as "Mondegreens", though I can't remember why they are called that. I believe it referrs to a specific, commonly mis-heard lyric.

My favorite is the US Pledge of Allegiance: "He led the pigeons to the flag, one naked individual..."

I'm American and this had me rolling! Too funny.

 

[Jupiter]

I've only now decided to look up what the actual words are to this line from the manic street preacher's "motorcycle emptiness"
I've always thought it was, "Obi Wan who ate the cakes you'd given us"

Instead of this:
"All we want from you are the kicks you've given us"

May the force be with you. :D

 

[Luzor]

Isn't even humorous but thought 'there's a bad moon on the rise' was 'there's a backdoor on the right'

 

[Mrs.O'Leary'sCow]

ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
"Don't bring me dowwwwwwwwn, Bruce"
It's actually "Don't bring me dowwwwwwwn, Groose."

Jeff Lynne: "You know that little daft bit in there that goes [unintelligible]. I just made it up in the studio. It was actually 'groose,' which happens to mean something. The engineer was German and he said 'How did you know that word?' And I said: 'What word?' And he said 'Groose… it means greetings in German.' I said: "That's good… I'll leave it in."

 

[ReadyasEver]

I have heard these refered to as "Mondegreens", though I can't remember why they are called that. I believe it referrs to a specific, commonly mis-heard lyric.

My favorite is the US Pledge of Allegiance: "He led the pigeons to the flag, one naked individual..."

That's about right these days LMAO

 

[TiredHorse]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

Isn't even humorous but thought 'there's a bad moon on the rise' was 'there's a backdoor on the right'

I heard that as "There's a bathroom on the right."

There's also "doughnuts make your brown eyes blue," as anyone who knows '70s music will remember.

 

[Johnnythefox]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

I heard that as "There's a bathroom on the right."

There's also "doughnuts make your brown eyes blue," as anyone who knows '70s music will remember.

 

[ReadyasEver]

I remember as teen hearing the, " the lyin' sheep is tight" instead of " the lion sleeps tonight ". I used to think what a bunch of sick bastards.

 

[Chinaski]

Stevie Winwood is clearly singing "bring me a paella" here.

 

[Chinaski]

ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
"Don't bring me dowwwwwwwwn, Bruce"
It's actually "Don't bring me dowwwwwwwn, Groose."

Jeff Lynne: "You know that little daft bit in there that goes [unintelligible]. I just made it up in the studio. It was actually 'groose,' which happens to mean something. The engineer was German and he said 'How did you know that word?' And I said: 'What word?' And he said 'Groose… it means greetings in German.' I said: "That's good… I'll leave it in."

If this is true and not a pisstake then this is the most crucial piece of info I've taken from this forum and should be in the next pph imo.

 

[Mrs.O'Leary'sCow]

If this is true and not a pisstake then this is the most crucial piece of info I've taken from this forum and should be in the next pph imo.

I found it on the internet so you know it must be true.

 

[Norest4thewicked]

I remember an old TV advert ripping Desmond Dekker's classic track,Israelites. Sing to the tune! Whoo, ohh, my ears are alight!!

 

[Chinaski]

I remember an old TV advert ripping Desmond Dekker's classic track,Israelites. Sing to the tune! Whoo, ohh, my ears are alight!!

Maxell tape, iirc. At the same time, Vitalite margarine used the same tune ("oh, oh...Vitalite"). Even Desmond Dekker caught on to the Thatcherite boom, it appears.

 

[Xerxes]

"Secret ASIANNNN MANNN"

 

[wiIIow]

It took me until my early teens to figure out that Falco was singing "Amadeus," not "Hot Potatoes."

rock me, hot potatoes

 

[wiIIow]

"stop the catbox" by The Clash is another classic fav

 

[Chinaski]

It took me until my early teens to figure out that Falco was singing "Amadeus," not "Hot Potatoes."

rock me, hot potatoes

Tbf, I'm not even sure Falco knew exactly what he was singing when he recorded it.

 

[TiredHorse]

"stop the catbox" by The Clash is another classic fav

I always thought it was "rock in the catbox" --which sounds uncomfortable for the cat.

 

[littlelady774]

"Every kiss begins with care"
For...
"Every kiss begins with Kay"

 

[Whatshername]

Most of you guys are probably unfamiliar with this band, but the mishearing of this line is still funny:

"Show me a leader that won't come from Mars"

instead of

"Show me a leader that won't compromise"

 

[Luzor]

Most of you guys are probably unfamiliar with this band, but the mishearing of this line is still funny:

"Show me a leader that won't come from Mars"

instead of

"Show me a leader that won't compromise"

What band is it?

 

[Whatshername]

to @Luzor

Alter Bridge
The the quoted song is Show me a Leader

 

[Luzor]

Thanks never been much into metal but there are certainly some great musicians in that band, the drumming is amazing!

 

[MistakesHappen]

Not exactly a misheard:
When we were children me and my brother thought that the lyric of Beat It by Michael Jackson wasn't in English but in a made-up language just because we couldn't understand English at that age. Not all english songs, just this one had a special language. So we were smashing random words and thought we were cool and smart ass boyz.
Some years have passed, meanwhile i learned english, and at the age of 9 i discovered the truth.