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Title: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Tari on February 28, 2013, 10:47:28 PM
This happens to me semi-frequently, as I don't pay particular attention to lyrics. 


Today it was in the standard "Sway" (some may know it from Buble, I was listening to Julie London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWNJmM8GLy0) though:


Lyrics heard:


I can hear the sound of violence/long before it begins/Make me thrill as only you know how/Slay me smooth/Slay me now


Actual lyrics:


I can hear the sound of violins/long before it begins/Make me thrill as only you know how/Sway me smooth/Sway me now


...I don' know why I even thought the word was "slay" if the title was "Sway", guess I always just shut my brain off when processing. 


I'm sure this happens fairly often, and thought it might be nice/weird/funny to see what else people have come up with.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: HideousPride on February 28, 2013, 11:00:12 PM
The Spill Canvas - Lullaby

If you need anything / Just say the word, I mean anything / Rest assured, if you start to doze / Then I'll tuck you in / Plant my lips where your necklace is closed

I always heard the last line as "Plant my lips where your necklaces close" and never understood what it meant. 

I ended up showing the song to a friend on Youtube with lyrics that show up in the video. Watched it and finally realized it didn't make sense because I didn't hear it right. Necklace is closed... the back of the neck!

Now the chorus is much more romantic.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: wilzc on March 01, 2013, 01:49:14 AM
I thought I misheard this song's lyrics..  but then I realize its just a an example of the dearth of music as an art form these days,...


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Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Anaxilus. on March 01, 2013, 02:25:41 AM
You don't even want to know one of the worst offenses I've made... ???
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Anaxilus. on March 01, 2013, 02:47:20 AM
Joni Mitchell 'Both Sides, Now'

Mind you, this is from the stock settings and speakers of a Toyota Prius normally not at the speed limit.

Real:

Bows and flows of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere

I've looked at clouds that way

Heard:

Hoes with fros of angel hair

I scream with tassels in the air
And feather canyons everywhere

I've looked at clouds that way

Real:

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

Heard:

Boobs on Jews in Ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg)
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Hands on March 01, 2013, 02:49:44 AM
Let's see...just recently finished watching Battlestar Galactica with my GF (my 4th time watching it...new series, not original). I'm thinking of the title track song that plays during the opening credits...thing. I believe it's in a foreign or made-up language, but there's one part that I always mishear as:

"Heard it on the radio...bought a goat...let it outside your mind..."

I get a kick out of it.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Marvey on March 01, 2013, 03:19:44 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: burnspbesq on March 01, 2013, 04:15:45 AM
Obligatory reference to "Rocket Man."
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Kirosia on March 01, 2013, 10:23:59 PM
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/mistaken-lyrics-fresh-prince-bel-aire-theme-song-p/nWdZq/
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Maxvla on March 01, 2013, 10:59:52 PM
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/31318067.jpg)

Every time I hear this on the radio or in a store I have to laugh. Did they seriously not hear this during recording?
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Anaxilus. on March 01, 2013, 11:28:45 PM
Wait, that's not right?
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: PelPix on April 11, 2013, 02:39:28 AM
http://youtu.be/lK5Sdj08Lco?t=26s
"Pikachu erecting out your butt."
Never...ever...ever heard the real lyrics.  I don't even know what it really says.  :)p13
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Tari on May 03, 2013, 11:04:55 PM
Well my mind has just been blown.  Apparently this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQ8iaK5s8) song is not about a secret Asian man.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: MuppetFace on May 03, 2013, 11:21:56 PM
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: anetode on May 03, 2013, 11:30:22 PM
Well my mind has just been blown.  Apparently this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQ8iaK5s8) song is not about a secret Asian man.

Thankfully this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR34ilk4xaI) one is.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: Tari on May 03, 2013, 11:31:36 PM
Darnit, I was working on an acapella parody.  Oh well.
Title: Re: Wait...what? Misheard Lyrics
Post by: LFF on May 03, 2013, 11:49:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnYFyXDSJT4

Mis-heard: We'll rub a Mexican Monkey....