Save big money at my nards
(feel like I could add examples to this thread forever)
(feel like I could add examples to this thread forever)
Misheard lyrics
- Thread starter ClonerJams
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Occasionally over the years, I don't officially mishear it, but my brain transposes lines.
Examples:
From "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
"Devil's in the bread pan, pickin' out dough."
(actual: Chicken in the bread pan ... )
From "Free Fallin'" - mix-and-match in the first verse ... swapping among "Elvis," "America," "horses," "Jesus".
Examples:
From "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
"Devil's in the bread pan, pickin' out dough."
(actual: Chicken in the bread pan ... )
From "Free Fallin'" - mix-and-match in the first verse ... swapping among "Elvis," "America," "horses," "Jesus".
I grew up thinking it was big ol' jet had a light on.
I never heard people call jets/planes "airliners" so it made more sense to young Cyclonsin that some inconsiderate jerk left a light on during a flight than anything else.
My mother always tells me about when I was little, talking 4 years old here, that I would run around in the nude and sing " Save big money at my Nards " while ummm... making obscene gestures with anatomy.
"Stroke me, stroke me"
was..
"Snow-man, snow-man"
the stroke by billy squire
was..
"Snow-man, snow-man"
the stroke by billy squire
I notice a lot of these songs are older. Probably because we didn't have the internet in the palm of our hands to look up lyrics and we were listening on FM radio.
Mine: Hall and Oats
"Because your kiss is on my lips. It's the best thing in life."
Instead of:
"Because your kiss is on my list of the best things in life."
Mine: Hall and Oats
"Because your kiss is on my lips. It's the best thing in life."
Instead of:
"Because your kiss is on my list of the best things in life."
It took me a VERY long time to notice the hooks are all different in Hard to Handle by the Black Crowes.
Boys and things that come by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will come along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothing but ten cent lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will run along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will run along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothing but ten cent lovin'
Hey little babe, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys and things that come by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will come along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothing but ten cent lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will run along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin'
Hey little thing, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
Boys will run along, a dime by the dozen
That ain't nothing but ten cent lovin'
Hey little babe, let me light your candle
'Cause, mama, I'm sure hard to handle now, gets around
As a kid I thought it was something along the lines of "Big Ol' Chad had a light on". I actually told Steve Miller that over beers one night (he lived in my community), and he laughed and told stories about several variations he's heard.
In Eric Clapton's original faster "Layla" I thought he must be saying "Lady Love", since I'd never heard anyone named Layla.
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I've shared this one a dozen times on CF but the topic has come up that many times so why not once again.
Back when it was a hit (1969)
Suspicious Minds
real lyrics:
We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
I heard:
They call it a drought
I can't walk out
(I like mine better. it rhymes)
Back when it was a hit (1969)
Suspicious Minds
real lyrics:
We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
I heard:
They call it a drought
I can't walk out
(I like mine better. it rhymes)
Spouse isn't four anymore - he adds the line "wanna come?"...
Yeah. I don't take him out in public much...
