"I'm not talking 'bout a live-in""I'm not talking 'bout milennia"
(England Dan and John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight")
― timellison, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a warlock blowin the stars around...
― i drive a wood paneled station dragon (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Isn't she lovelyIsn't she wonderfulIsn't she preciousLess than one minute oldI never thought through love we'd beMaking one as lovely as sheBut isn't she lovely, yes or no
― the four HOOSmen of the STEENpacolypse (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
misheard lyric: "bad day at the cattery, they're making a mess of me" actual lyric: "bad day at the cannery, they're making a mess of me"
from Meet Me In The Dollar Bin by Les Savy Fav.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Saturday, 12 November 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
I don't want my pizza burnin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERXq3r1Kq0Q
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 2 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Creepy.
Pixies lyrics I have misheard:
"losing my penis to a horrid disease" I refused to believe that he was saying "whore with disease"
"I am moved -- SHIT! and I lose ya!" ("I am un chien andalusia")
― the Smurf who'll snatch your money (Je55e), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
max b
"spending all my money on jewellery and vehicles"
as
"spending all my money on jewellery and bagels"
― gucci gyoza (tpp), Sunday, 15 April 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
An alternative take on Neil Young's classic 'Broken Arrow'...
"Did you see them in the river?They were there to wave to you.Could you tell that the empty quiver? Groundskin.In the inn on the banks that were crowded and narrowHeld a broken arrow?"
Now I know that italicised part makes absolutely no sense and I know now that its actually "empty-quiverred brown-skinned Indian", but for years that's how I heard it (no lyric sheets in those Buffalo Springfield albums!).
― Bloody Snail, Sunday, 15 April 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'M THE ILLEST MUTHAFUCKA FROM HERE TO GARDENIA
Until last week, I though this line was "I'm the illest muthafucka since Vincent Gardenia", thus continuing the Beastie Boys tradition of surpassing the hip hop prowess of Italian-American character actors, cf. Abe Vigoda.
― bendy, Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
"Enter Sandman"
Say your prayers!It's a won--derful gift my son,To include everyone.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Fork display
http://www.kissthisguy.com/538misheard.htm
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
war of the masses / outcome disastrous / many of the victim's families shaved their asses
― Poliopolice, Monday, 6 August 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
my friend missy posting abt her daughter on facebook: A-- asked to hear "Missy in the sky with dominoes."
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
<3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 October 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
tinie tempeh - pass out
"i've never been to scunthorpe"
wait a minute he DOES say that
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtOruhlCRpU
― Paul, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAFBjmdNPKo&feature=related
― Paul, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
^ both engrained in my brain
― itt: 'splaining men (ledge), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
"spit on the streets/don't hesitate"
― qiqing, Monday, 26 November 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
everyone's misheard "how soon is now," of course ... i originally thought that the opening lyric was "i am the sun and the air/of a shiner that is criminally vulgar." that is, that someone had punched Morrissey and gave him a black eye (or maybe that's me projecting?) what the "sun and air" had to do with getting a black eye, though, was an unsolved teenage mystery.― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 26 December 2002 20:23 (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
How Soon Is Ow?
(timing!)
― Mark G, Monday, 26 November 2012 09:15 (eleven years ago) link
I got the money and the juiceTwin sisters in my bedTheir father had AndySo i shot him in the head
i assumed it was some kind of Andy Griffith reference.
― how's life, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of the Smiths, I always heard it as "Haunted bicycle"
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not talking bout my linenand I don't wanna change your mindbut there's a warm wind blowin the stars aroundand I'd really love to see you tonight
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
Was pretty sad to find out that on Money Trees off Good Kid Maad City, "Dolla Mike" had not just fucked my main bitch.
― Andrew W, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
When I was little and I would listen to "All I Really Want" I thought Alanis was singing "The conflicts, the craziness, and the sound of credenzas falling all around"
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
That's actually how I learned what a credenza was
― jawn valjawn (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Humpty Dance
"I'm sick with this, straight gangsta mack"
"I'm sick with this, straight 'gainst the max"
and in fact, used to describe things as "straight 'gainst the max" as a term of derision.
― how's life, Sunday, 17 March 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
u should bring it back
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
creepin on the comeup:
"Stocking cat food, plotting jack moves"
still not sure the actual lyric, but i like the image of bizzy working in a pet store...
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― m0stlyClean, Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIZJfUmhNcQ
Dusky's "Nobody Else" is one of my favorite tracks of the year, slightly mitigated when my daughter asked if they're singing, "No body....no body hair."
― bendy, Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
eating dick with janus, jeanie, and george harrison
― Spectrum, Monday, 1 April 2013 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
hey-e-ey bud or amstel light?
("alive," PJ)
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 19 July 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
When I was a kid I always heard that Dire Straits song as 'money for nothing and your chips for free'. I mean, who's gonna turn down free chips? I'll take mine with salt and loads of vinegar, thanks.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Friday, January 21, 2011 10:54 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
when I was a kid I was convinced it was "money for nothing and your checks for free."
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 20 July 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
me too!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not talk bout my linenand I don't want to change your blinds
(I'd Really Love To See You Tonight)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
True story: until two months ago, my wife thought this song was called 'Burn to Death'
—ArchCarrier in the Motown discussion thread
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:20 (eleven years ago) link
re: The Four Tops' "Bernadette"
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
when i was a kid i thought ac/dc's "dirty deeds" took place "in a dunder jeep."
― pass-ag caglia (get bent), Saturday, 20 July 2013 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 20 July 2013 08:32 (eleven years ago) link
i just googled "dunder jeep" and apparently this is a common misconception.
― pass-ag caglia (get bent), Saturday, 20 July 2013 08:33 (eleven years ago) link
how else does crocodile dundee offroad through the outback?
― pass-ag caglia (get bent), Saturday, 20 July 2013 08:34 (eleven years ago) link
Until 2001, I thought it was "dirty deeds and the dunder cheek," which didn't make sense, but it I figured it was some kind of Australian slang, like, "Crikey, you really bollocksed up that bloomin' onion, you dunder cheek."
― potatoes-in-law (Je55e), Saturday, 20 July 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
Used to mishear "rockin in Atlanta at Tattletails" as "rockin in Atlanta at the tidal table" in Motley Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls. Somewhere along the line I glanced at a map and discovered that Atlanta was not a seaside community.
― how's life, Sunday, 4 August 2013 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
Is there not a specific misheard rap lyrics thread? anyway in the intro of Shook Ones part II it sounds like Mob Deep gives a shot out "to all my real n_gg_s who aint got no fillings" and i'm now fantasizing about a remake of this song which is all about dental health.
― dsb, Friday, 9 August 2013 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
Enter Sandman: 'Eggs to-night / It's your di-eet!'
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
In Aladdin Sane I misheard "Paris or maybe hell" as "Paris or maybe Hull" for ages, which is much better IMO.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Woah, just looked this thread up to post some misheard Bowie!
African Night Flight:
One of these days/One of these days/Gotta get a boyfriend one of these days
― how's life, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
Well Hull is where the Spiders from Mars were all from, so are you sure he isn't singing that?
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
When I was a kid, I heard the first line of Peace Sells as:
What do you mean I don't believe in God / Tu-tu Mary Lee?
― how's life, Friday, 1 November 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
I wouldn't say I was convinced it was correct, but I have been hearing "infinity" as "in Tennessee" in Infinity Ink's "Infinity" (the artist and title of which I just discovered).
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 29 December 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link