A mis-heard song.?

Question

In the song 'You're the one that I want' by Olivia newton-john\John Travolta, there is a line that goes 'you're the one that I want, oo, oo etc, the one I need' which sounds to me like 'the one-eyed knee'. Do you have any song lyrics that sound different to what is being sung ?.

Answer 1

a classic misquote is for Creedence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising

Instead of: There's a bad moon on the rise
Many heard: There's a bathroom on the right

Answer 2

Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze, a bit queer I think when he sings "S'cuse me while I kiss this guy" sorry if it's a bit ancient history but it's the first one I thought of.
More ancient is a song I herd by Shirley Basset called "Just one of those things!" from the 1940's I think, which made me laugh when she sings "If we'd fart a bit at the end of it, When we were painting the town, we'd have been aware that our love affair was too hot , not to cool down!"
More recently, I think almost anything sung by Joe Strummer of The Clash is up for debate! and The classic song "The Israelites" by Desmond Dekker has some very odd sounding lyrics, So odd that there was an advert where someone held up cue cards with different lyrics on them whilst they played the original recording and no difference was discernible

There are loads more out there but I'll leave them for other's answers!

Answer 3

Other people have asked about this, so you might get even more laughs by searching.

Also, there's a word for this: Mondegreen. A columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle has been collecting them for years.

if you go to www.sfgate.com and search for "Jon Carroll" and Mondegreens, you'll get a bunch o' columns full of them.

"America, America, God is Chef Boyardee."

Beatles, from the part of Michelle sung in French: Michelle, Ma Bell, Sunday monkeys won't play piano song, play piano song" (try it, it works!)

A classic was Hendrix, "'scuze me while I kiss the sky" which people thought was "'scuze me while I kiss this guy." Apparently he learned of this and would give a fellow band-member a little peck on the cheek.

Send Jon your "one-eyed knee" -- bet he'll print it.

Just call me angel, of the morning angel. Just brush my teeth before you leave me, baby!

Answer 4

There was a song I liked as a kid, Tears for Fears' "Break It Down Again," which has a lyric that goes: "Hot tips from the boys," but I SWEAR it sounds like the guy is singing "I touch little boys."
I can't listen to it without hearing that.

Answer 5

The entire song of "Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Some people actually memorized the song... not by lyrics but by the same garbled noises that Kurt Cobain made.

Answer 6

I have a mate who is absolutely legendary for mishearing song lyrics. His most famous gaffe was a line from "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen, which runs:
"Two hundred degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit."
My mate heard it as:
"Two hundred good reasons why they call me Mr. Foreign Man."

Another good one was an awful record called "The Bouncer", which featured the words, "Your names not down, you're not coming in," spoken in a southern (UK) accent. My mate thought it was "Your name's not Dan, you're not coming in." I still laugh now imagining a club full of people, all called Dan:
- What's your name?
- Dan. Your's?
- Dan!
- Funny, that lad I was just talking to's Dan, too.

Answer 7

Credence Clearwater Revival has a song - I think it's called Major League, but anyhoo - the main chorus is "Put me in, coach. I'm ready to play. I've always half assed listened to it, and I thought he said "Boogie and Nicole"

Answer 8

terence trent darby-wishing well-a crock of dog s==t
sister sledge-we are family-just let me staple the vicar
night fever-bee gees-i got hair in my mouth
blondie-call me-corned beef
saturday night fever soundtrack-cant remember which one-more than a woman-bald headed woman
macy gray-i try-i wore goggles when you are not here
alishias attic-i am i feel-dont cry my precious w-nkers
the pipettes-pull shapes-bulls-it
i think there is a site called misheard lyrics but i think its always funnier to work them out yourself-and the list above is a few ive thought about over the years

Answer 9

I don't have a brain, so I can't remember. For some reason I often hear very rude lyrics, instead of the proper ones.

Answer 10

wnitesnake aint no love it the city sonds like anal love in the city, cant hear it withought wincing

another song is theres a bad moon on the rise when I was a kid i thaught it was ther's a bathroom on the right


the beatles a girl with kolitis became a girl with bronchitis

every time you go away you take a pice of me with you becomes every time you go away you take a piece of meet with you.