I used to think "Eton Rifles" by the Jam was "He's a Right One"!!! Also Madonna's "Erotic", the first time I heard it I thought she was singing "Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body" - I thought it was a joke song!! I'm sure he wouldn't say no though. What's the best misheard lyrics you have made up?
2006-09-21 03:54:53 · 33 answers · asked by J C 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
When I was a little girl and first heard "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers, I thought he was singing about "four hundred children and a crop in the field" instead of "four hungry children and a crop in the field." And now that I'm grown, four hundred children?! Man, she wouldn't have the energy to leave him!
2006-09-21 04:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by krustykrabtrainee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like A Cab On Commision
The Real Lyric Is" Like A Calgon Commercial" From The Song Shake It Off From Mariah Carey
2006-09-21 04:12:57 · answer #2 · answered by wyquette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO I have to say that the Eton Rifles one was quite hilarious! I can't really think of any personal experiences, but my brother's friend used to think the holiday song "Feliz Navidad" was saying "Maurice La-ti-da" LOL And I once heard someone who thought the lyrics to the Beatles song "I saw her standing there" were "I wouldn't dance with her mother" LOL
2006-09-21 04:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that the line ''I got my first real six string'' was ''i got my first real sex dream'' and i thought well i suppose summer of 69 had something to with that! My mother thought a line that was ''constant craving'' was ''god bless gravy'', another one was ''under the moon of love'' which my sister thought was ''under the boulevard'', the list is endless!
oh and by the way, cracking question, I have just sat and literally lmao at some if not all of the answers
2006-09-21 04:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by jacjac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son thought this bit in Where Is The Love: 'send some guidance from above', was 'said the guy who lost his watch'!
A friend thought Mystify by INXS was called Mystifly, and that in the Sugababes song Hole in the Head, it said: 'takes more than Beckham to reverse my brain'!
Singers should sing clearer!!
2006-09-21 04:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by janie over the rainbow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A misheard lyric in a song is called a 'Mondegreen' Boring, but true, dull but factual.
La Isla Bonita by Madonna. 'Last night I dreamt of some daygos... etc etc etc , then something about a girl with eyes like potatos.
2006-09-21 04:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once thought, when I first got into Depeche Mode's music, I listened to Master and Servant and heard
"It's a lot like life
This play with the sheep
With me in the top
And you underneath..."
instead of
"It's a lot like life
This play beneath the sheets
With you on top
And me underneath..."
The only excuse I have is that I still can't understand some of Dave Gahan's lyrics....:-)
2006-09-21 08:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Always thought the Lenny henry spoof of the Israelites by Desmond Decker for a (Maxell?) tape commercial was prettynear the mark
also somebody who did a spoof of Elkie Brooks "Pearls a singer", which became "Earls a winger"
2006-09-21 04:05:11 · answer #8 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mike Ried just walked on the dance floor in one of Michael Jacksons songs!
I know it is not the right words but to this day, I can not remember the right words as I have that stuck in my head every time I hear it!
The Shaman Song Ebernezer good. It says E's are good, and my boyfriend (of then) thought it was "his all good" but not quite what they were referring to such as "have you got any Vera's" gave it away really didn't it!
2006-09-21 04:18:24 · answer #9 · answered by Aitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listening to an oldies station, in a car, with some friends, one guy sings along with "Canary in A Coal Mine" by the Police--"Mary's in a coma".
"Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains I thought the line "can you sew them shut" was "man you're so messed up!"
2006-09-21 04:08:00 · answer #10 · answered by annabellesilby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋