What are your favourite/funniest examples of mis-heard and mis-quoted song lyrics (e.g. - The Automatic - is that a 'bus stop' coming over the hill?)
2006-10-20 00:49:03 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
There's a whole range of mis-heard song lyrics at this website:
www.kissthisguy.com
2006-10-20 01:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by musicguru_62 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love the Automatic one, I hadn't heard that!
the best ones I think of are
Madonna (La Isla Bonita) which I'm not going to type out because this is a public forum,
Credence Clearwater Revival (Bad Moon Rising) 'There's a bad moon on the rise' heard as 'there's a bathroom on the right'
and my favourite by The Police (Message In A Bottle) 'A year has passed since I wrote my note' and not 'since I broke my nose'
These are known as 'mondegreens' ever since someone misheard an old folk song that went 'they have slain the Earl and laid him on the green' and thought it was 'the Earl and Lady Mondegreen'
2006-10-20 01:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Jay R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question!
My favorite would have to be Kenny Rogers
You Picked A Fine TIme To Leave Me Lucille
400 children and a crop in the field
Should be 4 hungry children
2006-10-20 00:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by GAgirl 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You obviously misheard Jimi's name too, its Hendrix not Henrix! I think.. Your mishearings were funny! Especially the Nirvana one. And I do mis-hear song lyrics all the time, it took me ages to understand the Friends theme song..
2016-03-28 02:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were in a restaurant once when my brother was small and Police was playing So Lonely, he asked why they were singing about Salami!!!
Also one of the old faves, mum use to listen to The Carpenters when i was little and there's a line that goes 'because the best love songs are written with a broken heart' and we swear it says 'broken arm'!!!!!
2006-10-20 00:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Pearl Jam song "Glorified G", I had a friend who thought Eddie was singing"glorified version of a pelican", when the actual line is "glorified version of a pellet gun". I can not hear that song now with out thinking of him, I always makes me smile.
2006-10-20 01:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by crazyone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard quite a few.
Wuthering heights, the line was 'You had a temper', but to my friend and I it always sounded like 'you had a tampon.'
The song by macy gray - I try. The line was 'my world crumbles' my friend thought it was 'i wear crumpits'
The last one I remember is Digital Love by Daft punk. The line is 'there's nothing wrong with just a little bit of fun' but it sounded to me like 'there's nothing wrong with just a little elephant.'
2006-10-20 03:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Joanna C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody I knew years ago use to sing this song called undercover angel. The lyrics were undercover angel midnight fantasy and he always said undercover angel midnight Tennessee. I thought that was sooo funny.
2006-10-20 03:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Nece 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rock The Casbah by The Clash.
I honestly thought they were singing F*ck the Casbah until my sister put me straight.
2006-10-21 01:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was once a Bros song calles "Are You Mine"
In the bridge there was a line which went "distance makes the heart grow fonder"
An ex used to sing..... "dismiss Mr Hucklebunder" ??!!???
She's an ex !!!
2006-10-20 05:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by ukdeveloper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋