Okay, I know everyone knows the Cingular commercial with the guys hacking the "Rock the Casbah" song. What other songs have people butchered over the years? (because they were dopes, or because you can't understand the lyrics)
2006-12-21 15:21:45 · 13 answers · asked by cobrakon22 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
One of the most famous butcher-jobs was with the Jimi Hendrix song "Purple Haze": "Excuse me while I kiss the sky" was mistaken for "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."
There used to be a website by that name that was all about misunderstood lyrics. I couldn't find a URL for it, but I did find a similar site that's listed below under 'source.'
My favorite butcher job was never publicized on a website, but it still makes me laugh to think about it all these years later. In the song "Sister Golden Hair" by America, there's a line that says: "I've been one poor correspondent..."
My boyfriend at that time always thought it said: "I've been one poor Boris Karloff..."
2006-12-21 15:37:41 · answer #1 · answered by moonshadow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cingular Wireless Sync commercial is hilarious! One of those guys actually thinks the lyrics say "stop the cat box". It's my favorite commercial. "Rock the Casbah" was released in the early 80's and I've just memorized the lyrics!
2006-12-21 15:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was little (maybe 7?) I liked the song Always Be My Baby or whatever by Mariah Carey. The part where she says " 'Cause darlin' you'll always be my baby. " I always thought she was saying " 'Cause darnit you'll always be my baby. " Not that funny but it was hilarious to my mom in the car when she heard me belt it out.
Oh and the Santana/Rob Thomas song:
You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah
Gimme your heart, make it real,
Or else forget about it
I thought he was saying " Gimme your heart, beggareel, or else forget about it. "
Yeah I made up some weird word.. but it sounded like that! Again I was like 9 years old.
And then there's that old song Band of Gold:
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon,
We stayed in separate rooms
Used to think she was saying " But that night on a harvest moon..... "
They were funny to my mom and I.... and those are all the ones I could remember.
2006-12-22 13:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by cyanide_flavored_lollipop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Okay, I know everyone knows the Cingular commercial with the guys hacking the "Rock the Casbah" song. What other songs have people butchered over the years? (because they were dopes, or because you can't understand the lyrics)
2015-08-25 00:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The famous one from "Blinded by the Light", of course:
Wrapped up like a douche
Another bo.ner in the night
2006-12-21 15:25:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Warrior by Patty Smythe. My sister was about ten and I was around fifteen. I found her lyric book with such classics as "Break out I can't tivil it." [Break out of captivity]. Hard to get worse than that.
2006-12-21 15:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by balderarrow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember there being a commercial and a guy butchered "Pour some sugar on me"
2006-12-21 15:23:40 · answer #7 · answered by Ghurricane87 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad Moon Rising- CCR (I always thought the chorus said that there was a "bathroom on the right", not a bad moon on the rise.
I told my boss and he said it was a girl thing, because his daughter thought the same.)
2006-12-21 15:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
One of my friends thought that the Lyrics to "Don't Fear The Reaper" was "Don't feel The Raper".
2006-12-21 16:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by Manx 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I laughed hard when my friend belted out "he out-bopped the buzzard and the OREO" when singing Rockin Robin last month.
2006-12-21 15:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by Nikki W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋