# Did people really think it was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264 "2013-07-11T23:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/21 "2013-07-12T18:30:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I, personally, thought for years that the AC/DC song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” was called “Thirty Thieves and the Thunder Chief”. > . Really, even though the song is called dirty deeds done dirt cheap? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/22 "2013-07-12T18:34:50Z")
The Mondegreen that surprised me is the mishearing of “the dark sacred night” from Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” into “the dogs say goodnight.” I never thought of it as the latter, but once told about it, I can’t but hear “the dogs say goodnight.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/23 "2013-07-12T18:56:29Z")
One of my friends thought so when we we in Junior High. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/24 "2013-07-12T19:05:51Z")
Born on the 70s, but the first time I heard anyone point out that it sounded like “kiss this guy” was on a miss-heard lyrics site in the 90s. I do love me some Secret Asian Man, though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/25 "2013-07-12T19:24:31Z")
I’ve misheard lyrics over the years, but not “Purple Haze.” My daughter misheard “Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves” as “Gypsy Transit Thieves,” implying they are turnstile jumpers. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/26 "2013-07-12T20:42:27Z")
Mentioning another: John Fogerty has a sense of humor about his mondegreen. When performing “Bad Moon Rising,” he’ll sing the line, “There’s a bathroom on the right,” and point off to his right. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/27 "2013-07-12T21:07:48Z")
I always heard it as “Pardon me… while I make out with this dude over here.” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/28 "2013-07-12T21:12:38Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I always heard it as “Pardon me… while I make out with this dude over here.” Weirdo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/29 "2013-07-12T21:49:00Z")
Born: ‘57 Older sister bought **Purple Haze** when it first came out (nerdy older brother made me listen to S&G’s **Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme** for months, so I was ready to rock) and for a long time I thought the lyric was indeed, “’scuse me while I kiss this guy.” Strangely, even after I learned the correct version, to this day, I hear “’scuse me while I kiss this guy” in my head. More embarrassing is that I do something very similar to this day at restaurants when the waitress asks, “do you want soup or salad?” More times than not, I reply, “how big is it?”, or some variation on that theme. Then, when I get the “what’s this guy’s problem” stare, I realize my mistake and reply, “sorry, I thought you were asking if I want a “super” salad”. I know better, I just keep forgetting. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/30 "2013-07-12T21:53:18Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You mean the ants _aren’t_ my friends?! They’re blowin in the wind. The ants, sir, are blowin in the wind ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/31 "2013-07-12T22:01:07Z")
My brother certainly heard it as “kiss this guy”. He asked me why Jimmy Hendrix was singing about kissing a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/32 "2013-07-12T22:10:08Z")
I’ll admit for a long time I thought Everything Zen included the lines _“I don’t believe in Hell since Daniel”_ and _“There’s no sense in your violence”_. In my defense the actual lyrics contain the lines _“Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow/Dave’s on sale again”_ and _“Raindogs howl for the century/A million dollars a steak”_. (At least I think these are the actual lyrics. I just checked four different sites and they gave four different sets of lyrics.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/33 "2013-07-12T22:11:25Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > They’re blowin in the wind. > > The ants, sir, are blowin in the wind Waiter! I’ll have what he is drinking. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/34 "2013-07-12T22:17:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Waiter! > I’ll have what he is drinking. Double Scotch, neat. [Dylan, man.](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob+dylan/blowin+in+the+wind_20021159.html) ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/35 "2013-07-12T22:18:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I, personally, thought for years that the AC/DC song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” was called “Thirty Thieves and the Thunder Chief”. > > No, I have no idea what I thought it was supposed to mean either. For whatever it’s worth, I heard it that way too. Mr. Shoe laughed himself sick the first time he heard me singing along. It was always on the radio, **Laggard** , so it’s not like I was looking at the album and seeing the track title. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/36 "2013-07-12T22:42:28Z")
Boston’s “Peace of Mind” contains the line “But I don’t care if I get behind.” I’d always heard it as “But I don’t care about FBI.” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/37 "2013-07-13T00:01:16Z")
When it first came out and when I was playing bass in bands performing it then, it was “kiss the sky.”. But I’m pretty sure in a YouTube clip of Jimi performing it at an outdoor venue, he sang “kiss this guy.” If he did sing it that way, I’m pretty certain it was because he had heard the tales and even Rock and Roll Guitar Gods are allowed to have senses of humor and make jokes. Or at least, he thought so. I don’t think the Official Rock And Roll Star Rule Book had come out at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/38 "2013-07-13T00:17:39Z")
I couldn’t understand _anything_ Hendrix sang, so I ignored him. Still do. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/39 "2013-07-13T00:30:40Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > That’s just silly. > > But he DID sing “It’s a Heartache,” right? Bonnie Tyler was just an alias, right? [Yes, he did.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfw_ID95hPw) Bonnie Tyler was just a bad dream. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264/40 "2013-07-13T01:53:44Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I couldn’t understand _anything_ Hendrix sang, so I ignored him. > > Still do. Wow. What about the Watchtower? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-really-think-it-was-excuse-me-while-i-kiss-this-guy/663264.md?page=3)