“She’s a greasy lover”
The Pollce’s “Walking in your footsteps” sounds to me like “Walking in your food stamps”
Moderator comment: Yeah, this is a topic that’s been discussed before. There are times when it’s best to revive the old thread to continue the discussion; there are times when it’s just fine to start a thread anew… at least, in Cafe Society Forum. Other forums care more about resurrections than does Cafe Society. Basically, I don’t see it as an issue either way (a few folks have reported this one.) So, since the thread is started and rolling, let 'er rip, and here’s a link to an older thread: I heard the lyrics right, but I misunderstood
Since we have a Mod’s blessing, I was discussing one last night with Lizard Queen, about what Mick Jagger is really singing during that bit in “Sympathy for the Devil” and came up with a new possibilty:
I made the scene,
When your Kings and Queens
Walked on Tastycakes,
For the guys that stink.
even though I know it’s
I watched with glee
while your Kings and Queens
warred for ten decades
for the gods they made.
Still sounds more like ‘for the gods, they think’
Lyrics are fun
From The Alan Parsons Project: “Gay people play in the middle of the night”
The Cars: “It’s just a f***ing alibi” (from Bye Bye Love)
Herman’s Hermits: “She’s a muscular boy” (Must to Avoid)
I’ve always wondered about Rush’s Working Man. Is it
Take myself out an ice cold beer
or
Take myself out a nice cold beer
?
The lyrics to Boston’s “Peace of Mind” are here:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~muskokajoe/lyric/peace.html
However, I never heard one particular line as “I don’t care if I get behind.” I always heard it as “I don’t care about the FBI.”
Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman” I always heard as “Climb Every Woman”.
There’s this song by Billy Joel or Elton John or somebody which contains the line “heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack.” Anyway, in that song, there’s a line that goes “across from the medical center.” What I always hear is:
“Across from Banana Placenta.”
(Also, I could swear I’ve seen this thread active on the board quite recently, like over the past couple of months. Was there some other similar thread I may be remembering?)
-FrL-
Billy Joel. Movin’ Out.
When I was a kid, I was certain that the Peter Gabriel song Shock the Monkey was about a monkey named Jacques.
Also, in the song Every Breath You Take I always heard the line “how my poor heart aches…” as “I’m a pool hall ace…”.
I don’t need anyone
Don’t need no Mom and Dad
Don’t need no good advice
Don’t need no human rice
–Dead Boys, “Sonic Reducer”
I grew up listening to country because it was my mother’s favorite. So there were at least three that I often misheard (that I remember)…
Kenny Roger – You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille
Why? Because there was 400 children and crops in the field, dammit. Or as it’s really known: “four hungry children.” Either way, that’s a lot of kids.
Terri Gibbs – Somebody’s Knocking
It seems that she heard "Somebody’s knocking should I let him in
Lord it’s the devil would you look at him
I’ve heard about him but I never dreamed
He’d have blue eyes and blue jeans
but to good ol’ mum, her repressed sexual self (and mine too I guess, but hey, I was like 12 or sumpin’) understood Ms. Gibb to say “He’d have blue eyes and tight (!!) jeans” and had this wistful look in her eyes.
Last but not least, as a mere pup, I thought the song the Mel Tillis song said “Pussy on a poor boy”! instead of the more tame “Mercy ona [said] poor boy” and I’m telling you, that there is no absolutely no doubt in clouded mine that I was referring to a kitty cat. Well pervs, what else would I be talking about, huh?? Hell, I hadn’t even started kindergarten yet, so get yer filthy brains out ta gutter. 
Doug & Bob MacKenzie were very popular around the same time I first heard Rush’s “Beneath, Between, & Behind”. As I didn’t own the Fly By Night album and it’s accompanying lyric sheet, I heard the chorus as:
Beneath the noble fir
Between the brown-haired squirrels
Behind the beauty racks of beer
It’s actually:
Beneath the noble bird
Between the proudest words
Behind the beauty, cracks appear
Yes, I misheard every line, testament to Geddy’s enunciation in 1975. I heard “noble fir” because growing up in Washington state, I was surrounded by several species of fir trees. I simply misheard the second line. For the third line, see my comment about Doug & Bob and the fact that Rush is Canadian.
I hear the same thing.
There was an R&B song that was big in 2005 or so titled “Living My Life Like It’s Golden,” which I somehow kept hearing (and still do even now that I know the real words) as “Even My Backpack Is Stolen.”
I thought I’d shared this already but maybe it was one of those timed-out posts… I’ve had a run on them lately.
There’s a song by Eskimo Joe called “Black Fingernails, Red Wine”.
Correct lyric:
All of us stand and point our fingers
My husband firmly believed it was:
I don’t understand the point of fingers
Me too! :eek:
Here’s a listing of misheard lyrics: www.kissthisguy.com
In the song Flashdance , there is a line:
“Take your passion
And make it happen”
I heard it as:
“Take your pants down
And make it happen”
I like my version better.
Very funny!
For me, as a young kid, it was “Hark! The dear old angels sing…”