“Dirty deeds and the Dunderchief”, which I assumed referred to an incompetent
Native American tribal elder.
There is a song by the country group Kentucky Headhunters with the line:
“Let’s all go
down to Dumas Walkers”
A woman called into the radio station and asked the D.J.
“What did they do to Miss Walker?”
I too always assumed it was “give the other fellow hell.”
^^^Sometimes it sems that artists will print one lyric, but actually sing another. McCartney may have printed “give the other feller a hand,” but he definitely sings “…feller hell.” Same with the Manfred Mann remake of “Blinded By The Light.” He clearly sings “douche,” but is protected from outraged moms by pointing at the lyrics which say “deuce.”
For me, I always heard the old “I Want My MTV” song (both title and artist escape me at the moment) to say “You got a Flintstone microwave oven,” when it actually said something like, “You gotta install microwave oven.”
In “Cars” by Gary Numan I always heard him say something like, “It keeps me staple for a dice,” when (I was told on these boards a few years back) in reality he sings “It keeps me stable for days.”
Sir Rhosis
"And all I want is to have my peace of mind "
Became: “And all I want is to have my piece of pie”
mmmmm pie.
I always thought it was “You’ve got to give it up or go to hell.” Either version makes more sense than mine.
Social Distortion’s ‘Dear Lover’ is easily mistaken for ‘Dear Llama’.
But it doesn’t contain the lyric “Tina, you fat lard, come and get some dinner!”
FWIW, that’s how I heard it to.
In fact, I didn’t even recognise the song until you posted your version.
I still don’t understand why pitcher Hideo Nomo didn’t walk onto the field with Phil Collins on the PA, singing, "No mo’, no mo’, no mo’, no mo’ "
In Chicago’s “Hard for me to say I’m Sorry,” there’s a line that goes: “After all that we’ve been through.”
My brother heard it as “After all the hooey we’ve been through.”
I learned the other day that probably the most misheard lyric ever is so commonly misheard that no one thinks they’re mishearing it. I didn’t think I was until I happened to see the lyrics.
From Bob Dylan’s Tangled Up in Blue:
is actually:
Weird, huh?
Yep, I had the same mishearing. And the funny thing is that that’s the first song on the album, and then the second song does mention docks.
My husband and I like the band Cake. One day he comes up to me and says, “YOU’VE got the right eye locations!” Upon further investigation I learned that he sincerely believed “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” contains the line “I want a girl with the right eye locations.” (The proper line is, “I want a girl with the right allocations.”)
My best friend is even worse. You know the song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?”
And I said, “What about ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?”
She said, “I think I remember the film line…
As I recall I think we both kind of liked it.”
Her completely baffling interpretation was as follows:
And I said, “What about ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’?”
She said, “I think I remember the bill line.
As I recall we both got two counts on hygiene.”
Guh?
The word “line” in both interpretation should be “and”:
She said, “I think I remember the film,
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it.”
I have a friend who, to this day, swears that Survivor’s theme from Rocky III is “I love the Tiger”.