More Mondegreens, or Oh, that's what that song says!

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Last night my husband and I went to a bar and he did his favorite thing to do at a bar. Surprisingly it isn’t drinking but playing the jukebox. He one of the songs he played was Wing’s Jet.

I found out a few things about this song last night. The first: The name of the song is “Jet” and not “Yeah” said with a heavy Spanish accent. The second: Paul McCartney does not shout “Suffering Cats! Yeah!” during the chorus.

My favorite misheard lyric is from my daughter, which I’ve posted before but still think is hilarious. She was watching a re-run of The Wonder Years and was singing the theme.

Watch what you do
With that stank attitude.
Don’t you stand up
And walk out on me.

Yeah, that one never gets tired.

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Many years ago, a friend of mine called up a “classic rock” station and requested Carry On Your Way With Sun. The DJ laughed at her.

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Most of the time I’m too lazy to look up the correct words, and am content to go through life singing my own versions, until someone sets me straight.

Favorites of mine include:

You got a flintstone microwave oven, custom kitchen, delivery from Dire Straits. I do now know this one is actually “gotta install.”

Lipstick, everybody in the whole wide world, down on me by Big Brother and The Holding Company

It gives me staple for a dice, in cars by Gary Numan

Sir Rhosis

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My total, all-time favorite:

(reference available on request)

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The Flinstones’ theme song:

“Let’s ride with the family down the street
through the courtosy of Pretzel Pete.”

as heard by my dad. :smiley:

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Flinstones, meet the Flinstones!
They’re the mod-historic fam uh lee!

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Asking only workman’s wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers…
Just a “come on son, the war’s on seveth avenue”

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Let me sing you a little song.

Bang bang carry over sea
Bang bang shooby carry-o
Bang bang plastics are for you
Bang bang seventh is for me
Bang bang carry over sea
Bang bang Europe’s kinda weak…

Courtesy of Franz Ferdinand.