# Name that tune Misheard Lyrics edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355 "2008-12-31T14:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/61 "2009-01-04T15:07:18Z")
> [@Nom\_de\_Plume](#): > > Has anyone else ever heard this CCR song? > > “Memories of elephants, all playing in the band” Won’t you take a ride on the flying spoon? Doo doo doo Err…“Lookin’ out my back door.” ---
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/62 "2009-01-04T16:44:42Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I’ll never be your pizza burnin’ Beast of Burden, Stones. A friend’s, not mine: _"Slow-talkin Walter…the fire engine guy!_ ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/63 "2009-01-04T20:01:23Z")
As my youngest (and blondest) always sings, “She’s an Asian man! She’s an Asian man!” scary thought. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/64 "2009-01-04T20:13:14Z")
**Smoke on the Water** by Deep Purple And _Secret Agent Man_ by Johnny Rivers _Cannibal! Cann-i-ba-a-al! Cannibal! Canni-ba-ba-ba-bal!"_ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/65 "2009-01-04T20:25:45Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > **Smoke on the Water** by Deep Purple > > And _Secret Agent Man_ by Johnny Rivers > > _Cannibal! Cann-i-ba-a-al! Cannibal! Canni-ba-ba-ba-bal!"_ Panama? Or maybe Saturday Night’s Alright. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/66 "2009-01-05T20:26:53Z")
But I know, it’s my own Grandpa ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/67 "2009-01-05T20:47:03Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > But I know, it’s my own Grandpa Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/68 "2009-01-05T21:07:30Z")
As we wind on down the road I should of told her that I saw it ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/69 "2009-01-05T21:09:07Z")
“You and me, and Leslie” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/70 "2009-01-05T21:35:32Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “You and me, and Leslie” Groovin’-- The Young Rascals. For years I thought that’s what they actually said. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/71 "2009-01-05T21:49:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Groovin’-- The Young Rascals. > > For years I thought that’s what they actually said. Oh, I thought that for years and YEARS! One day, I asked a friend, “Who the hell is Leslie, anyhow?” My friend looked at me like I had something growing out of my head. And then said, “That’s ENDLESSLY, you idiot!” :o ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/72 "2009-01-06T01:34:50Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > As we wind on down the road > I should of told her that I saw it Stairway to Heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/73 "2009-01-06T12:40:34Z")
This seems as good a place as any to ask-- is _I thought the major was a lady sufferagette_ the real lyric or not? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/74 "2009-01-06T14:11:17Z")
'Tis bone-fide. That Paul was quite the wordsmith. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/75 "2009-01-06T14:13:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Panama? > > Or maybe Saturday Night’s Alright. I always heard it as “animal.” ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/76 "2009-01-06T19:20:35Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This seems as good a place as any to ask-- is _I thought the major was a lady sufferagette_ the real lyric or not? My first guess is David Bowie’s Suffragette City. I’ll google around a bit and see if any other songs use suffragette in their lyrics. Shouldn’t be too many. ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/77 "2009-01-06T20:02:22Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > My first guess is David Bowie’s Suffragette City. I’ll google around a bit and see if any other songs use suffragette in their lyrics. Shouldn’t be too many. Isn’t that line from Paul McCartney’s song _Jet_? ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/78 "2009-01-06T20:05:50Z")
> [@Nocturne](#): > > “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” > > And I knew before the clue, because I heard something very similar when I first heard the song. This song could have its own thread. For years I thought it was _Turn him in a, turn him in a Turn him in a BLOUSE._ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/79 "2009-01-06T20:51:32Z")
The line “I thought the major was a lady suffragette” is from Jett. Only I was almost sure I was hearing it wrong because, well, what kinda lyric _is_ that? ---
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/80 "2009-01-06T20:57:55Z")
I am a Beatles/Paul McCartney FREAK, but even I can admit that some of the lyrics makes absolutely no sense. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355.md?page=5)