We all know the story of Ozzy thinking the song said “scuse me, while I kiss this guy,” but I bet we all have our own stories. The best ones for me have been thanks to my kids:
My daughter, while listening to her new (at the time) 30 Seconds to Mars cd, wondered aloud, “what the heck? This guy must really love playing tag!” The song is called “Attack,” and the lyrics are “run away/run away/I’ll attack” she thought the line was “run away/run away/I love tag.” Teehee.
My son, one day on the way to school asked me to put in a specific cd – the one with the song that goes “Everyday/Everyday/Everyday I ride the bus” (for those who don’t recognise it – “Everyday/Everyday/Everyday I write the book” Elvis Costello) He also was singing “Spiderman, Spiderman/Does whatever a spider can/Spins a web any size/Can’t you see just likes flies” Teehee.
My worst is from Fall Out Boy’s “This ain’t a scene.” The actual line is “I’m a leading man/And the lies I weave are oh so intricate/Oh so intricate” I always hear “I’m a leading man/And I’m oh so evil/Oh so intricate.”
What about you? What song lyrics have left you dumbfounded when you realised they were not what you thought they were?