mom2jjka Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 My best friend in high school was SURE that "Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon" was actually "Come-a, Come-a, Come-a, Come-a, Come-a to me, Leone" and that Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face" was "How's About a Date?" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 My dd is hilarious with her interpretations of lyrics. The most recent was when I heard her sing the Curious George theme song...apparently he is a 'bi-curious' monkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 My dd is hilarious with her interpretations of lyrics. The most recent was when I heard her sing the Curious George theme song...apparently he is a 'bi-curious' monkey! Based on what I've seen of monkeys in captivity and on the Discovery channel, I think that has a good chance of being accurate, if not the correct lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WagsWife Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Taylor Swift's new song, Blank Space, has a line that says "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane" For days I thought she was saying "Got to love those Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane" I still hear my version, no matter how many times I hear the song played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Apparently, a LOT of people are hearing the 'Starbucks lovers' line! I thought she said something about Starbucks, too! And a friend posted about it on FB with a link to an article about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 In Summertime Sadness, Lana del Rey says, "Telephone wires above are sizzling like a snare," but I always hear it as "sizzling like a snail." In Sister Christian, it always sounded like "Motorhead, what's your price for blithe?" to me, which makes about as much sense as the actual lyrics, which I don't remember and don't care enough about to look up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 And since it's Christmas, and the Hippo song was mentioned....my other half woke up this morning, looked at our aquarium and sang: "I want a new plecostomos for Christmas...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Ds told me the other night that he only recently found out about lyrics he had wrong. In Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" there's a line that goes, "Trouble in the Suez", and he thought it went "Trouble in the sewers". He knows the song is about historical events and wondered if there was some kind of sewer issue in the sixties that he didn't learn about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 One of my toddlers once sang "Angels we have heard on high" as "Angels we have heard online." A true child of the 21st century. :-) My dd sang the lyrics "all the broken hearts in the world still beat" as "all the Pokemon in the hospital". Now, every time this song is on the radio, which is often, that is all I can sing. I keep hearing "All the broken hearts in the western beat" even though I know the correct lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 A 6 yo friend of ours enthusiastically sang, "Feliz Knobby Knob! Feliz Knobby Knob!" :lol: I've been hearing it that way for years now. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzybluecheese Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I was singing along with Blinded by the Light the other day. I noticed my DD15 looking at me funny. I asked what was wrong. She laughed and said I was singing the part with the "bad word." First of all, it's deuce not douche, and, second, douche is NOT a bad word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzybluecheese Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Let me see if I can remember these lyrics: If you lie to the tiger You might get into a fight And be forced to ride a unicycle And the last one to ride That one wheeled bike Will be forced to admit that you can't lie To the tiger. You can thank my DH for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Apparently, a LOT of people are hearing the 'Starbucks lovers' line! I thought she said something about Starbucks, too! And a friend posted about it on FB with a link to an article about it. I said this same thing earlier this thread. I think Starbucks lovers is a better line, honestly. And knowing how seriously that singer takes social media, I wouldn't be surprised if she changed it in concert! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I was singing along with Blinded by the Light the other day. I noticed my DD15 looking at me funny. I asked what was wrong. She laughed and said I was singing the part with the "bad word." First of all, it's deuce not douche, and, second, douche is NOT a bad word! Everyone (myself included) was singing "wrapped up like a douche" back when the song first came out. Well, a lot of people were. So much so that it was noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 When Ds was three he wanted to know one night what Dh was listening to on his headphones. Headphones were not allowed to Ds so they were mystical and obviously you heard all the secrets of the world. Well, Dh was listening to The Bestie Boys. Not exactly appropriate. However Ds was too young to understand any of the references, so Dh let him hear the song Paul Revere. It is very much so not Raffi! At one point the song speaks of robbing a store. The line says something like pulled out a my jammy, aimed it at the sky, yelled stick 'em up, and letting two fly. Dh constructed this whole elaborate story about what was happening changing all the negative things into three year old versions. In the above example, the guy pulls out his jammies (as in PJs) yells throw them up (as in the air) and let's them fly. For years a gleeful naked wet toddler would run from the bathroom directly out of the bathtub screaming this line throwing his jammies in the air. It was a before bedtime ritual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 My son thought the Toto song says "I guess it rains down in Africa..." (I bless the rains.) I love the image of a shrugging lyricist half-heartedly thinking about African weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 For many years, I thought Morrissey was saying, "I am the sun. I am the air..." on How Soon Is Now? I'm not sure what made me finally realize he was saying the son and the heir. Dang. I got it wrong all these years. Are you SURE he meant son and heir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromA2Z Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Everyone (myself included) was singing "wrapped up like a douche" back when the song first came out. Well, a lot of people were. So much so that it was noticeable. I always thought it was "douche". Last year, after hearing it in a store. I decided to finally look it up. Only the Lonely = Only Baloney In Enter Sandman, I always hear "Exit, Light" as " Amstel Lite". I think there were a lot of Amstel Lite commercials then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 My DH was trying to tell a coworker that the coworker was sure to have heard some American folk songs but the coworker kept insisting he didnt know any. DH was like, "what about Erie Canal?" "Oh, yeah! I know that one." DH: "and Old Dan Tucker?" "yeah, I know that one, too." And the coworker started to sing: "Old Dan Tucker, bam-ba-lam. Old Dan Tucker, bam-ba-lam! He really gets me high, bam-ba-lam." DH said he was LOLing so hard he had to sit down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 My son thought the Toto song says "I guess it rains down in Africa..." (I bless the rains.) I love the image of a shrugging lyricist half-heartedly thinking about African weather. I used to think that too :tongue_smilie: Laughing my head off at some of these :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 We had a new one yesterday... Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up"... Ds7: I won't give up on us, even if the sky gives broth... (vs gets rough) I told my husband I'm here for him even if it starts raining soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Our new one (remember this is in the wake of finishing up final exams...), with apologies to Billy Joel: "She's always a vermin to me..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Journey: "And now I come to you, with broken arms..." Rolling Stones: "I'll never be your big Suburban..." Never could figure out why they'd sing a song about a big truck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Elton John: "hold me closer Tony Danza!" (Tiny Dancer) For years, I thought it was Tony Danza - DH filled me in a few years ago. We're another "bi-curious" George family. DS sang it that way a few years back and it stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Heard Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" on the radio last night and it reminded me that when dd18 was younger she used to sing, "I have to praise you like a shoe." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 "Captain Picard on the New Jersey Turnpike" instead of "counting the cars". I knew what it actually said. I knew that Simon and Garfunkel predated ST:TNG by a good number of years. That's still what I heard. "Jump, Jive, and Wail" was "Drunk Drive and Wail". It's a PSA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 My SIL when she was a child used to sing, "Up from the gravy he a roast" at church. The correct words are "Up from the grave he arose" As a kid, my mom thought something similar: "Lo in the gravy lay Jesus my Savior" (Lo in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior. . .) My cousin once asked her dad to sing "the strong bones song." Turns out she meant "76 Trombones in the old parade. . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 "You make me feel... You make me feel... You make me feel like a man since your a woman!" Yeah, that song used to confuse the hades out of me as a 5-year-old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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