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on: January 02, 2021, 02:42:57 PM

I love a mondegreen (if you have not heard of them I will leave you the pleasure of googling it)

Just read that Desmond Dekker's "Israelites" gets misheard as 'me ears are alight'  ;D


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Reply #1 on: January 02, 2021, 03:33:39 PM


mon·de·green
/ˈmändəɡrēn/
noun
a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song.



Gosh, so many.  I just can't think of any off the top of my head.  This topic should result in so many funny replies.


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Reply #2 on: January 02, 2021, 04:24:49 PM
Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence.”  I used to think “words are very unnecessary” was “words are very complex and scary.”  Friends who remember still give me shit about it.  “Is that very complex and scary Toe?”

Probably the most famous one is Steve Miller’s “pompatus of love” from 1973’s “The Joker.”  Miller had misheard the word "puppetuse", in a 1954 doo-wop song "The Letter" performed by Vernon Green and The Medallions.  It took on a life of its own, inspiring several other songs and a movie.


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Reply #3 on: January 02, 2021, 04:53:58 PM
First one to pop into my head is Bruno Mars Uptown Funk

Hey, hey, hey, oh!
Stop
Wait a minute
Fill my cup, put some liquor in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio, get the stretch

I heard

Hey, hey, hey, oh!
Stop
Wait a minute
Fill my cup, put some n!@@a in it
Take a sip, sign a check
Julio, get the stretch

I freaked and asked my friends if I heard what I thought I did.  It was on regular radio, so I thought they had missed something when censoring it.  So out came google and youtube, quickly proved I misheard it.

They gave me so much crap.  "Of course the blonde white girl going to zero in on that word."  It got old real quick though, but whenever we hear the song, eyes shift to me and the laughter starts.


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Reply #4 on: January 02, 2021, 05:00:42 PM

Story has it that after people thought Jimi Hendrix was singing "scuse me while I kiss this guy" he included it in live renditions.



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Reply #5 on: January 02, 2021, 05:18:35 PM
Okay, remember one that my sleepy mind didn't think of earlier.

Miley Cyrus.

"… I came in like a wrecking ball"

Well, I thought it was

''... I came in like a RAINBOW"

And because I can't sing, the girls never knew what I thought the lyrics were, even after hearing them sing along.  But I HAD to tell them.  They thought it was hilarious.  And now in my presence sing it using 'Rainbow' and try to do it without laughing while looking at me as they sing.  The brats. ;)
 

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Reply #6 on: January 02, 2021, 06:16:47 PM
Going back a couple weeks, Brenda Lee, rockin around the Christmas tree.  I'm sure EVERYBODY has heard this one

"Gonna eat some pumpkin pie"

Story I heard was she was miserable from traveling through a snow storm and was very angry.  She did a version with the curse word in it...

"Gonna eat some f@#$'in pie."

And they had her redo it, but they released the wrong version.  I'm sure that's a bunch of malarkey, but I still sing it with the curse  :emot_laughing:


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Reply #7 on: January 02, 2021, 06:43:15 PM
Eddie Money: I've got two chickens to paralyze.

Madonna: Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time.

Sir-Mix-A-Lot: I like big butts and a can of limes.

The Eagles: On a dark desert highway, Cool Whip in my hair.

Robert Palmer:  Might as well face it, you’re a dick with a glove.
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Reply #8 on: January 02, 2021, 07:12:41 PM

Bob Dylan: The ants are my friends.


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Reply #9 on: January 02, 2021, 09:00:05 PM
My children reminded me of my ALL TIME BEST mondegreen:

I thought I heard: “I need that Mexican monkey,” — Daft Punk, “Get Lucky”

Real lyrics: “I’m up all night to get lucky."
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Reply #10 on: January 02, 2021, 09:45:53 PM


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Reply #11 on: January 03, 2021, 03:45:39 PM

Here is one of my favourite comedians on the same theme


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Reply #12 on: January 03, 2021, 06:32:59 PM
My brother’s gf when we were young thought CCR was singing, ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’  I have since heard others say the same thing.

I’ll wait and see who asks who CCR are.


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Reply #13 on: January 03, 2021, 08:34:38 PM
Quote from: Jed_ on January 03, 2021, 06:32:59 PM
My brother’s gf when we were young thought CCR was singing, ‘There’s a bathroom on the right.’  I have since heard others say the same thing.

I’ll wait and see who asks who CCR are.


http://www.amiright.com/misheard/stories/creedenceclearwaterrevival.shtml


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Reply #14 on: January 04, 2021, 06:45:22 PM

By an amazing coincidence the answer to a crossword clue in my Sunday paper was Mondegreen.


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Reply #15 on: January 04, 2021, 07:46:46 PM
Quote from: ObiDongKenobi on January 04, 2021, 06:45:22 PM

By an amazing coincidence the answer to a crossword clue in my Sunday paper was Mondegreen.



Mind blown.  I had never heard the word before.  Oh, but wait...



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Reply #16 on: February 08, 2022, 03:59:04 AM
I don't know if they count as mondegreens, but there are heaps of songs in which the 'published' lyrics don't match what I'm hearing. By 'published' I mean fan websites, though I have the same problem with lyrics posted by the musicians themselves, who often write one thing and sing another.

Having an obsessive personality doesn't help. I make a point of listening to every version of every such song, bootlegs included, or watching videos of live performances, hoping that a little lip-reading will solve the puzzle. It rarely does.

A few years ago i discovered that there's an entire sub-culture of music fans who try to outdo one another in identifying audio samples used in electronic music. It was a relief to find that I'm not the only obsessive around. :)


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Reply #17 on: March 09, 2022, 03:47:29 AM
The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mancherons


Mmm, interesting, wonder what a "mancheron" is? Is it a made up word? No! It's in the dictionary...

Mancheron:
1. A sleeve used as a charge in French heraldry.
2. An ornamental trimming on the upper part of a sleeve.

So, lays me down in some kind of fancy dress. Are these guys showing off their vocabulary?

But no, I was wrong all along!

Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs



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Reply #18 on: March 09, 2022, 04:35:41 AM
Quote from: Colin Piper on March 09, 2022, 03:47:29 AM
The Stranglers - Golden Brown

Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mancherons

So, lays me down in some kind of fancy dress. Are these guys showing off their vocabulary?

But no, I was wrong all along!

Golden brown, texture like sun
Lays me down, with my mind she runs

I didn't know that track and had a listen on my streaming service. Don't beat yourself up, it does sound like 'mancheron'.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a pair of in-ear monitors that reproduce sounds in far more detail than my usual headphones/earphones. I've been re-listening to tracks on my list of incomprehensible lyrics, but so far no luck with decryption. Why, oh why, don't all artists put fans out of their misery by posting official lyrics? <grumble-grumble-grumble>


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Reply #19 on: March 09, 2022, 06:31:09 PM

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