Mondegreen - Misheard Song Lyrics

[ObiDongKenobi]

 

[Asmodel]

Any song with lyrics {original version} , which upon hearing, makes the hearer hear a whole different set of lyrics {Abridged version}
EXAMPLE:-   
{original version}

{Abridged version} Emphasise “C0M£“

P.S. the abridged version of this song oughta be like KB Song of the Year or something! played in the HOT TUB THREAD or something.

[Hilda]

Any song with lyrics {original version} , which upon hearing, makes the hearer hear a whole different set of lyrics.

Is this different from mondegreens?

https://www.kristensboard.com/forums/index.php?topic=73388.0

[staci]

Foo Fighters drummer, Hawkins, dead at age 50

[watcher1]

Foo Fighters drummer, Hawkins, dead at age 50

Wow! Way too young.

[staci]

From FT Worth

[watcher1]

From FT Worth

Isn't David Groh the main guy in that group?

[Asmodel]

Ever since Phoebe made that comment, the misconception spread like wildfire,

Hence Mr. Danza himself had to step up,

[Hilda]

A few minutes ago I listened to Eddie and the Hot Rods' cover of Bob Seger's Get Out of Denver and winced at the mess the band made of the lyrics. Maybe it's a geographical thing. Mick Jagger mumbled his way through the Stones' version of Route 66, though he did at least pronounce it 'root' and not 'rawt'.

I can think of several other examples of artists picking up lyrics by ear, and getting them wrong.

Anyone care to add to the list?

[Pornhubby]

Moved to Mondegreens thread.

[Pornhubby]

I heard Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” on the radio today, and was reminded it’s “words are very, unnecessary…” AND NOT “words are very, complex and scary…” as I once belted out in front of a group of my very amused friends.

[GEMINIGUY]

As a kid when I listened to Huey Lewis & The News' "The Power Of Love", I thought Huey was singing "taralipinine". Years later I realized he was actually singing "tougher than diamonds". 

[JohnTheVoyeur]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band's song "Blinded By The Light", which is a Springsteen cover, is a famous one. People hear "Wrapped Up Like A Douche" when its "Revved Up Like A Deuce". Though I swear near the end of the song, it really does sound like he says douche instead of deuce.

[Pornhubby]

A deuce is a slang term referring to the Ford 1932 coupe, Deuce meaning “2”. These cars were popular with young men for hot rodding as they were affordable and had a powerful V-8 engine.

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."

Another was Jim Croce.‘a “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.”

I thought I heard “you don’t pee into the wind.”



It is “You don't spit into the wind.”

[JohnTheVoyeur]

A deuce is a slang term referring to the Ford 1932 coupe, Deuce meaning “2”. These cars were popular with young men for hot rodding as they were affordable and had a powerful V-8 engine.

The yellow car Paul Le Mat drives in American Graffiti is a `32. The ZZ Top Eliminator car is a `33.

[Pornhubby]

[Dudester]

I used to work with a guy that would intentionally mangle songs. Two I remember:

1) Billy Idol's Eyes Without a Face, he changed to
Flies around your face,
smells like human waste,
flies around your face.

2) Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night, he changed to:
Strangers with your wife,
exchanging underwear
stranger than life,
this song's getting nowhere.

[Rajah Dodger]

Manfred Mann's Earth Band's song "Blinded By The Light", which is a Springsteen cover, is a famous one. People hear "Wrapped Up Like A Douche" when its "Revved Up Like A Deuce". Though I swear near the end of the song, it really does sound like he says douche instead of deuce.

Springsteen's enunciation is a lot better - when I finally heard that version, it was clearly "deuce".  Either Mann's mouth is sloppy or the production was muddy because as near as I can tell he's singing "douche".

But what do I know.  I thought for years until I heard a clear version on Sirius that the Moodies were singing "Ride like she saw".

[MissBarbara]

A deuce is a slang term referring to the Ford 1932 coupe, Deuce meaning “2”. These cars were popular with young men for hot rodding as they were affordable and had a powerful V-8 engine.

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."

Another was Jim Croce.‘a “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim.”

I thought I heard “you don’t pee into the wind.”



It is “You don't spit into the wind.”

The Neil Young song "Ambulance Blues" contains this lyric:

"You're all just pissing in the wind
You don't know it but you are
And there ain't nothing like a friend
Who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind."

[purpleshoes]

The Neil Young song "Ambulance Blues" contains this lyric:

"You're all just pissing in the wind
You don't know it but you are
And there ain't nothing like a friend
Who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind."

Possibly a little coarse, but that's as good a definition as I've ever heard for a friend.