Misheard lyrics

[greyloch]

I know Happy Goth was singing the correct lyrics of "Ride the Pony" from Mony, Mony (yes, that's really how it's spelled) but it got me to wondering about misheard & misunderstood song lyrics.

"Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy," is a book I found years ago that's a fun read as it lists all sorts of songs that have been misheard and shows the actual lyrics versus what the listener thought they heard.

Some of the ones I remember include, "Excuse me while I kiss this guy," is actually, "Excuse me while I kiss the sky" (Jimmie Hendricks) and "Egypt was troubled by a horrible asp," (from R.E.M.) misheard as, "Edith was troubled by a horrible ass."

Any songs that you care to share? They don't have to be your own, just funny.

[Nimue]

I had a friend who heard "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise," and also "I want to rock and roll all night and part of every day" instead of "party every day." Little things here and there because music artist aren't really interested in taking elocution lessons, but none of them are that funny.

[sableagle]

Several, but the only funny-ish one that comes to mind is the song in this somewhat trippy video, as sung by Amy Nuttall.

"Io le canto per te. Leave your pants on if you bear l(i)atte! E te, io le canto per to!"

"E oggi le canto per te…
Io le canto per te
Le mio canzoni piu belle…
A te…"

[IK the Troll]

This is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

[IK the Troll]

Here's another great one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

[Travellar]

"I tell you to end your life, I wish I could but it's too late", actually "I tell you to enjoy life..." from Black Sabbath's Paranoid. Not really funny, but more often misheard than any others I know.

[HappyGoth]

Secret Asian Man!

(my personal favorite)

[Necrotism (aka TJ)]

the new hit from Pennywise : gimmie one reason...

sounds like "gimmie one reason to suck your balls"
but its really "gimmie oen reason to stop your fall"

Motley Crue had a ballad that sounded like "without Jews" rather than "without you"

about half of Led zeppelins songs could be mistranslated..

ohhh and the famous "inda gadda da vida" .. "in the garden of eden"


and in the next post.. my own take on justin timberlakes "sexy back" song :P

[Necrotism (aka TJ)]

i'm bringin bellies back

(youtube vidjo here , so you can follow along with the song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAT5ypTjKOI

{verse 1}
I'm bringin Bellies back
Them other boys with their 6 pack abs
they think their special, but they got no gut
so turn them round you'll see they got no butt

Take 'em to the pub


do a fav
you see them crab legs
more spices get some flav
three sticks of butter cuz i got the crave
i just think that no food should waste away

Take em to the chorus

{chorus}

i'm gonna hurl
beer got no head on it
i think its flat
go ahead be gone with it
I gotta pee
beer got no head on it
new drinks on me
go ahead be gone with it
lets see that beer belly yer workin with
beer got no head on it
hey grab that dip
go ahead be gone with it
i'm just a big beer-o-phile
beer got no head on it
bellys make her smile
go ahead be gone with it
tbeer bellies got sexy on em
beer got no head on it

go ahead be gone with it
whip them bellies out
{repeat six times}


Get yer belly on

{verse2}
I'm bringin Bellies back
just 9 beers from a heart attack
those health nuts sayin to just cut back
but ain't no reason to burn that fat

Take 'em to the bar

{bridge}

{chorus}


{verse 3}
I'm bringin Bellies back
you thin fuckers watch how i attack
that bar with 18 kegs on tap
pour a pint of beer with a whiskey back
cause i'll suck that down in 3 seconds flat

Take em to the chorus

{chorus}

[Unkle Carbunkle]

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody

He's just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from his pork sausages

To begin with.

[DarkPirateShea]

Oh I've got one!

Me and my mom and sisters were looking at baithing suits, and they started talking about the song... you know, "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini...". But instead of "polka dot bikini" my youngest sister hears "tiny dot zuccinni".

[Seolta]

The "bathroom on the right" one seems to be fairly common...I once found a site with oodles of misheard lyrics. The submission form included fields for "Actual Lyrics" and "What I Heard it As," then had some yes/no questions, including "I like my version better," "I have convinced others that mine is the correct version," and "I take interesting medications." Among their collection were literally pages of misheard Pink Floyd. One of my favorites was from "Comfortably Numb": There is no brain you are receiving, a distant chipmunk on the horizon...

As for lyrics I've personally mangled, I think the most spectacular was back when I was about 5 years old...I loved the "Wonderful World of Disney" specials they had back then(Davy Crocket, Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, etc), and one day while waiting for my mom to get ready to go somewhere started belting out "Jimmy, Jimmy Sprocket! King of the Wild Kateers!" Once my mother had stopped cracking up long enough to talk, she asked me what exactly a "kateer" was. "You know, like a mouseketeer, only wild."

[HappyGoth]

There is no brain you are receiving, a distant chipmunk on the horizon...

That totally trumps the Secret Asian Man.

[Necrotism (aka TJ)]

Oh I've got one!

Me and my mom and sisters were looking at baithing suits, and they started talking about the song... you know, "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini...". But instead of "polka dot bikini" my youngest sister hears "tiny dot zuccinni".

you really don't do that on purpose do you ... :P

[Lithanial]

Oh I've got one!

Me and my mom and sisters were looking at baithing suits, and they started talking about the song... you know, "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini...". But instead of "polka dot bikini" my youngest sister hears "tiny dot zuccinni".