May 192010
Little red fly.
Townswoman ladymisskirroyale raised the following question for discussion on The Main Stage. We may have had a thread or two related to this topic long ago, but there’s been lots of turnover since then, and lots of new Townspeople to add to the collective personal history of rock that is part of our mission. To that end, please do us one favor: keep your misheard lyrics personal, OK? Don’t copy entries out of some “There’s a Bathroom on the Right” book. Here’s what ladymiss wants to see discussed:
I see a post that needs to be done of misheard lyrics. Shall we start one? One of my favorites: My brother thinking that Wings‘ “Live and Let Die” actually says, “Little Red Guy.” Hmmm.
For years, growing up and into my 20s, I thought Van Morrison was singing “one Mormon dance with you,” which sounded extremely illicit – and sexy. One day wife pointed out that the title of the song alone should have tipped me off to what he was really singing.
Beast of Burden:
“I’ll never leave your pizza burnin’.”
The backing vocal in REM’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” sounds like “Can I have some Tylenol?” to me.
On the rap tune, “It Takes Two,” Rob Base says, “I’m not internationally known, but I’m known to rock a microphone.” For years I thought he said something more nonsensical, which was “I’m known throughout the microphone.”
Pop Singer by John Mellencamp — the first few times I hard it I swore he was singing.
“Never wanted to be no Bob Seger, didn’t wanna sing no Bob songs . . .”
A guy where I used to work used to ask me what albums songs were on and one day he wanted to buy the cd that Paul McCartney did with the song, “Man On the Run.” He didn’t believe me when I told him it was Band On the Run, and he said, “The just doesn’t make any sense. There’s no way you’re right.”
Mee-shell Ma Bell
Sunday Monkey won’t play piano songs
Play piano songs.
Mine long ago. That dreadful England Dan and John Ford Colley (spelling) song.
I thought
“I’m not talking about the linen”
rather then
“I’m not talking about moving in”.
My sister thought
Dire Straits track:
“Money for nothing and your chicks for free” was
“Money for nothing and your checks for free”!
Finally..
A guy in college (and this is my fav)
Thought “Taking care of business, everyday”
was:
“Baking berry biscuits, everyday”.
For me, The Pretenders, “Middle of the Road.”
The middle of the road
is trying to find me.
I’m standing in the middle of life
with my pants behind me.
Some more from the Royale household:
– The B52’s: “Whoa Nipsey Russell!” They like that retro stuff!
– Bob Marley from “Is This Love:” “We’ll jump rope on the bed…” All sorts of kinkiness with BM.
– AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief.”
– The BG’s: “Bald Headed Woman…” To counteract all that fabulous Brothers Gibb hair.
– More Pretenders: “Gonna make you, make you, make you…malteds.” This from my husband, and I think it’s wishful thinking.
– The Eagles from “Hotel California:” “The warm smell of colitis rising up through the air…My head grew heavy and my cycle dimmed…” No comment.
Obviously, a lot of auditory processing difficulties in our extended family…
underthefloat, I too thought for sure they were talkin’ ’bout the linen!
Takin Care of Business reminds me of one of mine (when people ask, I can never think of these).
Get up every mornin’
From the alarm clock’s warnin’
Take the 8:15 into the city
There’s a whistle up a bubble
People push and people shovel
And the girls, they try to look pretty
For all I know, I’m right!
Funny Mod!
I recall listening to it with friends and trying to determine any other possible interpretation.
Oh, I have another one.
Sloan
Manic City Maniacs
The sing:
And the joke is when he awoke is
his body was covered in Coke fizz.
I thought it was:
his body was covered with roses.
I remember the first time I saw The Concert for Bangladesh, Bob Dylan performed “Just Like A Woman.” I was a mere rock novice at the time and knew nothing about Bob (My, how the times have changed!). I was blown away by the line about the woman who seems to “PRAY like a little girl.” Wow, that Dylan really can write a song lyric! It wasn’t until later, possibly when I heard the studio version that I realized that she must “BREAK like a little girl.” Oh, well…
TB
OK here’s mine:
Rush-Free Will
I was singing:
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a Bathoshere-
I will choose Free Will.
instead of:
I will choose a path that’s clear-
I figured if I were in a bathospere, I would not have to make a choice.