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Paul McCartney

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

(for many years thought it was)

"Baby I'm Amazed"

Zeppelin:

..and she's buying a stairway to heaven

(sounded to me like)

..and she's barring a stairway to heaven

Missing Persons

Walkin' In L.A., nobody walks in L.A.

(for a long time thought it was)

Walkin' in a Lake, nobody walks in Lake

B-52s: Love Shack

Tin Roof... Rusted

(thought it sounded something like)

Henrooo... rustit

'Til Tuesday

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

(thought it was)

Hush hush, keep it down now, oh so scary

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Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot.

I thought it was 'I put it to rest'.

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Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner - "Big Old Jet Airliner"

My dad proclaimed "what the hell" while at the age of 10 I was singing along with his classic rock station

"Big Old Jed Had a Light On, don't carry me too far away"

Listen to it. It still think that's what it sounds like.

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Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner - "Big Old Jet Airliner"

My dad proclaimed "what the hell" while at the age of 10 I was singing along with his classic rock station

"Big Old Jed Had a Light On, don't carry me too far away"

Listen to it. It still think that's what it sounds like.

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Wow! I think this may be the winner.

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Hendrix, Purple Haze:

"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy."

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My wife thought that in "Sweet Home Alabama" they're saying "Big wheel keep on turning, carry me home to see my kids".

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"Give me a lazer down this road that I must travel"

And there's a friend who famously thought that Coolio invited us to "come along and ride on a bad crustacean"

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"Give me a lazer down this road that I must travel"

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What the hell was that lyric anyway? i never did figure out what he was saying.

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i'm probably not alone on this one, but I could have sworn that the song "the freshmen" by The Verve Pipe went:


for the life of me, I could not believe we'd ever doubt forty cents, we were merely freshmen.



I remember figuring that one out way back when -- my friends and I had a good laugh at how wrong we were. i still kinda like my version better.

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Kyrie Eleison

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http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mkyrie.html

Mr Mister specific link.

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Very interesting. Thanks! I can now cross that off my list of things that have kept me up at night for the last 20 years.

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Alanis M. (can't spell her first name much less the last)

actual

"cross I bear"

make believe

"cross-eyed bear"


Here is one I still don't get, maybe someone call tell/explain it

"wrapped? up like a ??????, another rumor in the night, blinded by the light"

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"wrapped? up like a ??????, another rumor in the night, blinded by the light"

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pretty sure this one is "revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"

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I was gonna say that there was this teeny bopper type song called Flavor of the Week, and I always thought the chorus went "He's too stoned, Nintendo, I wish that I could make her see," and I was always like "Nintendo, that can't be right," so I looked up the lyrics and yeah, that's the real line, and I realized that I've listened to some really bad music.

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"wrapped? up like a ??????, another rumor in the night, blinded by the light"

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pretty sure this one is "revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"

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Clearly that makes much more sense.

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Pardon my ignorance but what does that mean?

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Pardon my ignorance but what does that mean?

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um, I'm really not sure, but isn't a deuce coupe like 1950s slang for some kind of muscle car? revved up like a deuce, like revving the engine?

that's my best guess.



edit: regardless how odd the lyrics are, the Manfred Mann version is a great tune [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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i thought it was "wrapped up like a douche"

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that is what I thought but wasn't going to say it

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i thought it was "wrapped up like a douche"

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Everyone does. It absolutely sounds like it, but if you listen to the original Springsteen version, it's definitely "Revved up like a deuce"

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I have no idea what the "lyrics" are for the The Go! Team album so I just sing my own -- they're pretty good.

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that is what I thought but wasn't going to say it

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that actually seems to be a common mishearing of that one. i'm pretty sure I thought it was this too, at some point.

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I have no idea what the "lyrics" are for the The Go! Team album so I just sing my own -- they're pretty good.

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lol I've got some of their stuff and have to admit that I do this too. i can't figure out those lyrics for the life of me. are they even meant to be understood?

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I think it's Latin - and a Christian term.


Edit: Didn't see the link - I guess it's Greek.

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i thought it was "wrapped up like a douche"

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Everyone does. It absolutely sounds like it, but if you listen to the original Springsteen version, it's definitely "Revved up like a deuce"

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Actually doesn't Springsteen sing "cuttin' loose like a deuce" there?

His original version is cool BTW--has like a million verses in it compared to the MM version.

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Pearl Jam, Smile
Correct: "Three crooked hearts swirls all around."
Misheard: "Free cookies and s'mores all around."

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I heard one of the most misheard was

"There's a bad moon on the rise"

heard as

"There's a bathroom on the right"

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My wife thought that in "Sweet Home Alabama" they're saying "Big wheel keep on turning, carry me home to see my kids".

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they're not?!

In Green Day's "When I Come Around" I always heard the line "so don't knock down my door" as "sell donuts at my door"

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They're saying 'kin'.

Not a big deal, mind.

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They're saying 'kin'.

Not a big deal, mind.

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Well, I'll be damned...add that one to my list.

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Until song lyrics became readily available on line, the words to Tumbling Dice by The Stones were one of rock's great mysteries. Not just one particular line, the entire song.

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i used to think madonna had poor taste in breakfast foods.

"im a cheerio girl"

damn you, material girl

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secret asian man.

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Happy Mondays- "God's Cop"

Actual lyrics: I can virtually do anything I read
Heard lyrics: I confer to the guru anything I read

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A college girlfriend of mine thought that "Hey, where did we go?" was actually "Hey, Rodrigo!"

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'Til Tuesday

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

(thought it was)

Hush hush, keep it down now, oh so scary

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Ok, the song is even called "Voices Carry", c'mon man.

Slight Hijack
 

but what is the girl in the background saying on Weezer's "Beverley Hills"? I have the lyrics, but the background voice is not there.

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Rolling Stones "Beast of Burden"
My lyrics "Ill never leave your pizza burning"
Correct Lyrics "Ill never be your beast of burden"