Reply With QuoteAs a Kid I always thought the AC/DC song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap! was Dirty Deeds Gang Bang Chick! LOL!
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Since I've seen a few "whoppers" posted here,I thought it would be funny to hear your most embarrassing
"have you heard the song that goes..."only to be told the
song is "..." instead.This is kind
of a "hobby" for me-someday,
I'd love to write a book of all my findings.My first one is a
friends mother asked her
horrified why Elton John was
singing about "electric boobs"
which of course he wasn't-he was singing about "electric boots" in "bennie and the jets"-the same mother was overheard singing to the radio "bald headed woman..
bald headed woman to me..."
which was "more than a woman" by the Bee Gees!
Another friend kept requesting the new Donna
Summer called "lady bluebird" to the perplexed
DJ-it turned out to be
"there's a rumour...RUMOUR
HAS IT"
My worst embarrasment was facing two bitchy gay
record store employees at
a DJ specialty store in Hollywood circa 1976 .I'm singing the
instrumental to them over
and over-one rolls his eyes
to the other who asks exasperated "are there ANY
words?"-"yes!" I say"they keep
saying FRENCH FRIES!"
Another customer/DJ overhears and loudly answers
"he's singing "MAKES YOU
BLIND" by the Glitter Band
to the snickering delight of the two guys behind the counter.
My friend Michelle always
managed to mangle everything she heard in a club-she asked a DJ to play
the new Michael Jackson
song called "don't stop for
the postman"-which was,of
course "don't stop(till you get
enough)" At one point,we
searched for weeks for a
hot new import she kept
hearing called "monkey feet"
....it turned out to be "magnifique"!
What about you guys....
Thom
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As a Kid I always thought the AC/DC song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap! was Dirty Deeds Gang Bang Chick! LOL!
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The Beatles: And I Love Her
For years, I thought the line "she gives me everything, and tenderly" was "she gives me everything, and tangerines"
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Graham-I laughed so hard IOriginally Written by Graham_Start
scared the cat! When I was
little I used to sing proudly
to "I saw her standing there"
"and she held me hand in...
HAWAII....-EEEEEEE!
Thom
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My lover proudly singing along to his favorite song of the day - DAISY RUBEN! DAISY RUBEN! RUBEN HAS IT!
This was what he heard to Donna Summer's - THERE'S A RUMOR! THERE'S A RUMOR! RUMOR HAS IT!
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My old standby came from my Aloha Records days....
someone came in and asked for the song with female vocals singing about a "Bicycle Pump"--.....
a co-worker, Steve, aka The Tauntress, asked the guy to sing it.....
"Bi-cyc-le pump" he sang....... :o :-? :D :roll:
The melody revealed .... "My Simple Heart" by the Three Degrees.
:lol: :P :roll:
Then there's the other old standby chestnut "Keep It Common Law"---for "Keep it Comin' Love".... and I've got another one that's been amusin' me but I can't recall what it is as I'm typing...but I will figure it out...cause it's something I've been listening to...
:evil: :evil: :evil: :roll:
Oh, and there's always...."Don'cha be wet, don'cha be wet--keep on dancing" :lol: :P :lol: :P
And I always thought Miss Ross was singing "who was in the audience and who was running the show" instead of "who was giving the orders and who was running the show" in "The Boss." :P :-? :oops:
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My all time favorite : I was working in a record store in Hawaii and a young guy came in all excited ...and wanted that new record he'd danced to in a club the previous night ....
...the song he wanted ??
"SHAKE YOUR MOOD RING " :D :D
...so I (politely ) took him to the Peaches And Herb album .... ( you have to remember "mood rings" were huge then !!! :) )
But I have to laugh over my image of this guy in the middle of the dance floor the night before proudly holding his hand up and shaking his mood ring wildly about as requested by the song with the lyrics instructing him to do so .... :lol: :lol:
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I worked in Ron's Records in SF for a year, and we always got a kick out of the young kids coming in asking for "Slimey Nights", which we finally figured out was "Slice Me Nice"!
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Not misheard but made up after awhile I hated Flashdance because it was overplayed. I called it Flush dance what a toilet by Irena don't cara.
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While working in a record shop during school holiday, a guy came in and asked for "I love and make way" which turned out to be "I love the nightlife"
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The one I was trying to remember yesterday was...
YOUR LOVE IS A LIGHTSABER
musta been a "STAR WARS" nut!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
("Your Love is a Lifesaver" by Gayle Adams)
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Bill reminded me of his other diddy:
I'M ONLY RUTANYA, ONLY RUTANYA.
Translation:
I'M ONLY ROUGH DIAMOND, ONLY ROUGH DIAMOND.
Madleen Kane had to be screaming. :lol:
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I always thought they were singing "ladie's night at Donna's" in the song "Male Stripper" until someone on the board corrected me and said it was a ladie's night adonis. :lol: :lol:
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....Oh my god! The "lightsaber"
and 'rough diamond" are
CLASSIC! thankyou everybody!
Test Pressing [Level 2]
I heard a friend singing Hot Potatos, Hot Potatos instead of Amadeus, Amedeus
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The word for these lyric messups are called MONDEGREENS. Mondegreens are mishearings of the lyrics of popular songs, the words of popular prayers, the slogans of popular corporations. They are the breakdowns in meaning that occur somewhere between the sound source and your ear.
There are several sites on the Internet that cover these, many with the examples you folks have listed above.
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This is Funny to read all these. I asked a guy at the record store who sang. Goulash, goulash, goulash. He laughed and siad, you mean "New York, New York, New York, New York"? Talk about embarrasing.
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:lol: Jes a little tipsy that night P1D ??? :D
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There was a disco song called "I Love America" and in my stoned state of mind I thought it was "I Love A Married Guy"Also The Rolling Stones "Angie" I thought it was "I Aint In Jail"
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[quote="dirtyolelady"]There was a disco song called "I Love America" and in my stoned state of mind I thought it was "I Love A Married Guy"
Dirty! I made a tape for a friend when this song came out and she called me a few days later and told me she loved it especially the song
"strawberry cow"!!!!
Thom
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