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Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:44 am
by Drumstick
At this time of year I am always reminded by the various Christmas songs that I misheard for years. Examples include:
Simply havin' a wonderful ChristmastimeI heard:
Take me, happy, wonderful Christmastime And:
Feed the world, let them know it's Christmas timeI heard:
Freedom, wooooaaahhh, let them know it's Christmas time Now I want to know yours (not necessarily Christmas songs either). The stupider the better.
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:53 am
by Zilnad
Always thought that "the only card I need" from Ace of Spades was "the only God of me".
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:58 am
by kazanova_Frankenstein
Fade To Grey (Visage) - "Why fight the crime". Thats a lot of times to sing the wrong lyrics as a child.
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:59 am
by Tsunade
So give me coffee and TV, peacefully
What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:02 am
by DML
'Smooth Operator' by Sade
'He's a soup operator,
Sooooooup operator'
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:06 am
by Dowbocop
I used to think think the chorus to I Predict a Riot wasn't actually words, I just thought it was a sort of battle cry thing. This came to a head on a night out with a new flat mate. We were bouncing around in the dance floor in the build up and then I just started screaming "ABEDISAWAYO, ABEDISAWAYO!" Utterly confused, he just looked at me and said "What the strawberry float are you singing?!"
I thought the last line of the Bucky O'Hare theme was "LET'S CROAK US SOME TOAST!" - never really got it to be honest...
Tsunade wrote:So give me coffee and TV, peacefully
What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History
"Eeasillyyyy..." I didn't know what you wrote were the real lyrics
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:08 am
by Moggy
Zilnad wrote:Always thought that "the only card I need" from Ace of Spades was "the only God of me".
I didn't even know I made that mistake until your post
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:21 am
by Drumstick
DML wrote:'Smooth Operator' by Sade
'He's a soup operator,
Sooooooup operator'
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:25 am
by Tomous
Hold me closer, Tony Danza
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:35 am
by jawa2
Oh, man, I can never make out lyrics and often get them totally wrong.
I recall The Automatic's "Monster" song. I thought it went "What's that coming over the hill, Is it a bus stop?" rather than "What's that coming over the hill, Is it a monster?"
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Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:38 am
by Hypes
Dowbocop wrote:Tsunade wrote:So give me coffee and TV, peacefully
What I heard was So give me coffee and TV, History
"Eeasillyyyy..." I didn't know what you wrote were the real lyrics
I thought it was "Please hold me"
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:57 am
by more heat than light
I remember Geri Halliwell confusing thousands of people a couple of years ago with the reveal of the Spice Up Your Life lyrics.
Hi, Ci, Ja, Hold Tight!
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:07 am
by more heat than light
Wait, I have another one.
Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:13 am
by Zilnad
more heat than light wrote:Wait, I have another one.
Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.
If that's a Spaced reference, it might suprise you to know that Daisy actually mishears the lyric as "almond cookies".
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:18 am
by more heat than light
Zilnad wrote:more heat than light wrote:Wait, I have another one.
Hot dog, jumping frog. I love cookies.
If that's a Spaced reference, it might suprise you to know that Daisy actually mishears the lyric as "almond cookies".
It's not, that's my genuine hearing of the song until a couple of years ago.
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:29 am
by Victor Mildew
Here's mine:
The lift goes up where we belong. (Love lift us up where we belong)
I'd like to build myself a house, out across the sea. (i'd like to build myself a house, out of plasticine)
And the bells are ringing out, for Christmas time. (And the bells are ringing out, for Christmas day)
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One of my mates is hilarious for this, I think he hears every single song lyric wrong. Some of his crackers:
I wanna be a dog (I wanna be adored)
Kiss from a rose on a string (kiss from a rose on the grey)
Golden gays (golden gaze)
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:32 am
by Hesk
Sunshine on a rainy day
Mick mack mo mick mack mo sherba sherba sherba
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:10 am
by Outrunner
The Stranglers - Always the Sun. What the lyrics actually are:
How many times have you seen
The papers apportion the blame?
What I hear:
How many times have you seen
The papers, abortion to blame
It's so ingrained at this point I still sing the wrong lyrics
Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:13 am
by sumanrajput
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Re: Lyrics that you got wrong for years
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:59 pm
by Tomous
Victor Mildew wrote:Kiss from a rose on a string (kiss from a rose on the grey)
Wait, what?!