Songs You THOUGHT You Knew the Words
 

What are some songs out there that you thought you knew the words to but were told one day, much to your embarrassment, that you were totally wrong?
For instance, I always thought that in Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" that he sang:
"Don't go around tonight, it's bound to take your wife, there's a bathroom on the right."
I was in the car with this guy that I was dating. I was a junior in HS and he was a college boy. He liked classic rock so me, being the dumb HS junior that I was, borrowed my dad's CCR cd and played in the car. He started cracking up when I sang that part. He said, "No ZTAngel, the lyrics are 'Don't go around tonight, it's bound to take your life, there's a bad moon on the rise'."
I was soooo embarrassed.

That's funny, ZTAngel! Right now the only thing that comes to mind is that one-hit-wonder "Informer" by Snow. I still don't know what the heck they were saying in that song, but it never stopped me from making it up.

I dont know the song name, but its from the 80's. the actual lyrics are, "lay back kicking and enjoy the ride." My buddy was singing, "eat that chicken and forget the fries." lol.

Also we were in Indy a few years ago and that Red Flagg song, Russian radio came on, lyrics, "Russian Ray-dee-oh" He sings, "whats yo name, D-O."


lol

"Informer, you know Daddy Snow's not to blame, a licky boom boom yeah
Detective man says Daddy Snow stabbed someone down the lane, a licky boom boom now."

That is all I know of the song... my personal favorite misunderstood lyric is "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy" instead of "Kiss the sky"

TG

Ohhhhhh! Wait, I just thought of a good one!!! In the Eiffle 65 song "Blue," they say "I'm blue, if I were green I would die" but it sounds like they sing "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy" so everyone would scream that at the bar whenever they played that song. ;)

Courtesy of Dave Barry, the first line of Help Me Rhonda: "Well since she put me down there's been owls pukin' in my head."

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone, I can see all ostriches in my way."

My little's ex thought the chorus to Tubthumping was "I got no job, but I'm an opera fan."

At the end of Queen's one vision it sounds like they are saying fried chicken... of course this is Queen so they might actually be saying that - if anyone can help me - I've been trying to decipher that line for 10 years.

I think the words are "I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di." I get the most interesting interpretations of that from my youngest sister, including the "if I were green" variation, but my favorite is "I'm blue, I would beat up a guy."

In a song by Time McGraw (I can't remember the name just now), I thought it said, "I had to pull her 'tooney.' " I thought 'tooney' was a code word for something of the female anatomy. :eek: But yeah, one day while I sang those lyrics, a friend of mine laughed histerically and says the lyrics are, "I had to pull her to me." I felt really stupid!!

LOL, thats what we uses to sing when we were talking about Michigan State. :)

A friend of my use to get Sublimes- Lovin' wrong. Instead of saying "Lovin is what I got" she use to say "Love is, is what I got".

Hahaha, this is a great topic! The only misinterpretation I can think of right now is that my cousin used to think "Walk Like an Egyptian" was "Walk Like a Magician." :)

The only thing I can think of is, my friend in hs, used to think that one of the lines from Gin Blossom's "Hey Jealousy" went like this :
" We can drive around this town, and let the cats chase us around"

When it's really, "let the cops chase us around"..

SATX*APhi, thanks so much! I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard! :)

Unfortunately, I don't know of any wrong lyrics that can top that one, but there's that Stevie Nicks song "Edge of 17" that starts out with her singing "Just like the white-winged dove" and my sister would always sing "Just like the one-winged dove"

They do sing "fried chicken" - but the "echo" is "one vision". (I have the CD)

Thought of another...
 

One of Leanne Rimes' first songs.....thought she said, "Standing on the corner" but she says "Stading on the borer"

Michael Jackson's "I'm Bad".......kept hearing him say, "I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it"

My sister and I still laugh about a music review we once read. The lady went to a Depeche Mode concert and thought that Dave was singing "Grabbing hands, grapple with clams..." when they were really singing "Grabbing hands, grab all they can..."


......Kelly :)

Blue
 

The lyrics are
"I'm Blue, I will be a blue guy, I will be a blue guy, I will be a blue guy"

I know this because a radio station I worked for had a contest to see if anyone knew it.. and no one did, so the prize went to the most creative :
"I'm blue, so go eat some french fries..."

TG

When Madonna's song "Dress You Up" came out, I used to say:
"Gonna dress you up with nylons" instead of "Gonna dress you up with my love."

I also messed up Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts" I used to say:
"Two of hearts, two hearts that beat Alex won" when it should've been, "Two of hearts, two hearts that beat as one!"

Re: Blue
 

Well, we were all wrong then...but this is the perfect thread for it! ;)

For the longest time I thought Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" went "Hold my close, satanic dancer" when really it's "hold me closer, tiny dancer." I felt sooooo stupid when I heard the real lyrics. For more jumpled lyrics fun, visit Kiss this Guy - Archive of Misheard Lyrics

Re: Blue
 

Wellll...that didn't sound right to me, so I went and checked ther Eiffel65 website.

According to the band's website, the lyrics are as follows:

------

BLUE (da ba dee)

music:Lobina -Randone lyrics:Gabutti- Lobina
mixed by:Angelica Villella



Yo listen up here’s a story
About a little guy that lives in a blue world
And all day and all night and everything he sees
Is just blue like him inside and outside
Blue his house with a blue little window
And a blue Corvette
And everything is blue for him and himself
And everybody around
Cause he ain’t got nobody to listen to………..

I have a blue house with a blue window.
Blue is the colour of all that I wear.
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too.
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue.


Blue are the people here that walk around,
blue like my Corvette, its in and outside.
Blue are the words I say and what I think.
Blue are the Feelings that live inside me.

I'm Blue da ba dee..

-----

So, there ya have it, the radio station was misinformed. The words are indeed, "I'm Blue da ba dee da ba di dee da be dee...." :)

There's even a sound clip on the website (http://www.eiffel65.com) where one of the band members explains the whole "da ba dee" thing.

Mystery solved! :):):)

.....Kelly :)

Sorry, I was going by the morning prep sheet we got from Associated Press.. that's what I get for trusting the media =)

TG

I'll never forget in highschool I was a part of a competative speech team (Forensics is what they call it). Anyways, it was my senior year, we were on a trip to Bradley University with took about 7 hours...we got to watch Men In Black on the bus. So at the time I did a speech on Campbell's Soup. At the end of the movie, Will Smith's song MIB comes on and there is a part where he says "Cameras Zoom" (I believe). Well we were all jammin and it comes to that line and I bust out "Campbell's Soup"! Everyone looks back at me and starts laughing...I'm like, "What? He said Campbell's Soup!!!" That's my speech! Unfortunately I didn't hear the end of that one for a while!

Hootie

You know "Spiderwebs" from No Doubt? How everyone put it on their answering machines when it first came out? Well, my best friend from high school thought for years that "I screen my phone calls" was "I screen my balls off!" :D

I checked out that misheard lyrics website, and I discovered that I am wrong about the lyrics to The Beatles, I Want to Hold Your Hand. I thought that it was:
And when I touch you I feel happy inside
It's such a feeling that my love
I GET HIGH, I GET HIGH, I GET HIGH!

when it is
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide!

I never knew that until now.:o

That damn "Desert Masquarade" song had everyone singing the wrong lyrics. What were they? I know they used it as Mango's theme song on SNL but I never figured it out.

For the longest time, I thought that the one part in Alanis Morisette's "You Oughta KNow," where she says "It's not fair to remind me of the cross I bear that you gave to me" said:

"It's not fair to remind me of the cross-eyed bear..."

-Holly

The best one I've ever heard was at a Sister Hazel concert...they sing "One Nation Indivisible", and some guy was holding up a sign that said "One Naked Individual"...my boyfriend and I nearly died laughing. The band actually sang the chorus that way for the guy, and then corrected him. It was absolutely hilarious!

Wasn't that Weird Al's version? LOL :p

South Park Theme Song
 

I'm goin' down to South Park gonna have myself a time,
(Kyle + Stan) Friendly faces everwhere humble folks without temptation,
I'm goin' down to South Park gonna leave my woes behind,
(Cartman) Ample Parking Day or Night, people spouting, "Howdy, Neighbor"
I'm headin' down to South Park gonna see if I can't unwind,
(Kenny) I like girls with big vaginas, I like girls with big fat titties
So come on down to South Park, and meet some friends of mine.

Showing my age but who could forget the INFAMOUS misses on "Louie, Louie" I refuse to print what we all THOUGHT they were singing! Below are the actual lyrics as written by R. Berry in 1955:

Louie Louie, me gotta go
Louie Louie, me gotta go
Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
Me sail the ship all alone
Me never thinks me make it home
(chorus)
Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair
(chorus, guitar solo)
Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love
I take her in my arms and then
Me tell her I never leave again.

College versionNO MORE LOUIE LOUIE
Well, I got a little letter from the dean of student life today,
He was banning rock and roll and he was tellin me the song I can't play!
No more Louie, Louie, cause it makes the stadium sway!

When your jumpin up and down you know it makes some people afraid,
And insurance won't cover any damage when the stands all decay!
So no more Loule Louie cause it makes the stadium sway!

Engineering studies hasn't spotted any warnings and they've proven that the stadium's safe!
It's designed like a diving board that bends but it just doesn't break!
But no more Louie Louie cause it makes the stadium sway!

So if you wanna dance in the stands you can find some other place!
Only by rocking to the music and the songs we can play,
But no more Louie Louie cause it makes the stadium sway!

No more Louie Louie, no more Louie Louie, no more Louie Louie,
No more Louie Louie, no more Louie Louie, it makes the stadium sway!
Wooo!

If you read this far you obviously have a "lyric fetish" so here you go. http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/lyrics.html#1

Prince's "controversy" sounds like something entirely different! :eek:

Pledge of Allegiance
 

All through grade school I thought for which it stands was for WIDJIT stands.... What a widget was I always wandered. I think it's something from croquet.

"There's a bathroom on the right"-----Yep, that's what I thought too! LOL

Herman's Hermits
Mrs Brown you've got a lovely daughter, girls as sharp as her are something rare...

My interpretation-Mrs. Brown you've got a lovely daughter. Go to shop with her for something red!

When Johnny Rivers sang "I've got one little hangup baby" from Poor Side of Town I was in college when I realized hangup was a psych reference. I thought the guy was so poor he didn't even have a closet! (Now THAT's DUMB)

Re: South Park Theme Song
 

Is it just me or did they change the Kenny line?
In the last season or so that part of the song sounds slightly different and I can't make it out anymore. I was kinda wondering if they knew everyone had figured out what he was saying so they'd gone for something else.
Might be my imagination though....

Re: Re: South Park Theme Song
 

They Changed it. Kenny died, for good. They repleaced his line with "Timmy Timmy Timmy Timmy Timmy Timmy, Living a Lie, Timmy" First Butters took Kenny's place as the new best friend but he sucked. Now Tweak is their new best friend.

Okay, as several of you I'm sure have read Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourts brother whom he mentions time and again, Malachy, wrote a book and titled it "A Monk Swimming." He had misunderstood the Hail Mary as a child when it says "Amongst Women." There's also a great symbolic parallelism in that as well, however. Great Book!

Dave Matthews Band - "Crash (into me)"
 

the lyrics :
"hike up your skirt a little more, and show your world to me"


i heard :
"pack up your skirt, oh little boy, and show your world to me"