misunderstood lyrics
 

so, i'm sitting here singing 'wanna be starting something' and i realize that he is not saying . . .i'm a vegetable, yeah-yeah! i'm a vegetable, yeah-yeah!'


anyone else have moments of screaming the wrong words?

Yep, in Tim McGraw's "One of These Days" he sings:

Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me.

For the longest time I thought that he said:

Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her tooney (referring to her butt).



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Another misunderstanding...

When the song first came out (prior to me learning the lyrics) I thought that George Strait's "Run" was about him telling a girl to run and get the heck away from him. I made a comment to one of my sisters about how stupid the song was and she told me that what he was saying was for her to run to him because he can't wait to be with her again. Imagine my embarrassment.

For the longest time I thought RHCP's "Zephyr Song" was about about being on a cell phone. The word Zephyr and cellphone sound a lot alike!

Re: misunderstood lyrics
 

so what are the right words there? all i hear is vegetable.... :confused:

In "Another Brick in the Wall" I thought they were saying "No dog star chasm in the classroom."

When I was younger I thought that Elvis was singing My Marsha Cup instead of I'm All Shook Up.... I didn't figure out what the real words were till sometime in junior high...

i'm pretty good w/ lyric comprehension- but i have to include one that my friends 7-year-old sister was singing one day

It was Macy Gray's "I Try" and the REAL lyrics are:

"My world CRUMBLES when you are not near."

Well little Danielle was singing:

"I blow BUBBLES when you are not near."

I nearly DIED laughing.

Prince really says:
Controversy!

...but it sounds like he says:
Got your PUSSY! :eek:

No he doesn't, retard.

Your got damn mama!!!

Dave Matthews "Crash":

I always thought he said:
"I'm the king of the castle
And you're the love I asked for"

When in reality the lyrics are:
"I'm the king of the castle
And you're the dirty rascal"

I like my lyrics better ;)

Also, I thought the Ashanti/Fat Joe song was "Last Night" not "What's Love". Oops.

NSync's "Just Got Paid"
The REAL lyrics are:

Just got paid
Friday night
Party hoppin'
Feelin' right
Booty shakin'
All around
Pump that jam
While we get it down

I thought they were singing....

Just got laid
Friday night
Party hoppin'
Feelin' right
Booty shakin'
All around
Hump that chair
While we get it on

When one of my sisters was little, she thought that Prince song said "Yabba dabba do" instead of "I would die for you!"

And then, after hearing George Strait's "Check Yes or No," my dad rolled his eyes and said, "That is the dumbest song I have ever heard." I asked him why, and he said, "Come on...surely they can come up with better lyrics than 'Can't kiss her nose'!" He also thought the Divinyls' "I Touch Myself" was "I Cut Myself." :D

My friend's mother thought he said "Count your blessings"!! LOL

There' s a song by AC/DC called "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", but I always thought they were saying "Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chiefs"! LMAO! I still sing it now, even though I know the lyrics. I think my variation sounds cooler!!LOL

There's an old song called "Secret Agent Man" and I thought they were saying "Secret Asian Man"!:eek: My best friend, who was Chinese, and I never could figure out how a man could secretly be Asian.:rolleyes:

And don't forget Elton John's

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
By the dark sorority house"

(i like that better than "where the dogs of society howl)

ROFLMAO!!!!

**ahem**
 

Actually, it's Johnny Kemp's "Just Got Paid" (originally) BOY do I feel old....

and, even though we knew the lyrics, we always changed it to "Just Got Laid" anyway. ;)

tinydancer, ROFL about the dark sorority house.

I thought of another one, my French teacher was scandalized by the Foreigner song "Urgent." She thought they were saying "Virgin! Virgin!" :D

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He's actually saying "you're a vegetable...". See, we should have known back then that MJ was starting to crack up. ;)

you're friggin kidding me. . .

'you're a vegetable. . .yeah, yeah!'

that makes no sense. unless he's starting a fight with the people over in the produce section.

DAIRY AISLE, REPRESENTIN LIKE WHA-WHAT??!?!?!

LMAO

OMG, maybe cos its 4:50 am, but this thread is so cracking me up... I have tears in my eyes!!!

"Shes got a ticket to ride" (Beatles) real lyrics

Me, age something or other young: "Shes got a chicken to ride"

"All you need is love" (Beatles) real lyrics

Me, again, pretty young: "All you need is gloves"

yea... thats all I can think of.

OOh

Funny, Chumbawumba, the tubthumping song....
This was on the radio... someone thought that the lyrics were:
"I got no job, but Im an opera fan"

and not:

"I get knocked down, but I get up again"

...and Andy Dick grew up 5 min from me... the things you learn on the radio!!! PLUS our radio station hazes their interns! They sent one through the carwash today... *sigh*

This girl I work with used to sing Madonna's "Music" as:

Music, makes the people, come together
Music, makes the bushwacker Barney Rubble

LOL, I said to her, you can't believe that those are the words! She said, why not!

It really says

Music, makes the bourgeiosie and the rebel.

She also sings Paul Simon's "Call Me Al"

"I can call you ready, and ready when you call me you can call me Al."

LOL, this thread rocks!

Destiny's Child - -Jumpin, Jumpin

"Ladies leave your man at home, the club is full of ballers and their c**k is full-grown...."

What the heck are they really saying there?

LOL! I'm probably not right either, but I always heard it as "and their pockets full grown" But, like, what sense does THAT make?

Their "pockets full grown" means that they are large...in other words, they have a lot of money.:p

There is a Credence (sp?) Clearwater Revival song where one lyric is "There's a bad moon on the rise", but it sounds like "There's a bathroom on the right".

Also, my mom always thought that "Secret Agent Man" was "Secret Asian Man". In that song, she also thought the line "Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow" was "Awsaw, you won't live to see tomorrow", like Awsaw was the guy's name!

-Nicole

The other day, I was belting out Marky-Mark's "Good Vibrations". I thought the lyrics were, "It's just your good vibrations, it's just you're sweeeeeeeet sexy song..."
My roomie started cracking up and it explained to me that the lyrics were, "it's just you're sweet sensation." :o

Check out www.lyrics.com to find any song lyric.

I thought that Anthony Kiedas was singing "fly away on my cell phone" in Zephyr (when he's really saying "fly away on my zephyr).

This thread reminds me of the T Mobile commercial, where the guy is belting out "Pour some shook up ramen" instead of "Pour some sugar on me" :D

i actually love that song too

what about the lyrics to some of the dave matthews song
i'm always sitting there saying 'ok, he didn't REALLY say that'

On a similar note, I always mishear the word "agents" in Creeque Alley by The Mamas and the Papas:

"Broke, busted, disgusted, Asians can't be trusted...."

There is a book called Excuse Me, While I Kiss This Guy. It's filled with the most misunderstood lyrics.

Secret Agent Man-Secret Asian Man, and Excuse Me. While I Kiss the Sky-Excuse Me, While I Kiss This Guy, and Bad Moon on the Rise-Bathroom On the Right are all in there.

about a week ago, my brother and I discovered that, although we both had thought it to be Buffalo Bill ever since we can remember, the Beatles song is actually 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill.'

If only we had ever looked at the track lists... oops. My mom was completely cracking up when she heard us singing along that day.

yeah, it's kissthisguy.com

and it's really funny....

How about "Slow walkin' Walter - the fire engine guy"

(generally known as "smoke on the water - and fire in the sky)

You have to sing them out loud for the most fun.;)

There was a lady who wrote a Depeche Mode concert review in one of our local papers a few years ago. Among the things she complained about was how, when they were singing the song "Everything Counts," she thought Dave Gahan was singing "Grabbing hands, grapple with clams" until she later realized he was singing "Grabbing hands, grab all they can."


Though, there was always one lyric which confused me. A friend and I were driving somewhere one day when the Everclear song "I Will Buy You a New Life" came on the radio. We weren't sure what he was singing at one point. My friend thought he was singing, "I know all about that other guy, the handsome man with athletic thighs."

I thought that sounded like a dumb thing to say (especially to the girl you want back so bad). So, I thought maybe he was saying, "I know all about that other guy, the handsome man with apathetic lies." That made more sense to me since it would seem like he wanted to put down the other guy. Funny enough, when I looked the lyric up, it apparently is "athletic thighs." Go figure! :)


.....Kelly :)

(P.S. - Yes, I know it's dumb, but when I was younger, I too thought it was "Secret Asian Man" until one day the real word just clicked in my head!)

omigosh i'm at work and when i read this, i howled. that was hilarious.