misunderstood lyrics

[KDAngel]

Originally Posted by LuaBlanca

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.

That's too cute!!

[tunatartare]

For a long time, I thought that in Back in the U.S.S.R. the Beatles were singing on the way a paperback was all I needed, man I had a good ol' flight. The real lyrics are on the way a paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight. Kinda completely changes around the meaning of the song.

[AlphaFrog]

I yelled at my mom one day, because we were in the grocery store and she started singing with the radio. My mother can't sing to begin with, but then she was singing "The tide is high, but I'm MOVING on." I said, "Mom...it's 'The tide is high, but I'm HOLDING on.'". She said "Same difference." I said "No, moving on and holding on are exact opposites." She gave me a dirty look. I know that look. I shut up.

[Still BLUTANG]

this is the funniest thread. i have tears coming from my eyes.

my STOOPID sis swears up and down the line from "Baby got back" is L.A. face with an open booty (as opposed to OAKLAND) booty.

I messed up that song Will and Carlton danced to.. i don't know what it's called but for the longest time i thought Jamponi (JUMP ON IT)

We're both stumped by the michael jackson gibberish... is it "Imma sing on the side of a mountainside"... i thought it was Mama Say Mama Sigh Ma Makusi... but who knows?????

[xo_kathy]

Originally Posted by White_Chocolate

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!'

So, as we already noted, he IS saying "You're a vegtable", but he also says during that part "You're just a buffet, people eat off of you" iMacs have this cool thing where you can play a song on your iTunes and the lyrics scroll at the same time. We had Macs at my old job and a co-worker found it.

Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

We're both stumped by the michael jackson gibberish... is it "Imma sing on the side of a mountainside"... i thought it was Mama Say Mama Sigh Ma Makusi... but who knows?????

I might be spelling it wrong, but it is in fact:
Mumma say
Mumma sah
Ma ma kusah

[epchick]

In Chris Brown's "Run It" I always thought he said:

My AIDS won't slow us down,
but the real lyric is my AGE won't slow us down.

I always thought why does he want to advertise that he has AIDS.

[absoluteZChi]

I remember when I was in grade school, I use to think Madonna's song Borderline went like this:

real lyrics: "borderline!/feels like I'm going to lose my mind."

what I thought: "bored am I/feels like I'm going to lose my mind."

I use to think, man if he's that boring than I wouldn't want to hang out with him either!!

[Kevin]

I cannot believe this thead has gone on for so long without a single mention of Louie, Louie. The lyrics? Completely incomprehensible -- going way past being misunderstood.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ktsnake

I cannot believe this thead has gone on for so long without a single mention of Louie, Louie. The lyrics? Completely incomprehensible -- going way past being misunderstood.

But at least with "Louie, Louie," the incomprehensibility was intentional to fuel speculation that the lyrics were risque.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

But at least with "Louie, Louie," the incomprehensibility was intentional to fuel speculation that the lyrics were risque.

You never know how reliable information from the web can be, but since it was brought up, here’s what this site http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/lyrics.html has to say about "Louie, Louie."

The only acceptable way to sing the lyrics (phoenetically):

Looweeloowhy ono sadday we gowgow
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh sadday looweeloowhy oh bebay
sadday we gowgow

Ayfain liyelkurwl away onee
eektatsh ahip oconstalee
ale wine shit wine all alowe
eenever acow aamay gitome

Aloowee loowhy nanananana heywegowgow
Oh no addeeloowee loowhy oh bebay
Heddeweegoddegow

Wenite andayo afaildefee
kaykogorld ocontoflee
a on ay shit awayteedair
agul ayrow mowinherrair

Aloowee loowhy oh no heddewegowgow
ya ya ya ya ya sadday loowee loowhy oh bebay
Heddeweegowgow

OWKAYLITSGITITOOWERITENEOW

teey.... teteeynow ingamymoowabow
theymuppeelow they peepeealow
theypayinarhear my artegen
aymebber ay mebbelayergen

Looweeloowhy ono sadday we gowgow
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh sadday looweeloowhy oh bebay
sadday we gowgow
Ayseddewegoddegownow
Beybeeconnoweekot
Etco!




The Actual Lyrics (based on the story of a Jamaican sailor’s ramblings to a bartender)

Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go.
Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go.

A fine little girl, she waits for me.
Me catch the ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone.
I never think I'll make it home.

Louie Louie, me gotta go.

Three nights and days we sailed the sea.
Me think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.

Louie Louie, me gotta go.

Me see Jamaican moon above.
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again.

Louie Louie, oh baby, I said we gotta go




I like the phoenetic version better. It just makes more sense.

[PM_Mama00]

Lol I kept wondering why they weren't censoring this on the radio....
my lyrics for Buttons, Pussycat Dolls

"Hollywood type of fucka
I'm likin the physical..."

Real Lyrics
"Hardly the type I fall for
I'm liking the physical
Don't leave me asking for more
I'm a sexy mama"

[RU OX Alum]

I'm glad I found this thread....Modest Mouse...what does he say for Ocean Breathes Salty? I cannot understand half of that entire album. It's a good album. I guess the lyrics fit.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

I'm glad I found this thread....Modest Mouse...what does he say for Ocean Breathes Salty? I cannot understand half of that entire album. It's a good album. I guess the lyrics fit.

Go to www.lyrics.astraweb.com

They're pretty good on having whatever lyrics you're looking for.

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

You never know how reliable information from the web can be, but since it was brought up, here’s what this site http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/lyrics.html has to say about "Louie, Louie."

The only acceptable way to sing the lyrics (phoenetically):

Looweeloowhy ono sadday we gowgow
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh sadday looweeloowhy oh bebay
sadday we gowgow

Ayfain liyelkurwl away onee
eektatsh ahip oconstalee
ale wine shit wine all alowe
eenever acow aamay gitome

Aloowee loowhy nanananana heywegowgow
Oh no addeeloowee loowhy oh bebay
Heddeweegoddegow

Wenite andayo afaildefee
kaykogorld ocontoflee
a on ay shit awayteedair
agul ayrow mowinherrair

Aloowee loowhy oh no heddewegowgow
ya ya ya ya ya sadday loowee loowhy oh bebay
Heddeweegowgow

OWKAYLITSGITITOOWERITENEOW

teey.... teteeynow ingamymoowabow
theymuppeelow they peepeealow
theypayinarhear my artegen
aymebber ay mebbelayergen

Looweeloowhy ono sadday we gowgow
yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh sadday looweeloowhy oh bebay
sadday we gowgow
Ayseddewegoddegownow
Beybeeconnoweekot
Etco!




The Actual Lyrics (based on the story of a Jamaican sailor’s ramblings to a bartender)

Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go.
Louie Louie, oh baby, me gotta go.

A fine little girl, she waits for me.
Me catch the ship across the sea.
I sailed the ship all alone.
I never think I'll make it home.

Louie Louie, me gotta go.

Three nights and days we sailed the sea.
Me think of girl constantly.
On the ship, I dream she there.
I smell the rose in her hair.

Louie Louie, me gotta go.

Me see Jamaican moon above.
It won't be long me see me love.
Me take her in my arms and then
I tell her I never leave again.

Louie Louie, oh baby, I said we gotta go




I like the phoenetic version better. It just makes more sense.

All I know is my dad had to pay MAJOR penance for singing that song when he was younger. He had slowed his record player down to try to catch some of the words. What he came up with in one of the verses was:
"At night, in bed, I play a little game, F*** all the girls, all kinds of ways"
My grandparents didn't like it too much. Of course, karma is a biatch... I was in 6th grade or so when I forgot my surroundings and started singing "Me so Horny." I got grounded for 3 days.

[UofISigKap]

Originally Posted by sigmagrrl

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"!

Whew! It's good to know that I'm not the only one who thought that! I am the queen of misheard lyrics, and used to get teased so badly when I'd sing along with songs, that I don't sing out loud anymore. One of my classic blunders was, "She's so fiiiiine, my Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Hemaphrodite." Obviously wrong!