Misheard Lyrics.

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  • The22ndRachelThe22ndRachel Posts: 652
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    Got a few more to add to this thread (am always thinking of more)

    Busted - What I Go To School For

    Misheard "That's what I go to school for, even though it isn't real boy"
    Real "That's what I go to school for, even though it is a real bore"

    Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?

    Misheard "Your hair it sure could curl"
    Real "You Harajuku girls"

    Anyone got any more?
  • zeebre12zeebre12 Posts: 1,167
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    To this day I still hear Teachers got us going around in Don't Stop Moving by SClub7..I can't hear DJ..I always used to sing teacher..
  • Hav_mor91Hav_mor91 Posts: 17,183
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    REM- The sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

    Misheard: Calling Chad Baker
    Actual: Call me when you try to wake her up. call me when you try to wake her

    In fairness that song is a bugger to decipher :D

    Gabrielle- Dreams

    Misheard- Dreams Can Come True Look at me babe vaulpix and you (always thought it odd she was singing about pokemon in 93:))
    Actual- dreams can come true look at me babe I'm with you.
  • Brummie Girl Brummie Girl Posts: 22,419
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    Hav_mor91 wrote: »
    REM- The sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

    Misheard: Calling Chad Baker
    Actual: Call me when you try to wake her up. call me when you try to wake her

    In fairness that song is a bugger to decipher :D

    I used to mishear it as Calling Cheryl Baker
  • biscuitfactorybiscuitfactory Posts: 29,392
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    I used to mishear it as Calling Cheryl Baker

    Of course it's "Calling Cheryl Baker". Everyone knows that.
    Who the F is Chad Baker?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 927
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    I'm constantly discovering misheard lyrics of my own tbh. Most recent:

    Jam - Eton Rifles

    Always thought the line "then went to bed with a charming young thing" was "then went to bed with a child at your feet."

    Abba - Dancing Queen

    Thought "you can dance, you can jive" was "you can dance, you can dine."
    Thought "looking out for another, anyone will do" was "looking out for a lover, anyone will do."

    If you've not seen Peter Kay's misheard lyrics, give it a watch.
  • PhilH36PhilH36 Posts: 26,194
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    When discussing misheard lyrics it helps to get the original line correct! Last week on the BBC London Breakfast show Paul Ross mentioned the often-heard 'pork sausages' line from Bohemian Rhapsody and said "In fact it's pomposities". Er, no it's not Paul, it's actually "Spare him his life from this monstrosity"! :D
  • HitstasticHitstastic Posts: 8,596
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    The Simpsons - Do The Bartman

    Actual lyrics: I'm the kid that made delinquency an art.

    Misheard lyrics: I'm the kid that they only can see in art.

    Well, that's what I thought the lyrics were aged 10!!! :p
  • Residents FanResidents Fan Posts: 9,204
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    Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Rage Hard". For years, I heard

    "I don't know which way to go
    Oh, My love's like German snow"

    making me think Holly Johnson was caught in a Berlin blizzard.

    It was actually "driven snow".
  • sarahj1986sarahj1986 Posts: 11,305
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    The annoying happy by pharrell I keep thinking he's saying "crap along" instead of "clap along" well it does kinda sound like that...
  • Residents FanResidents Fan Posts: 9,204
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    Haim: "Falling". I thought they were singing
    "Fear and desire, feeling tired, hungry too"
    instead of "Feeling desire, feeling tired, hungry too".

    So the sisters weren't giving a homage to Stanley Kubrick....
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,448
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    Taylor Swift - Blank Space
    "Look at all those Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane"

    I thought it was product placement gone mad:o
  • Hollie_LouiseHollie_Louise Posts: 39,759
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    I'm not sure if I've posted thIs one here or another thread of the same topic.

    I always believed Sharleen Spiteri was singing "I'm not eating mincemeat, some things you just can't ignore" rather than "I'll never be in between
    Some things you just can't ignore" in the Texas song In Our Lifetime.

    Always thought it was a strange way to let the world know you're a veggie :D
  • barbelerbarbeler Posts: 23,827
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    I always thought that at the run-out to The Beatles' Rain, John Lennon was singing "beranowanurashingawooo"
  • Doghouse RileyDoghouse Riley Posts: 32,491
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    For decades, I couldn't work out what was the second part of this line of a song by Dusty Springfield

    "You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand."
    It was not until I'd accidentally come across the music in a piano song book, that I realised what it was.
  • Lucy Van PeltLucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,587
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    For decades, I couldn't work out what was the second part of this line of a song by Dusty Springfield

    "You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand."
    It was not until I'd accidentally come across the music in a piano song book, that I realised what it was.

    I thought for years she was singing 'just because of him' maybe referring to a dad putting pressure on the relationship

    Another one is Bandages by Hot Hot Heat - I thought they were sing jellied eels instead of bandages and Lauren Laverne once said on Xfm she thought they were singing 'bag of chips'
  • bbclassicsbbclassics Posts: 7,806
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    On the song Hey Now by London Grammar the part is 'Hey now, letters burning by my bed for you
    Hey now, leave it to the wayside like you do, for you'
    But I swear the last 'for you' sounds like the singer says 'f.uck you'.

    I like my version a bit better gives some attitude to it.
  • Multimedia81Multimedia81 Posts: 82,450
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    In David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, the lyric "But no smoking pistol" often sounds like "But no smoking ****ed off".
  • SonOfPurpleSonOfPurple Posts: 2,637
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    Considering how much music I've lodged in my lobes over the years, I could fill half of DS with my poorly-deciphered lyrics, by everyone from System of a Down ("Grandmother should put on little makeup") through to Pixie Lott ("I'm letting go of the hood") - indeed, either or both of those may have already been mentioned in this long-burning thread...
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    RuinedGirl wrote: »
    Tulisa- Young.

    Misheard lyric: I don't mean to fatten you up, it's just fun.
    Actual lyric: I don't mean to frighten you off, it's just fun.

    I've always heard it as "I don't mean to fanny you off"
  • Michael_EveMichael_Eve Posts: 14,424
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    DIdo - White Flag. Thought "I will go down with fishes..." was always a strange line! (it is of course "the ship", but that's how I heard it.)
  • evkylemeatsixevkylemeatsix Posts: 192
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    Busta Rhymes ft. Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be:

    I thought I herd "gonna pee on you and you on me" when it was "gonna be me on you and you on me" :(:(
    DIdo - White Flag. Thought "I will go down with fishes..." was always a strange line! (it is of course "the ship", but that's how I heard it.)

    That is HILARIOUS!!!!
  • mialiciousmialicious Posts: 4,686
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    Ollie and Jerry - Theres no stopping us
    When it came out in the 80's i thought the opening line was..
    "out in the street, you don't survive the heat"
    A friend heard me singing this and told me i was saying the wrong words and it was actually "out in the street, you don't survive by pee wee" I said they were crazy.. 'pee wee' why would he sing that? makes no sense..but i listened closer with headphones and realised he wasn't saying anything like the word heat, and it did sound a lot like he was saying pee wee. Thought that was a bit odd and couldn't be right, but i couldn't make out what else it could be..skip forward 20 years and i heard the song and decided to check the lyrics online..and it turns out it's actually..
    "out in the street, you don't survive by being weak" seems so obvious now.
    Though i will still continue to sing pee wee when i hear it .:D
  • MaksonMakson Posts: 30,448
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    DIdo - White Flag. Thought "I will go down with fishes..." was always a strange line! (it is of course "the ship", but that's how I heard it.)

    That is a weird one as most people thought it was "I will go down with this sh*t" :blush:
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    I'm always getting the lyrics of Britney songs wrong :D Am I the only one who thought she sung 'Kitty kitty" in I'm A Slave 4 U? :p
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