Misheard Lyrics

[Shooter]

Wow. I had to look it up. I thought that was the lyric, too.

So did I actually! Honestly, my collection isn't exactly flush with Stevie Nicks numbers.

 

[Shooter]

My favorite was when a girlfriend's room-mate mis-heard Rage Against The Machine's "Bulls On Parade." She thought the chorus was "We're really rather friendly. With a pocket full of shells." (should have been "They rally round the family! With a pocket full of shells!")

More recently, I mistook the lyrics to "Pumped Up Kicks," thinking it said
"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, faster than my brother." For quite a while I wondered what the brother was going to do when he caught up with the kids. I finally realized it says "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, faster than my bullet.")

I heard a DJ on local radio quoting it as, "All the other kids with the plumped up lips." I think she thought the song was about Botox. Seriously?!? You work at the radio station!!

For the longest time I really liked, and could never find, that Rage Against the Machine song, "Where the Redneck Kids are F*&ked." It wasn't until much later that I realized the song was "Renegades of Funk."

 

[0verdrive]

sore's on my genitals,
i'm a loser baby, so why dont ya kill me...Beck -Loser

for all i know, thats what he really says...anyone know the real line?

I think it's "Soy un perdedor" which translated means "I'm a loser." (I didn't know this one either until a girlfriend cleared it up for me...)

 

[0verdrive]

I heard a DJ on local radio quoting it as, "All the other kids with the plumped up lips." I think she thought the song was about Botox. Seriously?!? You work at the radio station!!

For the longest time I really liked, and could never find, that Rage Against the Machine song, "Where the Redneck Kids are F*&ked." It wasn't until much later that I realized the song was "Renegades of Funk."

Yeah, I imagine she got no end of grief from her coworkers for that one.

Lol - that Rage misunderstanding is even better than mine - I'm going to remember that! Makes you wonder how common it is for their lyrics to be misunderstood...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

that has to be some way out of here
said the jumper to the beef

 

[DrunkleJon]

Anything by Pearl Jam. See the youtube video by misheardlyrics for yellow ledbetter. The whole thing is hilarious.

"...potato wave"

 

[QuaffableQuips]

My swmbo subjects me to lots of second-hand top 40 radio when we're in the car.
There's one track where I swear Rihanna is singing "we found love in a homeless place."
They claim she's saying "hopeless," but I don't buy it.

 

[pellis007]

I always thought the Rolling Stones were singing "I'll never be your big Suburban". Was many years until someone corrected me telling me it was "beast of burden".

 

[Bedlam]

Years ago, I found myself (unwillingly) dragged to a dance club. A few drinks later, I was loudly singing along to a catchy tune..."Snap my pick-cha (picture)!"

Except I found out it was actually "Slap my bitch up!"

I felt duped.

 

[beerluvva]

Lunatic fringe (red Ryder)
"learn to speak French"

 

[HopHoarder]

"More than a feeling" by Boston...
Near the end of the chorus they actually sing (I had to look it up) "Til I see Marianne walk away" but I thought it sounded more like
"And I steal all the apples away"

"Takin' care of business" sounds alot to me like "Bakin' carrot biscuits"

 

[jgln]

Where do you guys come up with these????

 

[DrunkleJon]

This is still by far my favorite. Sorry but I was on the mobile ap when I entered my submission. Now everytime I hear the song I hear these lyrics.

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[GarageDweller]

hilarious!!

 

[gingerdawg]

I get by with a little help from my Fred....

 

[HopHoarder]

Then there's that well-known Kiss Anthem song, "I want to rock and roll all night and part of every day"

 

[alane1]

from deacon blues, steely dan, I drink scotch whiskey all night long and 'dine behind the wheel'.

 

[QuaffableQuips]

My soon-to-be FIL used to think that the lyrics to that "What a Feeling" song from Flashdance were "Take your pants off, and make it happen."

 

[BorealBrewer]

Airbourne's "Runnin' Wild", as misheard by my younger brother:
(Who thought it was a pretty good AC/DC song...)

- "I'm sick on your ship, too much red wine..."
- "I got a red rash, it's outta control, all over my fingers and all over my toes..."

In his defense, he was pretty loaded at the time.

 

[Zuljin]

sore's on my genitals,
i'm a loser baby, so why dont ya kill me...Beck -Loser

for all i know, thats what he really says...anyone know the real line?

My Dad thought it was "I'm a lizard baby"

Secret Asian Man!

Edit--Apparently, it was George Takei this whole time. Who knew?

 

[Zuljin]

The fish master!

 

[craigger64]

Elton John's Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

the line is: "don't give us none of your aggravation, we've had it with your DISCIPLINE

i heard the singer in a cover band sing "had it with your guitar playing"

 

[gpack]

Beyonce- "All the singing lettuce"

 

[drainbamage]

My wife thought the line "bruises on the fruit" in Nirvana's "In Bloom" was "eating zombie fruit".

 

[TRHvolfan]

Lets not forget the classic Manfred Manns Earth Band lyrics " wrapped up like a ******"...I mean "revved up like a deuce".

 

[user 19629]

HA, I thought that was the lyric...

When I was a kid I thought Stevie Nicks was saying "Just like the one winged dove" on edge of seventeen. My mom thought it was hilarious.

Me too.

 

[craigger64]

For the longest time, i couldn't understand the opening line of Brown Sugar

"Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields"

 

[CBMbrewer]

steve miller, jet airliner: bingo, jed and lynol.

 

[jsguitar]

Lets not forget the classic Manfred Manns Earth Band lyrics " wrapped up like a ******"...I mean "revved up like a deuce".

It was mentioned on the first page. It really does sound like ******.
Crazy.

At the end of In My Time of Dying by Led Zeppelin, my brother was asking what Plant was repeating at the end.

Him: "Is it something about cheeses? I can't figure it out."

Me: "It's 'Oh my Jesus', you know because he's dying."

 

[craigger64]

Lets not forget the classic Manfred Manns Earth Band lyrics " wrapped up like a ******"...I mean "revved up like a deuce".

Those classic Manfred Manns Earth Band lyrics were actually written by Bruce Springsteen, hence the car reference.