I thought the song "Swing low, Sweet chariot" went:
"Sweet n'low, sweet Harriet"
I thought they meant some girl Harriet was as sweet as sweet n'low. Man, was I dissapointed when I found out the right lyrics.
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When I was growing up I loved The Police (the band, that is ;) and I still do. Unfortunately I didn't buy the album "Ghost in the Machine" until several years after I started listening to it. Alas, I thought I was listening to the song "Too much sh*t for measure", but I was really listening to "Too much information". I'm a big Sting fan, but I'll put money down if you can tell the difference today!
Sincere apologies for the expletive, but if you listen to the song, you'll understand how real this "misheard" example is.
I used to belt out a Jon Bon Jovi number:
"Whoooaaaahhh we're half way there - whooooaaaahhhh we're living on BREAD"
perfectly logical at 10 years old... ;)
I used to think the song, "Pass the doochie on the left-hand side" was "Pass the goat cheese on the left hand-side." On my 27th birthday, my friends made me a dinner that included goat cheese and crackers. I started singing my version of the song and they all busted up
I used to think the line in Green Day's when i come around was "sell donuts at my door" instead of "so don't knock down my door"
I still think it sounds like donut.
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Simon and Garfunkle "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" says:
You dont have to be coy Leroy
I thought it said:
You dont have to be corduroy (like the pants or the kids book)
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When I was younger, maybe 7 or so I used to think the line in the song Barbara Anne by the Beach Boys "went to a dance, lookin' for romance. Saw Barbara Anne so I thought I'd take a chance" REALLY was saying "Went to the dance, lookin for some pants. Saw Barbara Anne's so I thought I'd take her pants"
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My friends' 2 young boys love dancing to "James Bond" - err it's the Tom Jones version of "Sex Bomb". Has me & my partner in fits each time we see it.
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The first couple of times that I heard INXS' Suicide Blonde, I thought for sure they were singing "Super Salad Bar" instead of suicide blonde.
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My 4 year old little cousin sing this song by Donnie Mcklerkin- Fire fall on Me and this song by Nelly Hot in heeerrree.
Real version #1 - Fire, Fire Fire, Fire fall on Me......
Real version#2- Its getting hot in here so take off all your clothes, I am getting so Hot I can take my clothes off...
Hers- Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire fall on me, It's getting hot in here so take off all your clothes I am getting so hot, I can take My own off.
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When i was little my dad listened to this gospel group called commissioned( he still does) I love one of their songs, I sang it " I don't like pain and I dont like beer, But Lord i want to be more sincere....., the real words " I dont like pain and I don't like fear but Lord i want to be more sincere
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"Dirty D's and the dung-dirt chief" is what my child brain heard when I should of been hearing "Dirty deeds and their done dirt cheep!" Wow...no one ever corrected me until I was much older and should of known better...what the heck is a "dug dirt chief"?
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CCR's Bad moon on the rise...as I child I heard "there's a bathroom on the right" rather than the correct lyrics...ooops!!
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The Duran-Duran song ....Rio....I heard "her name is Rio and she doesn't understand" rather than "her name is Rio and she dances in the sand" couldn't figure out why this girl didn't understand her name...
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When that "What a girl wants" song by Christina Aguilera came out, I thought the lyrics that were "Whatever makes me happy sets you free" was "Whatever makes me having sex, you three". I believed it for a long time until I actually read the lyrics.
I used to think that the song Funk Soul Brother used to be Fucked on Rubber
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When the Rutles programme was first screened, I thought that when they were nicknamed 'the prefab four' that it meant less than fab! Then I found out about prefabricated houses, also known as prefabs.
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I used to think the band Lindisfarne was named Linda's Farm. This was around the time Paul McCartney bought a farm in Scotland!
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"Bingo Chair and a Rhino" instead of "Big Old Jet Airliner."
"Blinded by the light...Revved up like a douche I got a boner in the night" instead of...what the heck are they saying?
"Super Salad Bar" instead of "Suicide Blonde"
"Secret Asian Man" instead of "Secret Agent Man"
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you know that catchy song somebody told me by the killers? well a part of it goes:
"Pace yourself from me
I said maybe baby please
But I just don't know now"
and i thought it was
"raise your hand for me
i said maybe baby please
im just a loner"
whoops, a little off, huh?