music

I used to believe…

There's an English line to a Cantopop song (sang by Alan Tam) years ago that I always thought was 'And all night in the loo....' which made me burst out laughing whenever it was on... Until I found out from the lyrics book that it actually was 'And all I ever knew...'

I can't be the only one who thought that Andy Fairweather Low (think it was him!) was singing My Diamond Necklace instead of Wide Eyed and Legless.....

I used to believe…

When I first heard the song "What A Wonderful World" in the film "Good Morning Vetnam" (and even later, on the radio), I didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics that went "the bright, blessed day, the dogs say good night," or why talking dogs were part of a wonderful world. It was several years before I finally realized that the correct lyric was actually "the bright, blessed day, the dark, sacred night."

I thought the Jimi Hendrix lyric from Purple Haze was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy". Turns out it's "while I kiss the sky". Hey, I was young!

I used to believe…

When I was real little, I thought that they probably didn't have music in Communist countries because everybody never talked about that.

When I got a bit older, I knew they had music in those countries but probably not rock and roll. They just listened to classical music, jazz, and folk music.

I started reading about famous pop stars from the Eastern bloc a few years ago on the net and began to listen to their music...boy, that changed everything and I have heard some amazing stuff from those places!
(Could you imagine a band singing the Beatles in Croatian in 1964, no doubt?)

I used to believe…

A woman I knew many years ago thought that the name of the song "Vaya Con Dios" was "Bye Bye Cornelius."

I was in a band in high school. Our drummer was famous for getting lyrics wrong. One time he suggested we do "Tapico's Own". We were all scratching our heads until he explained, "You know, that Sonny & Cher song Tapico's Own." He was talking about "The Beat Goes On". We never let him forget it.

I misheard Modonna's "La Isla Bonita"'s opening line, 'last night I dreampt of San Pedro' for 'last night I dreampt of some bagels'

Easy mistake.

I used to believe…

In the clash song, "spanish bombs" whenever they said "spanish bombs" I thought they were saying "spanish bongs" and everytime they said "oh mi corazon" i thought they were saying " oh my go a thong" until i looked up the lyrics on the internet.

I used to believe…

Mysterious Ways - U2

My girlfriend confessed she had some difficulty understanding the line "Onionese Boy" (a boy from Onionesia?)
I almost felt sorry telling her the actual line is "On your knees boy". We both had a good laugh.

I used to believe…

when I first heard the song "Strange Brew" by Cream I thought they were singing "Strange Prune" - I have no idea why...

I used to believe…

Long ago, my sister owned a Beatle's LP. One song in particular on the album that she sung a lot was "Take the back right turn". It wasn't until I looked at the back of the album cover did I discover that the song was entitled "Paperback writer".

I used to beleve that the lyrics to the patriotic song 'Rule Britania..' were 'Raw Britania' and I thought Britania was the word for the little crunchy cubes you get in Branston Pickle.

I used to believe…

My son who is now grown up loved to sing along to the Rick Astley song "Fold me in your arms". It was hold not fold!

I used to believe…

This was a young cousin of mine preparing to out for the evening. Standing in front of the mirror i heard him sing.....Oh nunshy bunch is a little baby.......i worked out by the tune that what he was singing was "All that she wants is a little baby" by ace of base

I thought "I wandered lonely as a cloud" was "I want a pony for my shroud"-well, the school choir was made up of very horsy girls.