Misheard lyrics - can you give (funny!) examples

[jhwalker]

My partner used to think that Elvis Presley's "Rubberneckin'" was "Rubbin' nekkid (naked)" - perhaps not appropriate for the kids.

[christopher3393]

" I want to live with a cinnamon roll..."

 

Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse: Cinnamon Girl

[astrotoy]

In "All My Trials"

Joan Baez sings:

If living were a thing that money could buy,

then the rich would live and the poor would die."

 

Peter Paul and Mary sing:

"If religion were a thing that money could buy,

then the rich would live and the poor would die."

 

The first one makes more sense.

 

Larry

[thesurfingalien]

Hi All,

 

Thanks for the input... Most of them I heard of before, but forgot.

 

I am going to do a little test with my colleagues to see what the make of Tom Browne's "Funkin'for Jamaica"

 

Jamaica Funk - that's what it is

let it get into you

 

When I was a kid I always heard:

 

To make a f*ck - that is what it is

Let him get into you

 

I still think that is what she really sings

[NOMBEDES]

And it's a monkey:

 

 

Yes and Yes!! When the Grammies were on TV, I kept asking my wife "Whats up with the Mexican Monkey?"

[Skip Pack]

The 'official' name for these amusing confusions is Mondegreens. If you google 'Jon Carroll Mondegreen' you'll get a bunch of old newspaper columns with a lot nice examples. Here's a stater URL:

 

"Mondegreens" - Commonly Misheard Song Lyrics - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com

 

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[beetlemania]

I always heard the Manfred Mann's Earth Band's song 'Blinded by the Light' lyric as "Rapped up like a douche, Another rumour in the night".

That's a classic.

 

It's actually a Springsteen composition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_light

 

"Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song features several changed lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's "cut loose like a deuce" is replaced with "revved up like a deuce."[2][3][4] This is commonly misheard as "wrapped up like a douche (the V sound in "revved" is almost unpronounced, and the S sound in "deuce" comes across as "SH" due to a significant lisp)."[5][6] Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a feminine hygiene product that it became popular.[7]"

 

I've not heard the original but I'm gonna guess Springsteen's version crushes Manfred Mann's hackery.

[Jud]

I've not heard the original but I'm gonna guess Springsteen's version crushes Manfred Mann's hackery.

 

Yup.

 

First album, "Greetings from Asbury Park."

[beetlemania]

First album, "Greetings from Asbury Park."

I was slow to appreciate Springsteen (my favorite Bruce is Bruce Cockburn). Many of my college friends were all about Springsteen, especially ones from the East coast. But I was "meh".

 

Then I heard the Woody Guthrie tribute album ("til we outnumber 'em") about 10-12 years ago. Many great artists gave great performances, perhaps the best of these was Springsteen covering "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos". I had never heard Springsteen unplugged. Wow! I now have, maybe, 8 Springsteen albums (mostly CDs but also one LP).