LexxiXhan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Post your faves! I just heard Macy Gray on the radio: "I try to say goodbye and I choke I try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clearI wear goggles when you are not here.." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 What's that line supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 "A bathtub of gentlemen only turns me off." (Should be: "Better be a gentleman or else you'll turn me off.") 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexxiXhan Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: What's that line supposed to be? "My world crumbles when you are not near" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It was quite a head spinner to realise I hadn't ever misheard any of the lyrics to I Am The Walrus. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Oh, OK. That makes sense. I couldn't understand other parts of it either, but I get the general idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Madonna, La Isla Bonita. I spent a long time thinking the line was "young girl with eyes like pesetas", which isn't so silly when you consider the peseta was the currency of Spain when that song came out. I thought she was saying that the girl's eyes were bright and sparkling like the coins of her motherland. Apparently it's common to mishear Michael Stipes as singing "Calling Jamaica" instead of "Call me when you try to wake her". Which also makes sense because I love REM, but that line has never scanned properly. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 31 minutes ago, Amina Sopwith said: It was quite a head spinner to realise I hadn't ever misheard any of the lyrics to I Am The Walrus. What are the lyrics to Louie Louie? Are you sure? I'd link to the original lyrics but someone might take offense and report me for it so if you want, you can easily find the original lyrics for yourself. Fun fact: Many people in Oregon still want Louie Louie to be the state song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: What are the lyrics to Louie Louie? Are you sure? I'd link to the original lyrics but someone might take offense and report me for it so if you want, you can easily find the original lyrics for yourself. Fun fact: Many people in Oregon still want Louie Louie to be the state song. I'd never really thought about it. Richard Berry is quite clear. The Kingsmen, can't understand a word. "Louie Louie, oh, reggaeton...?" Was he drunk? The real lyrics look pretty tame. Google suggests it's people hearing other things in the incomprehensible Kingsmen version...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 When it comes right down to it, most lyrics sound like poorly-translated Bulgarian to me. I couldn't tell you what most songs are about. As long as there's a good melody, though, I'm happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethelwine Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 "just let me staple the vicar" from "we are family" 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odaks Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 "I can see Deirdre now that the train has gone..." (Jonny Nash et al) I have a feeling it was the Creedence Clearwater Revival version that gave rise to this misinterpretation (monagreen?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odaks Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 @Aethelwine, Peter Kay is such a delight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 always wondered what they were saying until I realized they were saying what I thought they were saying. Still have no idea what it means. I guess I should probably look that up sometime. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, RowanMinx said: always wondered what they were saying until I realized they were saying what I thought they were saying. Still have no idea what it means. I guess I should probably look that up sometime. My understanding is that it's either a drug reference, or a dutchie is also a sort of pot used for cooking, so it's about sharing either food or substances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Amina Sopwith said: My understanding is that it's either a drug reference, or a dutchie is also a sort of pot used for cooking, so it's about sharing either food or substances. So sort of like...puff puff pass? Gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, RowanMinx said: So sort of like...puff puff pass? Gotcha Yeah, or possibly sharing food. I think Musical Youth did a more family-friendly version of an original where the line was "what do you do when you got no green/herb". I might be wrong. Edited September 20, 2020 by Amina Sopwith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Ok, so ironically, I can't quite tell all the words from the Sondra Prill video I posted upthread, which is itself a gloriously dreadful rendition of Janet Jackson's Nasty Boys, with one particularly badly mistaken line about gentlemen and not being turned on. I think she might be singing "I'm not a fool" instead of "I'm not a prude". And I haven't the foggiest what she's screaming when she gets to the bit that would normally be "It's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty". Prill did a few of these and they're all wonderful. It's a shame she was too early for YouTube, though I guess public access TV was the equivalent back then. I'd be a dedicated follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritigern Gothly Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver Proper lyrics: "STAAAAND AND DELIVEEEER. YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE" Misheard lyrics: "STAAAAND IN THE RIVEEEER. THE HOLLY-HOLLY WHO LLOYD" Edited September 20, 2020 by Fritigern Gothly Pssst. The official term for misheard lyrics is "mondegreen". 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Fritigern Gothly said: Adam and the Ants - Stand and Deliver Proper lyrics: "STAAAAND AND DELIVEEEER. YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE" Misheard lyrics: "STAAAAND IN THE RIVEEEER. THE HOLLY-HOLLY WHO LLOYD" What ever happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritigern Gothly Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, RowanMinx said: What ever happened to him? Rather sad, really. He slipped into a deep depression, then said that the meds he was given destroyed his creativity, so went off the meds going unhinged and back on the meds, etc etc. After 18 years of silence, he recently (2013) made a new album called (takes a deep breath) "Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter" Also see this Rolling Stone interview with Adam Ant. Edited September 20, 2020 by Fritigern Gothly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Informer - Proper lyrics Informer you no say daddy me Snow me I'll go blameA licky boom, boom down My lyrics Informer younosohderendemnah. I Lick your bum bum now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Evanier Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odaks Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Odaks said: "I can see Deirdre now that the train has gone..." Just out of edit time, so a quick update on this one. I have been reminded that it was the late, great Sir Terry Wogan that coined this during his morning shows on BBC radio. It then caught on well with his listeners. Some British forumites may remember. (I can see clearly now that the rain has gone) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Fritigern Gothly said: Rather sad, really. He slipped into a deep depression, then said that the meds he was given destroyed his creativity, so went off the meds going unhinged and back on the meds, etc etc. After 18 years of silence, he recently (2013) made a new album called (takes a deep breath) "Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter" Also see this Rolling Stone interview with Adam Ant. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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