"Deuce" versus "douche": Blinded by the Light by Bruce Springsteen, then Manfred Mann

[steve2470]

Am I the only one who heard "douche" for years ?

[Salviati]

1. You are not:

From The Vacant Lot in 1995: (Cue it up to 1 minute for the relevant sketch)

[rickford66]

2. Yup. And don't forget "There's a bathroom on the right "

[Iggo]

4. She loves to move. She loves to groove. She loves eleven things.

[pnwest]

3. Nope - that's what I heard, for years.

[lame54]

6. Usually when you mishear lyrics for years...

And then the correct line is pointed out you can't help but hear the correct line from there on out

Not with this song

I know it's revved up like a duece but I always hear wrapped up like a douche

[malthaussen]

7. I know people who have built elaborate structures of speculation...

... on that single misheard lyric.

-- Mal

[Iggo]

8. I learned the right lyrics decades ago, but in high school I thought it was douche.

Just like everyone else.

[tonedevil]

9. I always found this interesting.

Manfred Mann only had one other hit that I know of. That was Quinn the Eskimo or Mighty Quinn a song seemingly inspired by the Anthony Quinn character in A Savage Inocense. Who wrote that song, Bob Dylan, and who, when he was introduced, was known as the "new" Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen. If only there had been more Bob Dylans Manfred Mann may have had even more hits.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Do Wah Diddy Was A Pretty Big Hit, Too

But, it's really not a very good song.
The 2 you mentioned were big hits & good songs. And, I'm not a Springsteen guy. But, that song had a structure those guys could really dress up.
Do Wah Diddy was just a novelty hit that worked because the British Invasion was at its zenith.
If you look up their hit list, there's a lot of songs that aren't memorable.

[tonedevil]

11. I did not know...

that was them. I stand corrected apparently Manfred Mann had more of a career than I was aware of. Mighty Quinn and Blinded by the Light both were solid songs that I still enjoy, Do Wah Diddy maybe not so much.