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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:22 PM
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Favourite misheard lyrics?
I didn't "mishear" these, but a recent post reminded me of the first one:

"Your love is like bad medicine! Bad medicine is what I need!"

misheard as

"Thoreau is like Ralph Emerson! Ralph Emerson is what I read!"


and

"Na na, nana na na, my angel is a centerfold."

misheard as

"Na na, nana na na, my anus is the center hole."




What're yours?
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:23 PM
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1. "Blinded by the light, dressed up like a douche"
Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:27 PM by Moochy
"Blinded by the light, dressed up like a douche, you know the boner in the night"

"Na na, nana na na, my anus is the center hole."

heheh whoever heard that was playing skee ball or something.
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:47 AM
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17. I heard it almost the same way.
Instead of boner, I heard rubber.
"Blinded by the night dressed up like a douche another rubber in the night."

I was confused of course, about how one would dress up like a douche.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:26 AM
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22. Isn't that what they were actually singing???
If not, what? I'm curious now. I thought those were the real lyrics...
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:57 AM
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37. The real lyrics were:
From www.kissthisguy.com

Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 01:48 AM
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57. I didn't know that. All this time, I have thought it was
wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night.
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expatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:24 PM
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2. "Excuse me.... while I kiss this guy." nt
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expatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:25 PM
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3. "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" nt
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 02:11 AM
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59. Gee, thanks!!!
Now I'm going to have that stuck in my head every time I hear that song.

:grr:

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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:51 AM
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29. Classic! n/t
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:25 PM
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4. A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot.
Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:04 AM
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40. The real lyrics are:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:30 PM
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5. from "bull durham"
Edited on Thu Aug-04-05 11:31 PM by kodi
the lines sung by nuke laloosh...."some girls they do get wooly"

from "try a little tenderness"
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:36 PM
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6. OK, I saw this on a rerun of "Wings"
Antonio was singing the first English song he ever learned.
"My goat knows the bowling score, alleluia"
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Pobeka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-04-05 11:42 PM
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7. Money for nothing and chips for free.
I mean, seriously, chips don't cost that much to begin with!
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 05:58 AM
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38. The real lyrics are:

Money for nothin' and chicks for free

go to www.kissthisguy.com
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:00 AM
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8. The Beatles - Helter Skelter
Edited on Fri Aug-05-05 12:01 AM by Bat Boy
I couldn't believe I did this. The actual lyrics are:

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again.

Do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you
Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.

Helter skelter helter skelter
Helter skelter.


Here's what I heard:

Start a race war and become king of the earth.
Gather a bunch of rabid followers and coax them to
Go on a murderous rampage.
If you get caught, carve a swastika into your forehead.
That'll show 'em you mean business.


In retrospect, it really doesn't sound anything like that at all.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:11 AM
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9. LOL
You had me puzzled for a bit.
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:20 AM
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11. You thought those were the lyrics too?
Thank god. I thought I was alone on that...
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:24 AM
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20. LOL! You're the king!
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Bat Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:28 AM
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23. Thank you.
Thank you very much.

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expatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:58 AM
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33. Hey, at least your cats didn't start singing it over and over to you
as if they were telling me to do something... giving me instructions.... to do something.... must do...
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:18 AM
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35. ROFLMAO
Good one, bat boy!

Khash.
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allalone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:20 AM
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10. CCR
there's a baboon on the right!
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The Great Escape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:22 AM
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12. Tavares....'More Than a Woman' = 'Bald Headed Woman'
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:26 AM
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13. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bathroom on the right.

Hey, I got better understanding the song as time went by, but you have to understand I first heard it on a very crappy AM transistor radio and that's what I heard.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:21 AM
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18. There's a bathroom on the right.
Sounds like a bad night out, Mr Fogerty! :)
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:27 AM
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14. the President is the infamous non-piano-playing Sunday monkey
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:29 AM
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15. My friend recently asked if I had a copy of "Caribou Queen"
Edited on Fri Aug-05-05 12:31 AM by Nailzberg
Misheard Billy Ocean's Caribbean Queen.

I mean, what kinda title is that for a song? What exactly is a Caribou Queen?

She is Swedish, so I let it slide without making fun of her too badly.
I blame it on the English being her second language and the possibility that Caribou Queen might be some regional beauty pageant title from Smaaland.
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The Great Escape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 12:32 AM
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16. Someone Told Me That Their Was A Version Of That Song...
entitled 'European Queen' that was released overseas. I have never heard it though.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:31 AM
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24. Hey, I'm from Jersey
and I though it was "Caribou Queen" until this very moment!

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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:39 AM
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26. So what did you think the song was about?
Seriously. Not making fun of you, I want to know what you thought the meaning of term "Caribou Queen" meant? Cause I'm curious as to why she liked the song if it was about moose royalty.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:44 AM
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27. No fuckin idea
And I really wasn't nuts about the song

It really does sounds like he's saying "caribou", though.
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:48 AM
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28. An honest answer. Now I'm even more confused.
But now I can't blame it on a language barrier or a Scandinavian Pageant. Why she wanted me to burn a copy of the song for her so badly makes absolutely no sense now.

damn Swedish girls.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:55 AM
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32. no accounting for taste! n/t
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:23 AM
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19. White Stripes - "Hear this n*gger sound."
Edited on Fri Aug-05-05 01:38 AM by Kire
dead leaves and the dirty ground
when I know you're not around
shiny tops and soda pops
when I hear your lips make a sound
when I hear your lips make a sound

thirty notes in the mailbox
will tell ya that I'm coming home
and I think I'm gonna stick around
for a while so you're not alone
for a while so you're not alone

if you can hear a piano fall
you can hear me coming down the hall
if I can just hear your pretty voice
I don't think I need to see at all
don't think I need to see at all

soft hair and a velvet tongue
I wanna give ya what you give to me
and every breath that is in your lungs
is a tiny little gift to me
is a tiny little gift to me

I didn't feel so bad 'til the sun went down
then I come home
no one to wrap my arms around
wrap my arms around

well any man with a microphone
can tell you what he loves the most
and you know why you love at all
if you're thinking of the holy ghost
if you're thinking of the holy ghost
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:24 AM
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21. are you from england, tuvor?
Favourite?
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:32 AM
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25. Menage a trois
from "Groovin"

"Life would be ecstasy
You and me and Leslie"

My husband misheard that the same way.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:07 AM
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41. The real lyrics are:

You and me endlessly
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grrl62 Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 07:45 AM
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45. me too!
woo hoo! :silly:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:51 AM
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30. Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown"
REAL lyrics are:

"Sundown ya better take care
If I find you been creepin’ ’round my back stairs"

BUT I used to hear

"sundown you better take care
If I find you've been drinking my Labatt's ale"


:shrug:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 01:54 AM
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31. Live recording of "White Rabbit"
Edited on Fri Aug-05-05 01:55 AM by sfexpat2000
I might have been tripping but Doug wasn't. We couldn't figure out the punchline -

"Feed your Dad"
"Eat your dead"
"See your bed"

:rofl:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:02 AM
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39. The real lyrics are:

Feed your Head
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 02:33 AM
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34. "Oh Oh Oliver Stone"
Song: Oh Oh I Love Her So
Artist: Ramones

The real lyrics were:
Oh Oh, I love her so

misheard as:
Oh, Oh, Oliver Stone

It almost does sound like it, especially on the live album "It's Alive". Funny thing is that Oliver Stone wasn't really all that famous in 1978 when the song was written.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 04:20 AM
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36. "Be-el-ze-bub, has the devil got a sideboard"
:D

Also, The Police did a song that sounded like it was about the British newsreader Sue Lawley, although they were actually singing "so lonely." A lot of people were confused by that one, including Ms Lawley herself...
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:12 AM
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42. "Sitting on a throne of gold" misheard as "Sitting on a donut hole"
It's a reggae song (by Steel Pulse, if you're curious). I heard my friend singing the misheard lyrics and almost fell out of my chair laughing. It was all in good fun, tho.
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FLSurfer Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 06:58 AM
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43. Love shack by the B-52's
The part where the Blonde say's "tiaaah ruuhhh ruuut".
Never had any idea what that was, til a friend of mine told me it
is "Tin Roof Rusted".
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grrl62 Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 07:49 AM
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46. i always thought it was
"heeennnnnrrryyyyy.... busted/dusted"

:wtf: :rofl:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:29 AM
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51. The real lyrics are:
You what?! Tin roof - rusted.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 07:05 AM
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44. From "Another one Bites the Dust"
I heard "Another one bites the doctor"
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:31 AM
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52. The real lyrics are:
Bites the dust uh!
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:04 AM
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47. dirty deeds done dirt cheap, I heard, dirty deeds dundlecheek
what the hell is dundlecheek?

My wife told me it was done dirt cheap.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:16 AM
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48. "I'm your penis, I'm your fire, at your desire"
"Venus" by Shocking Blue, indeed.

"I'm your Venus
I'm your fire
At your desire"
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:58 AM
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55. Makes sense to me!
I heard it the same way.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-05 02:01 AM
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58. "choke me, sire" is how I hear that 3rd line
which always seemed a little too kinky...
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liberalitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:19 AM
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49. frito lady mama livin' a lie.....
I don't even know what the real line is.... from that 70's disco song... that was redone for Moulan Rouge..... magnolia wine?

None-the-less: poor frito lady mama
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:23 AM
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50. "Another one rides the bus"
"Another one bites the dust", by Queen
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:31 AM
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53. Huey Lewis....
It's funny, but, my mishearing of lyrics in,
"The Heart Of Rock And Roll" make more sense
to me than the real lyrics do.


What I hear...
"The obow may be barely breathing"

I've heard the music wind instruments generate
called "breathing"... So, initially it made sense.

The correct lyrics?
"The old boy may be barely breathing"

What? Rock and Roll is an old boy barely breathing...
But, his heart is still beating? I don't get it.

http://www.hln.org/albums/sports.shtml
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:35 AM
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54. One other one... It's a classic I suppose.
ZZTop... (I know, I'm mad at them right now too.)

Cheap Sunglasses

What I hear...
"buy yourself some big black brains"

The actual lyrics:
"buy yourself some big black frames"

I *never* hear that correctly.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-05-05 08:59 AM
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56. MEALWORMS
My love
I'll never find the words, my love
to show you how I feel, my love
mealworms could not express...
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