Well folks, I had an embarrassing moment this morning, as one of you moggers are well aware. This got me thinking about musically-related embarrassment … specifically, lyrics that you misheard or misinterpreted, and were later laughed at for repeating outloud. I remember, as a kid, thinking that the lyrics to Manfred Mann’s “Blinded by the Light” went as follows:
“Blinded by the light, Wrapped up like a douche Another rumour in the night…”
Another good bungle was from a friend who thought Van Halen’s “Panama” was actually “Manimal” … in fact, I think I might actually have liked that song if that was really what Mr. Roth was saying.
So I query you, moggers … what lyrics have you fumbled so badly that you’re embarrassed to admit it? And please, will you post them here?
My Trusted MOGs
I used to think "Rock You Like A Hurricane" was "Raunchy Like A Hurricane" lol. My husband still laughs at me to this day over that one.
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I used to think that the line in Interpol's "PDA" was "You're so cute when you're insultated, dear" (insultated meaning insulted) and was sorta wondering why Paul Banks used that as a word since it doesn't exist. Then I found out it was "sedated."
My favorite mistake though was when I used to listen to the soundtrack to Evita and I thought the line in "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" was "All through my wild days/ My married sisters" and not "my bad existence." Mind you, I was five at the time, but my mother still likes to poke fun at that.
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Ha y favorite flub was with the Stone Temple Pilots song "Plush". The correct lyric was Where ya going with that mask I found? and I always thought they were saying Where ya going with the basset hound?
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Hello Mam. I think I may haav en ensher. You c u sing word you don't talk them, at least if you have had good vocal training or coaching. The reason is because of the pronounciation of the words when sung inproperly can damage vocal cords, and well make you sound like poo. I give one rock singer of a band that rymns with Bums and Poesers. But for a great rock dude listen to a one singer of FNM (No not Chuck M. but I did dig him), he is one of the greats for rock, metal, he's got it under his belt, and had it before he joined FNR... That Is All
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My younger sister is notorious for this. But she's adorable, so it ends up being a cute little quirk rather than a foible.
Her best?
Albert Hammond's _It Never Rains in Southern California_ "Man it pours" becomes "Manicorn" (we're still trying to work out what this actually means at casa de hegemon)
The line in "I fought the law" becomes "I jumped off a log."
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when elton john chants in bennie in the jets, i thought he was saying "faggot,, faggot, faggot" instead of "bennie, bennie, bennie"
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Doh! That is hysterical.