Just wondering what some songs are that you later found out you had the lyrics completely wrong.

I used to think "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John actually said
"Hold me closer young Tony Danza", and I used to think "In the Air Tonight" by Genesis, actually said "Go Long" like a football term, me and my brother used to sing in the car when we were little, "Gooooo loooooonnnngggg"

So TL! CONFESS IT DAMNIT! What are some songs you had the lyrics wrong to?

AyeH

United States534 Posts

December 15 2010 04:24 GMT

almost every mainstream song i've listened to on the radio.

Deleted User 50491

721 Posts

December 15 2010 04:25 GMT

Karma police For a minute there I lost myself. I though it said Four minutes there I lost myself.

And the part "When you mess with us" Heard "When you mess with love" lol

SpiritoftheTunA

United States20903 Posts

December 15 2010 04:26 GMT

On December 15 2010 13:25 Kuo wrote:
Karma police For a minute there I lost myself. I though it said Four minutes there I lost myself.

And the part "When you mess with us" Heard "When you mess with love" lol

omg i had that same mistake

btw relevant link: http://www.kissthisguy.com/

Banteng

United States148 Posts

December 15 2010 04:31 GMT

When the song "I Try" by Macy Gray was on the radio, I was a youngin, and quite into Pokemon. I always thought she sang "I say goodbye and Machoke." It blew my mind years later when I found out she was really singing "I say goodbye and I choke" >_<

eLiE

Canada1039 Posts

December 15 2010 04:36 GMT

We looked at this in an intro psych class. Apparently, people have misinterpreted purple rain where he says, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" as "kiss this guy". Oh, lol. already mentioned in that link.

EDIT: thats a cool link btw

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

December 15 2010 04:37 GMT

I hate when you get really really attached to the lyrics that were wrong and it ends up ruining the song for you. Can't think of an example atm.

blue_arrow

1971 Posts

December 15 2010 04:57 GMT

It would be very interesting to have a study done on the correlation between the accuracy of lyrics comprehension and how well the song does on charts.

OmgIRok

Taiwan2699 Posts

December 15 2010 05:27 GMT

"I will go down with this shit, I'm in love" - White Flag by Dido Lol

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

December 15 2010 05:28 GMT

#10

On December 15 2010 13:36 eLiE wrote:
We looked at this in an intro psych class. Apparently, people have misinterpreted purple rain where he says, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" as "kiss this guy". Oh, lol. already mentioned in that link.

EDIT: thats a cool link btw

Purple Rain was Prince. You mean Purple Haze.

konadora

Singapore66358 Posts

December 15 2010 05:31 GMT

#11

lots of nightwish songs

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

December 15 2010 05:31 GMT

#12

The first thing that came to mind was "Negaigoto hitotsu dake".

Negaigoto hitotsu dake kanaete kureru nara
Kizutsuke atta ai ga hajimaranai you ni...

I think I was wrongly influenced by someone that it meant "if I have only one wish I want love without pain.". But it takes only a rudimentary amount of Japanese to see the wish was to have the love to have never started in the first place.

Ghin

United States2391 Posts

December 15 2010 05:36 GMT

#13

hold me close young tony danza joke got said in an episode of friends
excuse me while i kiss this guy joke got said in an episode of the simpsons

one of my friends calls the mars volta "the mars volvo"

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

December 15 2010 05:57 GMT

#14

So growing up I was a huge Pearl jam fan, and the song "Alive" always confused me. There is a line where he says "but I'm glad we talked". Growing up, what I thought he said was "but I played guitar". That line always confused the hell out of me. Listen to it, think played guitar, and you will hear it!
Also, in high school my buddy and I had an argument because of the Tool song "Eulogy". There is a line where Maynard sings "...at everything but his heart". My buddy swore up and down that he did not say heart, but, get this...forehead. "...at everything but his forehead"?!?!?!
WTF?

It took him years, but he finally admitted his error on that one.

Zooper31

United States5711 Posts

December 15 2010 06:02 GMT

#15

"Blinded by the Light" - Bruce Springsteen

Thought for the longest time that the chorus said "revved up like a doucher in the middle of the night". He actually saying duece, like the number 2.

TheAmazombie

United States3714 Posts

December 15 2010 06:05 GMT

#16

On December 15 2010 15:02 Zooper31 wrote:
"Blinded by the Light" - Bruce Springsteen

Thought for the longest time that the chorus said "revved up like a doucher in the middle of the night". He actually saying duece, like the number 2.

A lot of people are confused by that one. It is even more evident in the Manfred Mann version of the song. He does say revved up like a deuce, but not referring to an old Deuce Coup car. I am always explaining that one to people.

zOula...

United States898 Posts

December 15 2010 06:07 GMT

#17

that Alanis morissette song you oughta know...

Gulabi

Canada52 Posts

December 15 2010 06:09 GMT

#18

Mariah Carey - Touch my body

I always thought it was "I will give you plankton", but apparently its "I will give you plenty of joy".

NrG.NeverExpo

Canada2114 Posts

December 15 2010 06:17 GMT

#19

There is actually a term for this, misinterpreting a phrase from pop-culture (like a poem or lyrics to a song) is called mondegreen. Don't ask me how i know that, but it's cool :D

EDIT: [image loading]

This made me lol pretty hard, not really lyrics but its basically what it sounds like

Bibbit

Canada5377 Posts

December 15 2010 06:35 GMT

#20

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On December 15 2010 15:07 zOula... wrote:
that Alanis morissette song you oughta know...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY
[image loading]

Omg I laughed so hard. I never really payed attention to the words in that song but that bear stuff fits perfectly. :O

Edit: I just checked the actual words and found that's pretty much what she actually says, just with "I" instead of "eyed" and "bear" and "cross" having different meanings. :/

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