Misheard Lyrics

[courtney]

Psychedelic Furs "All Of This And Nothing"

He says: "Now I'm left with all of this/A room full of your trash"

I always heard: "Now I'm left with all of this/A room full of your crash"


I sooo like mine better.

Then about 12 or so years ago, someone gave me a Psychedelic Furs comp as a gift and whoever wrote the liner notes apparently thought the exact same thing.

[DoodleJump!]

I grew up with a ton of Barry Manilow music being played by my parents, and my dad always thought it was "Long, rotten beaches" instead of "Long, rocky beaches" in Weekend in New England (which really is a pretty song). He said one day, "What's so romantic about rotten beaches?!"

[Kim Kelly]

Art Brut, "DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake"

Eddie Argos sings, "DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake"

I hear, "DC Comics and Jim Belushi"

[NJL]

"Tom Scharplings givin Birthday Smiles.  I'll Pour him some water." = ?

[JonFromMaplewood]

In "By The Time I Get To Arizona" by Public Enemy, I thought Chuck was saying at one point...

"Me, myself, and I, and D"

...and I thought it was the coolest fucking lyric of all time because Chuck D was so amazing that HE HAD HIS OWN PERSONAL PRONOUN!

Then I found out that he was saying "Me, myself, and I, indeed" and I was thoroughly disappointed.

[Pastor Josh]

"Tom Scharplings givin Birthday Smiles.  I'll Pour him some water." = ?

I hear, "Tom Sharpling's giving birth to smiles; let's boil some water."

[WhoWantsPie]

When I was a kid, I thought that "who wrote the book of love" was "who let the moo cow out?" It honestly still sounds like it to me. Every time I hear the song I have to actively tell myself the right lyrics, or I'll just hear it wrong. It feels like a very very specific learning disability.

[fonpr]

When I was a kid, I thought that "who wrote the book of love" was "who let the moo cow out?" It honestly still sounds like it to me. Every time I hear the song I have to actively tell myself the right lyrics, or I'll just hear it wrong. It feels like a very very specific learning disability.

Humble Pie- 30 Days In The Hole

I always heard red nepalese as Red -neck police gotcha weak in the knees.

I always imagined a baton getting me on the back of my legs.

[JonFromMaplewood]

While we're on this topic, what was the ruling on "pompatus" anyway? Did anyone ever get a straight answer from Steve Miller on this?

[mcphee from the forum]

While we're on this topic, what was the ruling on "pompatus" anyway? Did anyone ever get a straight answer from Steve Miller on this?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/972/in-steve-millers-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love

[cutout]

Blinded by the Light-Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Misheard lyric: "Wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night."
Real lyric: "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night."

Every time I hear that song, I get a chuckle.

Sidebar: use of the phrase 'curly wurly' is inexcusable, full stop.

[JonFromMaplewood]

While we're on this topic, what was the ruling on "pompatus" anyway? Did anyone ever get a straight answer from Steve Miller on this?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/972/in-steve-millers-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love

Thanks McPhee. Now that I know it comes from the deeply disturbing "puppetutes," I wish I still didn't know what the word meant.  But I will be using "pizmotality" on a regular basis now.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I am reviving this thread to ask a somewhat related question of the FOT community: Can anyone explain what the hell is going on in the skit at the beginning of Ghostface Killah's "More Fish" album?  What it seems like to me (as weird as it may seem):

-Ghost is at a 2007 New Year's Eve party.
-He is talking to a "friend" although it sounds like some animosity lurks just beneath the surface.
-Friend mentions how he hurt his foot in 2007.
-Ghost remembers the hurt foot and how the friend put peanut butter on his toes(?) Ghost finds the memory of this hilarious.
-Friend becomes enraged at this. He is embarrassed.
-Starts yelling at Ghost.
-As the countdown to 2007 starts, more dirty laundry comes out...Ghost owes the person money.

Could that possibly be right? If I am right, then it is insane.

[methanolcereal]

I am reviving this thread to ask a somewhat related question of the FOT community: Can anyone explain what the hell is going on in the skit at the beginning of Ghostface Killah's "More Fish" album?  What it seems like to me (as weird as it may seem):

-Ghost is at a 2007 New Year's Eve party.
-He is talking to a "friend" although it sounds like some animosity lurks just beneath the surface.
-Friend mentions how he hurt his foot in 2007.
-Ghost remembers the hurt foot and how the friend put peanut butter on his toes(?) Ghost finds the memory of this hilarious.
-Friend becomes enraged at this. He is embarrassed.
-Starts yelling at Ghost.
-As the countdown to 2007 starts, more dirty laundry comes out...Ghost owes the person money.

Could that possibly be right? If I am right, then it is insane.

Friend = Tracy Morgan

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

When the lights go down in the city...I wanna be there in my sedan

Yup I thought he said sedan.