misheard lyrics

My best friend still believes that the Rolling Stones were singing "I'll never be your big suburban" instead of "I'll never be your beast of burden".

joann

In the song "hey ya" by Outkast i thought the lyrics "lend me some sugar, i am your neighbor" were "lend me some sugar, i am your savior!"

I always thought to myslef... c'mon, just give him the stupid sugar. After all he DID save you.

hand over the sugar

Someone I knew in school thought the lines to the Rolling Stones song "Shattered" were, "Don't you know the prime rate's going up, up, up, up, UP?" instead of the "crime rate." He thought it was about being a stockbroker.

Ivy C.

When I was little I loved that show Fraggle Rock..and at the end of the theme song, on of the Fraggle's says, "Down at Fraggle Rock!" And little me thought it was "Damn it Fraggle Rock!" Yeah...I got in trouble for that one...

bk

I've heard many rumors about people doing covers of songs and butchering the lyrics. Here are some I've come across:

The ever-so-popular "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" ("Excuse me while I kiss the sky"--Jimi Hendrix)

"Baking Carrot Biscuits" ("Taking Care of Business"--Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

"Last night I dreamt of some bagels" ("Last night I dreamt of San Pedro"--Madonna)

"I've got shoes; they're made of plywood" ("I've got chills; they're multiplying"--Grease)

Stendy

I know I'm not alone with this one:

No matter how many times I listen to "Help Me Rhonda," by the Beach Boys, I still hear the same strange phrase at the beginning:

"Well since she put me down, there's been owls pukin' in my bed."

I just looked up the lyrics and found out they're actually: "Well since she put me down I’ve been out doin’ in my head."

HUH?! That makes even less sense! I'm going to stick with my version.

Stendy

Eifel 65 - Blue

I'm Blue (if I was green I would die...)

[I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba di.]

Matt

Hold me closer, Tony Danza.
Kill hitch-hikers on the highway.
Tie them up with strips of linen
"Who's the Boss," is what you say.

Too embarassed to leave a name

i thaught the michael jackson song billy jean song said Janet's not my son

Anon

My buddy and I used to believe that the National Anthem asked "Jose, can you see?" They sang it at baseball games so we thought it was about the baseball player Jose Conseco. And yes, we thought Jose Conseco was blind.

Paul Schreiber

I used to think that in the song Spanish Train, Chris de Burgh said, His family were dying, melting prayers before he died.

I knew this didn't make sense, but I had no clue what else it might be, certainly not, knelt in prayer.

Theresa

I believed that the Blue song "All rise" went "1 for the money and the free rides, 2 for the lager cheques - denied!" (it's actually "2 for the lie that you denied")
I thought it was about someone trying to buy beer with a cheque, but it was rejected.

Katie

I used to believe that Pat Benatar's song "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" was called "Heavyweight Confession!" I thought it was about someone who REALLY had a lot to confess! If you listen to it when she sings the chorus she does blend the words together. I still like my version better, although I won't sing along to this song when it comes on the radio!

Karen

That the Rolling Stone's sang "bye, bye Horses; Couldn't drag me away"

To me it seemed a bit woosy that such a rock group seemed to be so sentimental about loosing their horses.

It wasnt until later when i was singing it that my father kindly corrected me.

turns out it was "Wild Horses".

Mine is so much better.

Gill M

For years I thought the first line of the song 'Word up' was 'bald headed ladies around the world' when it's actually 'Yo, pretty ladies around the world'.

Big Andy

I used to believe in the Cysco song "Let me see your thong" he said let me see your thumb.

Anymous

When my son was young, probably 5 (Now 25 years old) He was singing Bommmmmmmb the USA. Instead of Born in the USA by Bruce Sprinsteen.

Anon

You know the eifel65 song "Im blue da be da ba di"
I thought he said "I'm blue I'm in need of a guy"

Anna

In the Blink 182 song "What's my age again?" he says "I wore cologne, to get the feeling right."
Weeeellll.... I thought that it was "I walk alone to get the feeling right."
My mom was like "Umm... why would walking ALONE help him get the feeling right, Kelsi?"

Kelsi [walks alone]

in the Beastie Boys song 'Intergalactic' they sing 'another dimension' but it's so distorted that one can easily hear 'I have an erection'

Victor Romijn