Misheard Lyrics

[sic]ofOrdinary · 09-19-2010, 03:30 PM

Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria is a learning experience in distinguishing and interpreting music. I would have to say that until I understood his voice I had a heck of a time with every track. I can't set aside specific examples other than:

In the song Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial) I most commonly mistook several parts in the ending chorus, most notably:

"

Quote:

Cause I'm...
Ten Speed, of God's Blood & Burial [x7]
Ten Speed, of God's Blood

What I would actually sing out loud was:

Quote:

Cause I'm...
Ten Speed, God's Wrong He Married A Whore [x7]
Ten Speed, and God's WRONG!!!

..whoops

Flyingpig437 · 10-16-2010, 12:21 PM

I'm glad to find out that Thom Yorke isn't sing 'benediction benediction' repeatedly in 2+2=5 like i thought

Howard the Duck · 07-02-2011, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyingpig437

I'm glad to find out that Thom Yorke isn't sing 'benediction benediction' repeatedly in 2+2=5 like i thought

isn't he?

some of mine:-

"she was doing it "benignly"" (actually "better than me") - Sam Cooke - My Baby Loves to Cha Cha Cha

"Death Row! "Water Buffalo!"" ("What a Bummer, No?") - Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

"she's got more honey than the bees can bring, she gives me more riches than chimpubbay" (I still dunno what's the original) - My Girl - The Temptations

"Thank you, Phua Chu Kang (Singaporean sitcom character) ("you're far too kind") - Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Numb

lily · 10-16-2010, 02:24 PM

There are so many ... I think most of them would be from my youth though. The lyrics are so easy to find nowadays with the internet, but unless they were printed in the sleeve back in the day, you had to work it out for yourself.

I'd say 'kiss this guy' would be the most misheard one, and I must admit, I was guilty of it too.. [I expect I don't need to elaborate on that one, but just in case - Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix] There's actually a site called kiss this guy dot com.. with a whole load of them... some are hilarious.

IndianInMoscow · 10-16-2010, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by lily

There are so many ... I think most of them would be from my youth though. The lyrics are so easy to find nowadays with the internet, but unless they were printed in the sleeve back in the day, you had to work it out for yourself.

Didn't your local stock Smash Hits?

lily · 10-17-2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianInMoscow

Didn't your local stock Smash Hits?

Yeah, but I wasn't a 'pop music' kind of kid, so my magazine of choice was Kerrang!

Howard the Duck · 07-02-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by IndianInMoscow

Didn't your local stock Smash Hits?

i did go through a phase of buying Smash Hits, but that was only during my synth-pop faze, so I never had problems with lyrics to songs in 84 to 85

a local magazine called "Movie News" also printed lyrics (go figure!)

Trollheart · 02-14-2022, 03:16 PM

Ah ! I see the merging goblins have all under control. Splendid, splendid.

agenderlessnerd · 03-02-2023, 01:41 PM

This is kind of embarrassing but I mishear part of ‘Moon Over Parma’ every time I watch episodes of “The Drew Carey Show” that have it as the theme song.

The correct lyrics are ‘we’re going bowling so don’t lose her in Solon’ but I always hear ‘don’t lose her in Soulland.’

bugsy2301 · 10-16-2010, 07:05 PM

I always used to think in 'All Along The Watchtower', Hendrix (yeah, I know, I could've just looked up Bob's version) sang 'yeah I was getting laid' instead of 'the hour's getting late'...

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lily Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	There are so many ... I think most of them would be from my youth though. The lyrics are so easy to find nowadays with the internet, but unless they were printed in the sleeve back in the day, you had to work it out for yourself. I'd say 'kiss this guy' would be the most misheard one, and I must admit, I was guilty of it too.. [I expect I don't need to elaborate on that one, but just in case - Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix] There's actually a site called kiss this guy dot com.. with a whole load of them... some are hilarious.

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agenderlessnerd Groupie Join Date: Feb 2023 Location: Drew’s lap Posts: 34	This is kind of embarrassing but I mishear part of ‘Moon Over Parma’ every time I watch episodes of “The Drew Carey Show” that have it as the theme song. The correct lyrics are ‘we’re going bowling so don’t lose her in Solon’ but I always hear ‘don’t lose her in Soulland.’