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Misheard lyrics

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Posted By : Alyerpal | Comments : 40

You thought they were singing something completely different.....


They're featuring this on Rock Radio at the mo, but it made me remember a mate of mine from way back.

He was convinced that in the song 'Passage to Bangkok' by Rush, Geddy was singing 'we've been smoking lebanon' instead of 'wreathed in smoke'!

However - I can better that 'cos upto about a month ago, I thought Greenday were singing....wait for it:

'Another turnip on a fork stuck in the road'!

Every time I heard the song I thought 'what's he on about a turnip for, fekkin' idiot'. OOPS!

Come on, fess up....

Alpurple

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# Posted by Stonecycle - 01/03/2011, 12:35 (GMT)

When I was a kid and heard let me entertain you by robbie williams i misheard these two:

'Your mind gets burned with the habit you've learned' i thought was 'donate your sperm with the habit you've learned'

and 'you gotta get high before you taste the lows' was heard as 'its gotta get hard before you taste the load'.

I was just noticing girls at the time so maybe my mind was pre-occupied? haha


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# Posted by Stonecycle - 01/03/2011, 12:36 (GMT)

and lets not forget the beatles - she's got a chicken to ride, my baby donkey ;)


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# Posted by SThorn2010 - 01/03/2011, 13:21 (GMT)

I used to think that 'Play That Funky Music White Boy' was 'Play That F****ing Music Wide Boy'. But then I am deaf and wear two hearing aids, obviously not wearing them though when listening to this lol!


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# Posted by Havoc 51 - 01/03/2011, 13:34 (GMT)

There's the classics from bohemian Rhapsody.

"Bee-elzibub has the devil for a sideboard" and
"Spare him his life from his Walls sausa-gees"

My eldest was into Fat Boy Slim and used to sing at the top of her voice "Check it out now- vauxhall nova"


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# Posted by Shep - 01/03/2011, 13:37 (GMT)

The Jean Genie.... loves cheesy snacks!!!


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# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 01/03/2011, 14:14 (GMT)

WTF, I had to check that out, I always thought it was cheesy snacks too....pmsl


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# Posted by Crash Course - 01/03/2011, 15:03 (GMT)

I can't be the only one who thought Desmond Dekker sung 'my ears are alight' instead of my Isrealites.....can i ?


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# Posted by Phil E Stein - 01/03/2011, 16:04 (GMT)

Simply Red: "Holding back the ears..."

As kids at school we were all convinced that the line from No More Heroes which actually goes "the watched their Rome burn" was "they washed their own bum". I still sing that live and nobody's pulled me up on it yet.

This reminds me of an interview I read a while back with Lemmy who admitted that out of sheer boredom he'd been singing "the eight of spades" for the previous ten years and no one had noticed. Now that is class, ladies and gents...


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# Posted by Phil E Stein - 01/03/2011, 16:06 (GMT)

Spoken bit in the middle of Thriller (Vincent Price?) where he says "the foulest stench is in the air" is remarkably similar to "the foulest dentures in the air" also.


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# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 01/03/2011, 16:08 (GMT)

Blinded by the Light.....what's the next line...?????
Not that I really give a shit, just curious...


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# Posted by Phil E Stein - 01/03/2011, 16:10 (GMT)

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT! mumble mumble mumble mumble mumble IN THE NIGHT!


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# Posted by Crash Course - 01/03/2011, 16:17 (GMT)

It's :Blinded by the light,Revved up like a deuce,Runner in the night,Blinded by the light....


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# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 01/03/2011, 16:21 (GMT)

Revved up like a deuce ??? what does that mean ???
I thought it was referring to one of those lady's bathing devices, a Douche...!!!!


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# Posted by viking - 01/03/2011, 16:31 (GMT)

two legendary ones-
james marshall - " 'scuse me while i kiss this guy" and david bowie as ziggy stardust-"making love to his eagle" - gives a whole new meaning to "twitching", don't it? ;-D


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# Posted by Alyerpal - 01/03/2011, 16:34 (GMT)

Apparantly it's a street racing term for a particular car in the good old US of A.

AYP


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# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 01/03/2011, 16:37 (GMT)

What is... ''twitching'' or ''Douche'' ????


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# Posted by viking - 01/03/2011, 16:41 (GMT)

@ LGIT -lol! a "twitcher" is a bird watcher-ornithological kind,that is!! :-D


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# Posted by viking - 01/03/2011, 16:48 (GMT)

and,of course, this poor gurl REALLY misheard the lyrics!!! legend!!



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# Posted by Catch Afters - 01/03/2011, 18:50 (GMT)

How about Deep Purples Truth Hurts off Slaves and Masters, opening line; You know my willy's broken.

Also that CND favorite by The Eagles, Theres a nuke hid in town.

Sorry............


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# Posted by Glyn H - 01/03/2011, 18:56 (GMT)

would a deuce be twin carbs?


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# Posted by Glyn H - 01/03/2011, 18:58 (GMT)


this is great!... hamster a dentist hard porn ... LOL


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# Posted by Sandwich Slayer - 01/03/2011, 19:06 (GMT)

is it deuce as in 'little deuce coupe' pronounced coop by Beach Boys.
And what about my favourite Whitesnake song 'Anal love in the heart of the city'


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# Posted by Sandwich Slayer - 01/03/2011, 19:21 (GMT)

Fall Out Boy 'this aint a scene' part of it sounds like 'i'm a little man, I'm also evil, I'm also into cats'


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# Posted by Duke Bocks - 01/03/2011, 19:46 (GMT)

How about in Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town.
"Down at Dinos bar in Rhyl "


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# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 01/03/2011, 19:49 (GMT)

and Stereophonics lyrics, what the f**k are they all about, like the band tho


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# Posted by Phil E Stein - 01/03/2011, 20:10 (GMT)

"Dino's bar in Rhyl"

Sir, I will never listen to that song in the same light again. I take my hat off to you.


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# Posted by Havoc 51 - 01/03/2011, 20:57 (GMT)

Following on from the Whitesnake one "I was born under a backside"


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# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 01/03/2011, 21:00 (GMT)

Massage in a brothel ??? The Police ;-)


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# Posted by the stories - 02/03/2011, 00:19 (GMT)

the manic street preachers are the worst ever to suss out the lyrics but i love em.......more than a feeling ,boston "when i get tired of taking coke ?i though these are a really rock"n"roll band lol!


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# Posted by Navigation Road - 02/03/2011, 09:47 (GMT)

REM 'Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight' chorus

"Comin' in Cheryl Baker land"






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# Posted by Navigation Road - 02/03/2011, 09:49 (GMT)

embarrasingly, i always used to think Talk Talk's 'all you do to me is Talk Talk' was 'are you gonna meet us Talk Talk'


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# Posted by Navigation Road - 02/03/2011, 09:53 (GMT)

someone was commenting to me how they liked one of our gigs, especially 'I feel love'.

As i was pretty sure we hadn't done a donna summer number, further interrogation revealed she meant 'long train running' (without love). Must be my pronunciation!!


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# Posted by James - Metalleeka - 02/03/2011, 11:53 (GMT)

in our rendition of die die my darling... i can be often heard substituting the words" dont fry to tomatoes baby" for the correct line "Don't cry to me oh baby" ;-)


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# Posted by Navigation Road - 02/03/2011, 12:14 (GMT)

my bassist misheard me when i was singing johnny b goode in rehearsal the other week. Instead of 'and you will be a LEADER in a big old band', he thought i'd sung the 'n' word.
I always take care to pronounce line clearly now!!


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# Posted by steve c - 02/03/2011, 18:18 (GMT)

bat out of hell where he sings cilla black fan on ice,also for years i thought graham bonnets night games was mind games,corrected by mr night train


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# Posted by Crazy Train - 02/03/2011, 18:38 (GMT)

Spirit of Radio - I'm not so full of jelly it's really just a question of your honesty...


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# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 02/03/2011, 20:33 (GMT)

U2 - Shamu, the mysterious whale
CCR - there's a bathroom on the right
and, courtesy of Peter Kay with reference to Sister Sledges "We are family" - come on and staple the vicer - we're makin' love in a femidom!!!


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# Posted by Havoc 51 - 02/03/2011, 21:58 (GMT)

There's a line in "I predict a riot" that I change to "dozy Widnesian" without anyone noticing.


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# Posted by JOHNNY MEERKAT - 02/03/2011, 22:03 (GMT)

@Havoc me too it's "Al go on a diet" for me lol


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# Posted by Jump the Shark (Andy) - 03/03/2011, 19:21 (GMT)

This one (can't embed the video)!

http://www.rathergood.com/elephants


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