Misunderstood song lyrics?

[TheGoofster]

For the longest time as a kid I thought that the words to "We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun" were actually "We had joy we had fun we went streaking in the sun".

 

[Imzadi]

There is now an XM radio commercial that airs now with this female singer that kind of sounds Joanie Mitchell-ish. I don't know the song. She sings something that sounds like:
"If I F**** you up..."
Then she *allegedly* repeats the lyrics more distinctly and it's something like, "If I found you out..."

Somehow, I always think she IS actually saying what I think she's saying the first time around - & she & XM radio are pulling a fast one over the censors.


Then there's the old England Dan and John Ford Coley song of the '80s - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Where he's singing:

"I'm not talking about moving in
and I don't want to change your life
but there's a warm wind blowing, the stars are out,
and I really love to see you tonight"

I always thought he sang, "I'm not talking about the Millennium..."

 

[LindsayDunn228]

As of late, Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back"

Go head, be gone with it

*I was singing (and wondering why would he write a lyric that made NO sense)*

Go hippie, go with it

 

[ducklite]

Probably the most misunderstood lyric of all time...

The Manfred Mann rendition of Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light."

Many thought the lyric said "Yeah, he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a douche, another runner in the night."

The actual lyric was "Yeah, he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night."

I can remember some radio stations actually banning the song over misunderstood lyrics.

Anne

 

[HeatherFeather]

DH told me when he was a kid they had a Steve Miller Band album that had the song "Big Old Jet Airliner". He believed the main line, which actually WAS big old jet airliner was "big old Chad had a light on." Whenever the song plays, he still sings his own special lyrics.....loudly.

 

[Emme]

This thread was hysterical .

My sister-in-law thought the lyrics from the Eagles "Hotel California" was...
"She had a lot of Fritzy Fritzy boys, she calls friends." Instead of "pretty pretty boys."

Also, a friend in High School thought Hall & Oats "Maneater" was really "She's a Bandita."

 

[starwood]

I can't believe no one has mentioned "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival.

"There's a bad moon on the rise"

"There's a bathroom on the right".

 

[Tazicket]

I have quite a few- but I'll just list a couple for now!
song: "Let's Get Drunk and be Somebody"
real lyric: "drivin' from work in our ordinary cars"
what I heard: "drivin' from work in our old dairy cars
DH had to correct me on that one.

This one was my Dad's
song: "Would you like to Swing on a Star" (I think that's what it's called)
real lyric: "Would you like to swing on a star, carry moon beams home in a jar"
what he heard: "Would you like to swing on a star. And Carrie Moon Beam's home in a jar."
For years he wondered who the heck Carrie Moon Beam was and why was he home in a jar...

 

[Reflection]

What a funny thread! One of my misunderstood lyrics--Billie Jean by Michale Jackson, I thought he was saying Billie Jean is not my glove.

 

[LOVETHATMOUSE]

DH told me when he was a kid they had a Steve Miller Band album that had the song "Big Old Jet Airliner". He believed the main line, which actually WAS big old jet airliner was "big old Chad had a light on." Whenever the song plays, he still sings his own special lyrics.....loudly.

My DH and my cousin used to sing it as "Big hotel with the light on"

Also, Our friends and us were listening to the radio on our way to Disney one time and they had a guy on that thought ..."My angel is a centerfold" was actually "my anus is a center hole". We nearly crashed we were laughing so hard. That has to be the BEST misinterpretation of lyrics I have ever heard.

 

[lfeikert]

Billie Jean by Michale Jackson, I thought he was saying Billie Jean is not my glove.

That is too funny! I can picture the video in my head and put those lyrics to it and it is hilarious!


My best friend in high school thought that Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar on Me (which is kind of strange to begin with!) was "Awesome city every day." I can still see the moment when we were singing along to the radio and I looked at her and said "What in the world did you just say??"

Aahhh, memories!

 

[luvflorida]

DS25 and DD16 were headed to the mall the other day, and DD was playing a song for him. In the song they sing, "I can make you dance", but DS thought they were singing, "I can make you pants".

Evidently, he looked at his sister and said what a weird thing to sing about, making pants. I guess they had a good laugh when she told him the real lyrics, especially after he shared his visual of a roomful of kids in a sweatshop making pants and singing about it.

 

[Becky2005]

What a funny thread! One of my misunderstood lyrics--Billie Jean by Michale Jackson, I thought he was saying Billie Jean is not my glove.

that would almost make sense with the mistaken lyric for him.

All of these are hilarious as I do recall several of them myself as when they sang it you almost had to do a double-take to listen closely.

 

[luvtogo12]

Back when Beast of Burden came out a friend of mine thought they were singing "I don't want to be your pizzza burning".

 

[Stepharoonie!]

For years I thought Elton John (in "Tiny Dancer") was saying, "Hold me close, I'm tired of dancing."

 

[AmyJ of Ca]

My son would kill me for posting this (he's 9) but when he was about 2 he used to sing "It's a small world at the mall" instead of.....ok I won't say it so everyone doesn't get that song stuck in you head all day but you know what song I'm talking about.

 

[LadyyRedd]

For years I thought Elton John (in "Tiny Dancer") was saying, "Hold me close, I'm tired of dancing."

Phoebe Buffay called that the Tony Danza song! ("Hold me close, Tony Danza")

When I was younger, I thought Janet Jackson's "Miss You Much" was "Mishy Mush".

Also, when I was in middle school, New Kids on the Block was huge and one of their songs is "I'll be Loving You Forever" that has a line that says "All this love's for you and me" and my best friend's mom thought they were saying "All this slut's for you and me".

Kimya

 

[Cantw8]

Peter Townsend's Let My Love Open the Door....I thought it was Let Milo open the door, I always wondered who the heck is Milo

 

[Sparx]

Hooray, I get to post Hotel California again.

On a dock, there’s a highway
Cool Whip in my hair
One parapalegic
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
An ocean of light
My head grew hairy and my sack rolled in
I had to stop for the night
Dead fish stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a Ken doll
And she showed me the way
I heard some horses down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Don’t go to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Renting a room at the Hoedown California
Any time you’re here
You can buy me beer.

Her mind was stiff and he twisted
She’s got the worst eighties band
She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys
That she calls Sven
How they dance in the courtyard
Swedes, some are sweat
Sundance to remember
Sundance to forget
So I come to the Hilton
Please bring me my wife
He said
We haven't had that spilled in here since 1969
And still those whatchamacallits from far away
We threw up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Wake up to the oat man, can’t afford ya.
Such a lovely Place
Such a lovely face
Many a room at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
When you’re out of ice

He lives on the ceiling
Pictures of Jim Rice
And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our only vice
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab them while they’re still in ice
But they just can't kill the thief
Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
Good night, said the madman
We are programmed to recede
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

 

[Syrreal]

These two are from my best friend-
The beck song- Perdedor- the line is Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby so why don'y you kill me- He sang is as Soy beans and some corn, I'm a loser baby do why don't you kill me.

And the theme song from The Jeffersons- Oh We're movin' on up- He thought it was Oh Minona! To the east side. I don't know who he thought Minona was!

Oh, I also have a Flashdance one- instead of take your passions (unlike the pp who tought it was take your pants down) I thought it was take your pants off. I still sing it that way!