Misunderstood song lyrics?

[CARAMELTINK]

Put the penny on the chess.....(Benny & the Jets....Elton John)

 

[SeeDisney]

This is a good thread. I probably have a whole bunch of songs but can only think of one....


The recent song of Hollerback Girl --- I always thought the singer was saying "Harlem Black Girl". When I saw the video of this song then I realized my mistake.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Last year a friend went to Disney with us & we rented a car. On our way to Cocoa Beach a song by Gwen Stepani came on the radio & my youngest ds was singing along with it. The line he was singing was "I ain't no holla back girl", except he was saying "I ain't no harlem black girl". We corrected him once we realized what he saying

 

[meryll83]

When I was younger I used to be a bit confused about the lyrics in Bananarama's Love In The First Degree.
I misunderstood "coz I'm guilty as a girl could be" for "coz I'm guilty as a cocoa bean".

I also had a friend at school who confused Don't Cry for Me Argentina lyrics. She thought "all through my wild days, my mad existence" was "all through my wild days, my mad eight sisters".

Ah, crazy youths that we were!

 

[meryll83]

I have friends with whom I go on Splash Mountain and sing "How do you do? Fine, how are you? Pretty good, show us your bone."

I know people who sing "Pretty good, show us your b*lls"

I though of another - Gala, Freed From Desire.
Real lyrics - "my love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs"
My friends version - "my love has got no money, he's got his trampoline"

Incidentally, this is the same friend who made the Evita error mentioned earlier!

 

[minkydog]

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire has this line

"and children are gonna spy, to see if reindeer really know how to SMILE"

 

[LBelle]

I just had to find out for myself.

I give you Blinded By The Light

Madman drummer bummers
Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder
Feeling kinda older
I tripped a merry-go-round
With the very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it through the night
Some silicone sister
With her manager mister
Told me I've got what it takes
She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly
Came by in her curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride

CHORUS

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
'Cause mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone
Anticyclone rolling stone
Preacher from the east
Says dethrone the dictaphone
Hit it in the funnybone
That's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone
Was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone
Was playing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Sometimes the truth is freakier than the fiction!

That must have been some DRUGGED UP NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck is the stupid song about anyways????

 

[LBelle]

Okay....I just stole this one:Maelstrom Theme song


Disclaimer: Please cover your keyboard with plastic material if you are drinking any beverage!!!!

 

[SamRoc]

Put the penny on the chess.....(Benny & the Jets....Elton John)

My brother in law used to mess up Benny and the jets all the time, instead of:
She's got electric boots a mohair suit

he used to sing:

She's got elecric broom a mohair room!!!

At a Sweet 16 I was shocked to hear the lyrics of Rupees "Tempted to touch" the part where he sings:
Tempted to touch, tempted to touch
Little woman, girl I'm inside your clutch
I thought he was saying something else very naughty!

 

[Acklander]

In 1st grade, while learning the Pledge of Allegiance, instead of "one nation, under God" I thought they were saying "One Nation, Under Dog". I thought it was pretty cool that school children everywhere were doing a Pledge to my favorite cartoon hero.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

In 1st grade, while learning the Pledge of Allegiance, instead of "one nation, under God" I thought they were saying "One Nation, Under Dog". I thought it was pretty cool that school children everywhere were doing a Pledge to my favorite cartoon hero.

In the book " 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy," it's mentioned that some kids once thought that the pledge was "I led the pigeons to the flag..."

 

[jonestavern]

In our family, DSis is notorious for scrambling lyrics. One of our favs her take on Aeorosmith's 'Dude Looks like a Lady" which she garbled into "Do the funky lady".
Yes, she loved that song--often sang it at the top of her lungs-- & thought it was all about a dance
Yes, it was her own lyrics throughout the rest of the song, too

Jean

 

[ckay87]

All of Bohemian Rhapsody. Although, I don't know...maybe I'm not actually misunderstanding it.

"I see a little silhouette of a man - he's got a moose, got a moose can he do the fandango...."

Is that right?

 

[LadyyRedd]

All of Bohemian Rhapsody. Although, I don't know...maybe I'm not actually misunderstanding it.

"I see a little silhouette of a man - he's got a moose, got a moose can he do the fandango...."

Is that right?

LOL...it's actually sacramouch! I had to look it up because I didn't know either. Check out this site http://www.queenwords.com/lyrics/songs/sng11_01.shtml

Kimya

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I generally mess up all the words, but the only one I remember off the top of my head was the Beatles "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds" I always thought the part about the girl with kaleidoscope eyes was saying the girl with colitis goes by. I could never figure why they would sing about something like that.

As far as Holla Back Girl, I thought it was "aint no whole laid back girl"

Jen

 

[snowwite]

I just had to find out for myself.

I give you Blinded By The Light

Madman drummer bummers
Indians in the summer
With a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps
His way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder
Feeling kinda older
I tripped a merry-go-round
With the very unpleasing
Sneezing and wheezing
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it through the night
Some silicone sister
With her manager mister
Told me I've got what it takes
She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break
And go-kart Mozart
Was checking out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly
Came by in her curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride

CHORUS

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
'Cause mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone baritone
Anticyclone rolling stone
Preacher from the east
Says dethrone the dictaphone
Hit it in the funnybone
That's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone
Was standing in the corner
Watching the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone
Was playing with his frozen zone
Reminding him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground

CHORUS

Sometimes the truth is freakier than the fiction!

Funny, I still havent a clue what they were trying to say!

 

[snowwite]

LOL...it's actually sacramouch! I had to look it up because I didn't know either. Check out this site http://www.queenwords.com/lyrics/songs/sng11_01.shtml

Kimya

I always thought it was skalaboush. Pretty funny!

 

[TDC Nala]

All of Bohemian Rhapsody. Although, I don't know...maybe I'm not actually misunderstanding it.

"I see a little silhouette of a man - he's got a moose, got a moose can he do the fandango...."

Is that right?

If it is, so is "Spare him his life from his warm sausage tea."

Or even "That Albert Brooks has a devil of a cyborg knee."

 

[Tink_Or_Belle]

sadly my family is full of them... as a kid my older brother would sing along with the song
One less Set of Footsteps by Jim Croce it says "one less pair of Jeans upon your door... he said it "one less pair of Cheese upon your door"

In John Denvers Country Roads rather than Mountain Mama he sand "mountain Palmer"


my younger brother liked the Beatles Classic "Got To Get You into My Wife" talk about giving the song a whole new meaning
He also likes a song "When Your In Love with a Beautiful Watchband"

My own Children however sing
"I Can see Clearly Now the rain has gone I can see All Ostriches in My Way"
and
The other day Ryan started yelling PLay "Jungle Gym" mom after a while of trying to think through sings I asked him to sing it and he did "Dirty Knees... Jungle Gym" (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) he is only 3 guess I'm glad he doesn;t know the real words

 

[laughinplace199]

From Kenny Rogers' You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille

correct: You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
Four hungry children...

my cousin thought it was: You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
Four hundred children...