Misconstrued song lyrics.

[ski diva]

Ever hear a song and thought the lyrics said one thing when they actually said another?

Don't be shy. Post your miscontrued lyrics here.

When I was little, I thought the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA" was "Servin' USA." Hey, this was the Viet Nam era. They could have been singing about the miliary, couldn't they? :D

I also thought there was a line in the Monkees' song "I'm a Believer" that went "when I needed sunshine on my brain." How about that -- a song about vitamin D deficiency! Instead, the actual lyrics were "when I needed sunshine, I got rain."

And more recently I thought Gwen Stefani's "Ain't no Hollaback Girl" was "Ain't No Harm in That, Girl." My daughter set me straight. (Though now we say "ain't no harm in that" all the time.)

I can't be the only one out there who's done this. What about you?

 

[num]

A friend's band has a song called "Unamastasta" as a tribute to the fact that a member of the band initially thought that in Love Rollercoaster they were actually saying "Unamastasta, your love" and that Unamastasta was the name of the girl. Not sure how he thought that, but I agree with them naming a song in his honor.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

WOW SkiDiva! This is SO my Thread!

I am FAMOUS for messing up lyrics!

I'll post a couple:

Ebony & Ivory: "Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side, oh my god oh.....keyboard oh lord why don't we!"

"We are the champions my friend. And we'll keep them lighting to the end." (what the heck does this mean?)

From Fiddler on the Roof (when I was a little girl): "Who may I ask is Master of this house and does the fancy living and washes the fancy clothes." huh?


I have SO MANY MORE......

 

[Lola]

One time, way back in the olden golden days . . . I came home from high school and Lil was ironing. As she was ironing, she was singing to herself . . . "Gimme two steps, gimme two steps mister, gimme two steps towards the door . . ." from Lynyrd Skynard's song named Gimme Three Steps. I was 15 and I was so embarrassed for her! I mean . . . gawd . . . couldn't she count to three?

Anyway, that's me tattling on someone else's messed-up lyrics.

 

[Lilgeorg]

I still get confused about how many steps he wanted to that door!!!

 

[SnowHot]

I was raised in a totally naive household.
When I was about 12 one of our family's friends took me and my older sister to see Grease.
I thought the song lyrics were fun, so I went around singing them all the time
Grease Lightening..........There are so many things in the lyrics to that song that I didn't get right, and "didn't get" back then, and I only admit this with a totally red face.
There, now I'm embarrassed, are you happy?

I guess the fact that I didn't "get it" back then is a testament to a good country girl upbringing.

Go, greased lightnin', you're burnin' up the quarter mile
Greased lightnin', go greased lightnin'
Go, greased lightnin', you're coastin' through the heat lap trials
Greased lightnin', go greased lightnin'
You are supreme, the chicks'll scream for greased lightnin'

We'll get some purple French tail lights and thirty-inch fins, oh yeah
A palomino dashboard and duel muffler twins, oh yeah
With new pistons, plugs, and shocks, I can get off my rocks
You know that I ain't braggin', she's a real puss/hy wagon - greased lightnin'

orange letters denote the way I thought it was.:o

 

[Pequenita]

I'm guilty of not listening to lyrics, even though I sing them (and usually get them right). For me, lyrics are a vehicle for expressing song. BUT, I do remember one time in middle school I was singing Iko Iko with the correct words, and a friend of mine said, "Ohhhhh! I always thought they were saying "My black boy and your black boy, sitting by the fire, my black boy said to your black boy I'm gonna set your flag on fire."

It's supposed to be flag boy. :D

 

[ski diva]

There's gotta be others out there!

 

[Sheena]

I had a friend who thought that the flashdance song lyrics said "take your pants off" and not "take your passion...."

I know there are lyrics I have "misheard", but need to remember which songs they were.

 

[Swamp Dog]

My husband said "hey honey, here's your song!" Queen's 'Fat Bottom Girls.' 'Scuse me?? He thought it was FLAT Bottom Girls LOL

Never did figure out Blinded By The Light tho.

 

[SkiNurse]

IAnd more recently I thought Gwen Stefani's "Ain't no Hollaback Girl" was "Ain't No Harm in That, Girl

Now, your words make more sense then hers!:ROTF:

 

[Jenny]

Never did figure out Blinded By The Light tho.

Even after reading the real lyrics in the "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" book these still don't make sense!

 

[Shellski]

Remember that 80's Go-Go's hit, Alex the Seal??

 

[Kiragirl]

Even after reading the real lyrics in the "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" book these still don't make sense!

Blinded by the light---I thought the line was "revved up like a deuce"

and isn't the other one "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" (Hendrix)

 

[num]

Blinded by the light---I thought the line was "revved up like a deuce"

He's totally saying douche

 

[Kiragirl]

oh, well it's been a while

Even tho I've always preferred live music or the old reel to reel because it has better music sound quality, I can understand lyrics so much better on CDs.

 

[num]

Oh, I was kidding, he says deuce. It just sounds a lot like douche, which I find amusing.

 

[SueNJ]

Okay, this one's for us "oldies" but I used to date a guy who thought when he was younger that the line "dancin' with the chick in slacks" in the song Twisting the Night Away was "dancin' with the chicken slacks" and he was completely puzzled as to what chicken slacks looked like.

 

[BackCountryGirl]

My Go-Go's hit wasn't "Alex the Seal," it was "Promise I'll See Ya."

 

[Lilgeorg]

I am so embarassed. I thought an old Marc Anthony song was about "Tiny Timbone" instead of "I need to know"