Songs where your misheard lyric is better than the original

by Nightjar Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:53 pm

A John Grant song called "Love is Magic" been going around my head so I looked at the lyrics.

Anyway, there's a line that I thought went...

"And this Thing crawled into the sea
Is it always what you thought It would be?"

However, it would appear that the lyric is actually...

"And this thing called Intimacy
Is it always what you thought It would be?"

I believe that my version is vastly superior because it makes me think of the Loch Ness Monster.

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by Guest Wed May 01, 2019 7:37 pm

Jethro Tull wrote:
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run, hey, Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck, oh, Aqualung

Oh, I though he said 'spitting out pieces of broken lung.'

by Guest Wed May 01, 2019 7:43 pm

Greg Lake wrote:
Cat's foot iron claw
Neurosurgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door
Twenty first century schizoid man

Oh, I though it was his 'my paranoia's as high as a door.'

by Guest Wed May 01, 2019 7:45 pm

I also thought it was Little Children Scream for more, but that's not as good as Neurosurgeons Scream for more.

hmn

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Jun 15, 2019 5:30 pm

On Alcoholic by Starsailor, I always thought he was singing, "I was looking for another you and I found another war," but it turns out he's singing, "I was looking for another you and I found another one." My lyrics are better. box

by Guest Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:52 am

On Maggie May, real lyrics:

All you did was wreck my bed, and in the morning, kick me in the head
Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more

I thought his Rodness sang

All you did was rape my head.

shifty

by Fangirl Three Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:00 am

Billy Ocean's classic Go And Get Stuffed.

by Nightjar Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:51 pm

What with my (probably excessive) listening to Neko Case of recent - and particularly the tune "Margaret vs Pauline" - I was struck by one lyric I'd obviously misheard...

I thought it was:

"Gregory's mistaken for the thrashing in the lake"

It is in reality:

"Her bravery's mistaken for the thrashing in the lake"

I don't know whether that's better or not though.

Quite possibly not.

shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:27 pm

Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time).

"And I tried not to stare when I looked at her tulips."

by cosmictanya Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:45 am

When a man loves a woman - "he'd give up all his Converse and sleep out in the rain". No wonder my love life has been rocky - nobody ever gave up their Converse for me.

Gabrielle, Dreams - "brain scans are cheap, you know you've got to have one, you know you've got to be strong". A song about a tragic illness and getting to the doctor on time, so I thought.

by cosmictanya Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:16 am

Fangirl Three wrote:Billy Ocean's classic Go And Get Stuffed.

That had me laughing to myself, in an otherwise empty room, for an inordinate length of time.

by Fangirl Three Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:15 am

We reach

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:00 pm

I have just seen the lyrics for Cockney Rebel's Judy Teen.

They are genuinely terrible.

I always thought that, at the end of the chorus he was singing, "Schneiderzhappie!" and that it was some sort of German word that I don't understand.

It turns out he's singing, "She made us happy."

That is rubbish.

Made all the more rubbish by the way he sings it.

Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:35 pm

"Bees came upon me and it leaves me weak." The Hollies.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:10 pm

"Michelle, ma belle. Sont les morts qui vont tres bien ensemble."
shifty

by Guest Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:15 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:On Alcoholic by Starsailor, I always thought he was singing, "I was looking for another you and I found another war," but it turns out he's singing, "I was looking for another you and I found another one." My lyrics are better.

I prefer the other ones. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:29 pm

For a long time, I genuinely thought he was singing, "The dancing shadows on the wall, the toaster in the hall, are all I've seen since you've been gone." at 2:02. shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Dec 26, 2019 10:30 pm

Nothing says, "Heartbreaking loss," more than a toaster in the hall. sad yes

by Nightjar Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:26 am

Perhaps Jeff's missus has ordered him to put said toaster - that she forgot to take when they were dividing up what things were who's when they split up - in the hall, in a cardboard box, ready for her to take when she turns up later?

And perhaps she also forgot to take one of those motorised revolving lamps that cast nice shadows on the wall, so that's there as well? dunno

by Guest Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:47 am

Ready to Parley, as in talk and sorting things out not fighting in a Dancehall Styleé.

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