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MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#276: Feb 25th 2013 at 10:09:36 PM

[up] I had kind of a similar one for "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins - "hipsters unite" -> "hamsters unite"

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#277: Mar 2nd 2013 at 7:10:49 AM

[up] Speaking of the Pumpkins - I finally learned that the first line of "1979" is "Shakedown 1979" and not "Shagged out in 1979", and the repeated line in the chorus of "Cherub Rock" is "Who wants (that) honey" and not "Who walks behind me".

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#278: Mar 3rd 2013 at 10:49:26 AM

I just remembered one from a long time ago: the Transformers theme song. It actually goes "Transformers, robots in disguise." But I used to think it was "Transformers, robots in the skies."

The first time I heard the song was in a commercial that only featured Transformers that turned into planes, so my interpretation still fit.

edited 3rd Mar '13 10:49:41 AM by Zarek

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#280: Mar 4th 2013 at 5:08:58 PM

A common one I find is whenever someone says "Touch the Sky" or some variant (Using Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime" as an example). I always become juvenile and mishear them say "Touch this guy" instead.

Also, from "Rock N' Roll Fantasy" by Bad Company:

At the very beginning (when they say "Here come the jesters, 1-2-3"). I always hear "Jesters" as "Jetsons". Don't ask me why, I just do!

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#281: Mar 23rd 2013 at 9:26:22 AM

It's apparently a pretty common one, but in "When I Come Around" by Green Day, I always hear "so don't knock down my door" as "sell donuts at my door".

Before I knew the title, I heard Iggy Pop's "Lust For Life" as "Last One Alive". It actually sort of makes sense with the rest of the song if you take it as a boast about being a survivor.

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#282: Mar 23rd 2013 at 3:25:15 PM

[up][up]See, in "In the Summertime", I always here "You can stretch right up", the line right before that, as a series of slurred, nonsense syllables.

edited 23rd Mar '13 3:25:27 PM by 0dd1

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Robotnik Since: Aug, 2011
#283: Mar 23rd 2013 at 7:38:30 PM

I always misheard a lyric in "Cheesburger in Paradise" as "Worth every dime that I've sacrificed" rather than "Worth every damn bit of sacrifice". The former makes just as much sense, if not more so.

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#284: Mar 27th 2013 at 12:12:46 PM

I know it's a tired joke, but I still keep hearing Nightwish's Wishmaster wrong. To my ears, it goes something like "Master, Apprentice, Hot Porn, Seventh Seagull..." [lol]

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DemonSharkKisame Since: May, 2009
#285: Mar 27th 2013 at 6:53:52 PM

It's likely a side-effect of the song itself being really fast, but Nuclear Assault's "Hang the Pope" sounds more like "butterball" repeated quickly.

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
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#287: Apr 3rd 2013 at 11:21:10 AM

In Violent Pornography by System Of A Down, I misheard "everybody cries" as everybody grinds", which kind of works actually. Also, in Smothered Hope by Skinny Puppy I thought "life shifts up and down" was "blood shit up and down" at first, which also kind of works considering it IS Skinny Puppy.

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#288: Apr 10th 2013 at 3:09:30 PM

'The Rockerfeller Skank' came on the radio today, and I remembered how a friend once told me that the first time he heard the song, he was surprised a song that consisted of a Cluster F-Bomb managed to get on the radio - he had heard "the funk soul brother" as "who the fuck's your brother?".

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#289: Apr 10th 2013 at 3:29:08 PM

[up]I heard that line as "the punk soul rebels".

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#290: Apr 10th 2013 at 6:44:20 PM

I'm not sure I ever misheard anything in that, but I was never quite able to decipher the lyrics of "Weapon of Choice" aside from "make love to the angels" (which made no real sense to me out of context), possibly because of the demon voice of the singer.

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#291: Apr 11th 2013 at 9:04:03 AM

I always heard the "Cleopatra Theme" from the band Cleopatra as "Mrs Thatcher, Comin' Atcha".

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MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#292: Apr 11th 2013 at 11:10:20 AM

Somehow I got Giraffes In The Air in my head today - the song is "Ass Up" by Barracuda, and naturally the lyric is really "put your ass up in the air".

I only heard "22" by Taylor Swift just recently, and aside from the "dress up like hamsters" part, I hear the title drop as "I don't know about you, but I'm feeling sweaty too".

edited 14th Apr '13 12:07:18 AM by MikeK

Flanker66 Dreams of Revenge from 30,000 feet and climbing Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
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#293: Apr 16th 2013 at 4:17:01 PM

Though the misheard lyrics aren't funny, I found out recently that I've been mishearing When You Were Young by Del Amitri since childhood.

From the top:


They drained the pool/While you drowned in the dream

became

They drained the pool/While you drowned in the drink


They bought your beauty and your soul/Then softly sold you back what they stole

became

Give up your pity and your soul/Then softly soldier by what they stole


And down nostalgia's rocky road

Transformed into the inexplicable

And down your stowgers like your woe

To this day I have no idea what a "stowger" is or why you would wear one.


And finally

Sometimes your lack of sympathy gets hard to explain/So on your mask of make up just paint/A little parody of pain

was misheard as

Sometimes your lack of sympathy gets hard to explain/So on your masquerade make up you just paint/"I don't know how to feel pain"


The weird part? It still forms a somewhat logical plotline. Aside from the "stowger" thing. Forget that.

And as a bonus:

I misheard the following line of Magnum's Vigilante:

Better call the vigilante

As:

Don't call the bitch a lantern

I've no idea why calling someone a lantern would be so bad. And even though I now know the true lyrics, I still mishear it. Argh.

For reference, in both of these songs the singer doesn't really enunciate clearly (or at least they get partially drowned out by the music).

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#294: Apr 17th 2013 at 2:04:17 AM

Don't call the bitch a lantern

[lol][lol][lol][lol] Mind if I use that in an actual song?

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#295: Apr 25th 2013 at 2:54:23 AM

The opening line of "Halloween" by Helloween is "Masquerade, masquerade!" I heard this as "Masturbate, masturbate!"

MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#296: Apr 25th 2013 at 4:30:43 PM

I first heard "I've Got A Notion" by Emergency Music without looking at the song title and heard the Title Drop was "I've got an ocean" - I think "I've got an ocean in my mind" would actually be kind of a cool lyric.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#297: Apr 26th 2013 at 4:44:24 AM

Back in 2008 or so, around the time Lady Gaga burst into the scene, I misheard a song called "Damaged" as "damnit!".

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#298: Apr 26th 2013 at 4:59:32 AM

Heard David Guetta, Akon & Ne-Yo's "Play Hard" the other day. Misheard "a hustler's work is never through" as "our house's work is never through". Poor, naive me.

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#299: Apr 26th 2013 at 2:34:46 PM

[up][up]That song, I believe, is by the Pussycat Dolls.

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#300: Apr 26th 2013 at 2:55:03 PM

Mind if I use that in an actual song?

Go right on ahead! It makes me feel all warm and tingly inside that my perpetual inability to hear songs correctly might actually go toward something useful.

Kind of curious what context would cause "Don't call the bitch a lantern!" to make sense, though.

edited 26th Apr '13 2:55:52 PM by Flanker66

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