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According to a poll by Spotify
Nearly a third of the 1,350 people polled believed that lead singer Annie Lennox sings: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese/Who am I to disagree?" on the Eurythmics' pop classic Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This).
Grammy-winner Rihanna sings "We found Dove in a soapless place" in her 2011 chart-topper
KD Lang's song Constant Craving, which came in third with 20% of votes, were misunderstood as "Can't Stand Gravy".
Whilst some people believed rockers Bon Jovi sing "It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not" in their 1986 hit, Livin' On A Prayer.
Granted an old friend really did think Robert Palmer sang "Might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove" on Addicted To Love the first few times she heard it (granted was a drunken Social).
As a youngster in the days of crackly Radio Luxembourg, for my shame did think Manfred Mann's Earth Band sang Wrapped up like a douche on Blinded by the Light
:sad:
(It's actually "revved up like a deuce" altered from Springsteen's original "cut loose like a deuce", both lyrics referring to the 1960s slang for a 1932 Ford coupé)
Any one else got some they'd care to admit to ?
lol
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By the way, getting technical, these are known as a mondegreen i.e. the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.
e.g. The Two Ronnies comedy skit "Four Candles" is entirely built around mondegreens, including a customer request for "fork handles" being misheard as "four candles
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"are we human or are we Hamsters" ...... wink
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Christina Perri: Jar of Farts.....

Go on, tell me I'm wrong. ;)
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My auld Mam banned us from playing the disco classic "Do You Wanna Funk" By Sylvester

No need to explain why I would think.
Its a hell of a
CHOONthough and would be in my all time top twenty for sure
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A friend of mine used to think Tavares were singing "Heaven must be missing a Jill" dunno
And The Real Thing were singing "Now you`ve got the best of me come on and take the dress off me" rotflmao
And I have to admit I don't understand the lyrics in most of Michael Jacksons songs :dunno:
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Quote by sandybeach1
And The Real Thing were singing "Now you`ve got the best of me come on and take the dress off me" rotflmao

lol I like this version!
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I've got lots and lots of these:
"Oh the Head waiter, oh oh, livin' on a prayer..." - Bon Jovi
"We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the worst attorney" - Billy Joel
"I should have told you that you killed the wrong hen (and from later in the same song) Beat it, Beat It, Show an apple core and beat it, Short hot and Funky..." - Michael Jackson
"I wanna Staple the vicar - you give me love in a Femidom" - We are Family by Sister Sledge (Peter Kay does a routine based on this now).
The Elton John song "Rocket Man - features the line " Rocket Man - Burning out his fuse up here alone" which has been sung as:
"Rocket Man - Burning up the trees on every lawn"
"Rocket Man - Burning up his Fuchsia pheromones"
"Rocket Man - Burning up the shoes of Babylon"
"Rocket Man - Burning up the shoes of everyone"
"Rocket Man - Burning up his views of heaven's home"
My personal favourite due to the sheer number of misheard lyrics throughout the song is:
Miss Egina Bartle by the Police.
"Just across the way, an island looks at Seal
Another lonely day, no-one here but Neil,
More loneliness, any man cut hair
Bust your knee before I fall into this pair-oh
I'll send an SOS to the Wirral
I'll send an SOS to the Wirral
I hope that someone gets my x 3
Miss Egina Bartle x 3
A year has passed since I broke my nose,"
Then from the refrain at the end of the song...
"Send Bernard an SOS..." :-)
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"I should have told you that you killed the wrong hen (and from later in the same song) Beat it, Beat It, Show an apple core and beat it, Short hot and Funky..." - Michael Jackson
See I told you Michael Jackson was hard to understand "OHHHH OHHHHHHH shamon" whatever that means dunno