Yes, it turns out that I'd been singing, "Wear your bra! You sexy thing!" for more than 25 years. When I told Mr.4444 about this, he at first asked, "Are you serious?!" but then confessed to singing Neil Diamond's "Reverend Blue Jeans" for many years before someone set him straight. It happens to everyone, right? Right?
This week, when I told this story to Lisleman, he send me to the the link, Kiss This Guy, where it turns out there is much evidence of music misinterpretation in this world. (Thanks, Lisleman!)
Care to confess yours?
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Ohhh I've got some doozies. But since I never remember the right lyrics, I can't share.
My personal favorite was high school when a friend belted out to Billy Joel's Piano Man "...making love 'til his stomach caves in."
Ummm yeah.
It is getting late, so I can't think of one right now, but I know there has got to be at least one! I do remember though, that when I first came to Alaska I pronounced Ptarmigan with the P! And of course you heard the dinasaur story... Thanks for the cute video!
I am usually a stickler for using the correct lyrics, my husband on the other hand....not so much. He can murder the lyrics of pretty much every song he sings. lol
That's hilarious, but I've done it too. When my sister and I were little we always thought the Rolling Stones song "I'm so hot for her" was "I'm so Huff-a-Fur" We didn't know what that meant, but we happily sang along. In our defense, my dad thought the same thing.
More recently though, I thought the lyrics in the Halo song "I can see your halo" was saying "I can see you hate love". Once I found out the song's name (about a year after I first heard it) did I figure it out
That's hysterical.
As a kid I remember Michael Jackson's Pretty Young Thing and always thought they were singing "3 by 3" instead of "PYT".
Oh I have many such incidents in my life but cannot for the life of me remember any of them right now. Hot Chocolate were the very first group I ever got to go and see in concert - back in the dark ages when I was young :-)
Oh...this is funny...I'll never listen to these songs the same way again.
This is too funny. Hubby will do that, if he doesn't know the lyrics, he'll just make up his own. He's often been hear sayin', "well, you sing it your way and I'll sing it mine." Yep, Frank Sinatra has nothin' on 'Farm Boy' singin' it my way!!!
You have a glorious day Hon!!! :o)
The one my husband still teases me about and that I totally laugh at myself over...
Huey Lewis said that the heart of rock and roll is still beating.
I thought he said the heart of rock and roll was in Phoenix.
I was really confused when they built the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland since the heart of rock and roll was in Phoenix...
I have a bunch! "Changing love" for "Tainted Love". "Turn on the light!" for "Terrible Lie" (Nine Inch Nails- that was back in high school...). "We'll lie on each other...oh oh" for "And we'll rely on each other" (Kenny & Dolly! When I had the lyrics wrong, I would always blush. I was a kid for crying out loud!). Thanks for this fun post!
Yowch, mouse splatter. Funny video. I think we all do that, we think we hear a song word and it is the word we use forever.
That cracks me up b/c it's soooo me! :o)
the lion sleeps tonight - the "Wimoweh" part - my wife told me (now she denies it) that she thought they were singing "your wiener's wet".
I really should play this song when we grill hot dogs.
BTW wikipedia has a very interesting page about this song.
Thanks so much for the shout-out. This is the best in blogging - creating a post triggered by a comment.
So wear your bra you sexy thing.
There's a Ciara Song "1, 2 Step" and at one point she says "...and yes, I flaunt it." And I thought for the longest time that she said "...and yes, I FARTED!" Haha, I never could figure out why she would sing about farting...flaunt it makes so much more sense!
No you didn't. I just can't bear it!
Thanks for the laugh
I showed this to my wife. She said that for years she thought it was Reverend Blue Jeans too. She also thought that Under the Boardwalk was Vanilla Boardwalk. I have so many I got wrong I could go on and on.
Okay, confession time. The song "Dude looks like a lady"...I used to think he sang "Do it like a lady"!
I'm sure I've butchered lyrics. I know I have, I just can't remember which ones right now. But, I used to think the J. Geils Band was the Jake Isles band. Oh well.
LMAO eye watering funny stuff!! Loved your post and the comments!! Now I just have to google the real lyrics for Manfred Mann's "Blinded By the Light". I just know that one part can't be "wake up like a douche"!!! LOL
Ok, Rewed up like a deuce? Now that's nearly as strange as what I thought it was! May as well keep singing it with my version LOL
I can't think of any specifics right now but yeah .... I've been there, done that, own the humiliating T-shirt!
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