Misheard Lyrics

[CyberCathy]

May 27, 2011 11:35:27 GMT -4 Auroranorth said:

I always heard Mr. Mister's "Kyrie Eleison" as "carry a laser." I got a Star Wars vibe off of it, and it did kind of make sense in context.

Ooh yes. Same here. When I learned the correct lyrics I thought mine were better anyway. I mean, who doesn't need a laser in the darkness of the night?

[Auroranorth]

May 28, 2011 0:36:52 GMT -4 CyberCathy said:

May 27, 2011 11:35:27 GMT -4 Auroranorth said:

I always heard Mr. Mister's "Kyrie Eleison" as "carry a laser." I got a Star Wars vibe off of it, and it did kind of make sense in context.

Ooh yes. Same here. When I learned the correct lyrics I thought mine were better anyway. I mean, who doesn't need a laser in the darkness of the night?

Oh, good, it wasn't just me.

[cabbagekid]

I've attended plenty of weddings ever since Glee had Bruno Mars' "Marry You" song on their show. I love the song, great beat and all, but one lyric always offended me and it was... "Is it the look in your eyes or is it this dancing jew?"

*hangs head in shame* Of course Bruno Mars would never make an offensive song, he's freaking POP! So anyway, I learned today he was actually singing "dancing juice"

[granolamom]

Cabbagekid, you are not alone! I assume everyone has seen the viral wedding proposal by now--I was puzzled by the dancing Jews, as I always thought it was "dancing shoes"!

[Gigiree]

In the late 90s, there was a popular song on the radio by a band called Cherry Poppin' Daddies (!?!), of which I totally misheard the lyrics. In my defense, I never knew the title of the song, which would have completely changed my perspective of what I was hearing.

My Lyrics
The soup's on fire (Fire!)
Throw back a bottle of beer.
The soup's on fire (Fire!)
bnalskdb slnb eornbnasdlmg (I had no idea what the last line was.)

Actual Lyrics
Zoot suit riot (Riot!)
Throw back a bottle of beer
Zoot suit riot (Riot!)
Pull a comb through your coal black hair.

I mean, whatcha gonna do when the soup's on fire but drink a beer? Made sense to me at the time.

MMS still likes to tease me about this, as he's the one who enlightened me. However, he has his own misheard lyrics from Steve Perry's song "Oh Sherry". He thought Steve was singing, "Oh Sherry, we're on a roll. Hold on! Hold on!" What Steve was actually singing was, "Oh Sherry, our love holds on, holds on."

[Lisa Miller]

My misheard lyrics from Oh Sherrie:

But you know I couldn't leave ya
And I'll never find someone else
Can't you feel it burnin'
On and on

Actual lyrics:

But you know that there's a fever
Oh, that you'll never find nowhere else
Can't you feel it burnin'
On and on
Yeah. I'm a dum dum.

[captain]

The Live Aid Christmas song that came out in the 80's or early 90's (I think).

Actual lyrics: Feed the world

What I heard: Jesus, whoa-o-oa

Last Christmas, I revealed my misunderstood lyrics to my family and there was a moment of silence, then my mom started cracking up and said "I thought the same thing!". The way it played out will go down as one of the funniest moments ever with my family. I almost fell off the chair laughing so hard.

[cabbagekid]

I absolutely love Daft Punk's new song "Get Lucky". I had absolutely no problem deciphering the lyrics upon first listen, then one day my friend tells me she doesn't like it because the song is about "good Mexicans." Of course, I play the song for her because I know that nowhere in the song does it say anything about "good Mexicans." We get to the part where she hears it and now I can't "unhear" it. I hear the song in my car and I find myself singing along to "We're all good Mexicans" even though I know the robot voice is actually singing "We're up all night to get". *sigh*

[Coffeecakes]

It doesn't say We're all good Mexicans? I misheard it too then. lol

[Babycakes]

For the first few weeks, I thought the chorus was saying, "Mexican Love Cheese". People at work have been having a great old time mocking me for that one.