LC Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Then there's this classic commercial re: Elton's "Rocket Man": 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Led Zeppelin "In My Time Of Dying" Right lyric: "I see the smiling faces, I know I must have left some traces" Wrong lyric: "I see the smiling faces, I know I must have left Dick Tracy" Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyCrawford Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I spent a whole summer singing "Raspberry Beret" by Prince as "Rags nothing but rags the kind you find in a second hand store rags nothing but rags and if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 This is a new fav of mine via Phil Block on Pinterest concerning what he thought for so long were the lyrics of GATW: For years I thought it was weird that (EC/Raspberries) sang that a girl told him to "Please Go Away" I mean come on Eric... we're guys...we'd just lie (about what happened). Felt a little foolish when I realized later it was "Please GATW." Hey, Cayennegirl -- You think that was bad ?? Until recently when I looked up the actual lyrics after seeing the Mike Douglas show performance of GATW --- I was slightly embarrassed to realize that between the background refrain that the guys we singing ( ... Baby Go All The Way) with the overlay of Mr. Carmen singing ( ...Pleeeaassee go all the way ) that what I was hearing was "Please, Stacey Go-oh A-way-ay-ay ), as if it were a moral struggle directed at one lady in particular. Kinda like when Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons sang about "Dawn, go away, I'm no good for you" type of thing. The correct lyrics make better sense --- LOL!!! way better sense. :P AnneNR 6 6 __/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Eric is on this video with a very special Christmas message to President Obama. '> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Willie Nelson's song "On The Road Again" " . . . On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again . . . " and what I heard was . . . . " On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again. The WIFE I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again " What I heard definitely put a different perspective on what the song was all about!! AnneNR 6 6 __/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Willie Nelson's song "On The Road Again" " . . . On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again . . . " and what I heard was . . . . " On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again. The WIFE I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. On the road again " What I heard definitely put a different perspective on what the song was all about!! AnneNR 6 6 __/ Anne...maybe you heard the Waylon Jennings version and he was talking about Jessi Colter "making music with my friends"... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundmoonwoman Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Had a friend who thought the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" was "Take the back right turn" I thought CCR's "There's a bad moon on the rise" was "There's a bathroom on the right" And "Do the hustle" was "Do the hacksaw" (What kind of dance would THAT be?) RMW 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 In the song "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John on the Captain Fantastic album, does this change the meaning much?? Correct lyrics : "...And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river Clinging to your stocks and bonds, Paying your H.P. demands forever Coming in the morning with a truck to take me home..." ...and what I heard was ... "...And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river Clinging to your stocks and bonds, Paying your H.P. demands forever Coming in the morning with a trunk to take me home . . . truck or trunk --- he'd still be deceased either way (!???) AnneNR 6 6 __/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 The Spinners - "I'll Be Around" (1972) RIGHT LYRIC: This is a fork in the road, love that sets my soul, there's nowhere to go, oh no WRONG LYRIC: This, is a FART in the road Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Creedence Clearwater Revival "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (1971): RIGHT LYRIC: 'Til forever how It goes WRONG LYRIC: 'Til Forever Heart Of Gold Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 James Ingram "One Hundred Ways" (1982) RIGHT LYRIC: That she owes you the sweetest of debts WRONG LYRIC: That she owes you the sweetest of dance Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ter2 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Funny topic - I see someone already posted CCR's "Bad moon on the rise" as "bathroom on the right" - I always sang it as "there is a baboon on the right" (I was so confused by that song!) Also, " Barbara Ann" - went to a dance, looking for romance I sang it as went to a dance, looking for a MANce - that didn't work so well, either.... Lastly, "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" - I don't want to spoil the party, so I'll go. I would hate my disappointment to show... I sang it as "I don't want to spoil the party, so I'll go. I would hate my "little pointer" to show...." HUH?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdoll82 Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant." Correct lyric: "She lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell tower with her husband, Ray, and Fasha the dog." What I heard: "She lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell tower with her husband, Ray, and five chili dogs." Cheryl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 As a kid I thought Secret agent man was Secret Asian man. I wasn't too bright 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 In Dobie Gray's 'Drift Away', my buddy was always singing: "Give me the Beach Boys and..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave from Equinox Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 For a long time, I too thought it was Beach Boys! Almost makes more sense, IMHO. Regarding the Skynyrd reference at the top of the thread: I thought it was "the smell of death surrounds you". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 When Eric's COH album came out, my sister Dee Dee was 11 years old. I remember playing "Hey Deanie" for her, and telling her that Eric was singing "Hey DEE DEE won't you come out tonight.........". : ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 On 1/14/2019 at 9:52 PM, James said: When Eric's COH album came out, my sister Dee Dee was 11 years old. I remember playing "Hey Deanie" for her, and telling her that Eric was singing "Hey DEE DEE won't you come out tonight.........". : ) James, yet another bit of "parallel universe" for us: When my little brother Jeff was a kid, I told him the Paul McCartney & Wings song "Jet" was "Jeff." He bought it for a while, until he got a little older. (Of course, most of the lyrics in that song are quite nebulous anyway...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Gosh, the parallel universe is even more parallel. My first name is James and middle name Jeffrey. In most venues of my life I have always gone by Jeff. So in the summer of 1975 my family took a vacation to Sister Bay, Wisconsin where my Mom´s family had a cottage. We took along my best friend Chooch. We had a blast. Anyway, we had the album "Band on the Run" at the cottage and I played it for Chooch and my little brother (he was 9 at the time). When "Jet" came on (they weren´t familiar with the song, I was), I told them both that McCartney was singing "Jeff". They kinda bought it for a few minutes, then got wise to my BS. P.S. LC, say hi to your brother Jeff from me! : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I will — and that "Chooch" reference... what does that mean? Because my dad has always called my brother Jeff "Chooch" (and I don't even know why). I'm gonna ask.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 I met Anthony in 8th grade, we became close friends very quickly. He is full blooded Italian and a was a great athlete. When he ran, to me he looked like a Choo-Choo train chugging along, although in his case chugging along very fast. So I nicknamed him then and there "Chooch"....and it stuck like glue, and is what I and many others still call him to this day. Funny thing, his grandma who lived with his family and was straight out of Italy and barely spoke English....when she heard us call him Chooch she got really pissed as I guess Chooch in Italian is a pejorative. He calmed her down and explained the situation, and she and I became pretty tight. Also when we took that trip I mentioned above, we stopped in Chicago for a couple days to hang with my Mom´s side of the family. When Chooch´s grandma heard he and I were going to Chicago she sat us down and explained to us in very broken English that we had to watch out for the Mafia cuz it was strong in Chicago. : ) ....Chooch and I still have a laugh at that one. She was the absolute best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 "Chooch" is a southern Italian slang term for "jackass". In the Police song, "Every Breath You Take", I always heard, "I'm a pool hall ace" instead of "how my poor heart aches". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 Santana "Evil Ways" (from their 1969 debut) RIGHT lyric: "With Jean & Joan and who knows who" WRONG lyric: "With Cheech And Chong and who knows who". (laughs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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