Sing it, Billy!
This past Christmas, Carla gave me a Page-A-Day calendar called “‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy,” which gives you a different mis-heard song lyric a day. There have been some good ones, but today’s really struck me for some reason.
From Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
- Wrong Lyric: The spider marines, Siam’s steel-chested rabbit arcade
- Right Lyric: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
I’m trying not to laugh out loud imagining Billy Corgan singing about insect militia.
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March 19th, 2004 at 8:39 am
Sheryl Crow’s first hit tune, “All I Want to do is Have Some Fun” had a line in it I just couldn’t understand. So I didn’t actually “mis-hear” it; I knew it wasn’t right, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out what she was saying. So I made up my own line.
Her line: “Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard”
My line: “Unil the sun comes up on a cinnamon-y couple of fun.”
March 19th, 2004 at 11:16 am
That’s a good one - “Cinnamon-y couple of fun” sounds like something out of a Dunkin’ Donuts ad.
Mmmm….donuts….
My wife and I are constantly (usually intentionally) mis-hearing words to songs. For some reason Elton John (or Bernie Taupin, as the case may be) usually lends himself very well to this sort of thing.
March 9th, 2005 at 7:06 pm
MY FRIEND WAS SINGING USHERS LYRICS ALL WRONG.SHE WAS SAYING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERT,SO I CORRECTED HER!!!!
USHERS LINE:UP IN THE CLUB WITH SOME HOMIES
HER LINE:UP IN THE TUB WITH SOME ZOMBIES
March 10th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
Oooh…”Bathtime of the Living Dead.”
I like it!
November 10th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
HA HA ya know while i was listing to Crazy in love by Beyonce, i thought it said “tenneshoes dont even need to buy a new dress” … um is that right?
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