Misheard Lyrics

[norrahe]

in my younger years

"she's so popular" instead of Jeux sans Frontier - games without frontiers - Peter Gabriel

[Gonzo]

Jasper Carrott used to do a routine about how annoying people were when listening to their walkmans (that's how long ago it was), especially when they sang along and got the words wrong.

Mamma mia let me go.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Mamma mia, mamma mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard.

[wobbegong]

There's a Paul Simon song that goes "I don't know a soul that's not been battered". Not really a misherring, but it always makes me want fish and chips.

There you go.

Oh, and Paul Youngs "Every time you go, you take a piece of meat with you". What about K.D. Langs "Can't stand gravy"?

[malvolio]

Jasper Carrott used to do a routine about how annoying people were when listening to their walkmans (that's how long ago it was), especially when they sang along and got the words wrong.

You missed the next line...

"Sparing his life for his warm sausages"

Kenny Everett used to have a jingle that took me a while to work out

"The Kenny Everett Radio Show! The show with the biggest tits!"

[thunderlizard]

Simply Red - "Holding back the ears"
-fond memories of holding back my brother's ears whenever it came on the car radio.

[OwlHoot]

"Classic Moos"

A CD advertised incessantly on Classic FM a few years ago when I was in the habit of tuning in while driving.

For ages I was completely baffled why anyone would pay a tenner to listen to an hour of cows mooing. But then I thought perhaps it might be quite relaxing, bringing to mind images of bucolic country scenes and rustic relaxation, and fresh faced milk maids etc etc, and I even toyed with the idea of buying the CD.

Finally, the truth dawned - The CD was called Classic Moods.

[thunderlizard]

I also have a misheard radio CD advert but it's a bit obscure-
having made the discovery that Algerian pop music (which is called Rai) is the perfect working-late-into-the-night accompaniment, I used to listen to a French Algerian radio station (Beur FM) and they were advertising a CD called Urban Raider. I thought that was a really cheesy name but they are French after all, so gave them the benefit of the doubt. A couple of months later they started advertising Urban Rai Trois and the scales fell from my ears.


Best recentish misheard lyric is in Babyface, "Every time I close my eyes". There is a definite "Every time I think of it I piss myself" at 1:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyLoKT_8fD0

[NickFitz]

Town called Alice instead of Malice - Jam

Given that The Jam's title Town Called Malice was clearly derived from Nevil Shute's excellent novel A Town Like Alice (or possibly from the film thereof), that isn't too surprising - the book was the first thing I thought of when I first heard the song on John Peel's show back in the day.

Also Eating Trifle instead of Eton Rifles

Was it voodooflux who made that mistake by any chance?