Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

Misheard lyrics....

105 replies

Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 04/03/2023 09:04

Well I was born in the late 80's and I've only just realised the song lyric isnt;

"She's got better days aside"
Its she's got "Bette Davies eyes"

FFS.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
5
Tomeeornottomee · 04/03/2023 10:22

And the last known survivor dunks his bread in the night..apparently its actually stalks his prey in the night but I prefer my version

AnchorWHAT · 04/03/2023 10:26

Abba … when I called you last night from Tesco 😁

DowntonCrabby · 04/03/2023 10:30

1-2-3-4 come on baby say you love me
5-6-7 -NINE! (It’s obviously times)

I thought they just skipped 8 and didn’t realise until I was well into my 30’s!

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

Music
EmilyGilmoresSass · 04/03/2023 10:30

Tomeeornottomee · 04/03/2023 10:22

And the last known survivor dunks his bread in the night..apparently its actually stalks his prey in the night but I prefer my version

Omg this is hilarious because for years I sang "the last known survivor dunks his bread with his knife" which makes even less sense and i thought absolutely nothing of it. It was only when it came on the radio in the car one day when my ex took me for a drive and I was singing my heart out that his horrified expression told me I'd got it wrong 🤣 I assumed it was just me. Though at least yours makes slightly more sense.

FlibbertyGibbitt · 04/03/2023 10:49

Soooo embarrassed but as no one knows me in real life 🤣 I spent at least 35 years thinking that the Grease chorus for You’re the one I want was “get on your horse boy” 😱😱😱

I know now though.

Bunnyishotandcross · 04/03/2023 10:53

According to ds Shania Twain felt like a Womble..

Muddays · 04/03/2023 11:04

Prodigy 'Out of Space' - I always thought the lyrics were "hey! Close the kitchen!"
Apparently it was "Pay close attention!"
Urgh...

FlibbertyGibbitt · 04/03/2023 11:14

Bunnyishotandcross · 04/03/2023 10:53

According to ds Shania Twain felt like a Womble..

🤣🤣🤣🤣

cocksstrideintheevening · 04/03/2023 11:18

My fried thought 'don't speak' was 'nose bleed' - he did have hearing loss from mumps but we thought it was hilarious.

Original poster
Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 04/03/2023 12:11

My mum thought that when Gabriel sand "out of reeeeach"
She thought she was singing "Valerrrrrieee"

OP posts:
devildeepbluesea · 04/03/2023 12:13

Google Carmina Burana mondegreens

Cotswoldmama · 04/03/2023 12:34

I thought instead of 'living in a gangstas paradise' the lyrics were 'in a liberal gangstas paradise'

And Alanis Morisettes you outta know I thought the lyric 'the cross I bear that you gave to me' was 'the cross eyed bear'

Tratjymp · 19/04/2023 15:03

"Cracklin' Rose, you're a strawboard woman."

Oh I see. It's actually "store bought woman."

SinnerBoy · 19/04/2023 15:30

Airport I thought it was "Eff off!"

An I Believe in Miracles was "I Believe in Milko." I'm not alone with those!

KohlaParasaurus · 19/04/2023 15:53

Dido, in Life for Rent: "If my heart is a sheep and I won't get it tupped."
George Michael in Careless Whisper: "No I'm never gonna dance again, dirty feet are not much pleasure." (I only discovered the correct lyrics when they were featured in a local radio competition recently.)
Lewis Capaldi: "I make her carrots on her birthday, she makes me a better man."

icanneverthinkofnc · 19/04/2023 16:05

Tratjymp · 19/04/2023 15:03

"Cracklin' Rose, you're a strawboard woman."

Oh I see. It's actually "store bought woman."

I thought it was 'you're a stalwart woman'

SinnerBoy · 19/04/2023 16:07

KohlaParasaurus · Today 15:53

Come on! What are the actual lyrics?!

postwarbulge · 19/04/2023 16:08

Purple Haze - 'Hang on while I kiss this guy'.

Meadowflower2023 · 19/04/2023 16:09

Making me chuckle this thread is 😂

I have a few but the one that always gets me is Level 42 - Running in the Family
"And we all have our daddy's eyes
Looking back it's so bizarre"

I swear if you listen to it he's saying and we all have our daddy's arse!!

Maybe not - looking back it is actually very bizarre 😂

SinnerBoy · 19/04/2023 16:11

postwarbulge · Today 16:08

Purple Haze - 'Hang on while I kiss this guy'.

I think everyone thought that at first! I found out it was "kiss the sky" yonks ago, but only found out what it meant a couple of years ago, whilst watching Hendrix singing it.

Where someone gets the lit end of a joint and blows through it, to another person, who inhales the cloud.

aftersunandlays · 19/04/2023 16:15

King of Wishful Thinking by Go West

In the bit just after the musical bridge just before he launches into the chorus for the final time

'Il get over you I know I will
I'll pretend my shit's not stinking'

petalblossom · 19/04/2023 16:17

'Summer heat boiling your meat' -Summer Nights from Grease

HalloumiFries · 19/04/2023 16:23

Pulp - Lipgloss

The real lyrics are: You feel like such a fool, for laughing at bad jokes.

I heard: You feel like such a fool, for laughing at badgers.

Yes, actually I do feel like a fool now, Jarvis.

Also, The Stone Roses - I knew they had a well known song called I Wanna Be Adored but to my 13-year old mind, I'd never heard it. I did know their song I Wanna Be A Dog though.

TallulahBetty · 19/04/2023 16:24

Midnight at the oasis, sing your camel to bed...

massistar · 19/04/2023 16:34

I was convinced that Calum Scott was making sure that he'd feeded the dog. And even got offended every time I heard it. He wasn't. He was making sure the light defeated the dark.