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Misheard song lyrics!

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PocketTasha · 28/07/2005 23:05

I'm guessing you guys must have some great ones. i'm in need of a laugh! One of the best i've heard was dh recently admitting that he only recently figured out the words to "buildme up buttercup" He mis heard "I'll be home, I'll be beside the phone waiting for you" for "I'll be home a baby xylophone waiting for you"!!
Honestly!

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collision · 29/07/2005 11:26

My brother once got slapped for singing 'When the Going gets Tough' because my Mum thought he was saying Go and get Stuffed!!!

My DH used to sing 'we are going to the country to eat a lot of pigeons' instead of peaches! When I pointed it out to him he didnt listen to the song again as he didnt like it!!

RnB · 29/07/2005 11:26

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Bouj · 29/07/2005 11:27

Remembered another - Sinead O'Connor song, Daddy I'm Fine: Lyrics are 'had myself some big fat fun' and a friend thought she was saying 'I have a big vagina'. Can't hear the song now without 'substituting' the lyrics!!

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alexsmum · 29/07/2005 11:32

take that....'whatever i said, whatever i did i didn't mean it i'll just wash your back for good'

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PocketTasha · 29/07/2005 11:32

sponge lol, i always thought that Michael Jackson song went "Come on, do the foxtrot! Don't stop till you get enough"

(And i still don't know what he really says now )

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RnB · 29/07/2005 11:33

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PocketTasha · 29/07/2005 11:39

Alexsmum, Speaking of take that, have you heard the classic "A million love songs later... And here i am trying to tell you, what's a cab?"

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PocketTasha · 29/07/2005 11:40

RnB I'm going to go and look now! SO i hope your right!

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Blackduck · 29/07/2005 11:42

'Sue Lawley' for the Police 'SO lonely..'

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PocketTasha · 29/07/2005 11:43

you were right rnb, i found the lyrics, (God i'm sad)!

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flamesparrow · 29/07/2005 11:46

there are loads of good ones here

sylvev · 03/08/2005 22:38

We always thought the verve were singing "the trucks don't work"; k.d laing's 'constant craving' sounds like "can't stand gravy" and Madonna's fabulous words: "...girls with eyes like potatoes..." (from the song about a tropical island, sorry don't know title).

WigWamBam · 03/08/2005 22:42

Blackduck, dh always thought "So Lonely" sounded like "Salami" ...

QueenEagle · 03/08/2005 22:46

Bouj - that reminds me. When the flashdance song was on when i was a kid, I thought the bit where it sings "you can have it all" was "you can have it off". Obviously at that age I thought it was the most hilarious thing, and I still sing it that way if I hear it now!

flowerfairy · 03/08/2005 22:53

A friend of mine used to sing "ooh baby bunting" for the Shamen's "move any mountain"

This thread has really cheered me up.

I also used to sing something about teddy bears to Hopelessly devoted to you from Grease, when i was about 5.

Amai · 03/08/2005 22:55

Kylie Minogue ...
'Rain falling down,
another lizard passes by'

WigWamBam · 03/08/2005 22:55

Message in a Bottle by The Police: "A year has passed since I broke my nose"

tiffini · 03/08/2005 23:02

Aguy I used to work with made up his own lyrics, bear in mind he was a big guy

I believe I can eat
I believe I've never seen my feet

And 'Kylie'

I just can't get you into my bed
Girl is all that I ever think about

Demented · 03/08/2005 23:07

Bananarama () - Venus, I used to think sounded very like penis in some parts of the song.

When I was younger I stayed at a friend's house overnight and brought some music with me, we were playing Funky Town loudly in her room and her Mum came through and went mental because she mistook the Funky part of the song for another "F" word!

There's a song that was out recently and I'm sure that the lyrics say "roses really smell like poo oh hoo", that's got to be wrong???

jampots · 04/08/2005 00:51

"Jamelia the first lady with Alzheimers"

Jamelia

Littlestarsweeper · 04/08/2005 00:57

And the beat goes on. The Whispers. Like fishing in the ocean. sound likes pissing in the ocean!

Steppy1 · 04/08/2005 06:12

I love that song LWS, shall have to listen to it carefully !!!! My DS sings "Car Wash grill" to Car Wash....we then have a long debate/discussion/argument about it being CAR WASH GIRL (apparently girls don't work in a car wash !!!!!!!!

tiffini · 04/08/2005 23:02

When I was a kid I thought this one was........

We all live in a tub of margarine

triggerhappy · 05/08/2005 12:19

Oh My God, PocketTasha, I think we are both married to the same bigamist!!

They are the excact same words my dh used to sing to build me up buttercup!

I tease him about it endlessly, I can't believe someone else used to sing it!

spangles · 05/08/2005 16:12

My friend thought !Constant Craving" by K.D.Lang was "Can't stand gravey"
I always smile when I hear that song.