To have only realised after THIRTY FIVE years that George Michael wasn't planning on a golden solo?!

[WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles]

Yes, I may as well share this with MN as it cheered DH up so much this morning...

I have only just realised (embarrassingly whilst singing this in earshot of DH ) that in Wake me you before you go go, George Michael wasn't actually singing "I'm not planning on a golden solo" and instead he just didn't want to be going solo

(disclaimer: I was young when this song came out! I assumed a golden solo he meant he didn't want to be in the spotlight - having written that down I realise how fucking stupid it sounds )

Also, he wasn't singing Cherrybug in this song either. Well who knew? (According to DH - everyone)

I'm dying a little inside here.

@nandaandm my friend thought that too! Singing her wee heart out at a Bananarama gig a couple of years ago while I stood agog 😂😂

This is one of those threads that reminds you ..when you’ve had a difficult time ...that most people are normally lovely and a bit silly like you

My Dad used to sing ‘ I can see Deidrie now Lorraine has gone”...and I thought the next line was “ I can see all frosticles in my way!”

We had a problem with that song in our house......

@soupforbrains- I’ve always sung level crossing too!!

James Blunt is not singing about North Wales in the song So Far Gone, even though it is undeniably true that it is

So very far from Rhyl*
In California.

*real.

I always used to think in the middle of Manic Monday she sang 'why did my lover have to pick last night to get killed'. No bloody wonder the poor woman didn't want to go into work on Monday!!

In Dua Lipa New Rules, I always hear 'I've got new shoes' or 'I've got no roof'.

My DC asked me one day to put on the Donkey Kong song. No bloody idea what they were on about until I went through my playlist on my phone and realised it was 'The Greatest' by Sia when she sings 'Don't give up' .

Oh and in Fairytale of New York, the boys of the NYPD choir are singing Colwyn Bay.

Against All Odds - We shared the laughter and the pain, we even shared the cheese

Also, The Police's homage to Sue Lawley

Adele's Chasing Pavements

I thought it was 'chasing payments'

kungfupannda well that's a relief because until today I did think it a bit odd that cousin Billy was stealing kisses!

A relative of mine thought the Verve were singing about broken vehicles 'now the trucks don't work'....

What about a Christmas one? In Winter Wonderland I sing
“ Later on we’ll perspire..as we dream by the fire”.....you’re all singing it now aren’t you?!

@WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles @nutbrownhare15
My DH grew up believing it was 'wake me up, before my cocoa' which I found hilarious and I had the band at our wedding sing it with his version of the lyrics because I'm an arsehole

Human League according to my DD

Don't you want my babies?

AND

Meatloaf

Was 'all dressed up and nowhere to go' rather than 'revved' up. Neither of which I wanted to correct in a preschooler (1980s)

According to Slayer, in Angel of Death, there are “sixteen ways to achieve the holocaust.”

(Sickening.)

Or - Phil Collins’ mate - Alan...

“I can feel it, coming in the air tonight.... Alan”

My love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no power, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no fame, he's got his strong beliefs
My love has got no money, he's got his strong beliefs

I thought it was he’s got a trumbelise- wasn’t sure what one was!! 😂😂

I still hear Shania Twain singing about Starbucks lovers in Blank space.

DH thought the lyrics to Omi's Cheerleader was "Ooh I think that I found myself a cherry girl"
You'd thing they song title would've given it away wouldn't you!?

@Troels.. you know it's Taylor Swift not Shania right?

I'm gutted that I can't be described as a Lonely Starbucks Lover. I totally thought that was a thing...

When my son was little he thought The Scorpions "Rock you like a hurricane" was "rock you like a hurry man" no clue what he thought that meant LOL

I also thought Livin on a Prayer was “take my hand we’ll make it elsewhere!”

Oh I love these. Pulp, Disco 2000.
^Oh Deborah do you recall?
Your house was very small
We would shit on the wall^

Wood chip. It was wood chip on the wall.

Oh I thought of another one. A different son thought Grand Funk Railroad was saying "we're an American man" when I told him they were saying BAND he was surprised and said he always wondered why it made no sense.

Fat boy slim

I'm pretty sure it is
"Praise you like I should"

My friend thought it was "praise you like a shoe"

(She does like shoes mind)

@BrownStripePJ that's exactly what I thought as well