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.

@weegiemum my brother thought that too!

Don't know if The Bear in the Big Blue House is still on telly nowadays but my nearly 21 year old used to say 'Wee, wee dado' a lot when she was about 2. We eventually realised it was Where, o where is shadow? from one of the songs in the show. Much preferred that show than the fecking purple dinosaur that was on afterwards! Jim Henson's cute puppets were the characters in it including the Bear of the title.

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

Er, it’s not?!

A cousin when we were wee was convinced sandy “got cheels they’re monkey planets and I’m losing control cuz the power you’re supplying-it’s electric frying”

Chicks for free!

freeze........sweat

I misread your post as it was Aretha's Respect...

I'll always hear Pantera like that now!

niche punk band what now?

At least it will stop me making silly jokes about the Foo Fighters version of Walk being the world's worst cover version ever

My friends dad used to sing 'all I do it shite and pray' along to Take That

I’ve only just learnt that Shed 7 Chasing Rainbows goes “and then I missed my que” not “and little Miss McQue” which I’ve been happily singing for years.

My grandad used to sing “let’s move before they raise the fucking rent” instead of “parking rate” for Free - Alright Now

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

I also thought Pulp's woodchip on the walls was actually lipstick on the walls and thought Deborah must've liked kissing the walls for some strange reason

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

Er, it’s not?! no, it's "We'll make it, I swear..."

Hahaha these have cheered me up and made me laugh tonight.

i'll never leave your pizza burning...my previously a teenage sons version of rolling stones "beast of burden"

I DROP MY TOWEL
And pick it up again
Nobody can get me down
I DROP MY TOWEL
etc

The first and most times I hear Spice Girls' "Spice up your life" chorus/shout, I hear something that sounds in Portuguese to something similar to fuck off. It took me a while to figure out what they were actually saying.

DS1 when he was younger thought Muse's Supermassive Black Holes was grey ships melting in the dead of night

Op , this is one of the cutest threads I’ve ever read.

George Michael was my first crush in the 80s. I had no idea wth any of his songs were about tho!

@GrotbagsBetterLookingSister
What on earth is a trumbelise?! I always thought it’s ‘he's got his strong beliefs , made no sense 😂

another one here who thought it was
“My love has got no power he’s got his trumnelise” mind blown that it’s actually “strong beliefs”! thanks for clarifying that. I wonder why I never even questioned what a trumbelise was

DS in the car "... I got the moobs like Jabba".

Also, DS singing Mary J Blige "...don't need no hateration, holleration in this dancing wee. Let's get it perky lady..."

I still sing his lyrics.

I've got shoes, they're made of plywood and I'm losing control"** 😄😄😄

My son asked me few years ago “what’s a baboonie?” As in “she said boys like a little babboonie to hold at night” (Meghan Traynor, All About the Bass)

The prodigy song, Breathe, the real words are 'come play my game I'll test ya'

I was shamed by singing loudly with my friends as a teenager, 'come play my table tester'
Whatever that means!

The Corrs - Breathless. Always used to hear it as 'go on, leave me Bradley'
There's a line in Time is Running Out by Muse that goes 'now that you know I'm trapped, sense of elation' ... in my head this was 'now that you know I'm trapped, since ovulation'. Makes total sense

Also...Albuquerque???

I always thought it was "I love Lucy"!