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.

"Making camera shapes"

I thought it was bend your knees in time too!

Given that it’s blatantly a song about sex vs wanking, your lyric may be even better than the original 😂

zemblanity I thought the same about Karma Chameleon. Just had to google the lyrics and am gobsmacked about the lack of golden dreams.

@Deathgrip (ironic ) nooooooooo!

Is it?!

ItsGoingTibiaK WHAT?!

I thought the singing but in that infernal Just Eat ad was "Get some money save Just eat". I thought it was odd because you don't save money by paying Just Eat prices.

@Newbie1999 and @AryaStarkWolf I too have a misheard lyric from Madonna's Like A Prayer.

Mine is the bit towards the end where she belts out "Let The Choir Sing" I discovered this lyric was in fact correct when with friends I belted out "Level Crossing" which in hindsight i realised had always been ridiculous, but you know once you think it's what you heard it's hard to hear anything else...

Also in The One That I Want from Grease, I was a very small child when I thought it said "I've got shoes, they're made of plywood and I'm losing control" which frankly I think makes just as much sense as "I've got chills they're multiplying"....

I can't think of any mis-heard lyrics though I am sure I have a few (!).
For years however I was convinced that Mick Jagger sang Raspberry Beret

It’s Marconi plays the mamba

Oh! I thought it was "Marconi plays La Bamba"

I am still absolutely convinced that in The Hoosiers 'Goodbye Mr A', rather than "you love a little bit but you forgot", he sings "you love a little bit but you fuck up". No lyric site will convince me otherwise.

There seems to be quite a lot of mishearing of George Michael's Jitterbug. My DH was singing Tudor Bug for many many years. This only came to light when the kids were studying Tudors in history. When he asked if they'd come across what a Tudor Bug the truth came out.....

Oh how we laughed at him

Well now that you're all as stupid as me making me feel better, it was also a revelation to me that "freeze....sweat" was actually "respect" (this was some bizarre niche punk band of DH's not the Aretha Franklin version. If that makes it better. Probably not)

Again, only knew when I singing it out loud in front of witnesses

DD always used to song ‘come on over batteries’ instead of ‘come on over Valerie’

My son heard Tori Amos professional widow (I listen to kisstory) and when she sings 'it's gotta be big' he sings 'daddy pig'

My late dggm thought 'wake me up before you go go' was 'wake me up with morning cocoa' back when it was on TOTP

Ds used to sing along to Prefab Sprout 'hotdog, jumping frog, elbow cookie' which doesn't make any less sense than the real lyrics

Another one for "We Built This City" - for too long I thought it was "Mad Tony plays the mamba" instead of Marconi. DH found it hilarious. We both used to work for Marconi, after that it was always known as Mad Tony by DH

@soupforbrains You also misheard the actual song, It was Livin' on a Prayer by Bon jovi we misheard lyrics from

@HippyChickMama what is it then? I thought it was that too!

'Hotdog, jumping frog, Albuquerque'!

I always thought the Spice Girls song - when Geri left I think said ‘goodbye my friend, I know you can be such a c*nt but I can still feel you near.’. Thought it was a bit harsh at the time.

"I'm not planning on a golden solo" and instead he just didn't want to be going solo shock

I'm pretty sure that if you'd suggested this lyric to George Michael he would have bitten your hand off as being slightly risque, creating a new sexual term and still reflecting the original meaning.

He's probably cursing himself in his grave that he didn't think of this.

A golden solo!! Brilliant - as PP says sounds like a euphemism for a posh wank.

You are a lyrical genius @WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles

If anyone here likes Nightwish- Wishmaster

All I can bloody hear now is "hard porn, Steven Seagull" .

Mine was "Trailers for Sailor rent" in King Of The Road, found out last year its actually "for Sale or Rent".

I always wondered why they were only for rent by Sailors!

a friend of mine though the Tom Jones song Sex Bomb lyrics were "Infrared semen move through the night", not "infrared to see me move through the night" lol
Though I must admit In Summer of 69 I thought it was "I got my first real sex dream..." not six string

I spent ages working out why Paulo Nuttini was singing about vegetables until my sister enlightened my the lyric was “best of all”