Thread for misheard song lyrics

[FrannyandZooey]

Ds has been listening to a lot of Simon and Garfunkel lately, so today we had

"Just a come on from the horse on seventh avenue"

which I think is a great improvement on the original, in fact

Northstar - the web site is kiss this guy dot com and it was a Jimmy Hendrix lyric...

My favourite is Meatloaf's - I hear "like a Cilla Black fan on bike"

Actual lyric "like a silver black phantom bike"

The only one I know of is a rude one. All these seem quite tame so I won't lower the tone of the thread.

Oh please do, I'm bored.

It's to do with REM's sidewinder sleeps tonight and has something to do with Cheryl Baker.

there's been a thread like this before and I mentioned it on there

I know which line you must have misheard, just wondering now what they were doing to Cheryl in it

Off to the archives to find the other thread.

Ah shucks - you don't give the rude version on there either.

Go on spill - you know you want to

oh didn't I? sorry

A good friend of mine thought that 'Life in the fast lane' was 'Flies in the bathroom' and 'So lonely, so lonely' went 'Sue Lawley, Sue Lawley'.

Bink - your example reminds me of Larry Adler's
'It is better to die
With an arrow in your eye,
Than away to pass
With a spear up'.

My dd1 singing to herself yesterday:

"Five currant buns in a baker's shop,
round and yummy with a cherry on top.
Along came [name] with a penny one day,
BUTTERCUP and took it away"

my ds sings "i'll never stray too far from the side board" instead of "i'll never stray too far from the side walk"!

i need to ask a question abotu ds1;s misheard lyrics but perhaps i will start a new thread...

Sparkler's 80s clips thread has just reminded me
My fave misheard lyric is Kid Creole's Annie, I'm not your daddy
towards the end when they all chant
ono, ono, onomatapaeia
Still have no clue what they are singing...
That song also has my favourite line of all time
"Oh Annie I'm not your daddy
If I was in your blood, you wouldn't be so ugly"

I once PMSL at this guy in a pub singing along to Youre so Vain by Carly Simon. Intead of "I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee" he sang:

"I had a dream there were clowns in my pocket"

I pmsl for weeks afterwards. He thought he was really flash and cool as well, which mad it even better

Also, a friend of mine thought "I've got canned heat in my heels" by Jamiroquai was "I've got candy in my teeth"

i dont get the leo sayer one....

When I worked as a sales assistant, a girl I worked with kept listening intently to the chorus of unbreak my heart (I think it's by toni braxton). Later in the day friend came up to me and asked 'why is she singing 'sage an onion'???' Apparantly she thought the chorus which went 'say that you love me' was an appeal for turkey stuffing....

PMSL when a friend was singing along to LSI by the Shamen. Instead of "Love, sex, intelligence" she was singing "Love, sex, and jelly jets"

She did say she didn't really have a clue what the song was on about...

I have alwats heared the first line of elvis costello;'s song ' I can't stand up for falling down' as 'I'm a living freezer'

I also though that the eurythmics were singing, 'So its circumcision' not 'so its an obsession'

My uncle thought that 'Mull of Kintyre' was rude. He thought they were singing, 'Bollocking tired'

LOL

Will Young's Leave right now.
I heard as "Think I'd better deep fry it now"

Ummm, Lulu - I want my independance sounded like "I want my ear defenders"

PMSL at "Bollocking tired" (I'm going to be singing that all evening now!)

I used to think Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" said "Annie get your oatcakes, get your oatcakes Annie"

Honest to god! We were all in a pub and it came on the juke box and he loudly said, 'This record should be banned'

When he explained why, we all fell about laughing!

Poor guy is dead now, but I remember him every time I hear the song

Great thread!

Not got one of my own but DH used to sing as a kiddiwink "Who built the Ark, No-one, No-One" instead of "Noah".