On That Note: Do you hear what I hear

[CycloneRulzzz]

Welcome back to "On That Note," CF’s weekly go-to for music exploration, hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.

This week our topic is misheard lyrics or as it's called Mondegreen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen
With your video submission please include the line or lines from the song as you hear them along with the actual version.


Last Week's Topic: If Everybody had an Ocean

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-if-everybody-had-an-ocean.257198/

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Voices Carry (Actual)

What I hear: This is scary or This is Carrie



Glory Days

Make you look like a fool boy (Actual)
Making love like a pool boy (What I Hear)




Kiss me Deadly (Actual)

Kiss me Daddy (What I Hear)



Blinded by the Light

Instead of hearing "deuce" I hear "Douche"

 

[cyclones500]

Who knows how many times I’ve heard the song -- Examples 1 and 3, I still hear this way.

Misheard: “Unlock the front door, oh boy”
Actual: “Lock the front door”
***
Misheard: “Tangerines and elephants”
Actual: “Tambourines and elephants”
***
Misheard: “Today, I find no sorrow”
Actual: “Today, I’ll buy no sorrow”

 

[cyclones500]

Misheard: “If man is still alive/if woman can survive/they may fly”
Actual: “They may find”

 

[cyclones500]

Misheard: “And you’re my bedtime queen”
Actual: “And you're my headlight queen”

 

[cyclones500]

Examples of me not paying attention to the song title. (The light bulb went on eventually )

Misheard: I’m putting it off for later
Actual: I’m doing it all for Leyna




Misheard: “Nah, na-na-na-na”
Actual: “My kinda lover”

 

[cyclones500]

Misheard: “Your dreams were particular”
Actual: “Your dreams were your ticket out”

 

[Isualum13]

I don't think theres much truth to this but in Eiffel 65's 'Blue' I have heard the lyrics are supposedly "I'm blue, if I were green I I would die..." and so on.



Pretty sure it's just jibberish.

Also, this scene from Angel's in the Outfield seems relevant.

 

[3GenClone]

Misheard: “everybody look at your pants”
Actual: “everybody look at your hands”

 

[MeanDean]

A couple Beatles ones I was mishearing. For like 50 years...

Polythene Pam
"She's the kind of a girl who makes good use of the pill" is what I heard.

It's actually "She's the kind of a girl who makes the News of the World." The News of the World is/was an English Tabloid that would feature a scantily clad or bikini girl daily.



Get Back
I always thought Paul sang "Sweet Loretta Modern thought she was a woman.."

It's actually "Sweet Loretta Martin..."

 

[MeanDean]

Tutti Frutti
I just learned I had this one wrong too. I always thought it was, "Tutti Frutti all rooty."
It's actually "Tutti Frutti oh Rudy."

 

[MeanDean]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
I thought it was, "I swear by the blood below my feet, you can't raise the Cain(as in the Biblical - Cain and Able) back up when it's in the peat (like the peat bog/peat moss)."

Actually: "I swear by the mud below my feet, you can't raise a Kane back up when he's in defeat."

 

[MeanDean]

I think I already wrote about the Monkees theme.

I thought it was, "We went to Betsy singing, to put everybody down."
It's obviously "We're too busy singing to put anybody down."

 

[cyclones500]

First couple of listens (before I grasped the extent of the farm lyrics)

Misheard: “Poking your head”
Actual: “Poking your hay”

 

[MeanDean]

Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign.

I thought he was saying, "Just give me some Callasandra." which I imagined was some exotic girl's name.

Again, obviously, it was related to the song title, "Just gimme some kind of sign girl."

What can I say? Those little 1" diameter transistor radio speakers didn't have the best sound - combined with that AM Signal.

 

[MeanDean]

Elton John, kind of well known for mumbling the lyrics. Rocket Man..

I heard: "Rocket man, burning up the fuel of everyone."

It's actually:"Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone."

It was the 70's energy crisis. Everybody was fixating on energy consumption!

 

[matclone]

Bald Headed Woman .


Down at the Sausage Grill

 

[MeanDean]

Who knows how many times I’ve heard the song -- Examples 1 and 3, I still hear this way.

Misheard: “Unlock the front door, oh boy”
Actual: “Lock the front door”
***
Misheard: “Tangerines and elephants”
Actual: “Tambourines and elephants”
***
Misheard: “Today, I find no sorrow”
Actual: “Today, I’ll buy no sorrow”

I also hear "Tangerines." And "Today I'll find no sorrow."

 

[MeanDean]

Examples of me not paying attention to the song title. (The light bulb went on eventually )

Misheard: I’m putting it off for later
Actual: I’m doing it all for Leyna




Misheard: “Nah, na-na-na-na”
Actual: “My kinda lover”

Your Billy Joel reminded me of this one.

I for a short while thought it was, "An Irishman will be the one"

It's "I might as well be the one."

 

[BoxsterCy]

Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane

I hear and like better;

Here I am
Rocking like a hurricane