Songs where you have misunderstood the words

[anderson72]

For years I thought the song the SUMMER OF '69  had a different opening line.

 

Instead of singing the first line which was:-

 

I got my first real six string.

 

I thought it sounded like he was saying

 

I got my first real sex dream    

 

 

To be honest I didn;t know what a six string was at the time, but are there any songs that you have got the words wrong or that they sounded different to what the artist was singing?

 

 

 

 

 

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

 

 

 

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the summer of sixty-nine

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah
Back in the summer of sixty-nine, oh

 

 

[BWG]

It's called a mondegreen

[Simply Red]

gonna wind drop ma neighbour of love, gonna fight for the right to get into your heart yeah

 

Hue and Cry

 

Just assumed as a kid that a wind drop was something very similar to a drop kick. Karate talk

[YorkDon]

 

For years I thought the song the SUMMER OF '69 had a different opening line.

 

 

Instead of singing the first line which was:-

 

I got my first real six string.

 

I thought it sounded like he was saying

 

I got my first real sex dream

 

 

To be honest I didn;t know what a six string was at the time, but are there any songs that you have got the words wrong or that they sounded different to what the artist was singing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played it 'til my fingers bled

Was the summer of sixty-nine

Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit, Jody got married

I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now

That summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice

Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'

When you've got a job to do

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch

You told me that you'd wait forever

Oh, and when you held my hand

I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah

Back in the summer of sixty-nine, oh

 

Also sings the line “me and my baby in a 69” near the end of the song.He’s meaning in a 69 year car,or is he?!

[StandFree1982]

Bruno Mars - Locked out of heaven

 

I was sure he was singing "Your Sex Texts me to heaven" but no. It's "Your Sex Takes Me To Heaven"

[StandFree1982]

It's called a mondegreen

 

It's definitely Summer of 69.  

[The Buzzard]

My mate thought Move Any Mountain by The Shamen was Blueberry Mountain.

 

Ex's dad for the First Cut is the Deepest, thought it was Bird Dogging ain't easy. Fuck knows what he was on.

 

Me for first line of Brown Eyed Girl, I thought it was Hey there amigo, instead of Hey where did we go.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Dire Straits Money for Nothing.

 

That little faggot got his own jet airplane

 

is supposed to be followed by

 

That Motherfucker he’s a millionaire.

 

Apparently MTV insisted they had to use little faggot twice, because that was much more acceptable.

 

I miss the 80’s

[Simply Red]

Me for first line of Brown Eyed Girl, I thought it was Hey there amigo, instead of Hey where did we go.

Ive always thought it was hey there amigo and it’ll stay that way.

[OddJob]

Purple Haze by Hendrix

 

Common misconception that the line “Excuse me whilst I kiss the sky” was in fact “Excuse me whilst I kiss this guy”

 

To be fair it does sound like that ha ha

[For Fecks Sake]

To be honest I think I probably misunderstand the words to loads of songs, just not aware I am singing the words incorrectly

[maryhilldon]

I can listen to an album a thousand times and still not know the lyrics. It's all about the music.

[Mr blackie]

For years thought The Jams eaton rifles was actually inter right force.

 

heard it heaps since that eureaka moment.

 

still sounds like inter right force.

[aberdeen1970]

Godley and Creme

 

I thought it was

 

"don't want to be under your umbrella"

 

Instead of

 

"thumb for ever"

[Parklife]

“My lovers got no money, he’s got his trombolese “

 

Gala - Freed from desire

 

Fuck knows what trombolese are.

[ericblack4boss]

Justin timberlake - signs snoop dog definitely says " peter kay"

 

Gwen stefani - hey baby

Sings " im just sipping on a can of beer"

Not " im just sipping on a camomile.

[Dom Sullivan]

Wife thought Dolly & Kenny were singing "Highland Industry"

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eI5EQUz1gCg

[ericblack4boss]

Justin timberlake - signs snoop dog definitely says " peter kay"

 

Gwen stefani - hey baby

Sings " im just sipping on a can of beer"

Not " im just sipping on a camomile.

[tightbreeks]

A town called alice

[Poodler]

“My lovers got no money, he’s got his trombolese “

 

Gala - Freed from desire

 

Fuck knows what trombolese are.

Did that on kareoke the other night. Classic

[YorkDon]

Did that on kareoke the other night. Classic

 

Bit of a crooner there Poodles? Or more a Liam Gallagher?

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Not quite a song, but the in the Indiana Jones film "Temple of Doom" the ~7-8 yr old me thought the followers of Mola Ram would chant "Bora! Bora! Bora to the Hibees!"

 

And so for decades, any time we play HIVs, I have had "Bora! Bora! Bora to the Hibees!" in my head. (Same, if HIVs are beating the Huns).

 

One of those erroneous things which takes legs and becomes a thing in its own right

[minijc]

Always thought that Hot Hot Heat were singing about bags of jizz.

[Poodler]

Always thought that Hot Hot Heat were singing about bags of jizz.

Bag of chips, I thought. Bandages. Pfft

[Tommy]

Nothing beats the huns with their stairwell pish.

[OddJob]

Nothing beats the huns with their stairwell pish.

+1 there Sir Thomas. I’ve honestly never heard this supposed song in all my years of going to games.

[Simply Red]

I can listen to an album a thousand times and still not know the lyrics. It's all about the music.

[tightbreeks]

A town called Alice, ah the days of copied cassettes on your double deck.

[Simply Red]

Lays me down, with my mancheeruns

 

Golden Brown

[BrianFaePerth]

Take your pants down, and make it happen

 

Flashdance