Embarassing Interpretations Of Song Lyrics.

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Here we have a thread to unveil your most erabarassing moments when it comes to trying to make out certain song lyrics.
I have quite a few, but the most recent one I can think of is Dire Straits' 'Money For Nothing'. I used to think, up until about a week or so ago, that the chorus line 'Money For Nothing, Chicks For Free' as actually 'Cheques' for free :laughing:.

Let us hear yours (I may post more when I remeraber them).
 
I used to think that the Steve Miller Band song "Jet Air Liner" lyrics for the chorus were: "Chain me up and lie down" instead of "Big ol' jet air liner". I have no idea how I managed to hear that, but I sung it that way for many years before someone corrected me.
 
When I heard R.E.M.'s The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight for the first time, I thought the chorus went:

Comanche Indians, Comanche Indians!

as opposed to:

Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
 
Macy Gray's I Try

Though I try to hide it it's clear
My world crurables when you are not near

I thought the last bit was 'i wear goggles when you are not near'.
 
haha thats an interesting version.



Who you calling douche bag, Billy Gibbons? What you gonna do next? The Tubesnake Boogie?
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Also, while I have this chance I shall declare this the best ZZ Top song of all time, from 1994's 'Antenna':
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The Archive of Misheard Lyrics - KissThisGuy.com


Awesome. They've been chronicaling this stuff for years.
My mom is a gimungous Eric Clapton fan and listened to his greatest hits album in the car a lot. One day I asked her what cocaine was (cuz I heard it in the song). She told me I heard it wrong, the song was about "pain", there was just an extra syllable. Was young and impressionable. Confused me for years.
 
I love Clapton, probably because Ive had his Unplugged album since I was about 12 or 13 lol. Thats hilarious about the Cocaine lyrics, your mother was only looking out for you though but youre right, they tell ****ing lies! As if Santa Claus & the Tooth Fairy falling through wasnt bad enough. :(





Oh f*ck. Some really erabarassing karaoke memories from the past (I must emphasise) involving this song come to mind, which i will choose not to share with you for personal reasons. :laughing:
Shiit, all my bad karaoke memories are coming back to me, another involving Robson & Jerome which I will also not say any more about...

As for the lyrics, I had to look them up (at the time)..
 
Beastie Boys- "Intergalactic"

I could have sworn he was saying "Like a pencil in the neck from Mr. Spock" instead of "Like a pinch in the neck from Mr. Spock." I was mocked by a Trekkie of all people for that one.
 
The Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love

For the lyric "and you came to me on a summer breeze" I used to hear "and you came to me on a submarine" and I'd sang it out with all this passion.
 
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