Misheard lyrics?

[Petrolheadia]

Ever listened to a song and heard lyrics that weren't the real ones, but your hearing would bet that they were real? Well, this is the thread for sharing them.

Recently I was listening to However Much I Booze by The Who, and heard "I see myself on TV, I'm a baker", and wondered why Pete Townshend would call himself a baker.
He didn't, the real lyrics are "I see myself on TV, I'm a faker".

Another one was hearing "My dad beat me on the latter day" in No More Mister Nice Guy by Alice Cooper. I thought it was the singer trying to reason his weirdness by mentioning domestic violence, but the real lyrics are "My dog bit me on the leg today".

And what are your misheard lyrics?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

“Rock the Casbah” by The Clash, to me, is the best example. I used to think they were saying rocking the cash bar instead of Casbah. I also misheard the lyrics for “Linger” by The Cranberries for the longest time. Ditto with BTS’s “Fake Love”, I thought they were saying Now you’re so mad when in reality it was Love you so mad.

[Luziyca]

When I listen to Meniń Qazaqstanym, I do have a misheard version since some of the words in Kazakh sound somewhat like English: Meniń elim, meniń elim in particular sounds like "near an angry bear, near an angry bear," and I know there are a few other examples but I can't really remember them exactly.

[Bears Armed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen

[Panthera Leo]

I find it funnier with foreign language songs. An example being ‘Moskau’.

“Rock the Casbah” by The Clash, to me, is the best example. I used to think they were saying rocking the cash bar instead of Casbah. I also misheard the lyrics for “Linger” by The Cranberries for the longest time. Ditto with BTS’s “Fake Love”, I thought they were saying Now you’re so mad when in reality it was Love you so mad.

I love that song. I understand it perfectly, but then again I am English

[Maineiacs]

" 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." -- Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"

"There's a bathroom on the right." -- CCR, "Bad Moon Rising"

"Children of the little mind." -- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"

"We've got to insult microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries; we've got to moon these refrigerators, we've got to moon these color TVs" -- Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing"

"Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lep'ress above the Serengeti" -- Toto, "Africa"

"Wapped up like a douche, another runner in the night" -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Blinded by the Light"

"My pony plays the mamba" -- Starship, "We Built This City"

"We caught a Mexican monkey" -- Daft Punk -- "Get Lucky"

"Play that f-ckin' music, white boy" -- Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music"

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

" 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." -- Jimi Hendrix, "Purple Haze"

"There's a bathroom on the right." -- CCR, "Bad Moon Rising"

"Children of the little mind." -- Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"

"We've got to insult microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries; we've got to moon these refrigerators, we've got to moon these color TVs" -- Dire Straits, "Money for Nothing"

"Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lep'ress above the Serengeti" -- Toto, "Africa"

"Wapped up like a douche, another runner in the night" -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Blinded by the Light"

"My pony plays the mamba" -- Starship, "We Built This City"

"We caught a Mexican monkey" -- Daft Punk -- "Get Lucky"

"Play that f-ckin' music, white boy" -- Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music"

“We caught a Mexican monkey”. Now that’s all I’ll hear when that part of the song plays.

[Minoa]

It is easy to get the words wrong when one has listened to it for some time, and then forgot about it for some time. Of course, computers and the internet (despite the latter’s flaws in social media) makes remembering the song and lyrics easier.

[Anarchitaria]

"Don't be afraid to catch fish.” — Feels by Calvin Harris (ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean).

I tell you, this damn song was made to be largely unintelligible but frighteningly catchy.

[Heloin]

I thought for years that the line from Smashing pumpkins Buttle With Butterfly Wings was "Spider on my range I am still just a bating cage".

[Dresderstan]

"A rocket turns you inside out" Timeless by Rob Thomas

It's actually "Or I could turn you inside out".

[Bezkoshtovnya]

I thought for years that the line from Smashing pumpkins Buttle With Butterfly Wings was "Spider on my range I am still just a bating cage".

I actually thought the same thing when I was younger more or less and only realized it about 5 or 10 years ago

[Hex Enduction Hour]

I used to think Björk sang "Chairman Mao" on "The Modern Things" from her album Post when she was in fact singing "Telur međ", as well as "Kemur međ" later near the end of the song. Both phrases are in Icelandic.

[Abarri]

From Taylor Swift's Blank Space:
"Got a long list Starbucks lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."
which is actually "Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."

Some of my classmates misheard that line too.

[Ghost Land]

"We caught a Mexican monkey" -- Daft Punk -- "Get Lucky"

No, it's "we rob a Mexican monkey".

"The ants are my friends; they're blowing in the wind!" - Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963)
"She's got a chicken to ride, but she don't care!" - The Beatles, "Ticket to Ride" (1965)
"There's a chance that we've liked Paul McCartney for too long." - The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out" (1965)
"Then I saw her face...now I'm gonna leave her!" - The Monkees, "I'm a Believer" (1966)
"Police shot my dog" - Jose Feliciano, "Feliz Navidad" (1970)
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza!" - Elton John, "Tiny Dancer" (1971)
"She's got electric boobs, a mole hair suit, I read it in a magaziiiine!" - Elton John, "Bennie and the Jets" (1973)
"Spare him his life from this warm sausage tea!" - Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
"See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen" - ABBA, "Dancing Queen" (1976)
"Bald-headed woman, Norman's a woman to me" - Bee Gees, "More than a Woman" (1977)
"She was a fax machine; she kept her modem clean" - AC/DC, "You Shook Me All Night Long" (1980)
"Hit me with your pet shark!" - Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (1980)
"I just can't get it up" - Depeche Mode, "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981)
"I left my brains down in Africa" - Toto, "Africa" (1982)
"It doesn't matter who stole the fries" - Michael Jackson, "Beat It" (1982)
"Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time!" - Madonna, "Like a Virgin" (1984)

[Upper Saust Latiegebestica]

I watched the Misheard lyrics for Moskau and now I can't stop hearing "Moskau, Moskau, Billy is a handyman! Porcelain is the surest plan!"

[Oakplumington]

"It's too late to call me jive. It's too laaaaaaaate. It's too late to call me jive. It's too laaaaaate."
But it's really supposed to be "it's too late to apologize".

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

As I Lay Dying - "Beyond Our Suffering".

"When I look to myself..." I heard that as "Ooh La La, Temasek!"

This is especially funny considering that it was a metal genre song.

[Czechoeuropa]

"I see a bad moon a-rising" in the song Bad Moon Rising as "I see a brand new horizon"
"Blow a kiss, fire a gun" in the song Lean On as "Ruckus, firebomb"

[Major-Tom]

"I'm Alright," by Kenny Loggins. It goes something like;

"I'm alright, don't nobody worry 'bout me."

When my mom and I would sing along, we'd both incorrectly sing "Ham on Rye, Don't Nobody Worry 'Bout me."

My dad thought it was so hysterical that he never corrected us. You can imagine my shock when I was watching Caddyshack with some buddies, and was singing "Ham on Rye" when that song came on towards the end credits. I'll never live it down.

[Cannot think of a name]

I don't know what the song is but I hear it on people's radios and it sounds like:

"Oooo ooo I'm a rebel with a kickstand..."

[Czechoeuropa]

I don't know what the song is but I hear it on people's radios and it sounds like:

"Oooo ooo I'm a rebel with a kickstand..."

"Rebel just for kicks now" probably, Feel It Still by Portugal The Man

[Cannot think of a name]

I don't know what the song is but I hear it on people's radios and it sounds like:

"Oooo ooo I'm a rebel with a kickstand..."

"Rebel just for kicks now" probably, Feel It Still by Portugal The Man

Pff. Rebel with a kickstand is so much better. Just for trying to figure out what that would mean.

[Maineiacs]

"We caught a Mexican monkey" -- Daft Punk -- "Get Lucky"

No, it's "we rob a Mexican monkey".

That too.

"The ants are my friends; they're blowing in the wind!" - Bob Dylan, "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963)
"She's got a chicken to ride, but she don't care!" - The Beatles, "Ticket to Ride" (1965)
"There's a chance that we've liked Paul McCartney for too long." - The Beatles, "We Can Work It Out" (1965)
"Then I saw her face...now I'm gonna leave her!" - The Monkees, "I'm a Believer" (1966)
"Police shot my dog" - Jose Feliciano, "Feliz Navidad" (1970)
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza!" - Elton John, "Tiny Dancer" (1971)
"She's got electric boobs, a mole hair suit, I read it in a magaziiiine!" - Elton John, "Bennie and the Jets" (1973)
"Spare him his life from this warm sausage tea!" - Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
"See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen" - ABBA, "Dancing Queen" (1976)
"Bald-headed woman, Norman's a woman to me" - Bee Gees, "More than a Woman" (1977)
"She was a fax machine; she kept her modem clean" - AC/DC, "You Shook Me All Night Long" (1980)
"Hit me with your pet shark!" - Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (1980)
"I just can't get it up" - Depeche Mode, "Just Can't Get Enough" (1981)
"I left my brains down in Africa" - Toto, "Africa" (1982)
"It doesn't matter who stole the fries" - Michael Jackson, "Beat It" (1982)
"Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time!" - Madonna, "Like a Virgin" (1984)

You owe me a new keyboard.

[Bears Armed]

"We are living in Immaterial World, and I am Immaterial Girl" _ Madonna, 'A Material Girl'.