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Post by nobodyschild on Feb 26, 2019 0:21:19 GMT
Good idea BIuebird --just a place to put down misheard lyrics, doesn’t have to be specifically ELO. I'll start, and on the topic of Rockaria: I always misheard "at a quarter to three" as "across the street" smileys-whistling-823718
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Post by Grroosss on Feb 26, 2019 6:48:46 GMT
I always misheard "at a quarter to three" as "across the street" Don’t feel bad, I’m guilty of this one too! lol ...and also: “Back from the downtown palais” as “back from a downtown party” “Knocked me right back in the alley” as “now it rubbed me in the eye” “The way Puccini lays down a tune” as “the way Puccini lays down too” “Come on over you got nothing to lose” as “come on, don’t worry, you got nothing to lose” “Playing all Chuck Berry’s greatest tunes” as “playing all some very strange tunes” ...it’s okay, you can disown me now...
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 26, 2019 8:18:42 GMT
Not misheard as such but misunderstood, in Can’t Get it Out of My Head,
“Bank job in the city” I thought this meant a robbery not that someone worked there.
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Post by nobodyschild on Feb 26, 2019 20:46:28 GMT
Also in Can’t Get it Out of My Head, “walking on a wave’s chicane” as “walking on a wave she came”. I’ve never heard of a chicane before.
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Post by unomusette on Feb 27, 2019 19:46:31 GMT
Classic misheard ELO lyric, hands up who knows from which song....
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Post by Horacewimp on Mar 5, 2019 12:10:49 GMT
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Mar 5, 2019 13:03:09 GMT
Classic misheard ELO lyric, hands up who knows from which song.... It may well be a misheard lyric - but our Jeff loved it. I wonder whether he remembers the original words?
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Post by vlogdance on Mar 5, 2019 14:39:25 GMT
When a bought ELO LPs back in the day they always had the lyrics with them and so I would follow them on the sleeve, I guess that’s why I’ve nothing really misheard. My problem arose when I got some Move LPs no lyric sheets, what to do? Easy take a few days off school ill and do your own from the records, so here are a few the first are more scrappy and are for the Moves Greatest hits vol 1. The next album was The Move Shines On, I got a little more professional for this one. I haven't gone through them for mistakes so I’m sure there are plenty. Lots of other pages I’ve not pictured I’ve just picked the better know songs. These documents are simply magnificent, Horacewimp - they should be in the British Library. I especially like your interpretation of Ella James as having "been without her change too long". As well as the fresh light on the lyrics, I think we can derive some important insights from the archivist's handwriting: Those firm capital letters and tall upper strokes are clear signs of leadership qualities. The neatly crossed Ts suggest an ordered mind and fine co-ordination, indicating a person very well suited to the placing of tiles. The curves of the gs and ys shows an interest in foreign travel, yet something of a tendency to return to the same "rock". And the spacing between the words reveals a desire for rapid movement, possibly experienced vicariously through spectating on high-speed driving. All in all, a tremendous "discovery". Thank you for sharing this.
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Post by BSJ on Mar 5, 2019 23:44:33 GMT
Horacewimp , the bottom of this sheet is golden! Sussed, what great word (though you did a BSJ and spelled it wrong!) And, I love the underlining in red.
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 6, 2019 0:43:59 GMT
Also in Can’t Get it Out of My Head, “walking on a wave’s chicane” as “walking on a wave she came”. I’ve never heard of a chicane before. Aha! a question as old as time.... even the 'Jeff Lynne Song Database' website cannot fully answer this. Me? I think it's chicane but what do I know...
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Post by orioles70 on Mar 6, 2019 1:58:40 GMT
think I already admitted to this one, but the first few times I heard "When I Was a Boy", I thought Jeff was singing "lady of ways kept me company In those beautiful days when there was no money" I remember the confusion - is Jeff admitting he had a sugar momma funding his way into the music biz! once I realized it was "radio waves", I was like "oh - that makes a LOT more sense" try singing it with "lady of ways" and you start thinking "painted ladies of the Avalon" - Jeff's Mrs Robinson song And (lady of ways) kept me company In those beautiful days when there was no money When I was a boy, I had a dream When I was a boy I had a dream finding out what life could really mean Don't want a job cause it drives me crazy Just wanna sing, "Do you love me, baby?" When I was a boy, I had a dream And (lady of ways) kept me company
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Post by BIuebird on Mar 6, 2019 3:59:40 GMT
Also in Can’t Get it Out of My Head, “walking on a wave’s chicane” as “walking on a wave she came”. I’ve never heard of a chicane before. Aha! a question as old as time.... even the 'Jeff Lynne Song Database' website cannot fully answer this. Me? I think it's chicane but what do I know... I always heard this wrong as well. I do have Eldorado on vinyl though, and the official lyric sheet that came with it does indeed say "chicane." I must say, until I got the re-released CD of Time that included the bonus tracks and lyric sheet, I thought that the lyric "last night I saw your face in the window" from Julie Don't Live Here was "last night I saw your place in the window." Honestly, I still hear it that way. It actually makes more sense to me with the other lyrics. Would Julie even still be alive 114 years in the future for him to see her face? Or was it a photo he saw? I think I overanalyze things a bit. smileys-whistling-823718
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 6, 2019 9:08:31 GMT
Also in Can’t Get it Out of My Head, “walking on a wave’s chicane” as “walking on a wave she came”. I’ve never heard of a chicane before. Isn't a chicane a curve on a racetrack? But how that relates to walking on a wave,I don't know....
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Post by Horacewimp on Mar 6, 2019 18:04:06 GMT
Here is a plaice in a window for you BIuebird
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Post by BIuebird on Mar 6, 2019 18:22:33 GMT
Here is a plaice in a window for you BIuebird lol
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