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Post by Grroosss on Apr 1, 2019 19:23:41 GMT
Misheard lyrics, Beatles edition:
In Eleanor Rigby... “picks up the ice in a chest where a wedding has been” (for keeping the beverages cold, of course!) In Revolution... “but if you go carrying pictures of chamomile” And in I Want to Hold Your Hand, I’m guilty of the same misheard lyrics as Bob Dylan...
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Post by nobodyschild on Apr 10, 2019 15:20:04 GMT
In Revolution... “but if you go carrying pictures of chamomile” I always thought this was “but if you go carrying pictures of Gemini” Also thought that in Eleanor Rigby it was “I look at all the lonely people” but apparently it’s just an “ah”. And in Roll Over Beethoven (no matter who sings it, I’ve heard it this way in the ELO and Beatles covers as well as the Chuck Berry original) I thought that “gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ” was “gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my lover today”. And my dad swears that the “sweet talkin lover” part in STW is “sweet talking Lola”.
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Post by eloneen on Apr 10, 2019 20:46:53 GMT
My dear hubby thought for the longest time that in Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" that he was singing "Sidney Allen's wonderful Christmas time, " instead of "simply having...," which, of course, begged the question of who this Sidney Allen might be. He's so cute sometimes...
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Post by Helmut83 on Apr 13, 2019 2:14:52 GMT
Today listening to music another one came to my mind. In Oasis' "Don't look back in anger", at the beginning of the chorus, instead of "and so Sally can't wait" I used to understand "and so sadical weight".
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Post by Timeblue on Apr 13, 2019 12:39:44 GMT
this is true... My best girl friend in high school thought the words to Flashdance - What A Feeling were "Take your pants off and make it happen" Err, yeah... Sounds good to me......
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Post by Timeblue on Apr 13, 2019 12:49:50 GMT
Dare I mention the Shania Twain famous mis-heard lyric?
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Post by eloneen on Apr 14, 2019 5:00:38 GMT
In "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle, I used to hear "Now he went home doing 95" (as in 95 mph) "getting his brakes out of line," instead of "Now he's at home doing 9 to 5, living his brave life of lies." Interesting how the mind tries to make sense of what we hear.
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Post by Grroosss on Apr 17, 2019 18:42:53 GMT
A couple from "Showdown": I used to think that "about a love that was sure to end" was "about a love that the future is" and I always heard "bad dreamer, what's your name?" as "bad things are watching me"... I still struggle with this one and now I usually hear "bad dreamer watching me".
And of course, while we're on the topic...
Classic misheard ELO lyric, hands up who knows from which song.... Couldn't figure this post out for the longest time... hadn't listened to it for a while, and then the next time I heard it it suddenly hit me I've always heard it that way too and thought to myself "well surely that's got to be wrong!" but I never bothered to look up the lyrics, when I finally made the connection I immediately pulled out the lyrics sleeve and totally had my mind blown when I learned what the lyrics originally were.
Apparently Jeff even changed it on the lyrics sleeve for the vinyl release of the 2012 Mr. Blue Sky album, but I can't confirm. Does anyone else own that one? I'd imagine that "grroosss" would have been changed to "Bruce" as well... and perhaps it also settles the "chicane"/"she came" debate for once and for all...
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Post by Horacewimp on May 3, 2019 17:39:18 GMT
This is not a misheard lyric but maybe misunderstood.
In the U.K. a ferris wheel is called a Big Wheel, therefore I’ve always imagined a ferris wheel turning when listening to the song Big Wheels but I guess it could also mean a wheel on a bus or lorry? How do others interpret the lyric.
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Post by eloneen on May 3, 2019 17:45:49 GMT
This is not a misheard lyric but maybe misunderstood. In the U.K. a ferris wheel is called a Big Wheel, therefore I’ve always imagined a ferris wheel turning when listening to the song Big Wheels but I guess it could also mean a wheel on a bus or lorry? How do others interpret the lyric. This is one of my favorites, so I've given it some thought. To me, it's figurative: the "big wheels" of life/life events/the universe/time, etc...things that keep moving forward, whether we want them to or not, outside of our control (a reference to JL's feelings of helplessness as his first marriage fell apart around that time, perhaps?)...That's how the rest of the lyrics fit with the song title in my mind.
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Post by Horacewimp on May 3, 2019 18:34:43 GMT
This is not a misheard lyric but maybe misunderstood. In the U.K. a ferris wheel is called a Big Wheel, therefore I’ve always imagined a ferris wheel turning when listening to the song Big Wheels but I guess it could also mean a wheel on a bus or lorry? How do others interpret the lyric. This is one of my favorites, so I've given it some thought. To me, it's figurative: the "big wheels" of life/life events/the universe/time, etc...things that keep moving forward, whether we want them to or not, outside of our control (a reference to JL's feelings of helplessness as his first marriage fell apart around that time, perhaps?)...That's how the rest of the lyrics fit with the song title in my mind. Good point I hadn’t thought of it that way, I think you are probably right.
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Post by nobodyschild on May 3, 2019 22:37:34 GMT
Yes I never really interpreted it as literal wheels, more of the forces of the universe at work or whatnot.
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Post by Grroosss on May 6, 2019 18:44:05 GMT
I agree that it is probably about how life and time just keep rolling on and on, and this is the interpretation I've generally stuck with; but I have also considered that the "big wheels" might be the wheels turning in someone's head, especially with the lyrics' emphasis on thinking and remembering.
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Post by BSJ on May 6, 2019 22:10:49 GMT
I just thought car wheels, etc. I know the lyrics, but obviously I don't pay that much attention to what he's singing about.
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Post by elophile on May 7, 2019 12:46:52 GMT
My two cents about "Big Wheels". I agree with everyone who interprets it as being about the forces of the universe. I've always thought it specifically referred to the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel's divine vision of a wheel within a wheel in the sky which I think has become known as a metaphor for God or the forces of the universe and is also thought to be referred to in Journey's Wheel In The Sky (and probably a lot of less cheesy places too ) .
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