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The Well-nigh Misheard Lyrics In Stone History

Last Updated on January 2d, 2020

Once upon a time, in my first job upon landing in Los Angeles, a co-worker one time randomly asked "Exercise you similar the Cult?" "Sure!" I replied, having seen them on the Sonic Temple bout not long before relocating. "My favorite vocal of theirs is 'Party Adult female'!" he exclaimed. "What?" I was momentarily confused. "What are you talking nigh? Pretty sure they don't have a song called 'Party Woman'." I said, matter-of-factly. "YEAH THEY DO! (sings) Partaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaay! Smoke she is a'risin'! Partay!" He was dead serious, too. After I regained my composure, I explained the song was really called "Fire Woman". I hadn't idea about that in years until recently, when Seymour Duncan asked readers on Facebook what their favorite misheard lyric was. Suddenly, instant one-act flashback, and a tidal wave of responses. Some of them are at least as, if not even more comical.

Long before anyone with an internet connectedness could Google a set of song lyrics on a whim, you either waited for the OFFICIAL "song book" (usually piano charts and lyrics), or you guestimated. The trouble with guessing, of form, is that unfortunately you have a better take chances of existence wrong. Probably THE most infamous mishearing of a lyric would have to be Jimi Hendrix' "Regal Brume." A timeless stone classic, sure – but what's that about "'Scuze me, while I kiss this guy"?

Okay, so apparently information technology was a running  joke he'd say occasionally, but past all accounts (or the biography I read needs to alter its championship) the actual lyric is "while I kiss the SKY". Seems legit. But in that location are so many other hilarious examples of lyrical misinterpretation, from classic rock to metallic and beyond. Duncan readers came upwards with a ton of them – some too racy to reprint here (but no less hilarious), and some I'd never heard! And to be clear, nosotros're not talking about "mispronounced" examples, like Atomic number 26 Butterfly's singer being so hammered in the studio that "In the Garden of Eden" became "Ina Gadda Da Vida" (which I think yous're supposed to sing with a slur if doing an authentic cover, FYI). We're talking more er..organically-induced "WHAT did they say?" moments.
Another classic case, whether you're a fan of the original Bruce Springsteen version or the Manfred Isle of man's Globe Band encompass, is the line in the chorus of "Blinded by the Light."  The two examples offered in the Duncan thread are probably the nearly pop mishearings "Wrapped upwards similar a douche, another odor in the night" or "another rover in the night". Let'due south not fifty-fifty get into the psychology behind why both mishearings incorporate the word "douche", okay? (It's actually "duece".)

Or what about that timeless Creedence Clearwater Revival Classic "There's a Bathroom on the Correct"? Or their murder mystery song "Who Shot Lorraine?" And while we're on the subject field, who ever had a clue what Elton John was singing about, seriously? One minute it's "Someone shaved my wife tonight" (uh, "Saved My Life" maybe?) then "Hold me closer, Tony Daaaaaaaaanza!" ("Tiny Dancer" perchance?) See what I hateful? Only 1 affair the Rolling Stones made certain you can exist absolutely certain of – Mick Jagger volition NEVER exit anyone'due south "Pizza Burnin'"!

Wait, what? OK, easy fault to make. But who, who could forget Pat Benetar's "Hit Me With Your Pet Shark"? Not a very dainty affair to do to your (or anyone else's) pet shark, Pat. Simply maxim. And hey, speaking of the Cult in the original case, what's up with that "The dogs lay at your feet, Edie… We caressed your sheep" bit, anyone? Never mind that, no one could always, possibly forget the mighty Van Halen's ode to fine women'due south wear – "Padded Bra"? could they? I didn't think so!

How virtually the Blue Oyster Cult classic where they urged people  "Don't Fearfulness the Reefer" (and so alee of its fourth dimension)? Whoever suggested that surely would have loved AC/DC's "It's A Long Fashion To The Store If Y'all Want a Sausage Roll". Or the classic line in Stone Temple Pilots' "Interstate Dear Song": "Feelin' – similar a ham and mustard shake." No wonder a couple of lines later he'due south talking almost having trouble animate. Then in that location's the Steve Miller classic "Big Ol' Jed Had A Light On". The list goes on and on.
What'due south YOUR favorite misheard lyric?

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