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Misheard Song Lyrics

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bmw
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Eiffel 65: Blue
Correct lyric - "I'm blue, Da ba dee da ba di"
Wrong lyric - "I'm blue, I'm in need of a dye"

Seal: Kiss From a Rose
Correct lyric - "kiss from a rose on the grey"
Wrong lyric - "kiss from a rose on the grave"
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Aerosmith "Last Child" (from 1976 "Rocks") RIGHT lyric: "I was a last child I'm just a PUNK in the street" WRONG lyric: "I was a last child, I'm just BUMMING the street".
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Eric Clapton 1974 remake of the Johnny Otis Show 1958 song "Willie And The Hand Jive" (from 1974 "461 Ocean Boulevard") RIGHT LYRIC: "Willie & Millie got married last fall, they had a little Willie Junior and that ain't all" WRONG LYRIC: "They had Huey Dewey & Louie and that ain't all". Also George Thorogood & The Destroyers (from 1985 "Maverick") he said "Doin' the hand jive on MTV" NOT TV.
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Anything uptempo from Elton John in the 1970's
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In "Gimme Some Slack," one of the best songs on my favorite Cars album (Panorama):

The seven floors of walkup
The odor musted cracks

...seems to come out as...

The Southern boy's a warrior
He knows he must subtract
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matt1 wrote:
> Aerosmith "Last Child" (from 1976 "Rocks") RIGHT lyric:
> "I was a last child I'm just a PUNK in the street" WRONG lyric:
> "I was a last child, I'm just BUMMING the street".

Or "I'm just PUMPING the street"
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matt1
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Tom Jones "She's A Lady" from 1971 (written & also done by Paul Anka) RIGHT lyric: "She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner". WRONG lyric: "She's a WEINER". (laughs)
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Steely Dan "Josie" (from 1977 "Aja") RIGHT lyric: "Sleep on the beach and make it" WRONG lyric: "Sleep on the beach & lay naked"!!
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At the end of "Incense And Peppermints," when they repeat the title of the song, it sounds like...

Insects, half a man

...which to me adds meaning to the song.
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bmw wrote:
> Eiffel 65: Blue
> Correct lyric - "I'm blue, Da ba dee da ba di"
> Wrong lyric - "I'm blue, I'm in need of a dye"
>
> Seal: Kiss From a Rose
> Correct lyric - "kiss from a rose on the grey"
> Wrong lyric - "kiss from a rose on the grave"

What the heck does "on the grey" even mean?
I thought it was grave too.
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Paul McCartney & Wings "Mamunia" (from 1973 "Band On The Run" album) RIGHT lyric: "So the next time you see L.A. rainclouds don't complain it rains for you" WRONG lyric: "So the next time U.C.L.A. rainclouds..." Also on the lyrics record sleeve!! Denny Laine RIP
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matt1 wrote:
> Steely Dan "Josie" (from 1977 "Aja") RIGHT lyric:
> "Sleep on the beach and make it" WRONG lyric: "Sleep on the
> beach & lay naked"!!

Also from Steely Dan ("Don't Take Me Alive" from 1976 The Royal Scam):

RIGHT lyric: "I'm a bookkeeper's son..."
WRONG lyric: "Hollywood, keep your sun..."
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I was listening to the Rod Stewart version of "Twistin' the Night Away".

When he sang "He's dancin' with the chick in slacks" I thought he was saying "He's dancin' with the chicken slats".
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Dutch group Teach In "Ding A Dong" (1975 on Phillips Records) which reminds me of Leigh Nash or Sixpence None The Richer (of "Kiss Me" 1997 fame). RIGHT lyric: "Maybe it's a BIG HIT" WRONG lyric: "Maybe it's a BIGOT" (like Archie Bunker from "All In The Family"). Song went to # 22 on Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart back in June 1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug9fbmUMh2k
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