You know it's funny now looking back at some of the 80s songs I used to love. It's funny because at one time or another I butchered the words while singing along because I didn't know exactly what they were saying. At one time or another I thought I was singing the right words until someone would laugh, persecute me and then correct me. Alot of the time they didn't even make any sense. Some of my flubs were:
Peter Cetera, Glory Of Love
Actual lyrics "It's like a Knight in shining armor froma long time ago, Just in time I will save the day, take you to my castle far away"
My lyrics: "Stock of night it's shining armor from a long time ago. Just in time I'll see the day, take to too my gato far away" note; a gato is cat in Spanish I do believe.
Dexy's Midnight Runners, Come On Eileen
Actual lyrics: "Poor old Johnny Ray Sounded sad upon the radio He moved a million hearts in mono"
My lyrics: "Poor old Johnny Ray so he sat upon the radio he move a million herats to unknown"
Actual lyrics: "come on Eileen well I swear (what he means) at this moment you mean everything, with you in that dress my thoughts I confess, verge on dirty , oh come one Eileen"
My lyrics: "Come on Eileen, oh I swear i'll be mean, at this moment you mean everything. You cause me stress and my thoughts I confess cause your dirty, oh come on Eileen"
Well anyway you get my point. This is just an example of my mistakes. Anyone wanna share?
Posted by NottoocoolJulie (Member # 1580) on :
Gap Band-"You dropped the bomb on me, baby"
I thought-"You're just a bumblebee, baby"
INXS-"Suicide Blonde" sounds like "Soup and Salad Bar" to me..
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Ali & and anyone else:
You will be interested in a website dedicated to songs with misunderstood or incorrect lyrics.
Enjoy! Posted by NottoocoolJulie (Member # 1580) on :
Oh my Maude! Thanks Steven for that link! I'm not the only one who thought INXS were singing about a soup and salad bar! That is amazing..
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
"with you in that dress"??? Is that what he says??? I always thought the line was "RIP OFF THAT DRESS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by McFly (Member # 354) on :
Some of my faves:
Bring Me A Higher Love....my cousin thought it was "Bring me a pie or Love"
Take a piece of me with you (everytime you go away), mistaken for "take a piece of meat with you"
Huey Lewis in Back in Time says "please dont drive eighty eight!", for a lot of years I thought it was "please dont drive me to eat!"
MJ with the kid is not my son, I thought was "The kid is Mike Tyson"
Frankie with "When you want to suck to it"...no wait, he really did say that! Posted by Banshee (Member # 1829) on :
Ah yes the Rolling Stones
"You make a grown man cry" is always "You make a crow-man fly" to me.
Check out Misheard lyrics. Immensely enjoyable.
Posted by Ali_with_an_i (Member # 27) on :
These are all so funny! I just remembered another one. Kenny Loggins I'm Alright from CaddyShack.
He sang "I'm alright, nobody worry 'bout me. You gotta gimmie a fight, why don't you just let me be"
I used to sing " Ham on rye, nobody worry bout me. You gotta to give me a bite, why dont you just let me be"
By the way, I really enjoy the links to the sites with other lyrics gone wrong. They are hilarious!
Posted by Eri (Member # 1974) on :
I dont know whether this song is from the eighties or not .. but i always got it wrong ... my X husband used to take the P all the time ....
The song is 'Love on the rocks' by 'Neil Diamond'
The proper lyrics are .... Love on the rocks, Aint no surprise, Just pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
I always sang ... Love on the rocks, Aint no surprise, pour me a drink, and I'll fetch the ice ?!?!?!?!?! Posted by Ali_with_an_i (Member # 27) on :
HAha, what you thought kinda made sense though. Welcome to the board Eri! Posted by isis9968 (Member # 1780) on :
The one song that I can think of that I am sure I have gotten wrong, is More Than A Feeling, by Boston... I can't even tell you what the correct words are, because I don't know them-obviously- but I know the stuff I am singing doesn't make very much sense, and I am not even sure if they are actual words that I am singing.
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