J. Dan Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Have you ever thought back to what you thought songs were about when you were a kid, only to chuckle as an adult? Now that we have the internet, it's a lot easier to find the meanings of songs. I just googled one that gave me a chuckle. When 99 by Toto came out in '79, I was 8 years only and regularly watched "Get Smart" on TV. So I naturally assumed it was a love song to Agent 99 on Get Smart. Well, I just happened to think back on that and realize how silly that would have been. So I googled the song meaning. CLONK Anybody have any other examples they'd care to admit? Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. I always thought it was about LSD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I always thought that Boy George was singing about becoming a comedian. "Be-come-a come-a come-a come-a come-a-com-edian...." I am totally serious. Quote Michael Montage 8, Logic Pro X, Omnisphere, Diva, Zebra 2, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Elton John: "Hold me close now Tony Danza" Quote Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I didn't get "Lola" in my innocent youth. Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Okay, I'll take the low-hanging fruit, only because it's true: Puff the Magic Dragon. Another one was "Brand New Key" by Melanie. I was nine years old.... Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCRoswell Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" - Hendrix The priceless part is how I learned I was wrong. My brother told me about an interview he saw with Neil Finn about how he had the same misunderstanding. I then had to swallow my pride and ask him "Uh, yeah, well what does he really say?" So much for being the music expert in the family. Quote Live rig: Roland FA-08, Yamaha MOTIF ES 6, laptop for supplemental sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamer65 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. I always thought it was about LSD we have a nr. 1 in category sense of humor .. Quote One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamer65 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Regarding the topic, I understood "No woman, no cry" by Bob Marley when I was young in the "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" way .. better stay away Quote One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dance to the Music. "You might wanna hear from my organ...right outta site" Of course it's: ride Sally ride. Favorite one ever:(chorus of kids) Nyah-nahnahnah-Nyah. Couldn't understand a word of it on our old family console. James Brown: Say it Loud! (Chorus)I'm black and I'm proud! Us: They're not really saying that are they? It was the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moj Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Lush Life - jazz standard from Billy Strayhorn. I played it as an instrumental and thought it was about "living the good life". Then, I heard a vocal recording and realized it's about an alcoholics lament. Never knew the word "lush" was about drunkards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzzz Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" I always thought she was singing one-winged dove instead of white-winged dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickp Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" . . . Hmmm - nope - still don't get it. Quote Kawai KG-2D / Yamaha CP33 S90ES MX49 CP4 P515 / Hammond SK1 / NS3 88 / NS3Compact QSC K8.2s K10.2s KSubs / SoundcraftUi24 / SSv3 / GK MB112 MB115 MB210 Neo410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I always thought they were singing "I believe I'm loco" vs. "I believe in miracles... since I met you" in Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing". Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 For a long time, I thought Eric Clapton's "Forever Man" was "Four-Level Man". When I was very young, my grade school chorus sang a very puzzling song; I thought it quite ghastly, and called it the 'body' song': 'My body lies over the ocean; my body lies over the sea. My body lies over the ocean, oh bring back my body to me. Bring back, bring back, etc..' My sister finally explained to me that it was 'Bonnie', not 'body' . Quote 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. I always thought it was about LSD I thought everybody thought that it was about LSD. :idk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Although I knew, at the time, I recall people singing along with Peter Gabriel. She's so popular. Quote "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long" Walter Becker Donald Fagan 1977 Deacon Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Okay, I'll take the low-hanging fruit, only because it's true: Puff the Magic Dragon. Another one was "Brand New Key" by Melanie. I was nine years old.... I'm with you on both of these, Moonglow. I actually had to read Wikipedia on "Brand New Key". According to that source, Melanie dosen't confirm any innuendo about sex in her lyrics. However she doesn't deny it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 My parents told me of a friend they had whoduring his childhoodthought the hymn "Gladly the Cross I'd Bear" was "Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear." Best, Geoff Quote My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyg3042 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Just figured this one out...it's pretty embarrassing: Heard about a song from Joni Mitchell that I wasn't aware of, called Centerpiece. Big JM fan...so off to YouTube to check it out. Hey, I know that song well....but I always heard it as "centipede". Pretty lame, given I have The Hissing of Summer Lawns on vinyl AND 8 track (seriously...just nothing to play the tape on) Quote "May you stay...forever young." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 OK, now that we're getting into churchy stuff, when I was a kid, I thought it was "with the jellied toast proclaim" :-). Nobody had told me yet about the Heavenly Host. Luckily, my grandmother had a great sense of humor, as did other family members, so they always asked me to sing it each Christmas. I thought their laughing just meant they thought I was cute. It wasn't until years later that I learned the REAL lyrics. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I was REALLY young, and had not yet studied furniture making, so thought The Beatles' Glass Onion had a drug reference: "trying to make a dove tale joint, yeah". Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 "No I'm never gonna do it without the fez on" Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucktunes Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Some funny stuff in this thread! As recently as a few years ago I talked to a woman who'd always heard the Kentucky Headhunters' "Dumas Walker" as "Let's all go down to do Miss Walker..." Quote ><> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucktunes Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Also, FYI there are tons of hilarious misheard lyrics on this site. Quote ><> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 "Supercalla fragile lipstick expealladocious." Quote Michael Rideout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulceLabs.com Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 OK, I'll confess. I always thought in Hot Chocolate's "I Believe in Miracles" he was singing "I Believe in Urkel". [video:youtube] http://www.90s411.com/images/steve-urkel-costume-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridog6996 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I didn't get "Lola" in my innocent youth. I have to admit I never actually understood what this song was about until fairly recently, like a couple years ago. I was well familiar with the tune, but for whatever reason I never really paid much attention to the lyrics until it randomly came up in a conversation with my father. Also Why would somebody write a song about an elusive Asian man who leads a life of danger? I don't know, I was a kid. I wasn't trying to make sense of it. That guitar lick sounded pretty Asian to my young, uninformed ears too, which only seemed to confirm it in my mind. Quote My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Carry a laser down the road that I must travel.... (and I was reared Catholic) [video:youtube] Quote A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marczellm Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 "You Can Keep Your Head On" by Joe Cocker Quote Life is subtractive.Genres: Jazz, funk, pop, Christian worship, BebHop Wishlist: 80s-ish (synth)pop, symph pop, prog rock, fusion, musical theatre Gear: NS2 + JUNO-G. KingKORG. SP6 at church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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