Doerfler Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I always felt sorry for Six. Why the hell did the first five numbers not have to work too? hey, at least you got to hear it on the radio. XTC didn't get much airplay in the USA IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I always felt sorry for Six. Why the hell did the first five numbers not have to work too? hey, at least you got to hear it on the radio. XTC didn't get much airplay in the USA IIRC. I think they got something where I was, it might have been MTV. I know I heard a few tunes from them back then. Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 "Big ol' Jed in a lighthouse, don't carry me too far away..." First time I heard that song I thought it was "Big old jail near the lighthouse." Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdAct Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I had a hard time with parts of American Pie -- like... "Oh, and while the king was looking down The jestice stole his corny crown The courtroom a germ No, heard it was returned And while Lenin read a book on Marx The court that practiced in the park And we sang 'judge is in the dark' The day the music died And its Fall on the grass The players tried for a forward pass ..." I couldn't figure out what he was singing about (granted, my radio back then wasn't too great). Funny thing, though, after I learned all the correct lyrics, I still didn't know what he was singing about -- until much later when someone wrote a piece that explained it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdAct Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Of course, there were other songs where I had a heck of a time trying to figure out the lyrics, and eventually learned that they were even more impossible than I thought. For example, https://genius.com/The-doors-roadhouse-blues-lyrics currently has for Roadhouse Blues: "You got to beep a gunk a chucha Honk konk konk You got to each you puna Each you bop a luba Each you all bump a kechonk Ease sum konk" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 When I have time, I'll try to remember and write down what I used to sing in REM's "End of the World as we Know It". I know the words now, so it may be hard to remember what I used to sing. But in those days there was no internet so I had to just pick them up off the recording. I resorted to phonetically writing down the syllables as I heard them and learning it that way - it made no sense whatsoever, but nobody ever noticed or called me out on it. Once I had access to the real words, some of them made me laugh and others I realized I was basically singing without knowing it. Then there were others that I thought I was most likely singing wrong that ended up being correct! Like They Might Be Giants' "Don't Let's Start": Singing Deputy dog dogga ding dang depa depa deputy dog dogga ding dang depa depa D world destruction over and overture N do I need apostrophe T means it's torture. I thought most of that was jibberish until I saw the lyrics, and punctuation makes a big difference. DON'T: D = World Destruction (O = )Over and Overture N = Do I Need? 'T means it's Torture 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...
jpkeys Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 As a kid when the Rascals' Groovin' was a hit, thought the line was "life would be esctasy, you and me and Leslie". (you and me endlessly) Quote HX3.5|NS3|NE5D73|NUMAX73|SP6|XK-1c|MOXF8|PX-5S|D1|Monologue|Wurli 200|K2vxS|M3|145|Hohner Concerto iii|Vent II|Key Largo|DZR10|K8.2's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 When I first became aware of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as a kid, I wondered why Mom was bursting in the air. Quote "I like that rapper with the bullet in his nose!" "Yeah, Bulletnose! One sneeze and the whole place goes up!" ~ "King of the Hill" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quai34 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 And you are English native, imagine if you are French...!!!! But even in French, I really don't hear that much about lyrics, I Have the score scrolling in front of my eyes so, I know the notes, I Hear the notes but a lot of time, I can barely understand the lyrics....My daughter tells ne that I'm stupid because the lyrics are the most important in a song.... Ok, I know a lot of Beatles songs and Pink Floyd songs as well...They were in the cover and I was learning English at that age and was relying on English songs to improve... Quote Stage 2, C2, NL2X+TC Pedals, P08+Tetra+H9, P12+TC Chorus D50+PG1000, 2 Matrix 1K, Proteus 2K, TX802, Streichfett, Drumbrute. Guitars:G&L Legacy, Asat X2, Ibanez Artstar AS153.Bass: L2000, SR1200&2605. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsongs Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 "Two thousand zero zero Party ovaries, out of time..." - Prince, "1999" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyRubberDuck Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 When I was younger I thought the song "Eminence Front" (Pete Townshend - The Who) was about a new dance: "The M & M strut" ___________________________________________________ DRD Nord Stage, Yamaha Motif, Korg Triton, Roland JV2080, Fender Rhodes Mark I, Farfisa Mini Compact ('D's don't play) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Plain or peanut? Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drohm Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Just about every song from the Beastie Boys. Quote NS3C, Hammond XK5, Yamaha S7X, Sequential Prophet 6, Yamaha YC73, Roland Jupiter X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Everyone hears "douche" for "deuce" in Blinded By The Light, but the line that made me go "WHAT DID HE SAY?" is: And little Early Pearly Came by in his curly-wurly Honest to God, it still sounds to me like: And little Early Pearly Gave my anus curly-wurly I didn't want to know what the hell that was about. Quote aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Link Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I pointed out to the relative youngsters in the OR that this whole transgender stuff wasn't even new when either "Lola" or "Walk On The Wild Side" came on the classic rock station. A surgeon and a nurse born in the middle of the baby boom had no idea! Really? What did you think they were talking about? Quote aka âmisterdregsâ Nord Electro 5D 73 Yamaha P105 Kurzweil PC3LE7 Motion Sound KP200S Schimmel 6-10LE QSC CP-12 Westone AM Pro 30 IEMs Rolls PM55P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 These were 2 big ones in my youth... QUEEN - We Are The Champions "You got mud on your face, you're a big disgrace" mis-translated as: "You got mud on your face, your big disc brakes" ...and... STEVIE NICKS - Edge of Seventeen "Just like the white winged dove, sings the song, sounds like she's singing" mis-translated as: "Just like the wide window, sings the song, sounds like she's singing" Quote Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I remember hearing Springsteen's "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" on the radio when I was in middle school, and having to ask my dad what Bruce song had that chorus that sounded like "Ted Devil in the free line" or something. The thing is, the correct answer didn't make any more sense to me. Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 "Captain Midnight -- We're going to let it all hang out." (Clapton's "After Midnight") Speaking of ELP, the first line of "Love Blind" was transcribed, officially, as "I'm a Love Blind", which made about as much sense as if Lake had sung "I'm a duck blind." The reality is that he was singing "I'm love blind", but he was voicing the initial phoneme of the "L" in "love" on a separate pitch. Weird that that made it to the album (CD) cover. As for Tarkus, I'm not sure that Lake or Sinfield understood what it meant either. :-) Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfort Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Pretty banal, but for me it was Huey Lewis singing I want a new truck... rather than I want a new drug... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatoboy Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On the Young Rascal's 'Groovin' in 1967 ... because I was so obsessed to have my 1st Leslie...I selectively heard...which is a bit different that - mis-heard .... "You and Me Endlessly" as "You and Me and Leslie"....but I mean 'every single time' I heard it on the radio or whatever, my mind would slip it in instead of the original words....even today I will do that! I finally got my Leslie 120 late in '67 and a brand new 145 from the old Silver and Horland in downtown Manhattan (Chinatown) in late '68 or early '69....the 120 was just not the real deal w/o a top rotor! Quote CP-50, YC 73, FP-80, PX5-S, NE-5d61, Kurzweil SP6, XK-3, CX-3, Hammond XK-3, Yamaha YUX Upright, '66 B3/Leslie 145/122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 OK, here's another one I remembered from the Doobie Brothers--their "Long Train Runnin" song. I thought they were singing "See them poultries run, and you watch them disappear." I figured it was a song about wild chickens. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatoboy Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I heard Poultries too! Some funny sh%t... Quote CP-50, YC 73, FP-80, PX5-S, NE-5d61, Kurzweil SP6, XK-3, CX-3, Hammond XK-3, Yamaha YUX Upright, '66 B3/Leslie 145/122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I thought I was the only one! Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werno Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 From the department of nobody cares but me- There's a word for confusion-generated alternate versions of misheard lyrics and verse- mondegreens. Here's the Harper's 1954 essay from whence it sprang- http://www.drapersguild.com/uploads/1/2/8/5/12854632/harpersmagazine-1954-11-0006768.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustar Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I never knew that "Every Step You Take" by the Police was about a stalker. That didn't come through at all for me. I never knew till just a few years ago that "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was about a girl getting drunk and sick at a party and turning pale. I thought it was a much nobler narrative than that. Quote Yamaha P-515, Hammond SK1, Casio PX5s, Motif ES rack, Kawai MP5, Kawai ESS110, Yamaha S03, iPad, and a bunch of stuff in the closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 A very much misunderstood song for me would be the first time I heard Volare, back in the 1960s. When he sang "Felice di stare lassù", I thought he was saying "Felicia just started the soup". Definitely not a cooking song as I learned a bit later. Oh, and I almost forgot the "I love parrots in the springtime" song. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawback Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I always thought the chorus was: When theres the road, and a distant love but I guess its rose in a fisted glove - which makes no sense to me whatsoever. Quote ____________________________________ Rod Here for the gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 "Become-a come-a come-a co-me-dian..." Seriously. Quote Michael Montage 8, Logic Pro X, Omnisphere, Diva, Zebra 2, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Williams Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 One more of which I am not proud: "Hey there, amigo!" -- first line of Brown-Eyed Girl Quote -Tom Williams {First Name} {at} AirNetworking {dot} com PC4-7, PX-5S, AX-Edge, PC361 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 [video:youtube] 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...
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