Song Titles or Lyrics that may be heard differently.....

[jfrancispastirchak]

When I was a kid, I always thought "Hang On Sloopy" was "Hang On Snoopy"...especially since "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" was around the same time period. I still think it sounds better that way ;D

^ I agree it oughta be "Surprise," although I seem to have read one source saying "Sublime," which sure doesn't rhyme. But that's the band America for ya.
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It is "surprise".

Not surprising.

 

[rnigma1]

England Dan and John Ford Coley's "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" had another case of stressing the wrong syllable: "I don't care about mo-VIN' in..." I thought they were singing "I don't care about the linen..."

 

[Robert Bass]

U2's "Still Haven't Found..."

"I have scaled these city walls" sounded like "I am scared... He said it was".

Exposé's "Point Of No Return"

"Fill me within when we're together" sounded like "They don't give a damn when we're together".

R

 

[KeithE4]

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds got a mention on the first page of this thread with "Don't Pull Your Love." I am going to make a mention of their only other major hit, their only #1, "Fallin' In Love." The title lyric sounds like it was sung by Elmer Fudd! "Baby, baby, fawin' in love, I'm fawin' in love again!" Why couldn't they have taken the time to sing that a bit clearer?

Or maybe change their name to "Hamiwton, Joe Fwank, and Weynolds?" ;D

 

[cd637299]

England Dan and John Ford Coley's "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" had another case of stressing the wrong syllable: "I don't care about mo-VIN' in..." I thought they were singing "I don't care about the linen..."

This could be a thread in itself, just that one song.

I heard it pretty much as "I'm not talkin' 'bout millenium...." *
Also I think it was in the book " 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" ** it read "I'm not talkin' 'bout Bolivia"

* I wasn't the only one. I had a co-worker singing the song with his Walkman once, and turned to me and said, "What's a millenium?"
** This could also be the source of the website www.kissthisguy.com ....a treasure trove of this stuff!

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[firepoint525]

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds got a mention on the first page of this thread with "Don't Pull Your Love." I am going to make a mention of their only other major hit, their only #1, "Fallin' In Love." The title lyric sounds like it was sung by Elmer Fudd! "Baby, baby, fawin' in love, I'm fawin' in love again!" Why couldn't they have taken the time to sing that a bit clearer?

Or maybe change their name to "Hamiwton, Joe Fwank, and Weynolds?" ;D

Reminds me of something from earlier in this thread:

Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds (I recall the MST3K episode wherein the bots were wondering whether HJF&R were two, three or four people - actually, they were three) -

My mother used to think that "Olivia Newton-John" was three people (Olivia, Newt, and John--understandable, since she had that bass-voiced guy singing backup on her early hits), and I once thought that "Captain & Tennille" was just one person: "Captain Antenil." ;D

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

From The Beatles, She Loves You-- the verse "advice from her to do" sounded like "what guys like her to do..."

 

[cd637299]

More on "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".....

Also in the chorus, I *always* had heard it as

but there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around

Of course, like I read on the Web, that isn't possible, and the line ends as "the stars are out." But if you really listen hard, the "t" sounds like an "n"; also they run the phrase together; there ought to be a slight pause between "blowin' " & "the". Anyone else heard it this way?

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[SolidGold16]

More on "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".....

Also in the chorus, I *always* had heard it as

but there's a warm wind blowin' the stars around

Of course, like I read on the Web, that isn't possible, and the line ends as "the stars are out." But if you really listen hard, the "t" sounds like an "n"; also they run the phrase together; there ought to be a slight pause between "blowin' " & "the". Anyone else heard it this way?

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That's pretty much how it always sounded to me, also. So I'm in 100% agreement with you, but I have to wonder if this was done intentionally, just to confuse listeners? Why else would they slur the words so badly? The "T" does sound like an "N" to anyone who is listening close.

 

[radiofan502]

I love this thread and just had to add a few.
One of the first 45's I bought was Photograph by Ringo Starr. I was around 10 at the time and it took me a long time to find out the name of the song. I thought Ringo was singing "Boat Of Crap" I knew that crap was a bad word for kids to say back then in 1973, so I knew that title must be wrong! Don't remember when I found out the real title of the song!
One that my sister came up with was SOS by Abba. She thought they said "Pumpkin Eye" instead of "How Can I" in the song.
And my friend came up with these two songs. On Magic by Pilot he thought they said "My D**k" and on Invisible Touch by Genesis he thought they said "Invisible Tool Shed"

 

[michael hagerty]

One of the first 45's I bought was Photograph by Ringo Starr. I was around 10 at the time and it took me a long time to find out the name of the song. I thought Ringo was singing "Boat Of Crap" I knew that crap was a bad word for kids to say back then in 1973, so I knew that title must be wrong!

Well, given that "Photograph" came out six months after Paul Simon went to #2 with Kodachrome (which does say "crap"), that wouldn't have been the issue.

 

[rnigma1]

In "Beach Baby," the only hit of First Class, I thought they were singing "Lucy Hayes"... but they actually sang "blue sea haze" ... I didn't catch the "B" in "blue."

 

[cd637299]

In "Beach Baby," the only hit of First Class, I thought they were singing "Lucy Hayes"... but they actually sang "blue sea haze" ... I didn't catch the "B" in "blue."

Same here!!

 

[unitron]

I love this thread and just had to add a few.
One of the first 45's I bought was Photograph by Ringo Starr. I was around 10 at the time and it took me a long time to find out the name of the song. I thought Ringo was singing "Boat Of Crap" I knew that crap was a bad word for kids to say back then in 1973, so I knew that title must be wrong! Don't remember when I found out the real title of the song!
One that my sister came up with was SOS by Abba. She thought they said "Pumpkin Eye" instead of "How Can I" in the song.
And my friend came up with these two songs. On Magic by Pilot he thought they said "My D**k" and on Invisible Touch by Genesis he thought they said "Invisible Tool Shed"

Okay, "Invisible Tool Shed" would be a great band name.

 

[Info-warrior]

Misheard lyrics are awsome.

Here's a few from when I was real young.

Stairway to Heaven, Instead of "and as we wind on down the road" I heard that as "and there's a wineo down the road"

Jam on It by Nucleus, I used to hear that as Jammonie

Billy Joel, We didn't Start the Fire had a line that went "Rock and Roll the Cola wars, I can't take it anymore. I used to hear cola wars as color wars. I guess it was because gang violence and racial issues were in the media at that time.

Groove is in the Heart, I used to hear as Rose is in the heart or Roses in the heart depending on what context you want to ascribe to it.

For a long time I heard Maybe I'm Amazed as Baby I'm Amazed.

 

[CTListener]

How about that first word of the Bee Gees' "Massachusetts"? It always sounded to me as if the singer was giving his dog a command before launching into the lyrics: "Heel, I'm going back to Massachusetts."

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

Billy Joel, We didn't Start the Fire had a line that went "Rock and Roll the Cola wars, I can't take it anymore. I used to hear cola wars as color wars.

Re "Cola wars", you're not the only one. Trade magazines commented on that same feedback.

 

[Oldiesaholic]

A line from the "Doo-Wah-Diddy-Diddy" song sounded to me like:
"We're so happy, and the tower's gonna stay"...

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

...on Invisible Touch by Genesis he thought they said "Invisible Tool Shed"

Okay, "Invisible Tool Shed" would be a great band name.

Yes! think of the possibilities-- "If I Had An INVISIBLE Hammer..." I SAW-ed Her Again Last Night..." C'mon guys, as if you never thought up stuff like this...

 

[CTListener]

...on Invisible Touch by Genesis he thought they said "Invisible Tool Shed"

Okay, "Invisible Tool Shed" would be a great band name.

Yes! think of the possibilities-- "If I Had An INVISIBLE Hammer..." I SAW-ed Her Again Last Night..." C'mon guys, as if you never thought up stuff like this...

"The DRILL Is Gone," "Come On Down to My BOLT," "Why Don't We Get Drunk and SCREW?" ...