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[modfinger]

At first I thought "Goo goo ga joob" was "look, look at you" which could have made sense in the context of the song where the lyrics were inviting self-evaluation.

[Here There Everywhere]

I think someone has said this but I'm not sure who but I also thought the lyrics to 'Rock and Roll Music' were:

'It's got a backbeat you can't flooze it'

[Octie]

I think someone has said this but I'm not sure who but I also thought the lyrics to 'Rock and Roll Music' were:

'It's got a backbeat you can't flooze it'

That was me Yay, I'm not alone!

[Almighty Doer of Stuff]

I heard that too, actually. Maybe that means rock and roll is good sex music (derived from "floozy", a slut)? I don't really see it that way, but different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

Abbey Road, on the other hand...

[Here There Everywhere]

That was me Yay, I'm not alone!

It really does sound like that!

[lennonista]

This is not so much a misheard lyric as just a lyric that doesn't make any sense and has always bugged me.

In She's Leaving Home, I hate it when they sing, "fun is the one thing that money can't buy."

I mean, isn't fun one of the things that money can actually buy? 

[Octie]

^ also, it can't be the one and only thing that money can't buy, because, as we know from another song, it can't buy you love either. Hehe, sorry, just kidding around

[KelMar]

Hope it's okay if I bump this topic. I've been amusing myself with this thread today so I'm hoping some of the other newer people will have something to add. Although it's not particularly funny, I used to think "Paperback Writer" was "Make the bag lighter". Had to be a drug reference, right?  Anything that doesn't make sense is. 

[Ovi]

This is not so much a misheard lyric as just a lyric that doesn't make any sense and has always bugged me.

In She's Leaving Home, I hate it when they sing, "fun is the one thing that money can't buy."

I mean, isn't fun one of the things that money can actually buy?  

I think her parents gave her everything she wanted, including money("We gave her everything money could buy"). She had everything she wanted, except for freedom, and that's probably why she left home. With all the money she had, she had no fun, => the conclusion is that "fun is the one thing that money can't buy". Great lyrics, and one of my favourite Beatles songs.

[Hello Goodbye]

Had to be a drug reference, right?  Anything that doesn't make sense is. 

 

Nice bump, Kelley. 

Until I bought The Complete Beatles Songbook, I had trouble hearing the correct lyric in I'm A Loser.  John had to make "And so it's true, pride comes before a fall" fit the melody.  It was a bit awkward as you can see by the face he makes...

The Beatles I'm a loser

[7 of 13]

Nice bump, Kelley.  

Until I bought The Complete Beatles Songbook, I had trouble hearing the correct lyric in I'm A Loser.  John had to make "And so it's true, pride comes before a fall" fit the melody.  It was a bit awkward as you can see by the face he makes...

The Beatles I'm a loser

i heard something else also. only lyrics i have gotten wrong were that line you just mentioned and that piano line from Berry's rock and roll music. at least i got the if you wanna' dance with me, the folks dancing got all shook up and my tears are falling like rain from the sky lines right.
 

[7 of 13]

At first I thought "Goo goo ga joob" was "look, look at you" which could have made sense in the context of the song where the lyrics were inviting self-evaluation.

so innocent, so totally innocent. now i just scat it or make it a very plain koo koo ka-choo not wishing to offend anyone within earshot. 

[KelMar]

Nice bump, Kelley. 

Until I bought The Complete Beatles Songbook, I had trouble hearing the correct lyric in I'm A Loser.  John had to make "And so it's true, pride comes before a fall" fit the melody.  It was a bit awkward as you can see by the face he makes...

The Beatles I'm a loser

That line puzzled me too and I actually remember what I was doing when I finally figured it out. It was a big moment.  Great video...you knew I'd like the face.

[blmeanie]

Back in my adolescent youth, my good friend one day sang :

"She's got a d*ck in her eye"

instead of

"She's got a ticket to ride"


While funny at the time, it ruined the song for me for years.  Therapy helped though.   

[Hello Goodbye]

So you have that all straight now, blmeanie?    

[Hello Goodbye]

That line puzzled me too and I actually remember what I was doing when I finally figured it out. It was a big moment.  Great video...you knew I'd like the face.

When I play the song on guitar I sometimes flub the lyric like this...And so it's true, pride becomes for a fall 

I wonder if John would mess up the lyric like that and try extra hard to get it right in concert.

[KelMar]

I've heard that John was notorious for forgetting lyrics. He would often write them on his hand but his eyesight was so poor that even with his glasses on he had a hard time seeing them. Poor guy.

[Kelly McCartney]

'Paperback Writer'

Real lyric: "Dear sir or ma'am"
What I heard: "Please sir old man"