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this is the thread where we can share our past experiences of "mishearing" beatles lyrics without being embarrased.

It would work best if you post the name the song, the misheard lyrics, and the actual lyrics.

I'll start:

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love
                       

this is the thread where we can share our past experiences of "mishearing" beatles lyrics without being embarrased.

It would work best if you post the name the song, the misheard lyrics, and the actual lyrics. if you have a funny story to share about your moment of realization, please share.

I'll start:

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love
                           Actual Lyrics: Can't Buy Me Love

I Want to Hold Your Hand- Misheard Lyrics: I get high
                                     Actual Lyrics: I can't hide

Mean Mr Mustard- Misheard Lyrics: this ones sad...keeps a tampon stuck up his nose
                          Actual Lyrics: keeps a ten bob note up his nose

Fixing A Hole- Misheard Lyrics: See the people standing there
                    Actual Lyrics: See the beatles standing there

Quote from: TurnMeOnDeadmanFixing A Hole- Misheard Lyrics: See the people standing there
                    Actual Lyrics: See the beatles standing there

Funny I always thought it was "Silly beatles standing there."  just kidding.

I can't seriously think of too many times this has happened to me but if I can remember a lyric I'll let you know.

Mr. Kite

Wow I thought the lyrics were "Silly people standing there"!

With a Little Help From My Friends- Misheard Lyrics: Give me cheese
                                                 Actual lyrics: Billy Shears

Background vocals Paperback Writer:
misheard lyrics:...striker (how did I come up with that?)
actual lyrics: frere jacques

Quote from: MairiWow I thought the lyrics were "Silly people standing there"!

With a Little Help From My Friends- Misheard Lyrics: Give me cheese

Ending of Polythene Pam - Misheard Lyrics: John says "Right!"
                                     Actual Lyrics: John really says "Great!"

I guess I've heard some of them wrong, but since they always put the lyrics in their albums it was easy to get them right. That and they usually sing pretty clearly. The singer I have the MOST trouble understanding has to be Mick Jagger. I cannot understand half of what he's singing most of the time.

Did you know that reviewers have dubbed his singing style "The Jagger slur"?

I didn't know that! But I totally agree! I can't even misquote any of his stuff cuz it's like jibberish! Here's one from Honky Tonk Woman-(I met her jencesen bar room queen in Memphis" and then something about New York City. I like when Whoopi Goldberg tries to sing Jumpin Jack Flash in that movie. She cracks me up. 'I was raised by two lesbians!"

"Newpaper taxis and beer on the shore" ~ Misheard lyrics of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

"Newspaper taxis appear on the shore" ~ Real lyrics

I used to sing the misheard when I was small .... What the heck was I drinking?!  ;D

Quote from: MaccalvrI guess I've heard some of them wrong, but since they always put the lyrics in their albums it was easy to get them right. That and they usually sing pretty clearly. The singer I have the MOST trouble understanding has to be Mick Jagger. I cannot understand half of what he's singing most of the time.

i know,, i still cant understand what the hell hes trying to say in "Street Fighting Man" verses

Lucy in the Sky

Misheard The girl with colitis goes by

Actual The girl with kaleidoscope eyes  :B

Savoy Truffle:

Misheard lyrics - "We all know the deeper dark"
Actual lyric - "We all know Obladiblada"

That's the only one I can think of at the moment, but I'm sure there's more.

shit, i just noticed i started two of these.

The Ballad of John & Yoko:
Misheard lyrics: You can get married and you probably faint
Actual lyrics: You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain

Quote from: Soft_Guitar60The Ballad of John & Yoko:
Misheard lyrics: You can get married and you probably faint
Actual lyrics: You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain

i like the misheard one better for some reason.

Quote from: MairiWow I thought the lyrics were "Silly people standing there"!

With a Little Help From My Friends- Misheard Lyrics: Give me cheese

'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'

"The girl with colitis goes by"

-'The girl with kaleidescope eyes'.

Quote from: lennonlemonthis is the thread where we can share our past experiences of "mishearing" beatles lyrics without being embarrased.

It would work best if you post the name the song, the misheard lyrics, and the actual lyrics.

I'll start:

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love

From the Sgt Pepper reprise:
Sergeant Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band
It's getting very near the end

And I always heard: It's getting better near the end


And from She's Leaving Home:
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown

I heard: Father snores as his wife gets into a dressing girl. Whatever that may be.

Not quite the same, but for years I thought the line from the Stones Paint it Black was "I see a reptile and I want it painted black."

come together -

hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

ACTUALLY

hold you in his arms yeah you can feel his disease

Quote from: lennonlemon

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love
                           Actual Lyrics: Can't Buy Me Love

That's so funny! My friend thought it was called Puppy Love.  She's like, "One song I hear too much is Puppy Love," and I had no idea what she was talking about until she sang that part out. :P

In I Am The Walrus, does anybody hear:

"Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain."?  ??)

The most famous misheard lyric was bob dylan on I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
I CANT HIDE
BOB`S  I GET HIGH , had dylan thinking THE BEATLES were all pot heads .

I guess most of you have heard that before .

Quote from: 297In I Am The Walrus, does anybody hear:

"Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain."?  ??)

That IS the lyric though. Isn't it?

Quote from: 185Not quite the same, but for years I thought the line from the Stones Paint it Black was "I see a reptile and I want it painted black."

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Somebody once told me to imagine them singing "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise".

Now every time I hear that song, that's what it sounds like.

Quote from: 449The most famous misheard lyric was bob dylan on I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
I CANT HIDE
BOB`S  I GET HIGH , had dylan thinking THE BEATLES were all pot heads .

I guess most of you have heard that before .

Never ... until I read it somewhere  :-/

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That IS the lyric though. Isn't it?

It's su-posed ... but do you hear that? ... rain, I mean ...

Quote from: 297

It's su-posed ... but do you hear that? ... rain, I mean ...

Just listened to it on headphones. Sounds like Rain to me.

OK ... the thing was that I've never heard that word  :-/ ... it's su-posedd to be that but ... it happens more or less the same with the infamous lyrics of Doors' The End ... you already know which words I'm talking about  ;) ... you can't hear hem but you know they must be there ... or wish!  ;D

Quote from: 297OK ... the thing was that I've never heard that word  :-/ ... it's su-posedd to be that but ... it happens more or less the same with the infamous lyrics of Doors' The End ... you already know which words I'm talking about  ;) ... you can't hear hem but you know they must be there ... or wish!  ;D

You've defeated me. WTF are you on about? Rain sounds like...what?

Like a mere sound ... no like a defined word (due to the mixing?) ... but it seems it's only me the one who can't hear cl-early "rain" ... it doesn't matter  :)

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You've defeated me. WTF are you on about? Rain sounds like...what?

Er..rain!!!!!

;D ;D ;D

To me anyway.

For over 30 years, everytime I listen to "The Answer's at the End" on Extra Texure when George says, "Life is one long enigma my friend, read on read on the answer's at the end", I thought he was saying, "Life is one long anagram my friend" -which made total sense.  Then I saw the lyrics in print, but I didn't know what an enigma was, so I thought it said, "Life is one long enema my friend"!  Oh well, Live on live on the answer's at the end!

Quote from: 431I thought it said, "Life is one long enema my friend"!  

That's hilarious! Moreover, with Harrison's sense of humor, he just might have said that. Cheers.  :D

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That's hilarious! Moreover, with Harrison's sense of humor, he just might have said that. Cheers.  :D

Hialrious, indeed! ;D
It seems that he was playing with the words in that album:

"Points of interest: Perhaps a joke referencing the impending demise of The Beatles' Apple Records label, the Apple logo is presented on Extra Texture (Read All About It) all eaten away. In addition, Harrison is pictured on the inside jacket with the caption "OHNOTHIMAGEN" (i.e. "Oh, not him again!"); a humorous take on Harrison's dwindling popularity at this time."

from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_Texture_%28Read_All_About_It%29

I was always pretty good (or just lucky) at picking the correct lyric.  One that does come to mind however is the ad libbing at the end of "Hey Bulldog".  Instead of "clap", I thought Paul said "quack".

J+P) "Hey Bulldog ..."
P) "Hey man"
J) "What

Quote from: 431Then I saw the lyrics in print, but I didn't know what an enigma was, so I thought it said, "Life is one long enema my friend"!  

So, you're telling me it isn't?  ;)

In Lend Me Your Comb, John sings: I got to go past, my hair is a mess.
I always thought it was: I gotta confess, my hair is a mess.
Which is close to the truth, actually.  ;D

Blue Jay Way

The real lyric: Theres a fog upon L.A.

I hear: Theres a frog upon a lake

makes perfect sense

Quote from: 625Blue Jay Way

The real lyric: Theres a fog upon L.A.

I hear: Theres a frog upon a lake

makes perfect sense

I thought he WAS singing 'There's a fog upon a lake'. Sounds more mysterious to me, in line with the song.

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I thought he WAS singing 'There's a fog upon a lake'. Sounds more mysterious to me, in line with the song.

Well, it is about the Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles, isn't it?

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Well, it is about the Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles, isn't it?

I don't know if this is going back to being sarcastic or anything, but if you read my post again, you'll see that I was just referring to my thinking that it says 'lake'. And that I think it sounds better to me that way. That's all.

I was referring to your remark that 'lake' would be more in line with the song... Never mind.

Quote from: 63I was referring to your remark that 'lake' would be more in line with the song... Never mind.

OK. Fair enough, I jumped to a conclusion. But it's all in the context of stuff that's gone funny over the last 18 months I've been here on and off. Apology is not below me, so - sorry.  :)

It"s all good.

Quote from: 161come together -

hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

ACTUALLY

hold you in his arms yeah you can feel his disease

Isn't it "hold you in his armchair"? I thought the "arms yeah" was something someone misheard (as i read it somewhere)

I always heard in "Act Naturally' Ringo says "Bending down apalling bended knee" instaed of "begging down upon his bended knee"

Also I always heard in We Can Work it Out "life is very sharp" instead of short"

Haha, misheard lyrics are always a funny subject!  ;D
...but I don't actually have any particularly funny ones.
In "It's Only Love", I thought John said "haven't I the right to make it happen", when he actually said "to make it up, girl".
Then in "Things We Said Today", I heard "love to hear you say that love is blind" rather than "love is luck", partially coz I thought that this line was meant to rhyme with "me I'm just the lucky kind"...

But the funnier one was when I misheard George in Something as saying:
"you're asking me where my love grows" instead of will my love grow". Hehe, where my love grows... in the garden, perhaps?  ;D

Hard Day's Night

Actual: So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone

Heard as: So why I nurture you home

Quote from: 610Haha, misheard lyrics are always a funny subject!  ;D
...but I don't actually have any particularly funny ones.
In "It's Only Love", I thought John said "haven't I the right to make it happen", when he actually said "to make it up, girl".
Then in "Things We Said Today", I heard "love to hear you say that love is blind" rather than "love is luck", partially coz I thought that this line was meant to rhyme with "me I'm just the lucky kind"...

But the funnier one was when I misheard George in Something as saying:
"you're asking me where my love grows" instead of will my love grow". Hehe, where my love grows... in the garden, perhaps?  ;D

I gotta go listen to Things We Said Today one more time because since I bought the album over 40 years ago I hear "Love to hear you say that love is love." On I hold your hand I hear "I Get High" every time I listen to it.

Help

Actual: Help! I need somebody.

Heard as: Help! I need you-- yeah, you, the one in the second row, with the teeth and the hair. Yeah, baby YOU. Come on up here and let's get it oooooooon!

I will only add that I believe many girls heard this lyric in this exact same way.   ;) ;D

Quote from: 297In I Am The Walrus, does anybody hear:

"Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain."?  ??)

Yeah that's what I hear is standing in the English rain

Yes, if we're talking about the early take included on the Anthology 2 CD 2 ... there is very clear, I agree!

In Please Please Me I heard "You dont need me to show the weather" instead of "You don

from I'm Down

misheard: You still won't keep your hands to yourself
real lyric:   You still moan, Keep your hands to yourself

from Baby, You're A Rich Man

misheard - Just like a Jew
Real lyric - Inside a zoo

Quote from: 551Help

Actual: Help! I need somebody.

Heard as: Help! I need you-- yeah, you, the one in the second row, with the teeth and the hair. Yeah, baby YOU. Come on up here and let's get it oooooooon!

I will only add that I believe many girls heard this lyric in this exact same way.   ;) ;D

Hehehe, good one Harihead!  ;D

Oh yeah, I just remembered another mishearing on my part:
In "One After 909", I heard "Grandma said, you've got the wrong location" instead of "railman said..."  ;D

Some of these are funny!!

Across The Universe
Misheard Lyric:
"Kangaroo Dave..."

The real lyrics were:
Jai guru deva


Helter Skelter
"When you get to the bottom you go back to the frog on the slide"

The real lyrics were:
When you get to the bottom you go back to the top of the slide.


I've Just Seen A Face
"Fallin', yes I'm fallin' and Jiggy's callin', me back again"

The real lyrics were:
Fallin', yes I'm fallin', and she keeps callin', me back again


Michelle
"Michelle my bell,
some day monkey play piano song,
play piano song."

The real lyrics were:
Michelle ma belle,
sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
tres bien ensemble.


Penny Lane
"And he's barking at a portrait of the Queen"

The real lyrics were:
In his pocket is a portrait of the Queen


Polythene Pam
"She's the kind of a girl that makes good use of The Pill"
    
The real lyrics were:
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World"


Revolution
"But if you go carrying pictures of German mouths"

The real lyrics were:
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao


Ticket To Ride
"My baby donkey"

The real lyrics were:
My baby don't care

Quote from: 360Some of these are funny!!
[...]
Michelle
"Michelle my bell,
some day monkey play piano song,
play piano song."

The real lyrics were:
Michelle ma belle,
sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble,
tres bien ensemble.
[...]

Funny indeed!!! :D ... see what a couple of drinks can do!!! :P ;D

All of those misheard lyrics were from here by the way: http://www.kissthisguy.com/

I merged the two threads

Quote from: 360I merged the two threads

Well done!  ;)

None I can think of. When I was little , my friend and I thought Elton John was singing ' She's got electric Boobs'!  :o :BHe was actually saying," She's got electric Moves'. ;D

George's Dark Horse

Misheard lyrics: "And I became to sleep before you"

The real lyrics: "And I became too slippery for you"

Quote from: 297George's Dark Horse

Misheard lyrics: "And I became to sleep before you"

The real lyrics: "And I became too slippery for you"

Hehe, I've also got a George-related mishearing. In Art of Dying, when he says
"There's nothing Sister Mary here (can do)"
I heard:
"There's nothing systematic here"  ;D

And then in Beware of Darkness, instead of
"Beware of Maya"
I heard
"Beware of mire"
...which actually made sense to me, 'cause I thought the "unconsciouss sufferers" sink in their suffering as one would sink in a mire... and I didn't know Maya was a word  :B

Back to the Beatles, in Rock n Roll Music, instead of
"It's got a backbeat you can't lose it"
I heard
"It's got a backbeat you can flooze it"
...and I know that flooze isn't a word, but I still hear it like that sometimes... really makes me laugh  ;D
Do excuse the sillyness...  :)

och... Octie, Octie Octie...  Anyway, I dont know what i heard but only recently (like 3 days ago) I was told that in "Come Together" John says "Walrus gum boots"- i never knew he said that.

Also in Twist and Shout I heard "Well take it take it take it take it baby now" instead of "shake it"... Poor John's... ummm... voice strings... in his throat... (thats a straight translation from hebrew as i dont know the english word :B)

Not really a misheard lyrics as such but, I was singing This Boy (in the kitchen, to myself) and my mom instead of "This boy" she heard "Sex bomb"!  ;D

Quote from: 596Not really a misheard lyrics as such but, I was singing This Boy (in the kitchen, to myself) and my mom instead of "This boy" she heard "Sex bomb"!  ;D

Which boy had your mom in mind? uh?  8)

I always thought George was singing about Triffle in Roll Over
Beethoven ..

Roll it over & move on up
just "triffle further".

real lyric: try little further (Well, at least i think that's what he says! ;D)

Quote from: 297

Which boy had your mom in mind? uh?  8)

my dad i hope...  :D

Quote from: 596my dad i hope...  :D

I sure of that!!! ;)

Quote from: 596Not really a misheard lyrics as such but, I was singing This Boy (in the kitchen, to myself) and my mom instead of "This boy" she heard "Sex bomb"!  ;D

hmmm... would you like to tell the forum what Mom (/Mum?) said yesterday about I'm Looking Through You?  ;)

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hmmm... would you like to tell the forum what Mom (/Mum?) said yesterday about I'm Looking Through You?  ;)

With pleasure. We were listening to I'm Looking Through You And our mom heard "I wanna screw you" to what i added "where did you go?" :D

So u see, we have a nice little humble family!

Quote from: 596
With pleasure. We were listening to I'm Looking Through You And our mom heard "I wanna screw you" to what i added "where did you go?" :D

So u see, we have a nice little humble family!

What time your show is on TV/radio at?  ;D

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What time your show is on TV/radio at?  ;D

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! God raxo...!!!!!!! You should get the Crack up award!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! God raxo...!!!!!!! You should get the Crack up award!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So think I  ;D ... in fact, I had two nomi-nations in the past!!!  :'( ... but I don't give up fighting for one!!!LOL!  ;)

Tho I'm not nominated for that category this year :-/:
http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/b-conversations/m-1167519473/s-0/

P.S. "Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My A** Off" () sounds like too much, don't you think? But huge thanks! :K)

I used to think in she loves you it was "apollo" instead of of apoligize!! I thought they were talking about space!! haha

Not an actual beatles composition but when I listened to Paul singing it I had 'Long Tall Sally' wrong for ages

ACTUAL: 'Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John'

I HEARD: 'I'm gonna tell aunt Mable; Bald Uncle John'

Oh and in 'Yer Blues', I didnt know what the heck the lyric 'the worm he licks my bone' was until recently!

In long tall sally I am still sure he says "bald headed sally"!

Quote from: 544In long tall sally I am still sure he says "bald headed sally"!

I reckon he changed the lyrics and sang about baldness instead haha maybe it concerned him? He's actually not very bald at his present age from what I've seen! good for him  :)

Quote from: 553He's actually not very bald at his present age from what I've seen! good for him  :)

No, Ringo's catching up with the baldness. No offence ;D

In  :K)me Mucho (haha) we (Octie and I) heard instead of "this joy is something new...", we heard "this joyous song think you my arms enfolding you..."

Ooh, I just remembered another thing that I misheard:
In When I'm 64, I heard "we shall scream and say" instead of "scrape and save"... I thought that was quite weird... why should a nice elderly couple be screaming...?  ;D
Wah... I do mishear a lot, don't I?  ;)

This is embarrassing, but for years I thought that in "Get Back" Paul was saying "left his home into south Arizona", instead of "Tuscon, Arizona"  ::)

Dig a pony:
ACTUAL: "Yes you can penetrate any place you go"
I HEARD: "Yes you can penetrate any place SHE go"

I posted this in another thread with the same title. Deja vu!

Dig a pony:
ACTUAL: "Yes you can penetrate any place you go"
I HEARD: "Yes you can penetrate any place SHE go"

And I see thatlennonlemon and I are sharing the avatar, heheheh!

Quote from: 564I posted this in another thread with the same title. Deja vu!
[...]

Yep, we could make one out of these two  8):
http://dmbeatles.com/forums/b-songs/m-1111811918/s-0/

Besame mucho - only after looking up did i know it was "This joy is something new my arms are holding you" - Before i didn't kno what it was but guessed it was "i am forcing you" or something! still doesn't sound like it!

I merged the two threads that existed on both the Beatles and Song-section.

Quote from: 544Besame mucho - only after looking up did i know it was "This joy is something new my arms are holding you" - Before i didn't kno what it was but guessed it was "i am forcing you" or something! still doesn't sound like it!

Hehe, I know what you mean McLennon... Kaleidoscope_Eyes and I used to think it was "this joyous song, think you, my arms enfolding you"  ;D

... and we couldn't even guess what Paul said in the next line, except for the word "before"!  :D

Hmm...

The inajagerjado bit in She Loves You.

I don't want to know the proper lyric for it, I like my inajagerjado bit.

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Quote from: 366The inajagerjado bit in She Loves You.

would you like to elaborate?

Hey master, one more post and you goning to have 1000 posts! (thumbsup)

Quote from: 596[...]
Hey master, one more post and you goning to have 1000 posts! (thumbsup)

Congrats in advance, TheMasterOfGoingFaster! :)

Hey, Kaleidoscope_Eyes, you and The Fox Drummer don't keep the eyes off numbers!  ;)
http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/b-mailboxes/m-1177435112/s-0/

^ Neeheehee

Quote from: 366The inajagerjado bit in She Loves You.

I don't want to know the proper lyric for it, I like my inajagerjado bit.

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inless u mean the "aplogise to her" bit? I always thought that was "apollo" like in space! haha

o and the next line for that besame mucho is "never knew this thrill beforrreee", i got that bit, but your guess is as good as mine for the bit before! lol

In Ringo's You're Sixteen instead of "Now you're my angel divine" I heard " Now you're my age and divine" Which you know, does make sense (a bit).

How embarassing I just realised one I was mistaken of right up til NOW!

In 'two of us'

I though it was: 'the road that stretches out of here'

but it's actually' the road that stretches out ahead'

:B silly me

Quote from: 63I merged the two threads that existed on both the Beatles and Song-section.

Thanks, Bobber. It was so strange to find another thread with the same title.

to think, for all these many years, I've been singing the Beatles most popular song incorrectly!  What I just learned last night has changed my life.  By reading Spitz's "Beatles" book, he had the lyric written down, and at first I didn't believe him.  Until I sang it with his words, and it suddenly made more sense than what I had previously believed.

What I previously believed:
"its such a feeling that my love - I get high, I get high, I get hiiighhh"

the real lyric:
"its such a feeling that my love - I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hiiideeee"

Unbelievable.

Bob Dylan made the same mistake as you.

My problem is with She Loves You when they sing 'pride can hurt you too' I always thought they sang 'liken her to do' which isn't even modern english!

..or the famous "cranberry sauce" for "I buried Paul"

I Saw Her Standing There:

Correct Lyrics:
"And the way she looked, was way beyond compare..."
Sounds Like:
"And the way she looked, was way beyond the man..."


The f*ck?

Even though I've known the correct words for years, it still sounds like this...

Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds[/u]
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
misheard lyric: the girls are incredibly high[/i]

Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
correct lyric: that grow so incredibly high[/i]

Norwegian Wood[/u]
And when I awoke, I was alone
misheard lyric: whispered the phone[/u]

And when I awoke, I was alone
correct lyric: This bird has flown[/u]

On that last one, it never clicked to me, especially since the song title has the words "This Bird Has Flown."

'It Don't Come Easy'

'...and this lump of mine keeps growing all the time...'

I wish he'd get that thing looked at.

:o

Quote from: 828Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds[/u]
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
misheard lyric: the girls are incredibly high[/i]

Haha! They probably were... seems to be the perfect place and time..

Quote from: 828On that last one, it never clicked to me, especially since the song title has the words "This Bird Has Flown."

Same here. I also never heard "the bird has flown"...

Quote from: 843'It Don't Come Easy'

'...and this lump of mine keeps growing all the time...'

I wish he'd get that thing looked at.

:o

The combination of that comment and your avatar makes me think of operations...  :-/ ;)

Yeah, with It Don't Come Easy, instead of "please remember peace is how we make it" I heard "easy memories is how we make it"  :D

;D

geez I always thought it was "love to hear you say that love is love" till I read this thread and found out that it was "love is luck". :-/ i like "love is love" version better.

Something in the way she moos
Attracts me like no other mother.

  

^ I don't care if you made that up, it totally cracked me up!  ;D Cheers.

Quote from: 761Something in the way she moos
Attracts me like no other mother.

Hahahahha!!!!! Hillerious!

I was singing Band on the Run and Octie heard "bend down and run"  ;D

Quote from: 596
I was singing Band on the Run and Octie heard "bend down and run"  ;D

... it's true, it's true... :D

Quote from: 761Something in the way she moos
Attracts me like no other mother.

... said the calf? ;)

Quote from: 706geez I always thought it was "love to hear you say that love is love" till I read this thread and found out that it was "love is luck". :-/ i like "love is love" version better.

I used to think it was "love to hear you say that love is blind"  :B

I Am The Walrus

what I thought - Yellow fatter Mustard, dripping from a bed bog's eyes

what it really was - Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
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what I thought - salmonella pictures, climbing up the eiffel tower

what it was - Semolina pilchard, climbing up the eiffel tower.
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what I thought - see, wow, they style like pigs in a cry. see how they cried.

what it was - See how they smile like pigs in a sty. See how they snied.
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what I thought - im flying (or) im trying

what it really was - im crying
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what I thought - edamanty pan wins bringing harry kiss ma.  man, you've been the kit in edgar allen poe.

what it really was - Elementary penguin singing hari krishna. Man, you should have seen them kicking edgar allan poe.
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i honestly thought that half of this song was in a different language when i frist heard it  :B  :-/

Quote from: 1051i honestly thought that half of this song was in a different language when i frist heard it  :B  :-/

I know what you mean.... My sister at first thought that the song is about the nature and conservation and all...  ;D

misheard: looking through the big black jewled lips
actual: looking through the bent back tulips
glass onion
pretty bad huh?

I Am The Walrus

Misheard: Waiting for the band to come (or Waiting for the man to come)
Actual: Waiting for the van to come

Strawberry Fields
Misheard: No one I think isn't my tea
Actual: No one I think is in my tree

in the song Penny Lane, i thought                        in Can't Buy Me Love, i thought

"and the banker never wears a mack"                    "i don't care to, much for money"
                was                                                                         was
"and the banker never wears a mat"                      "i don't care to, mooch for money"

^^^ woah... i didn't know the real lyrics then!!!

Quote from: 1300"i don't care to, mooch for money"

Hilarious!

Glad to see you here, fan numero uno!

in here comes the sun  :), i always thought

"little darling" was

"pretty darling"

I Wanna Hold Your Hand
misheard:
"oh please say to me youll let me be all mad."
actual:
"oh please say to me youll let me be your man."

A Hard Day's Night
really : Why on earth should I moan"
I ALWAYS SING even though I know what it is
"so I left 'till the morn"
or I sing
"so I left tout le monde"

Quote from: 1300in the song Penny Lane, i thought                        in Can't Buy Me Love, i thought

"and the banker never wears a mack"                    "i don't care to, much for money"
                was                                                                         was
"and the banker never wears a mat"                      "i don't care to, mooch for money"

what?
I thought it was "never wears a mack" and "and I don't care to MUCH for money"

"tout le monde"= everyone(french)

Quote from: 977

what?
I thought it was "never wears a mack" and "and I don't care to MUCH for money"

it is. the line on the top is the actual, the line below it is what i thought it was.

Quote from: 977"tout le monde"= everyone(french)

what? it actually means something?

tout le monde?
yea, my teacher says it to us everyday.
"Bonjour, tout le monde"

in the song get back..

actual: "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner,"

misheard: "Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman," (i knew that couldnt be it, so i though it might be owner, but i still had to look it up before i realised what it was...)

Quote from: 1300in the song get back..

actual: "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner,"

misheard: "Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman," (i knew that couldnt be it, so i though it might be owner, but i still had to look it up before i realised what it was...)

HAH!

huh? it isnt jojo was a man who thought he was a woman????????? wow! i always thought it was

well, so we dont feel so stupid about ouselves, heres another verse from that song

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man

perhaps our wierd ideas actually had some factual basis.....

^^that good and all, but what about our earlier ear-malfunctions

what, you mean from Penny Lane? i just didnt know what a mack was, so i substituted it for mat, which didnt make sense, but it was a word i knew!

yes well that might work for you but my blundering bon-bons for ears have made far too many mistakes for that to fly as an excuse for my stupidity

oh, dont worry about it! ive made dozens of mistakes, and if i remembered any of them, i would post them. but thats just proof that i have bad memory as well as bad hearing! we all think we hear things, but that doesnt mean we are stupid! its just human nature!

in Get Back, I keep hearing, "Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona, Boston, California grass." then I looked up the actual lyric.

You know, offhand, on George's song 'Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp", the was a deep low voice saying something. I thought it was Billy Preston singing, and I never could for THE LIFE OF ME, figure it out, as that was one of my most favorite songs.
After hearing Beware Of ABKCO, its version, I figured out it was George, saying "Oh Sir Frankie Crisp", on the ATMP version though, his voice seems to be varispeeded down to quite a low pitch, thats why I though it was Billy!

Quote from: 1301in Get Back, I keep hearing, "Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona, Boston, California grass." then I looked up the actual lyric.

Same here.

in Dr. Robert, i always used to hear, "Being my friend i tell you to call, Dr. Robert" like, someone recomending their doctor to a friend........

actual lyrics "Ring my friend I said you'd call Dr. Robert,"

(and i still hear this sometimes! i refuse to hear the right lyrics!)

^  Oh my God, after all these years, I never realized that was the right lyric.

You learn something new everyday!

Quote from: 1300in Dr. Robert, i always used to hear, "Being my friend i tell you to call, Dr. Robert" like, someone recomending their doctor to a friend........

actual lyrics "Ring my friend I said you'd call Dr. Robert,"

(and i still hear this sometimes! i refuse to hear the right lyrics!)

i think exactly the same. it does sound like that. can't think of it any other way!  :P

wow, im not the only one who hears that! =) ^

In Dear Prudence, I always get 'proud to be/a daisy  chain' instead of 'the clouds will be/a daisy chain', and in She's a Woman' I get 'she don't dis'point me eye' instead of 'she don't give boys the eye'.

haha, my misheard lyric is ridiculous. I used to think that they were singing "Ahhhh look at all the LOVELY people" in Eleanor Rigby. Granted...I was about 7 years old at the time but come on, every lyric in the song describes LONELY people, why would he say "lovely" in the refrain? oh well, I was more into songs like Yellow Submarine back then to be bothered with lyrics about death and despair set to a string quartet.

Oh, wow, I just realised now that in 'Got To Get You Into My Life' the lyric is I was alone, I took a ride instead of I was alone, I took a right. I thought the misheard made sense, so that's how I sang it.

^Did you end up at the long and winding road?
=D

Haha, I remember this thread... too much fun. I always mishear songs ;D

For If You've Got Trouble, when Ringo goes "go and count a ring or two" I used to think it was "go and down a drink or two" ;D

And I don't know if I posted it on here but I used to think I Am The Walrus was a song about conservation and the environment! I didn't know the lyrics properly so I made a funny connection between the bits I knew ;D I thought "you get a tan from standing in the English rain" coz it's acid rain, and the semolina pilchard is "climbing up the Eiffel Tower" coz the water is too polluted so he can't stay in the water. Then there was the "dead dog", and I thought the Walrus said "I'm crying" because of all this damage to the environment (bigeyes1) Big surprise when I actually read the lyrics ;D

And our Mum has really funny mishearings too... for example, in The Night Before instead of "when I held you near, you were so sincere" she heard "when I held your knee" ;D

In the song Honey Pie
MISHEARD:She was a working girl not having her way

ACTUAL:She was a working girl North of England way

^ Hee Hee

In Kensas City recently I heard "Ah Kensas City, gonna get my baby Wong tong" in stead of "Ah, Kansas City coming to get my baby on time"

;D

Here's one that's slightly embarrassing:

"There's a fog upon L.A. "

When I was a kid I thought he sang "There's a Frog upon L.A."!!

I misheard most of Rock 'n' Roll Music for most of my life! CD's are so much help, being clearer, but it was fun in a warped sort of way.

i always thought it was..."ah kansas city,gonna get my baby one time".glad i know the proper lyric now!also in martha my dear i thought the lyric was...."take a good look around to see"when paul sings"....take a good look youre bound to see."only a little minor one from me folks i'm afraid.

"Norwegian wood" - "Knowing she would"

Quote from: 1997"Norwegian wood" - "Knowing she would"

Haha, that's a good one!! ;D It does sound really similar, come to think of that...

Not really a Beatles mishearing per se, but on Ringo's Beaucoups of Blues the chorus starts with "oh sweet magnolia", but I used to hear "oh sweet black nova" (bigeyes1) I thought, hm, very astronomical ;D

And on George's Art of Dying, when he sings "there's nothing Sister Mary [can do]" I used to hear "there's nothing systematic" ;D

Till I saw the lyric, i always thought in 'A Day in the Life'
Made the bus in second splat
In stead of:
Made the bus in seconds flat

Not that i had any idea what a splat was...  :) :)

Quote from: 1232
Not that i had any idea what a splat was...  :) :)

Quote from: 610
Haha, that's a good one!! ;D It does sound really similar, come to think of that...

I think it also fits to the theme of the song. :)

That picture's quite disturbing (afraid4)

"Newspaper Taxis up here on the shore" my misheard lyric from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

"Newspaper taxis appear on the shore" ~ Real lyrics

I heard  You Won't see me  today and I realised that i've heard alway:

So Accurage

In stead of:
So act your age

And again, I had no idea was accurage is/was :)
The picture by splat is a little bit weird  :P

On I Am the Walrus I swear I always heard..

Misheard lyric: "Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your ni****s down"

Actual lyrics: "Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down"

You heard the k instead of the n? lol

I thought he was saying the N word. lol

I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

In I wanna hold your hand I thought they said "I get high" instead on "I can't hide"

Just like Bob Dylan thought. I had no idea it was "I can't hide."

She Loves You

Misheard lyric: "If I took her to you, apologise to her,"
Actual lyric: "Pride can hurt you too, apologise to her,"

Made sense to me. *shrugs*

In Think For Yourself I always said

"Although your minds ok"

But it's

"Although your minds opaque"

from Eleanor rigby...

misheard: I look at all the lonely people (it makes sense)

actual: ah, look at all the lonely people

also...

misheard: guarding his socks in the night when there's nobody there

actual: darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there

that never made sense to me, why would you guard socks...then I realized!  ;D

From Get Back...

Misheard: Jojo lift his arm into some Arizona 

Actual: Jojo left his home in Tuson, Arizona

;D ;D ;D

^I like your Get Back one! haha!

That one made me laugh!

"I imagine she's a pretty nice girl"
Instead of
"Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl"

Quote from: georgeharrisonluver on Sep 28, 2009, 03:50 PM
from Eleanor rigby...
misheard: guarding his socks in the night when there's nobody there

actual: darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there

that never made sense to me, why would you guard socks...then I realized!  ;D

Hahahaha! I once heard "darling, it sucks in the night when there's nobody there"
[Makes sense...!]

^  ;D it does!

You Never Give Me Your Money

Misheard lyric: "Yellow Irish snow nowhere to go" (hehe)
Actual lyric: "Yellow lorry slow nowhere to go"

Then I had to look up what the heck a lorry was. I love learning new british words.

Quote from: digna on Sep 28, 2009, 01:09 PM
I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

Actually, both lines ARE sung!

Quote from: SemolinaPilchard on Sep 29, 2009, 01:08 AM
You Never Give Me Your Money

Misheard lyric: "Yellow Irish snow nowhere to go" (hehe)

:D  Don't eat the yellow snow!

Has anyone mentioned Yesterday? I haven't looked throught the whole thread.

This is more to do with the meaning of the lyrics. I was always confused because he sings "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away", then later on "Yesterday came suddenly". How could yesterday come suddenly if all his troubles were far away then?

Doesn't it make more sense for the second one to be "Yes, today came suddenly"?

Apologies if someone's already brought this one up.

Quote from: Wonderland on Sep 28, 2009, 03:13 PM
She Loves You

Misheard lyric: "If I took her to you, apologise to her,"
Actual lyric: "Pride can hurt you too, apologise to her,"

Made sense to me. *shrugs*

Oh yeah, it took me ages to hear this line properly! I kept hearing "[something] can't hurt you to apolgise to her" ;D

Hehehe, georgeharrisonluver, "guarding his socks" and "Jojo lift his arm" are too funny :D

In I'll Cry Instead I used to hear "if I could have my way, I'll get myself a love today" in stead of "I'll get myself locked up today"... and then I heard "yes I'm gonna break up in two" instead of "I'm gonna break them [i.e. girls' hearts] in two".

Quote from: BlueMeanie on Sep 29, 2009, 03:47 AM
:D  Don't eat the yellow snow!

LOL!!! Frank Zappa. My dad's favorite.  :-\

This isn't a Beatles song but anyway...

my mom and I were driving home tonight and we were listening to The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp she turns to me and asks "is he saying american cheese and magic tiles?" I looked at her for a second and then burst out laughing for like five minutes then  told her it was handkerchiefs to match your tie  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: lennonlemon on Mar 25, 2005, 10:38 PM
this is the thread where we can share our past experiences of "mishearing" beatles lyrics without being embarrased.

It would work best if you post the name the song, the misheard lyrics, and the actual lyrics.

I'll start:

Can't Buy Me Love- Misheard Lyrics: It's puppy love
                         

This wasn't strictly a beatles song, but I was only 13 when the P.O.B's "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" was originally released... on first hearing I thought the chorus was John singing "I DIG THE BEATLES" (Rather than Power to the people) ...anyone?!  Oh just me then....

Quote from: digna on Sep 28, 2009, 01:09 PM
I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

They sing both lines in seperate verses.... I think!

Quote from: digna on Sep 28, 2009, 01:09 PM
I just found out a few days ago that in 'yes it is' they sing:

For red is the colour that my baby wore

and i thought:

for red is the colour that will make me blue

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Quote from: Blue.Nowhere-Man! on Oct 01, 2009, 08:41 PM
This wasn't strictly a beatles song, but I was only 13 when the P.O.B's "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" was originally released... on first hearing I thought the chorus was John singing "I DIG THE BEATLES" (Rather than Power to the people) ...anyone?!  Oh just me then....

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Quote from: Blue.Nowhere-Man! on Oct 03, 2009, 07:57 PM
They sing both lines in seperate verses.... I think!

really?? i'd never heard that there was a difference between those two lines. but i didn't misheard them both at least, only one  ;D

Sorry for the bump, this is a great thread though. ;D

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away:
Misheard: "Here I stand, hand in hand,"
Actual: "Here I stand, head in hand,"

Long Tall Sally:
Misheard: "I'm gonna tell you baby, about Uncle John,"
Actual: "I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary, about Uncle John,"

With regard to an earlier post in this thread about "Long Tall Sally" and Paul singing "bald headed Sally":

On the Long Tall Sally EP version (and thus Past Masters version) of the song, as well as other released recordings of the song from the same era, Paul sings two lines like this:

"Saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and later,

"Long Tall Sally, she's really twee, she's got everything that Uncle John needs".

"Long Tall Sally", as you may or may not be aware, was written by Little Richard, a rock and roll singer/pianist who, prior to his fame, in addition to singing gospel music in church, would sing in bars in drag, and was very involved in gay culture (I don't think he's gay himself, but he enjoyed dressing in drag). The original lyrics of the song, as written and performed by Little Richard, are:

"Saw Uncle John with bald-headed Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and,

"Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed, she's got everything that Uncle John needs"

The original song is, of course, about how the singer is giddy with the idea of ratting to his Aunt Mary about how he saw his Uncle John screwing a transvestite prostitute in an alley. Paul McCartney cleaned it up.

As for actual misheard lyrics, I can't help, in the harmony part of "Paperback Writer" where they sing,

"Paperback writer,
                paperback writer,
                              paperback writer",

probably due to the exact lining up of the first R sound in the second "writer" with the first P sound in the third "paperback", but to hear the last repetition as "Rape a bad writer". I think rape might be a bit harsh of a punishment for poor authorship, but that's what I sometimes hear.

Sgt. Pepper's one and only lovely hearts club band
actual lyrics= Sgt. Pepper's one and only lonely hearts club band

Ballad of John and Yoko

Misheard: Standing in the darkness of Hampton
Actual: Standing on the dock at Southampton

I'm sure that there are many more, just can't remember them  :P

Quote from: ThisGirlLoves on Mar 01, 2010, 10:30 PM
Misheard: Standing in the darkness of Hampton
Actual: Standing on the dock at Southampton

oooh creepy!

Quote from: Almighty Doer of Stuff on Feb 15, 2010, 10:18 PMAs for actual misheard lyrics, I can't help, in the harmony part of "Paperback Writer" where they sing,

"Paperback writer,
                paperback writer,
                              paperback writer",

probably due to the exact lining up of the first R sound in the second "writer" with the first P sound in the third "paperback", but to hear the last repetition as "Rape a bad writer". I think rape might be a bit harsh of a punishment for poor authorship, but that's what I sometimes hear.

That's hilarious. xD

This isn't strictly-speaking Beatles, but I was listening to George's When We Was Fab on the way home today, and I remembered how badly I misheard that song! There are very few lines that I actually heard correctly :o

For example, instead of "caresses fleece you in the morning light"
I heard "caress his face during the morning light". Hmm, whose face? ha2ha

Instead of "studied warts and all"
I heard "study books and all".

And instead of "like this pullover you sent to me"
I heard "'practice, fall over' you said to me" :-\

Yes... terrible.

;)

I'm quite good at not mishearing lyrics, although I did mishear a bit in "When I Get Home" the first few times I heard it...

John:  "I've got no time for trivialities..."
Me:  "I've got no time for trick realities..."

At least it wasn't a complete FAIL like my mum's was...  we were listening to "Dear Prudence" and she thought it said "Dear Brutus"...  she's such a mong.    :-\

xxx

I kept mishearing lyrics from George's Pisces Fish until I looked up the actual lyrics just now :-[

Instead of
"with this crew, oh, it could be a tall order
have we time to sort all these things out?"

I'd hear:
"well, this crew, it could be here tomorrow
everytime to sort of ease things out"

ha2ha

For the longest time I thought the line in "Blue Jay Way" was "There's a fog upon a lake" instead of L.A.... I just realised about 20 min ago. :P

Well, just like Bob Dylan, I misheard "I want to hold your hand", thinking that they were singing, "I get high! I get high! etc. etc."  :P

Quote from: emmi_luvs_beatles on Apr 03, 2010, 07:30 PM
For the longest time I thought the line in "Blue Jay Way" was "There's a fog upon a lake" instead of L.A.... I just realised about 20 min ago. :P

I thought the same thing. I found out not to long ago as well.  ha2ha

When I first heard I Am the Walrus, I didn't realise the bit at the end was King Lear, and instead of "oh, untimely [death]" I heard "*yawn* I'm tired" ??? ha2ha

Quote from: sgt. peppie on Apr 03, 2010, 11:34 PM
Well, just like Bob Dylan, I misheard "I want to hold your hand", thinking that they were singing, "I get high! I get high! etc. etc."  :P

I always thought the same thing too. I like my misheard version better.

Quote from: Almighty Doer of Stuff on Feb 15, 2010, 10:18 PM
With regard to an earlier post in this thread about "Long Tall Sally" and Paul singing "bald headed Sally":

On the Long Tall Sally EP version (and thus Past Masters version) of the song, as well as other released recordings of the song from the same era, Paul sings two lines like this:

"Saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and later,

"Long Tall Sally, she's really twee, she's got everything that Uncle John needs".

"Long Tall Sally", as you may or may not be aware, was written by Little Richard, a rock and roll singer/pianist who, prior to his fame, in addition to singing gospel music in church, would sing in bars in drag, and was very involved in gay culture (I don't think he's gay himself, but he enjoyed dressing in drag). The original lyrics of the song, as written and performed by Little Richard, are:

"Saw Uncle John with bald-headed Sally, saw Aunt Mary coming and they jumped back in the alley"

and,

"Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed, she's got everything that Uncle John needs"

The original song is, of course, about how the singer is giddy with the idea of ratting to his Aunt Mary about how he saw his Uncle John screwing a transvestite prostitute in an alley. Paul McCartney cleaned it up.

As for actual misheard lyrics, I can't help, in the harmony part of "Paperback Writer" where they sing,

"Paperback writer,
                paperback writer,
                              paperback writer",

probably due to the exact lining up of the first R sound in the second "writer" with the first P sound in the third "paperback", but to hear the last repetition as "Rape a bad writer". I think rape might be a bit harsh of a punishment for poor authorship, but that's what I sometimes hear.

That's really interesting! I didn't know that!
And for the 'rape a bad writer'.. been laughing for the past five minutes.
I am easily amused.

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.

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' :)

Quote from: Here There Everywhere on Apr 16, 2010, 09:02 PM
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 ha2ha Yay, I'm not alone! ;D

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...

Quote from: Octie on Apr 16, 2010, 09:16 PM
That was me ha2ha Yay, I'm not alone! ;D

;D
It really does sound like that!

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?  ???

^ 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 ;D

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.  :)

Quote from: lennonista on Apr 17, 2010, 12:30 AM
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.

Quote from: In My Life on May 15, 2011, 02:32 PM
Had to be a drug reference, right?  Anything that doesn't make sense is.  :)

;D

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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E#)

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on May 15, 2011, 05:25 PM
;D

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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E#)

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.
;yes

Quote from: modfinger on Apr 15, 2010, 08:02 AM
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.  :P

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on May 15, 2011, 05:25 PM
;D

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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E#)

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. :)

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.   ;)

So you have that all straight now, blmeanie?    ;D

Quote from: In My Life on May 15, 2011, 07:37 PM
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.

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.

'Paperback Writer'

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