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rahna

Clown control to Mao Tse-Tung

Oct 14, 2009 20:12

Did you know there is a technical term for misheard lyrics? There is! It is "mondegreen".

My last entry got me thinking about misheard lyrics. One of my cousins had one that has always mystified me - Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" starts out:
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hajufluqus October 15 2009, 05:57:24 UTC

Elton John's Benny and the Jets - "She's got electric boobs!" (boots)
ABBA's Waterloo - "We're in the Hoover Dam" (in the mood for/to dance)

Those are my two biggest ones (besides the Jimi one, of course)

rahna October 16 2009, 04:13:36 UTC

Ha ha! Those are both funny.
Now I'm trying to imagine ABBA in the Hoover Dam.

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hajufluqus October 27 2009, 15:51:43 UTC

Bingo jet's got a light on!

hajufluqus October 27 2009, 15:51:27 UTC

Just remembered two more, both from when I was a kid listening to my clock radio and playing with construx in my room...

"Take these broken wings" the part where he says "the book of love will open up and let us in" I always thought was "the book of Buffalo Bill Up will let us in." I dunno, I always wondered what the hell that was supposed to mean.

Also "Eminence Front" by The Who (or Pete Townsend, I forget) always sounded like "Livin' in the butt". Seriously.

Oh yeah and "blinded by the light. wrapped up like a douche you know the roller in the night."

rahna October 28 2009, 02:59:27 UTC

ha! those are all funny.
i had remembered another of mine some days ago but cannot recall it now.

i do remember one a couple friends mentioned years ago. i think it's "Murderous" by Nitzer Ebb. instead of "Shout, don't shout" they'd heard "Shop, donut shop" - which [i think] is just ridiculously funny if you know the song.