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Thread Author: Tooslow	Replies: 29

New Sun 6 Feb 11 09:55   Lyrics that went wrong - Tooslow

OK, this is Crankcase's fault. I've had this going around in my head for a while, as songs do. What songs do you know where the lyrics mean something other than what the author intended? I've got "My father was a fisherman, my momma was a fisherman's friend" going around in my head. Hang on there. She was from Fleetwood maybe? With a tattoo of a trawler across her back? With apologies to our resident Duncan. John Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 10:00   Lyrics that went wrong - R.P.

I was about to make a comment but I'd have to tell myself off for it....damn it that'll be going round in my head today now as if I haven't got enough...! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 10:43   Lyrics that went wrong - Runfer D'Hills

It's a hard egg.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VGQTtENSs Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 10:46   Lyrics that went wrong - Hard Cheese

May all your crisps, Mrs, be white ... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 10:48   Lyrics that went wrong - Runfer D'Hills

While shepherds washed their socks by night.... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 10:50   Lyrics that went wrong - Tooslow

You'll have to try harder. They are just mis-heard lyrics. What about actual "I know you wrote that but did you know that it might be taken as a small black sweetie that knocks your socks off?" Actually, that meaning fits.... :-) John Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:07   Lyrics that went wrong - smokie

Let's go with misheard lyrics though :-) Paul Young - "Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKBuAkr4Lg Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:10   Lyrics that went wrong - Iffy

...Let's go with misheard lyrics though :-)... Might have to, since it's unclear to me what Tooslow is asking for. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:19   Lyrics that went wrong - Tooslow

OK, misheard lyrics it is. But Iffy, you've never sucked on a Fisherman's Friend? (I can't believe I walked into that one!). John Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:22   Lyrics that went wrong - R.P.

HaHaHa. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:23   Lyrics that went wrong - helicopter

I love that Desmond Dekker classic... Get up in de morning Baked Beans for breafast Oh Oh Me ears are alight... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2aRfqp1sY Last edited by: retpocileh on Sun 6 Feb 11 at 12:25 Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:21   Lyrics that went wrong - bathtub tom

Alternatively, there's lyrics designed to be misheard. Kinda lingers from Not The Nine-o-clock News: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyoaWMvU9c Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:41   Lyrics that went wrong - helicopter

Why are Elvis's backing singers singing 'Hot bananas ' 'Hot Bananas' on Teddy Bear ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhdUucs8AlY Last edited by: retpocileh on Sun 6 Feb 11 at 12:41 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 12:53   Lyrics that went wrong - Armel Coussine

... It could happen to you When you're young, a tart; (That was how Jimmy Edwards sang it anyway) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 13:25   Lyrics that went wrong - Ted

Not mis-heard, but mis-sung. Everything is beautiful sung by Johnny Mathis or similar. ( might be doing him a mis-justice ) ' We don't care about the colour of his hair, or the length of his skin ' It still gets played on radio, etc....there's another one, also a big seller, but I can't bring it to mind atm. Mis-heard...Jim Reeves...'Put your tulips a little closer to the phone ' Ted Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 13:29   Lyrics that went wrong - VxFan

Give me fried chicken - Queen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 13:34   Lyrics that went wrong - Ted

Beelzebub has a devil of a sideboard. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 13:52   Lyrics that went wrong - smokie

Deliberate one - Beatles Ob La Di - guess there's a significance I am missing... Verse 2 Happy ever after in the market place... Desmond lets the children lend a hand... Molly stays at home and does her pretty face... And in the evening she still sings it with the band... Verse 3 Happy ever after in the market place... Molly lets the children lend a hand... Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face... And in the evening she's a singer with the band... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 14:31   Lyrics that went wrong - CGNorwich

"there's a bathroom on the right' for "there's a bad moon on the rise Bad Moon rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 15:47   Lyrics that went wrong - Ted

Got it ! Trawled me memory banks...bedding was in the back of my mind...a good strong Hot Jaxa Lava filter teased it out. I've fordotten the song title, I've got it on a tape somewhere. Gruff Irish singer, possibly Davey Arthur, recalling a night spent in a hotel in Amsterdam remembers ' The taste of the sheets and the smell of the wine ' Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 7 Feb 11 01:35   Lyrics that went wrong - devonite

' The taste of the sheets and the smell of the wine ' You`re right! - The Fureys and Davey Arthur, "The Grand Affair" Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 15:42   Lyrics that went wrong - Manatee

Barry Manilow, Copacabana - His name was Rico, he wore a diamond He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there And when she finished, he called her "Rover" But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two There was blood and a single gun shot But just who shot who? I always thought calling her Rover was what started the trouble. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 15:53   Lyrics that went wrong - R.P.

Maybe he should have stuck to Morris or Austin ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 17:37   Lyrics that went wrong - VxFan

Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love Might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 18:06   Lyrics that went wrong - Runfer D'Hills

Alison Moyet... It's a long time since I saw you well you know how time can fly. It seems like yesterday we were lovers now we pass each other by. But if we're left alone tonight don't ask me to hold you tight. I go wee I go wee I go wee I go wee wee in the presence of beauty. All of my friends keep asking why I'm quiet when you're around. But they don't know I think I'm so lucky to stop myself from falling down. So later if you're on your own Don't ask me to take you home. I go wee I go wee I go wee . . . 'Cause if we're left alone tonight I have no choice but to hold you tight. I go wee I go wee I go wee . . . I go wee I go wee I go wee . . . I go wee I go wee I go wee . . . Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 18:14   Lyrics that went wrong - PhilW

My kids used to sing the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing and your chips for free!" Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 18:18   Lyrics that went wrong - R.P.

And me too Phil. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 18:52   Lyrics that went wrong - Iffy

Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star. "We're country wide, we've gone too far." Mike Batt will tell you it should be "can't rewind". Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 18:59   Lyrics that went wrong - BiggerBadderDave

Stone Roses: I wanna be a door. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 6 Feb 11 19:07   Lyrics that went wrong - RattleandSmoke

Well like the Stone Roses if you get on the wrong side of them you end up with a black eye (sorry Ian Brown). There are loads of songs I use to sing wrong and still are, can't think of any though. I used to think Whsikey in the Jar was instead of "Whack for my Daddy-O" I used to sing "reach for the radio...." Reply to this message | Report message