|
Post by Khyron1144 on Jan 30, 2004 16:15:01 GMT -5
A mondegreen is a misheard song lyric. It comes form someone mishearing a song that properly goes: They killed the Earl of Moray And laid him on the green. As: They killed the Earl of Moray And Lady Mondegreen. There's a pretty good series of books on the subject, as well as a website, which I will probably have modified this post to link to by the time anyone sees it. the website I want is gone, but this one is okay.Please share some of your own favorites if you have any.
|
|
|
Post by Khyron1144 on Jan 30, 2004 16:26:37 GMT -5
Dirty deeds done to sheep. Actual lyric:Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap. (ACDC)
I have to share that one with you.
Not because of the brilliance of the song, but because it reminded me of this joke: Q: What's the difference between the Rolling Stones and the Scottish?
A: The Rolling stones say hey, you get offa my cloud! while the Scottish say, hey, McCloud get offa my ewe!
|
|
|
Post by Khyron1144 on Jan 30, 2004 16:38:09 GMT -5
Here's one that my former stepdad had. when he was younger he thought the Beach Boys were singing: I wish they'd offered me California girls.
Instead of: I wish they all could be California girls.
He thought it was about the manager or roadies or whatever setting the band up with girls and failing to provide them with California girls.
|
|
|
Post by Khyron1144 on Mar 14, 2004 23:09:06 GMT -5
In-a-gadda-da-vita . . . Actual lyric:In the garden of Eden, honey. (Iron Butterfly) The band, themselves, while drunk in 1968, botched the lyrics, and decided to keep them this way.
I'm the god of Velveeta, honey. Actual lyric:In the garden of Eden, honey. (Iron Butterfly)
|
|
|
Post by Khyron1144 on Nov 21, 2004 0:28:54 GMT -5
Wrong lyric: Let's have a smile for an old Aunt Jemima.
-The Who, "A Quick One While He's Away"
Right lyric: Let's have a smile for an old engine driver.
This one is thanks to my brother, Sky, a rich source for this kind of material.
|
|
|
Post by RowanMoonWynd on Nov 30, 2004 0:40:59 GMT -5
Okay this is kinda funny and goes along with this.
The other day my children and I were in the kitchen talking, and I asked them if they knew the Lord's Prayer, so they started to recite it, and afterwards my son looks at me and says mom I know God's name, so I said well, what is it, and he tells me it's Harold. So I look at my son and said what makes you think that is God's name? And he said you know they say it in the Lord's Prayer............Harold be thy name...........so I started laughing and told him that is not what the prayer is saying..........so I guess this could be
Hallowed be thy name Harold be thy name......... ;D
|
|
|
Post by Khyron1144 on May 4, 2005 13:54:36 GMT -5
My brother, Sky, is an interesting young man. It's always fun to listen to music with him because you never know if he hears what you hear. He is a rich source of mondegreens. A mondegreen is a misheard song lyric.
This is the result of one afternoon of listening to a mix tape of “shopping list songs”. A shopping list song is a song that although made up entirely of complete grammatical sentences does not make much literal sense as a story. The best example of a shopping list song is Bob Dylan's “Subterranean Homesick Blues”.
These were the results worth preserving (where possible I have included a correct lyric in italics below the mondegreen):
Don't let the triangle bite us. We didn't start the fire. -Billy Joel, “We Didn't Start the Fire”
Use my head by the light. She was blinded by the light. -Bruce Springsteen, “Blinded by the Light”
Have some liquor stomped on by a deer. ...skunked on beer playing backyard bombardier. -Bruce Springsteen, “Blinded by the Light”
Cut down on all the nutrients. ( I don't even remember what song that one was from).
A brown-eyed hamster man. A brown-eyed handsome man. -Chuck Berry, “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man”
I'm not creepy I'm not sleepy -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
I'll eat a t-bone anywhere. I'm ready to go anywhere. -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Mr. Trampoline Man Mr. Tambourine man -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
So wetted by the sea Silhouetted by the sea -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
I ride a monkey to work as I decline Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline. -REM, “It's The End of the World As We Know It”
Heres are a few more from the same song that I can't actually find a correct lyric for: Why are the fire dogs without names?
We all like napkins, right? Right.
Who's the guru in the sanitary monsoon? Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo. -Weird Al, “Bob”
Hey look! A beagle! Too much monkey business. -Chuck Berry, “Too Much Monkey Business”
Walked 30 miles, shared a room with Darth Vader. (no correct lyric known) -Chuck Berry, “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man”
I will eat Krispy Kremes equal in my own weight. I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade into my own parade -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
If you see Vinny spinning across the Sun If you hear laughing, spinning madly across the Sun -Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Take me from the wicked reach of Jethro Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow --Bob Dylan, “Mr. Tambourine Man”
Eisenhower's back seat (don't know) -Billy Joel, “We Didn't Start the Fire”
Monkey's got a new queen. England's got a new queen. -Billy Joel, “We Didn't Start the Fire”
|
|