Misinterpreted Song Lyrics
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- That was the site I was referring to. I found while confirming that I was getting the lyrics right this time :) 2) Are you serious about the Hendrix song? Oh man! :omg: I thought it was "kiss the sky" also. Oh well. Two dumb mistakes for me :) Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
i'm pretty sure it's Kiss The Sky. Hendrix apparently did use the other phrase, but only jokingly, realizing the fun that could be had. -c
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- That was the site I was referring to. I found while confirming that I was getting the lyrics right this time :) 2) Are you serious about the Hendrix song? Oh man! :omg: I thought it was "kiss the sky" also. Oh well. Two dumb mistakes for me :) Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
In the live atlanta version, he says "please wait while I kiss someone". It is Purple Haze. Cheers, Peter Pearson
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I thought this might be a fun thread. That is, what are some examples of song lyrics that you completely misunderstood growing up only to find out the meaning was much, much different years later? My wife's (Krista) is that Roberta Flack song, Killing me softly. The song's lyrics are "Killing me softly with his song". Krista had always thought growing up that it was "killing me softly with insults" :laugh: I can't laugh too hard at her. My best one was the song Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company. The lyrics are "Here come the jesters. 1 2 3. They're all part of my fantasy". I swear I thought they were singing "Here come the Jetsons. 1 2 3. They're all part of my family." :laugh: Made sense to me a kid :) Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? PS: I just found a site where someone had made the same mistake so I now feel a little better. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
Innocence by Harlequin. The actual lyrics are "One dime was all it cost me and...". My 4 year old daughter sings "One-time soul across the air...". :confused: Blaze of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi. The actual lyrics are "I never shoot first but I drew first blood". My sister heard it as "I never chew birds but I chew bird's blood". :laugh: Day of the Tentacle, a game by Lucas Arts. I was telling my brother all about how hilarious the game is for about a week and when he finally sat down to try it he burst out laughing at the Title screen. "All this time I thought you were saying Dave the Tentale!" Willy Ou'may Reemy, a dude I once knew. I was telling my girlfriend about him and she said "Yes." The rest is history... Why not throw away a dime? I throw away ten pennies all the time.
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Its from Purple Haze actually. But foxy lady rocks too. Its amazing that some people still think Purple Haze is about love. ;P
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Everyone in my generation knew what he was singing about. :eek: "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"
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Check out www.kissthisguy.com. The name of the site is a reference to a line from the Jimi Hendrix song "Foxy Lady". It sounds like he's saying "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky". Actually, he's saying "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy", referring to his guitar :).
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Actually, he's saying "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy", I think there is some doubt about that. "Kiss the sky" is almost certainly the original lyric. Apparently he frequently sang it as "kiss this guy" while performing live. Check google. "There's a slew of slip 'twixt cup and lip"
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I thought this might be a fun thread. That is, what are some examples of song lyrics that you completely misunderstood growing up only to find out the meaning was much, much different years later? My wife's (Krista) is that Roberta Flack song, Killing me softly. The song's lyrics are "Killing me softly with his song". Krista had always thought growing up that it was "killing me softly with insults" :laugh: I can't laugh too hard at her. My best one was the song Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company. The lyrics are "Here come the jesters. 1 2 3. They're all part of my fantasy". I swear I thought they were singing "Here come the Jetsons. 1 2 3. They're all part of my family." :laugh: Made sense to me a kid :) Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? PS: I just found a site where someone had made the same mistake so I now feel a little better. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
My mate thought that the Queen song, Hammer to Fall, was actually Cannon and Ball :laugh:! -- Andrew.
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I thought this might be a fun thread. That is, what are some examples of song lyrics that you completely misunderstood growing up only to find out the meaning was much, much different years later? My wife's (Krista) is that Roberta Flack song, Killing me softly. The song's lyrics are "Killing me softly with his song". Krista had always thought growing up that it was "killing me softly with insults" :laugh: I can't laugh too hard at her. My best one was the song Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company. The lyrics are "Here come the jesters. 1 2 3. They're all part of my fantasy". I swear I thought they were singing "Here come the Jetsons. 1 2 3. They're all part of my family." :laugh: Made sense to me a kid :) Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? PS: I just found a site where someone had made the same mistake so I now feel a little better. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
How about CCR's "Bad Moon on the rise"? When I first heard it as a child, I thought it was "Bathroom on the right." :-O Mike Mullikin "Thank you America, every night I see increasingly stupid things happening here in Australia. Then you come along and top it." - Michael Martin - The Lounge :bob:
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I thought this might be a fun thread. That is, what are some examples of song lyrics that you completely misunderstood growing up only to find out the meaning was much, much different years later? My wife's (Krista) is that Roberta Flack song, Killing me softly. The song's lyrics are "Killing me softly with his song". Krista had always thought growing up that it was "killing me softly with insults" :laugh: I can't laugh too hard at her. My best one was the song Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company. The lyrics are "Here come the jesters. 1 2 3. They're all part of my fantasy". I swear I thought they were singing "Here come the Jetsons. 1 2 3. They're all part of my family." :laugh: Made sense to me a kid :) Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? PS: I just found a site where someone had made the same mistake so I now feel a little better. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
when i heard Blind Melon´s Song "No Rain", i tought it says "That my life is pretty gay", but it says "That my life is pretty plane" :omg:
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when i heard Blind Melon´s Song "No Rain", i tought it says "That my life is pretty gay", but it says "That my life is pretty plane" :omg:
I loved their first album, but when Shannon Hoon died I haven't followed them. Did they ever replace him? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears.
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I thought this might be a fun thread. That is, what are some examples of song lyrics that you completely misunderstood growing up only to find out the meaning was much, much different years later? My wife's (Krista) is that Roberta Flack song, Killing me softly. The song's lyrics are "Killing me softly with his song". Krista had always thought growing up that it was "killing me softly with insults" :laugh: I can't laugh too hard at her. My best one was the song Rock and Roll Fantasy by Bad Company. The lyrics are "Here come the jesters. 1 2 3. They're all part of my fantasy". I swear I thought they were singing "Here come the Jetsons. 1 2 3. They're all part of my family." :laugh: Made sense to me a kid :) Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? PS: I just found a site where someone had made the same mistake so I now feel a little better. Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears to be.
Tom Archer wrote: Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? I have a hard time hearing lyrics in songs, not sure why, I just do. One of my most embarrasing episodes was with Song 2 by Blur. In it they sing "Got my head shaved, by a jumbo jet." Now my friend who first gave me the song, way back in school daze, said: "They actually sing 'Got my head checked, by a Jumbojei.'" "WTF is a Jumbojei?" I asked. "Oh, err, it, err." he searching for an explanation in his twisted mind, " A Jumbojei is an American Indian witch doctor, hence why he is checking their head." "Aaah, makes sense." I say, naively. God that was embarassing, especially when I told someone what a Jumbojei was, who had the actual lyrics in her backpack... From that point on I stopped trying to understand lyrics and started to just enjoy the music for what it is. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
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Tom Archer wrote: Anyone else have any embarassing moments of revelation regarding misunderstood song lyrics? I have a hard time hearing lyrics in songs, not sure why, I just do. One of my most embarrasing episodes was with Song 2 by Blur. In it they sing "Got my head shaved, by a jumbo jet." Now my friend who first gave me the song, way back in school daze, said: "They actually sing 'Got my head checked, by a Jumbojei.'" "WTF is a Jumbojei?" I asked. "Oh, err, it, err." he searching for an explanation in his twisted mind, " A Jumbojei is an American Indian witch doctor, hence why he is checking their head." "Aaah, makes sense." I say, naively. God that was embarassing, especially when I told someone what a Jumbojei was, who had the actual lyrics in her backpack... From that point on I stopped trying to understand lyrics and started to just enjoy the music for what it is. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Tim Smith wrote: Over here in the third world of humor (a.k.a. BBC America), peterchen wrote: We should petition microsoft to a "target=_Paul" attribute.
Classic! And of course, it was no doubt a girl you were sweet on, right? Happens every time :) Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible Warning: The deadline in your mirror is much closer than it appears.