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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 24, 2021 12:35:05 GMT -5
I'll throw in a couple more...
When Natalie Cole sings, "your pink cadillac, crushed velvet seats," I used to think she was saying, "your pink cadillac, push down the seats."
Also, in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper repeatedly says, "when the working day is done." For a long time, due to her erratic singing voice, I thought "when the working day" was "what in the world can they..." followed by two unknown words.
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Post by matt on Feb 24, 2021 13:26:35 GMT -5
Do It Again "Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man" Ha ha I thought it was "Now you swear to Dick and Mavis". Funny I always thought it was "Now you swear your gig in Vegas..." The part about a gamlin' man helped with my inference there. I always thought Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot was Every Highway Me too, a long time ago. Same here -- was pretty little when this song was on the radio and that's what it sounded like. I do think pre-digital times and terrestrial radio (particularly AM) played a significant roll in mis-hearing lyrics. With digital audio today it's all much clearer, but back then the fidelity of radio and vinyl records made some lyrics harder to understand, especially when the vocalist didn't annunciate the words. |
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Post by giannirubino on Feb 24, 2021 15:34:27 GMT -5
Pstt ... annunciate or enunciate?
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 25, 2021 12:11:48 GMT -5
"Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man" Reading this, it occurs to me that it doesn't make much sense. You "beg us" that you're not a gambling man?? |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 25, 2021 18:54:57 GMT -5
"Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man" Reading this, it occurs to me that it doesn't make much sense. You "beg us" that you're not a gambling man?? Maybe Jack was asking for some cash. And I wonder which Jack they were singing to. 1972. Jack Benny? Jack Narz? Jack Youngblood? There must have been dozens of well-known Jacks in 1972 and I'm drawing a near-blank. OMG thank you Google. Nicklaus and Nicholson. Lemmon and Palance. Jack Lord and David Cassidy's dad. Who thinks of Jack Narz before those guys?  On Family Feud I would have said "Narz", followed by groans and crickets and "show me Narz!" then the big X buzzer. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 25, 2021 19:07:59 GMT -5
"Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man" Reading this, it occurs to me that it doesn't make much sense. You "beg us" that you're not a gambling man?? I always though that the line in question was--Now you swear while in Vegas you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand. Sometimes I think these lyric websites are just guessing because I have found a few errors over the years. Hmmm??  |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 25, 2021 19:18:16 GMT -5
Reading this, it occurs to me that it doesn't make much sense. You "beg us" that you're not a gambling man?? I always though that the line in question was--Now you swear while in Vegas you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand. Sometimes I think these lyric websites are just guessing because I have found a few errors over the years. Hmmm?? It now sounds like "kick and bay Gus" with headphones. If they had pronounced "beg" correctly I doubt I would have been singing Dick and Mavis for 48 years. Thank God no one ever noticed that. How mortifying. What a Baba Booey that would have been. I liked the one about The Boys Of Summer from last April. That poor guy. |
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Post by Michael1973 on Feb 26, 2021 12:07:25 GMT -5
Sometimes I think these lyric websites are just guessing because I have found a few errors over the years. I totally agree. And then you see the same questionable lyric on every single site. There's a line from Shaggy's "Angel" that is the same on every lyrics site, and yet I refuse to believe it's what he's actually saying. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 26, 2021 14:37:13 GMT -5
Sometimes I think these lyric websites are just guessing because I have found a few errors over the years. I totally agree. And then you see the same questionable lyric on every single site. There's a line from Shaggy's "Angel" that is the same on every lyrics site, and yet I refuse to believe it's what he's actually saying. ZOINKS!!  |
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Post by doofus67 on Feb 26, 2021 16:23:20 GMT -5
I totally agree. And then you see the same questionable lyric on every single site. There's a line from Shaggy's "Angel" that is the same on every lyrics site, and yet I refuse to believe it's what he's actually saying. ZOINKS!! Like, wow, Scoob! |
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Post by chrislc on Feb 26, 2021 22:09:31 GMT -5
Sometimes I think these lyric websites are just guessing because I have found a few errors over the years. I totally agree. And then you see the same questionable lyric on every single site. There's a line from Shaggy's "Angel" that is the same on every lyrics site, and yet I refuse to believe it's what he's actually saying. I wonder if some of these incorrect lyrics are intentionally planted to try to catch plagiarists. |
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Post by chrislc on Mar 7, 2021 14:24:19 GMT -5
In Popsicles and Icicles I thought the Murmaids were singing "he loves meat pies and brown eyes".
I've been in New England too long. It's Levis.
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Post by mga707 on Mar 7, 2021 15:11:55 GMT -5
In Popsicles and Icicles I thought the Murmaids were singing "he loves meat pies and brown eyes". I've been in New England too long. It's Levis. 'Product placement', way back in 1963/64! Unless they recorded a version with an alternate lyric, no BBC airplay, a la "Lola" and "Come Monday". |
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Post by Michael1973 on Mar 14, 2021 10:48:47 GMT -5
In Tonight Tonight Tonight, Genesis sing "Just get it away from me." For a long time, my much younger self thought they were saying "But you skate away from me."
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Post by chrislc on Mar 20, 2021 12:47:56 GMT -5
Surfin' USA
I thought it was "raunchy sandals too" but I only thought that for 58 years.
It's Huarache sandals, whatever those are or were.
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On Family Feud I would have said "Narz", followed by groans and crickets and "show me Narz!" then the big X buzzer.
