Four Hundred Children and a Crop In the Field

[adam31]

Can't believe I missed this thread, but got one that has haunted me all my life:

Police "Every Breath You Take"

I heard "I'm a pool hall ace" instead of "my poor heart aches".

[at40fansince1984]

I'll add one I still think "Blinded By The Light" has a line saying "Reved up like a douche"

[matt]

Apr 24, 2015 13:17:49 GMT -5 at40fansince1984 said:

I'll add one I still think "Blinded By The Light" has a line saying "Reved up like a douche"

This was a common misconception about this song, and in fact Bruce Springsteen supposedly took a jab at the remake, saying that the reason it made it to #1 was because everyone thought that MMEB was singing "wrapped up like a douche". Bruce's original lyric was "cut loose like a deuce", but MMEB changed it to "revved up like a deuce".

All I have to say is: sorry Bruce, but the reason MMEB's version hit #1 was because it was a significantly more enjoyable listen than Bruce's original version. Just one man's opinion...

[retroguy]

I used to think the line in Tom Petty's Refugee was "don't act a little like a refugee" instead of "don't have to live like a refugee"

[80sat40fan]

From 1976 through 1984, every time I heard "Grow Some Funk Of Your Own" by Elton John, I would sing, "Grow some funk of your own, meatloaf! Grown some funk of your own!" It took a couple of high school buddies to let me know I had been singing it wrong for eight years.

[at40fansince1984]

One from the current hits in "Uptown Funk!" in the line "For The Good Girls Straight Masterpieces" until I saw a video of a remake version I thought he said masterbaters instead of masterpieces.

[retroguy]

My wife thought Rod Stewart was singing "if you want my money and you think I'm sexy" but she was only 12 when the song came out.

[albe]

Thought the Bee Gees opened how deep is your love with....I know you rise in the morning sun

[MrGeno502]

A friend of mine thought that Rod Stewart's 1979 hit was called "Can't Love A B***h"

[friarboy]

I've always heard f*gen sing "Give us some f***ed up muzak" instead of "funked" in "FM."

In fact that may be what he actually says regardless of what the lyric sheet says....

[ivanzero]

May 17, 2015 7:49:37 GMT -5 friarboy said:

I've always heard f*gen sing "Give us some f***ed up muzak" instead of "funked" in "FM."

In fact that may be what he actually says regardless of what the lyric sheet says....

I have very little doubt that Donald spent a lot of studio time perfecting the ambiguity in that line.

[MrGeno502]

I thought it would be fun to bump up this thread to see if anyone has any new ones.
I remembered one after hearing "More Than A Feeling" on this week's 1976 show.At first I thought that Boston was singing "When I get tired of taking coke" instead of "When I'm tired and thinking cold" I thought they were talking about drugs!It was the 70's after all

[at40nut]

I often got a line confused from Toto's "Africa" "I get some rays down in Africa" is what I thought was said. It's actually "I bless the rains down in Africa."A couple others popped in my head

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</hr>Corey Hart's "Sunglasses At Night" "You just gotta bad diet cherry coke."

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</hr>Bryan Adams's "Summer of 69" "Standin on your mama's (expletive)" Take into account the number in the title of the song

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[jamesff]

It wasn't until I heard Casey quoting the lyrics of "Drift Away" that I knew the singer asking for a beat. I always thought the singer was a big Beach Boys fan.

Another song I could never hear the correct lyrics is "Midnight train to Georgia" I always hear "so he burned down his house".

[saltrek]

Nov 8, 2015 17:14:24 GMT -5 jamesff said:

It wasn't until I heard Casey quoting the lyrics of "Drift Away" that I knew the singer asking for a beat. I always thought the singer was a big Beach Boys fan.

I always heard that song both ways. Sometimes it sounded like "beat boys" and other times it sounded like "Beach Boys".