from Hank Williams "Jambalaya" i thought "ma cher amio" was "machasamio" and it was some weird hank pronounciation of "machismo".

I was taking care of my cousin, who was probably 10 or 11 at the time. He put on a Prodigy CD (not from my collection, from his older brother's) and proceeded to sing along. The song "Slap My Bitch Up" comes on and I'm cringing, waiting for Adam to sing the lyrics. Guess what he sang...

























"Take My Picture, Take My Picture, Take My Picture."



I was real happy with his mishearing.

"One With The Birds" by HRH Bonnie Prince Billy.

I keep hearing this:

like so many robins, like so many doves
like so many lovebirds with so many loves
like the songs of the Mogwai
without any words
when we are inhuman we're one with the birds

Cracks me up every time.

A guy in my college band grew up with what seems to be the king of malaprop rock. Too many to list, but my favorite was

Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap.
He sang:
"DIR-TY FEET! THUN-DER CHIEF!"

My buddy pointed out that the song was called Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and the Album was callled Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap..WTF...etc.

Every since, my circle of friends refers to quoting the wrong lyrics as "Thunder Chiefin'"
As in "No, man, it's *not* 'wrapped up like a douche.' You totally Thunder Chiefed that one."

John McIntire thought the Gastr Del Sol's song "The C In Cake" was "The Sea and Cake," and when he found out it wasn't, he named his next band that.

I saw Sloan at The Bowery Ballroom a few weeks ago, before I had heard their new record. Patrick, as always, had written a few rockers for this release. When he took his turn at the mic for what I would later learn was "Ill Placed Trust" I thought he was saying something else.

The chorus' lyrics are:
"Ill placed trust, promises rust, ill placed trust, iiiiill placed trust
Ill placed trust, covered in dust, ill placed trust, iiiill placed trust, YEAH!"

Hardly poet laureate stuff, but what I heard was:
"Everything sucks, everything sucks, ev'rything sucks, eeev'ring thing sucks, YEAH!"

Now I know the guy likes to write sing-a-long choruses but I was thinking "Man, Patrick, the riffing is world class, but those lyrics...wow...that's like 15 year old, playing in a band for 6 months bad."

-A

The chorus of "Irreplaceable"(?) by Beyonce.

Your Moustache don't bother me .your moustache don't bother me....etc.

When my wife was in grade school, she thought Thin Lizzy sang "The Boys From Mackentown"

Just this past weekend*

The douche singer from Dream Theater, whilst covering Elton John, wrote:I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band

Upon hearing previous, my brother, Pockets, wrote:Shit the bed?

* (OK, just pretend like it doesn't say 'wrote'):

robert thefamilyghost wrote:then there's The Misfits...usually when you mishear the words of a song it's the mistake that's odd and funny...but when it comes to ol' Glenn Danzig it's when you find out what the lyrics actually are that your jaw drops and your eyes bulge in disbelief...and then you start laughing "what the fuck!?"

i was so happy when i learned the line in where eagles dare actualy was "An omelet of disease awaits your noontime meal"

burun wrote:"One With The Birds" by HRH Bonnie Prince Billy.

I keep hearing this:

like so many robins, like so many doves
like so many lovebirds with so many loves
like the songs of the Mogwai
without any words
when we are inhuman we're one with the birds

Cracks me up every time.

I also totally thought that was what he was singing til I read the words on the internets. It not only fits perfectly but it makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

John C3 wrote:

burun wrote:"One With The Birds" by HRH Bonnie Prince Billy.

I keep hearing this:

like so many robins, like so many doves
like so many lovebirds with so many loves
like the songs of the Mogwai
without any words
when we are inhuman we're one with the birds

Cracks me up every time.

I also totally thought that was what he was singing til I read the words on the internets. It not only fits perfectly but it makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

Thank god you said it first, John. That's what I thought the words were and those are the words I sing along with everytime I hear this tune.

Does this mean north easterners are a bunch of mishearing spanners?