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Fleetwood Mac, "Go Your Own Way":

Jackin' off
Jackin' off's all you wanna do

I'm infuriated when I find out a lyric which I think is really clever and incisive turns out to be misheard.
I misheard the Silkworm song 'Tonight We're Meat' thus -

I'm the local joke,
I'm a tram,
I think that everyone has ridden my rail.

I find from the Sikworm site that it's actually -

I'm the local joke,
I'm a tramp,
I think that everyone has ridden my ramp.

The latter scans a lot better but I still prefer my version for some reason. Also, I guess I don't really understand why a tramp has a ramp, whereas I know why a tram has a rail. I assume it's a reference to paranoia and envy either way but I still sing it my way out of habit. I am sorry Senor Midgett. I am sorry I must bastardise your lovely song.

I used to think that Bed For Scraping was about masturbation guilt.

bed for scraping/dirty little secret/but ill never quit

big_dave wrote:I used to think that Bed For Scraping was about masturbation guilt.

bed for scraping/dirty little secret/but ill never quit

I heard Ian Mackaye has never had an orgasm

My wife and I were just listening to Silkworm's Tarnished Angel -- she thought they were singing Retarded Angel and preferred this to the actual lyrics once she figured it out.

"Ridin' The Storm Out"
"Ripen The Straw Now"

The Cars: "Bye Bye Love"

Its an orangy sky
Always its some other guy
Its just a broken lullaby

I heard:

Its an orangy sky
Get high with some other guy
It's just a fuckin' alibi

Jimi Hendrix:

"Excuse me, while I kiss the sky"

"Excuse me, while I kiss this guy"

Yeah. When I was a kid, I used to think Jimi was gay.

Rolling Stones: "Beast of Burden"

Yeah, all your sickness
I can suck it up

I heard:

All your sickness
I can suck a duck

I have a ton, but can only remember two of the top of my head

Rancid - "Radio"

I thought it was "When i cut the music, i've got a place to go"

I was pissed when i heard this. I thought it was a jab
at people who are into music and he was saying
"i've got a life. all you have is music"

actual lyrics "when i got the music, i've got a place to go"

My friend misheard "Cowboy Dan" by Modest mouse
he thought:
"well cowboy dan's a major player in the cowboy scene he goes to the
reservation, drinks some gasoline"

actual lyrics

"well cowboy dan's a major player in the cowboy scene he goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean"

I think i like my friend's lyrics better.


Oh one more.
When I first hear the nine inch nails song "With Teeh"

I thought in the choruse or whatever he was singing
"whip the teacher"

actually he's saying
"with teeth"