Lost Lyrics
So there are a couple of songs that I really messed up the lyrics to when I was younger. See if you can relate...
It took me a long time to figure out that Eric Clapton wasn't saying "high shocking Sherry". I should have figured it out when the line right after that was "but I did not shoot the deputy", but then as a kid - who really listens to the words to understand what they are really saying. Who knew he was saying "I shot the sheriff"? Apparently not me.
My other favorite was one summer my best friend and I used to lay out in the sun on my driveway with the stereo blasting out the window. We loved the Peter Gabriel song Games Without Frontiers. You know in the middle of the song when he says "she's so popular"? Well, that's not really what he says, he says Jeux sans frontieres. We had not idea.
Have you messed up a lyric before? I would love to hear them.
It took me a long time to figure out that Eric Clapton wasn't saying "high shocking Sherry". I should have figured it out when the line right after that was "but I did not shoot the deputy", but then as a kid - who really listens to the words to understand what they are really saying. Who knew he was saying "I shot the sheriff"? Apparently not me.
My other favorite was one summer my best friend and I used to lay out in the sun on my driveway with the stereo blasting out the window. We loved the Peter Gabriel song Games Without Frontiers. You know in the middle of the song when he says "she's so popular"? Well, that's not really what he says, he says Jeux sans frontieres. We had not idea.
Have you messed up a lyric before? I would love to hear them.
posted by DJ Andi at 1/23/2007 09:29:00 PM
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Do you remember the Kenny Rogers song (written by Mel Tillis) “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town”? I though the lyrics, “You painted up your lips, rolled and curled your tinted hair. Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere?” should have been, “You painted up your tits, rolled and curled you pubic hair. Ruby are you contemplating whether to wear your underwear?”
That's called dislyriplasia. I sometimes do that if I think the song should be something other than it is.
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