Author Topic: Songs you always sing the wrong words to... (Read 30862 times)

lou boutin · « **Reply #75 on:** 27 December, 2018, 05:57:13 pm »

I'm farting carrots instead of I'm 14 carats (Selina Gomez Good for You)

Andrij · « **Reply #76 on:** 28 December, 2018, 03:31:22 pm »

"Jack Frost roasting on an open fire..."

Wobbly John · « **Reply #77 on:** 28 December, 2018, 06:59:40 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 26 December, 2018, 05:14:24 pm

Not quite in the original sense, but when a song uses the word "eyes" it can be educational to substitute "nose", e.g.

When I look into your nose
I see my destiny.

...

Can't take my nose off you.

Etc. Other organs may also yield interesting results. Or not.

That reminds me - Wet, Wet, Wet: Love is all around:

I feel it in my fingers
I stuck them up my nose...

Kim · « **Reply #78 on:** 29 December, 2018, 02:43:28 pm »

I feel it in my fingers
I feel it in my toes
I'm more than ambidextrous
I even use my nose

This song was prime alternative lyrics material, on account of being permanently on the radio for the duration of 1994.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #79 on:** 22 August, 2020, 01:07:45 pm »

The Cult "She Sells Sanctuary":

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And the world, the world turns to crap

T42 · « **Reply #80 on:** 22 August, 2020, 01:16:45 pm »

Quote from: Andrij on 28 December, 2018, 03:31:22 pm

"Jack Frost roasting on an open fire..."

Or the ancient Roman version

Christians roasting on an open fire...

rogerzilla · « **Reply #81 on:** 25 August, 2020, 02:47:14 pm »

I always thought Feeder's "Buck Rogers" was "we'll get a house in Devon/Drink cider from eleven", which makes a lot more sense than "from a lemon", which is the actual lyric

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #82 on:** 28 August, 2020, 09:56:10 am »

I always use "Daydream Believer" to remember the household cleaning product I would otherwise forget -

"Limescale remover...."

And at the end of a Bryan Chapman 600 we managed to improvise a total out of season.....

"O little pot of Sudocrem,
how gently you ease my....."

T42 · « **Reply #83 on:** 02 October, 2020, 03:26:11 pm »

"Fly me to the Moon"?

Nah.

"Tie me to the loo..."

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #84 on:** 31 May, 2021, 08:08:40 pm »

Prompted by DJ Random serving up the Vanilla Fudge cover, “She's Not There” by The Zombies:

Her nose was cold and wet
Her teeth were sharp and white
But she’s not there.

Kim · « **Reply #85 on:** 31 May, 2021, 09:09:20 pm »

80s ears combined with 80s audio equipment is the misheard lyrics gift that keeps on giving. Anyway, I was reminded of this earlier for some reason (likely a passing car), looked up the proper lyrics, and decided that mine were better.

I'm staring at the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
No moustache, and his clothes kind of shimmer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself in the mirror

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #86 on:** 19 July, 2021, 01:47:41 pm »

I've just discovered that 60s song is actually "Come on Sloopy". I always thought they were singing about everyone's favourite kennel-lounging beagle.

jsabine · « **Reply #87 on:** 19 July, 2021, 03:14:08 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2021, 01:47:41 pm

I've just discovered that 60s song is actually "Come on Sloopy". I always thought they were singing about everyone's favourite kennel-lounging beagle.

I really have been mishearing it.

I thought it was "Come on Irene."

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spesh · « **Reply #88 on:** 19 July, 2021, 03:43:34 pm »

Quote from: jsabine on 19 July, 2021, 03:14:08 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2021, 01:47:41 pm
I've just discovered that 60s song is actually "Come on Sloopy". I always thought they were singing about everyone's favourite kennel-lounging beagle.

I really have been mishearing it.

I thought it was "Come on Irene."

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Snloopy hangs on I think, rather than coming on.

Correct. Hang On Sloopy was a hit for The McCoys in 1965 - it was actually a cover of a song originally called My Girl Sloopy, recorded by The Vibrations in 1964.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_On_Sloopy

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #89 on:** 19 July, 2021, 04:12:34 pm »

So many tangled songs in so few posts! Not only is it "Hang on Sloopy" rather than "Come on Sloopy" (let alone Snoopy), it's "Come on Eileen" not "Irene".

Still leaves me wondering where the name "Sloopy" came from.

nicknack · « **Reply #90 on:** 19 July, 2021, 04:22:13 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2021, 04:12:34 pm

So many tangled songs in so few posts! Not only is it "Hang on Sloopy" rather than "Come on Sloopy" (let alone Snoopy), it's "Come on Eileen" not "Irene".

Still leaves me wondering where the name "Sloopy" came from.

Probably onomatopoeic.

Peter · « **Reply #91 on:** 19 July, 2021, 06:32:19 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2021, 04:12:34 pm

So many tangled songs in so few posts! Not only is it "Hang on Sloopy" rather than "Come on Sloopy" (let alone Snoopy), it's "Come on Eileen" not "Irene".

Still leaves me wondering where the name "Sloopy" came from.

Lyric fades out with, "Hang on Sloopy, (Come on, Come on)"......

jsabine · « **Reply #92 on:** 19 July, 2021, 07:40:53 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2021, 04:12:34 pm

it's "Come on Eileen" not "Irene".

Thank you for clarifying. I did say I'd obviously misheard it.

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Still leaves me wondering where the name "Sloopy" came from.

Steubenville, Ohio, apparently.

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Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #93 on:** 19 July, 2021, 08:11:52 pm »

That's a wonderful state resolution! Not because of the song, but because how many state resolutions contain phrases like "that old chestnut", "by golly", "a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids", and "just go ahead and pass the darn thing"?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #94 on:** 22 September, 2021, 03:52:38 pm »

I have just learned that the chorus of "Thumb" by Kyuss is actually the line:

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You're living in thought so

repeated three times rather than "You live in a foxhole" or even "You're livin' in Vauxhall"

matthew · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 September, 2021, 03:57:27 pm »

I got caught out on Sunday with a hymn I know well "How deep the Father's love for us" that had been altered slightly to remove the gender bias of "Fathers" and "Sons".

offcumden · « **Reply #96 on:** 22 September, 2021, 04:24:54 pm »

"When I called you last night from Tesco's". (Abba - Super Trouper)

Just looked this up, and I read that it's supposed to be "from Glasgow". Surely some mistake? Have a listen and tell me I'm right . . .

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #97 on:** 22 September, 2021, 04:43:22 pm »

Super Trouper recalls Abba's early days when one of the band members worked as a supermarket delivery driver to make ends meet:

I was picking nearly everything
When I called you last night from Tesco
All I do is ring and ring and ring
Wishing every door was as fast, so.

offcumden · « **Reply #98 on:** 22 September, 2021, 04:45:56 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 22 September, 2021, 04:43:22 pm

Super Trouper recalls Abba's early days when one of the band members worked as a supermarket delivery driver to make ends meet:

I was picking nearly everything
When I called you last night from Tesco
All I do is ring and ring and ring
Wishing every door was as fast, so.

Ah, thanks, so I was right! Don't know whether to be pleased or disappointed.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #99 on:** 19 October, 2021, 06:27:46 pm »

Not exactly a song I sing the wrong words to, more some words I sing to the tune of the wrong song; when I fire up the weather app on my phone and it says "Finding your location" I always sing this in my mind to the tune of "Losing my religion".