Misheard lyric confessions

[Snazzaroo1845]

Apparently it's

"The taste of her cherry chap stick"

and not

"The taste of her cherry chop stick"

I thought it was chop stick until quite recently as well. Seems to be one lots of people mis-hear! 

[Analog Kid]

I must've been 20 years before I realised that Desmond Dekker's biggest UK hit wasn't actually  called "Misery Nights"

 

[LEE]

Apparently it's

"The taste of her cherry chap stick"

and not

"The taste of her cherry chop stick"

I thought it was chop stick until quite recently as well. Seems to be one lots of people mis-hear! 

I am quite disappointed to learn it's not 'Cherry Chopstick' as I thought it may be a euphemism for something rather ahem, cough, down boy, ..exotic.

[alan]

My then very young daughter thought The Eurythmics sang
I'm overgrown with fleas

[rogerzilla]

Mrs Z thought ABBA's "Super Trouper" went

I was sick and tired of everything, when I called you last night from Tesco

It's actually "Glasgow", which is, in many ways, more odd.

[Torslanda]

Two from junior school

'Most highly flavoured gravy'

and

'Gladly the crosseyed bear'

Catholicism. You gotta laugh.

J

[Quisling]

Mrs Z thought ABBA's "Super Trouper" went

I was sick and tired of everything, when I called you last night from Tesco

It's actually "Glasgow", which is, in many ways, more odd.

On an Abba theme (and before MiniQ gets here with this..) I thought another Abba lyric was:
"I was in jail just before we met".  It turns out it's "I wasn't jealous before we met".
Oh how I laughed when she pointed this out.

[geraldc]

Turns out Whitesnake changed the lyrics to Here I go again, due to worries about misheard lyrics

Original from 1982
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Newer version from 1987
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From wiki
'The song was written by lead singer, David Coverdale, and former Whitesnake guitarist,Bernie Marsden. The most notable differences between the original and revamped version are the style of the music (blues-rock versus hard rock) and a slight change in the lyrics. The chorus of the original version features the lines:
"An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known
Like a hobo I was born to walk alone"
Whereas the newer version is:
"Like a drifter I was born to walk alone"
In an interview, Coverdale claimed he changed the lyric because he was afraid people would think he was saying homo instead of hobo'

[L CC]

All I need is a good good fuck

Cloud Cult.
Friend, apparently. Who knew?

Probably the same folk who realised that High High's Open Season

So tired of living like a cunt

Is actually kite.

[jsabine]

James - Sit Down

Those who find themselves religious

Damn, I thought that was the real one!

I'm astonished to find that it's not.

Mrs Z thought ABBA's "Super Trouper" went

I was sick and tired of everything, when I called you last night from Tesco

It's actually "Glasgow", which is, in many ways, more odd.

I'd always thought she was calling from Frisco.

[T42]

Hotel California again:  "I was out in the highway, coolant in my hair."

[Mr Larrington]

USAnian cars are usually made of cheese, so it'd be no great surprise if a radiator hose went.

[Pingu]

Got all them pingfuckets comin' out of my gears

Maybe wilfully misheard.

[ElyDave]

Its gonna be a hard egg tonight, The Eagles

[Pingu]

I must've been 20 years before I realised that Desmond Dekker's biggest UK hit wasn't actually  called "Misery Nights"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KShjB5jyjM

[Wobbly John]

I'm suprised Stevie Riks hasn't made it on here yet:

How Deep is Your Love & Night Fever (linkys)

I actually hear these lyrics now when the Bee Gees music comes on the radio or telly.   

[Legs]

Brass in Pocket:
"Gonna use my arms/ Gonna use my legs/ Gonna use my style/ Gonna use my sausage."

Losing My Religion:
"Oh life, it's bigger/ It's bigger than you/ And you are not me/ The lengths that I will go to/ The distant samurais."

[Torslanda]

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

'Come and eat your bacon'

k d lang

'Can't stand gra-vyyyy'

[Legs]

A Girl Like You:
"Too many Buddhist singers/ Not enough Buddhist songs..."

[caerau]

Apparently it's

"The taste of her cherry chap stick"

and not

"The taste of her cherry chop stick"

I thought it was chop stick until quite recently as well. Seems to be one lots of people mis-hear! 

I am quite disappointed to learn it's not 'Cherry Chopstick' as I thought it may be a euphemism for something rather ahem, cough, down boy, ..exotic.

Not unusual for Katy Perry songs.  I was amongst many who had to have the term Daisy Dukes in one of her songs explained to me.  The wife told me once by going 'apparently hardly any men know what she'd going on about.


Well indeed.  When it was explained however, being a young lad back when Daisy Duke was on telly, I got it   


Misheard lyrics from me?


Billy Ocean.


Goooo and get Stuffed!


(not really misheard, but my mother once came up with this and now I hear nothing else)


Radiohead.


"I'm a creep.... I'm a Widow'
 


And another not really misheard but deserves a retelling.


Atomic Kitten


"You can lick my hole again'

[Legs]

The Glory of Love (Peter Cetera):
"I'll be your hero, your creepy love."

[mrcharly-YHT]

Alison Moyet
"I go weee in the presence of beauty"

[Jaded]

I shot the sheriff