OT - Fractured Song Lyrics

Every Time You Go Away by Paul Young

song: “every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you”

my 7 year old brain: “every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you”

You might enjoy this web site https://www.kissthisguy.com/ named after a misheard lyric from Purple Haze.

Secret….Asian man. Turns out it was Secret agent man?

"relax don't do it, when you want to get to it, when you want to come....... shoot it in my direction"

as I kid listening on magnetic tape, I thought that song was about ejaculation.... never did listen on CD to find out what the real lyrics were about

I was a huge tool fan as a teenager and this was right around Windows 95 so home Internet was in its infancy.

Trying to decipher some of Maynard's lyrics was a chore. I remember repeatedly rewinding prison sex trying to figure out what he was saying. I had these really nice Koss headphones and I still couldn't ever get it right

Also Pearl Jams Yellow Ledbetter and pretty much anything else Eddie sings is just basically vowel sounds 

On a feeling

On a wasted on awayyyyyyyy

Say 

Lemme see

I wanna leave it again

One was all head 

Beeeeeesawwwwwwwww all said

I wanna leave it again

On a Weiner 

Ina Weiner all the way...

My high school friend Taru always insisted that in Mrs. Robinson, Simon + Garfunkel sang "Going to the candidates' to bake..." (as in smoke weed -- the real line is "candidates' debate.") Decades later, I still sing along with his 'new and improved' lyrics, an ongoing nod to an old friend. 

not me, but a long-time friend had his older brothers convince him when he was a grade schooler that the background chorus to the drifters famous song, 'up on the roof' was 'a boneroo'.   because of this his nickname his whole life has been 'bone' and yeah, sometimes 7th grade lasts forever.  he is old and gray now, extraordinarily accomplished, but is still 'bone' to his long time friends. 
 

EDIT:  I remembered another from 40 years ago. There’s an old Van Halen song that has a refrain where they say “have you seen juniors grades lately? “. I don’t know if it’s intentional or not but we always used to say “have you seen juniors brains lately? “

My mom thought that Michael Jackson's "don't stop till you get enough" was actually "don't stop till you get it up" and would always turn off that devil music whenever it came on the radio.

Big ol' Jed had a light on...

Steve Winwood, the Finer Things:

Actual: "While there is time, Let's go out and feel everything"

Misheard: "While there is time, let's go out and kill everything"

Madonna, La Isla Bonita

Actual: "A young girl with eyes like the desert"

Misheard: "Young girls with eyes like potatoes" (Thank you Stroh Signature/chocolate Michelob)

"It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not." Bon Jovi, Livin' on a Prayer

blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night

I had a buddy wonder why Jimi needed to be excused “while I kiss this guy”.

Also wondered about who this Captain Slogg that Captain Kirk wrote to each week was.

Try listening to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" after your friends kid insists the lyrics are "Hot dogs...and potatoes"!!! 

You'll never not hear it again.

When our daughter was in grade school she participated in a “talent show” which just consisted of the kids dancing or doing goofy stuff onstage while a variety of songs were played on a boombox. One of the songs was “Little Deuce Coupe” by the Beach Boys and I tried to convince her the song was “Little Goose Poop” which made her giggle.

Not fractured, but a parody…

I was a kid living in Northern Virginia in the 90’s when the whole John and Lorena Bobbit story was a big thing. So it was both local and national news for us. 
 

Lion King was also the most popular kids movie at the time. And “in the jungle the mighty jungle” was very popular too from the movie.

this was a popular one to sing at my elementary school:

”In the bedroom, the mighty bedroom, John Bobbit sleeps tonight

In the Kitchen, the mighty Kitchen, Lorena sharpens her knives….

A wiener whack, a wiener whack, a wiener whack, a wiener whack, a weiner whack, a wiener whack”

Also from the Lion King:

”Pennnnnnnsylvannnnia, that is where I am from. 
 

Pink Pajamas Penguins on the bottom, Pink Pajamas Penguins on the bottom” 

The first time I remember hearing "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin I starting laughing because I thought he said "you need kool-aid."

I was probably 7-8 years old and my dad quickly corrected me. 

It was early 90’s i was working like crazy, had a baby at home, another on the way … no time to listen to much music. Neighbor/ coworker had a band and was playing the Blind Pig. Between sets I told him I liked the song “These things are bound to happen” that I had probably heard on WCBN at work, and said I liked their  cover of it. After a little deciphering and me singing it, we determined it was (This) “Monkey(‘s) Gone To Heaven” by the Pixies. Next time I saw them they substituted my lyrics for a few refrains.  

I had an old cassette of Sticky Fingers without any track listings. 

Mick garbles "can't you hear me knocking" so badly that I never had any idea what it was. I just kept singing "canna nama lovin'" or something.

Years later I got the actual record and was like ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes more sense.

The police. Don’t stand so close to me. At 8 I juuuuust slightly missed the concept. 
 

“blue special. Blue special. Blue special Oldsmobile!”

Controversy by Prince

My daughter thought 'controversy' was 'c*nt or p*ssy'

Bob Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay": "Silly putty but his hands dry clean."

aka, "His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean."

There's actually a term for this:  a mondegreen.  It's a lot of fun to look up, as you'll find dozens and dozens of examples.

Metallica song 72 Seasons 

What is sung 🎶 Wrath of Man

What I hear 🎶 Rack of Lamb 

Jimi 🎶‘scuse me while I kiss this guy

The AC/DC song Big Balls is about ballroom dance parties 

For years I thought Stevie Nicks was singing “just like the one-winged dove…” even though I am surrounded by white winged doves here in AZ. 

Sometime in our first year of dating, my wife once very confidently and loudly belted out the chorus of "Panama" as "Burn it up!" After laughing for like five minutes I explained what the actual lyric is. She was so confident.

Every now and then I'll just turn and shout "Burn it up!" at her and we'll both burst out laughing.