"There's a bathroom on the right"

[Jon]

Give me your misheard lyrics. (spare me the Purple Haze one ok LOL)

[Jon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCZNIOE5Xi4

At 105 (http://youtu.be/pCZNIOE5Xi4) I hear:

"Someone chasing a cannibal"

I began to suspect I was hearing it wrong and later thought I was hearing:

" Someone chasing a caribou"

In reality it is:

"Someone chasing; I cannot move."

it was nearly two decades from the song's release before I wrote to the fan site for clarification. (This video has it wrong too. But MUCH closer than I)

[ladysai]

I have misheard countless lyrics,
But the worst, and most persistant, is my mishearing of Manfred Mann's "Blinded By the Light"...
I hear "wrapped up like a douche"
But its really
"Revved up like a deuce".
~shrug~ Might be a girl thing.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq35wyDi7I

[jsweet]

"Bake me a pie of love" (Bring me a higher love)
Higher Love, Steve Winwood

[CRinVA]

I hear Wrapped up like a douche as well - so it's not a lady-thing!
:-)


I have misheard countless lyrics,
But the worst, and most persistant, is my mishearing of Manfred Mann's "Blinded By the Light"...
I hear "wrapped up like a douche"
But its really
"Revved up like a deuce".
~shrug~ Might be a girl thing.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq35wyDi7I

[fernandito]

Jon - is the title of the thread influenced by Wasted Years?

[Iwritecode]

I would assume it's based on this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQiUFZ5RDw

[Br!an]

It doesn't get Eddie Vedder than this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLd22ha_-VU

Eddie Vedder would use different lyrics every time he sang the song live.

These are the "official" lyrics. I put official in scare quotes because there are no official lyrics.



Unsealed, on a porch a letter sat
Then you said, "I wanna leave it again"
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave her again

On a weekend I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called and I said that I'll go
And I said that I'll call out again
And the reason I ought ta leave her calm, I know
I said, "I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag"

Oh yeah, can you see them, out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
I see them 'round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know I don't wanna stay

Make me cry

I see oh, I don't know why there's something else
I want to, wanna drum it all away
I said, "I don't, I don't know whether I was the boxer or the bag"

Oh yeah, can you see them, out the on porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
I see them 'round the front way
And I know, and I know I don't want to stay at all
I don't want to stay
I don't want to stay
I don't want to stay
I don't, I don't want to stay

[amd013]

I hear Wrapped up like a douche as well - so it's not a lady-thing!
:-)


I have misheard countless lyrics,
But the worst, and most persistant, is my mishearing of Manfred Mann's "Blinded By the Light"...
I hear "wrapped up like a douche"
But its really
"Revved up like a deuce".
~shrug~ Might be a girl thing.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq35wyDi7I

Me 3

[dnemec]

When I was a kid I used to think "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers was actually "Secret Asian Man." Don't know why the Asian man was a secret, but I thought he was. :doh:


And that's a 4th on the "wrapped up like a douche." I'd swear that he's actually saying that!

[Br!an]

I knew the Springsteen song lyrics, so I never though it said douche. It does sound like it though. You can tell that Springsteen says deuce.

[Jon]

Jon - is the title of the thread influenced by Wasted Years?


No sir...Credence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising



"Bad Moon Rising"

I see the bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightning
I see bad times today

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers overflowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin

Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

[Jon]

When I was a kid I used to think "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers was actually "Secret Asian Man." Don't know why the Asian man was a secret, but I thought he was. :doh:!



Good to know I wasn't the only one!!

[Jon]

I knew the Springsteen song lyrics, so I never though it said douche. It does sound like it though. You can tell that Springsteen says deuce.




I believe Bruce (yes...we are on a first name basis...but for some reason he calls me "Dick" and sometimes Bruce calls me "Who the fuck is that guy at the window??!! Wendy! Call the cops!!" Bruce didn't have a lot of luck with the tune on his 1973 album, Greetings From Ashbury Park, N.J. but yes, Bruce wrote the song and claims the lyrics are:


"cut lose like a Deuce"



This refers the popular 1932 Ford. This was the first production offering of an V-8 cylinder engine in America and lead to America's decades long fascination with the 8-cylinder engine until the oil embargo's of the 1970's. After the embargo, the "V" piston configuration continued and still does to this day in many V- 6-cylinder versions and some 4 cylinder versions.


If I must explain, the "2" at the end of the year of production is, in Spanish, is translated as "Deuce." The car was made popular later by The Beach Boys' album Little Deuce Coup and the hit song from that album of the same name.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwgGuadsqyo


In 1976 the song reached it's full fame as a cover by Manfrerd Mann's Earth Band. The band made some changes including the lyrics.."cut lose like a Deuce" being changed to "revved up like a deuce" referring to racing up that V-8 engine. The Manfrerd Mann's Earth Band version was #1 and Springsteen's highest ranking tune, as a songwriter on the Billboard 100 until the USA For Africa collaboration.


1932 Ford Coupe (Little Deuce Coupe)


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1928/45098023652_e1838ca4f7_m.jpg




Internal diagram of an engine's pistons as viewed from the front (or the back). To distinguish the new (1932) "V" piston configuration from the old, classic "inline" configuration.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1956/44235287455_7bc83b148f_m.jpg





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iaca30QbOo



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq35wyDi7I

[Jon]

It does sound like it though. You can tell that Springsteen says deuce.


It's likely you are thinking of the Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover with the keyboard heavy. It is more clear in Brice's version. Bruce relies on horns more:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iaca30QbOo








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpq35wyDi7I

[dnemec]

When I was a kid I used to think "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers was actually "Secret Asian Man." Don't know why the Asian man was a secret, but I thought he was. :doh:!



Good to know I wasn't the only one!!

Really?! So I'm not that weird??

[Iwritecode]

There is actually a song called Secret Asian Man...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR34ilk4xaI

:wtf:

[RUBE]

I know two different people (that have never met) that thought the main lyric in AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap was Dirty Deeds, Dunder Chief.

[fernandito]

Jon - is the title of the thread influenced by Wasted Years?


No sir...Credence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising


Ah! I thought you were talking about


I close my eyes, and think of home
Another city goes by, in the night


Now I want to listen to that song :)

[amd013]

Ok, this one is embarissing, but when I was 12ish, I thought in "Another one bites the Dust" they were saying "another buster duster". This was back in the day when the dust buster was a new thing. Why anyone would sing about a hand held vacuum was beyond me.

[fernandito]

I used to think the lyrics were


I really don't like it
rock the cashbox
rock the cashbox

[Still Servant]

My cousin has these awesome wrong music lyric coasters:

Greatest Hits Mistaken Lyrics Coaster Set (https://www.etsy.com/listing/220087319/greatest-hits-mistaken-lyrics-coaster?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_c-home_and_living-kitchen_and_dining-drink_and_barware-drinkware-coasters&utm_custom1=4ba117c7-5a7f-4a64-9b9d-b1bb497aaf45&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgOzdBRDlARIsAJ6_HNkcM6vKr40W4Irzoqhg rUfd8yoOZciYsNQ_cX-OMj-HwyxGfxrsHo4aAs1lEALw_wcB)

One that I always got mistaken growing up was: "I wanna know, have you ever seen Loraine."

[ladysai]

Greatest Hits Mistaken Lyrics Coaster Set (https://www.etsy.com/listing/220087319/greatest-hits-mistaken-lyrics-coaster?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_c-home_and_living-kitchen_and_dining-drink_and_barware-drinkware-coasters&utm_custom1=4ba117c7-5a7f-4a64-9b9d-b1bb497aaf45&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgOzdBRDlARIsAJ6_HNkcM6vKr40W4Irzoqhg rUfd8yoOZciYsNQ_cX-OMj-HwyxGfxrsHo4aAs1lEALw_wcB)

"Cool Whip in my hair"!!! :emot-roflolmao:

[dnemec]

LOLed at "Hit me with your pet shark!"

[dnemec]

I used to think the lyrics were


I really don't like it
rock the cashbox
rock the cashbox

Could be worse. I have a friend that thought it was "Rock the catbox."

[amd013]

Of course a common one is hearing "Bruce" in Elo's "Don't bring me down". Its actually a made up word "Grooss"

[Jon]

When I was a kid I used to think "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers was actually "Secret Asian Man." Don't know why the Asian man was a secret, but I thought he was. :doh:!



Good to know I wasn't the only one!!





Really?! So I'm not that weird??


I'm just sayin' I heard it the same way. I'm not prepared to say you aren't weird.

[Jon]

Of course a common one is hearing "Bruce" in Elo's "Don't bring me down". Its actually a made up word "Grooss"




Interesting. I always assumed it was grouce - To complain or grumble, bitch and moan.


But then I never looked into it.

[dnemec]

When I was a kid I used to think "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers was actually "Secret Asian Man." Don't know why the Asian man was a secret, but I thought he was. :doh:!



Good to know I wasn't the only one!!





Really?! So I'm not that weird??


I'm just sayin' I heard it the same way. I'm not prepared to say you aren't weird.

:emot-roflolmao:

Yeah, you probably shouldn't. I AM weird!

[Jon]

There is actually a song called Secret Asian Man...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR34ilk4xaI

:wtf:


Yup...I LOVE DaVinci's Notebook. A great group of guys. EXCELLENT voices and a great sense of humor. I love their interviews and these songs:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=734wnHnnNR4





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc

[Jon]

Jon - is the title of the thread influenced by Wasted Years?


No sir...Credence Clearwater Revival's Bad Moon Rising


Ah! I thought you were talking about


I close my eyes, and think of home
Another city goes by, in the night


Now I want to listen to that song :)


Now you made me turn off Deep Purple and I am off on an Iron Maiden binge!



For some reason I always couple Wasted Years with Sea of Madness...the soft Oooo oooo in that bridge is just pasted in my mind.
I even remember those moments at the concert in 1987 despite the cocaine and lost brain cells.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9CAObxn3ww


But The bluesy riffs of Stranger in a Strange Land is tops for me from that album and in my top 10.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7IdqkaGyU8

[fernandito]

I Try, Macy Gray

Although I try to hide it, it's clear
I go cocos when you are not here