*laughs* That puts a VERY different spin on that song.

I always knew that couldn't possibly be what they were saying, but I never had any actual idea what they *were* saying. I just looked it up a couple days ago, but knowing the real lyrics doesn't seem to override the ones I've been singing since 1982...

I know that feeling well! There are a couple songs where I know the *actual* lyrics. I cannot, however, remember them until after the fact when I'm singing along because what I *thought* were the lyrics are firmly engraved in my mushy little brain.

My pleasure. :) Here, does this icon help? :)

oh you are so cute. :::grins::: ♥♥♥♥

i still don't know who bruce is in "don't bring me down."

(wanders off)

Hmm, OK, no wonder we hear it as Bruce. 'Gruß'?!

no idea.... i've been wondering about that guy for YEARS! and why is he such a drag at parties.

Someone tried to tell me that the song from Chumbawumba doesn't say, "I get knocked up. Buy an elephant."

I think some people just have hearing problems. ;)


(and you owe me a keyboard that's not doused in coffee)

*laughs out loud* At least it's not "I get knocked up by an elephant"? :)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW

That makes me think of a story Bryant used to tell about why his domain name is innocence. :)

This kind of mishearing is called a mondegreen

how sad is it that I know that?

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy'

(Cough)

No, you're not sad at all.

Actually I think of the people I know, I'm least surprised that you know what it's called. :)

She probably knows the etymology, too.

(I just knew the word - I'd have to research the etymology.)

"They ha' slain the Earl Amurray and Lady Mondegreen."

*gives himself away*

*again*

You will, of course, need to listen to Weird Al Yankovich's take on that song... The Rye or the Kaiser

Oh yes. One of the famous ones is 'Uh, oh, my ears are alight.'

(Famous, because back in the days when audio cassettes were still used, Maxell made fun of the bad quality of their competitors by having one person apparently thinking that Desmond Dekker's song 'Israelites' has those words in.)

*snerks*

Oh my.

Ahhh, Rockband, fixing our lyric booboos. I can't tell you how many lyrics I finally figured out thanks to that game.

I was in my twenties before I knew that Bad Bad Leroy Brown was not carrying a raisin in his shoe, but a razor.

It made sense to me...I'd be in a bad, bad mood too if I had a squishy dried grape between my toes all the time.