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Rhythmatism - by Cheryl J

Rhythmatism - April 2008

Misheard Lyrics (with video clips). What have you misheard?

We’ve all done it. Heard a song, sang along certain that you have the words right until one of your mates starts pissing themselves saying, “sing that bit again” and you say, “sing what again?” and they say, “that last line”, so you say, “oh, you mean…” and it sets them off again until you realise, crap, that’s obviously not what it says.

Misheard lyrics are called Mondegreens, a phrase first coined in 1954 so it’s not a new thing. Two of the most misheard lyrics that I know of are in Purple Haze by Jimmy Hendrix where “Scuse me while I kiss the sky” seems to be heard as “Scuse me while I kiss this guy” and the ever famous Manfred Mann’s version of the Springsteen song Blinded by the Light where “revved up like a deuce” becomes “wrapped up like a douche”.

The radio station Triple J even had a segment for a while a few years ago called Charlene’s on Lightning from the mondegreen of “Sharif don’t like it” from Rock the Casbah by The Clash.

Here are a few of my faves. Enjoy!

The Clash - Rock the Casbah

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter,

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Sean Paul - Temperature
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April 20th 2008 @ 07:38

Posted By: Cheryl J - Category: Musicians, Other/Non-Music

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1. April 20th 2008 @ 09:34. Sara Dobson Says:

Hi Cheryl
Further to this and Jimi Hendrix having the most miheard there is a website called
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which contains the most misheard lyrics of all times

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2. April 20th 2008 @ 10:02. Cheryl J Says:

Oh God, they are classic, thanks for the link! " My anus is the centre hole" instead of "my angel is a centrefold", all I can say is bwahahaha!

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3. April 20th 2008 @ 10:32. Morgan Bell Says:

haha that was great!
god eddie vedder is hard to understand, so is cobain actually, a whole musical genre of mumblers!

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4. April 20th 2008 @ 10:55. Cheryl J Says:

It's a tradition that goes way back, Bob Dylan wrote some awesome lyrics but I could never understand a word he sang!

I saw Pearl Jam live years ago and I have to say it was the weirdest show, a mumbling Eddie and they were all wearing tracky daks. Good to know they went all out for us

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5. April 20th 2008 @ 13:02. Morgan Bell Says:

oh ive got another one: in grease i always thought they said "youre the one that i want, ooo what a gollywog" haha

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6. April 20th 2008 @ 14:13. Cheryl J Says:

I made this poster just for you Morgan.

Ooh ooh you're a golliwog...

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7. April 21st 2008 @ 00:50. Sara Dobson Says:

Ha ha I love it!

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8. April 21st 2008 @ 00:57. Wynona Lavota Says:

There is a lyrics in 'Beast and the Harlot' by Avenged Sevenfold that goes 'ten horns shoot from its head' but I swear to you, if you watch the clip (head to you tube for that) it sounds like'10 horns shoot from its ass'.

I'm not kidding.

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9. April 21st 2008 @ 01:47. Cheryl J Says:

Hi Sara, thanks! They're good for a laugh

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10. April 21st 2008 @ 01:49. Cheryl J Says:

Hi Wynona Lavota, I just checked it out and yep I agree it's definitely ass! Sounds painful.

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11. April 21st 2008 @ 02:11. Morgan Bell Says:

haha i love those grease gollywogs!
is there anything you wont do to entertain me? lol

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12. April 21st 2008 @ 03:48. Johnny Come Lately Says:

A guy at work was singing along to the radio in the lunch room I had to point out that 'groom is in the hall' is actually 'groove is in the heart'. Gave us both a laugh.

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13. April 21st 2008 @ 06:00. Hope Says:

Here's a funny one:

"Are you going to starve an old friend?"

Correct lyric: "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?"

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14. April 21st 2008 @ 09:25. Cheryl J Says:

Morgan you know I have fun making you laugh

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15. April 21st 2008 @ 09:28. Cheryl J Says:

Johnny, friends of mine thought it was "in the hall" for that one too but not the groom part. I'll have to tell them they weren't the only ones.

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16. April 21st 2008 @ 09:30. Cheryl J Says:

Hope, that's hilarious! Is that where the parsley, sage rosemary and thyme came into it - they didn't like herbs? haha.

17. April 21st 2008 @ 21:19. Anonymous Says:

haha - I had a friend in high school who misheard the line "When I'm throwing punches in the air" in Sheryl Crow's "Strong Enough" to be: "When I'm throwing butt juice in the air"....

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18. April 22nd 2008 @ 01:27. Cheryl J Says:

And they never thought that butt juice was weird? hahahaha

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