Misheard Lyrics
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Re: Misheard Lyrics
My mate was taking the piss out of someone who thought the "lays me down, with my mind she runs" line in Golden Brown was "lays me down, with my manchirons." I had to sheepishly admit that I'd been making the same mistake for 30 years.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Wouldn't it be good if a manchiron was actually a quadrupedal, ruminant mammal and your sheepish remark was quite astute? If it was written by Hugh Aberdeenshire rather than a Cornwall sound-a-like it would be even better. Lay down with one manchiron then the whole flock would follow.Heston wrote:My mate was taking the piss out of someone who thought the "lays me down, with my mind she runs" line in Golden Brown was "lays me down, with my manchirons." I had to sheepishly admit that I'd been making the same mistake for 30 years.
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Not a misheard lyric, but a completely misunderstood concept. Pre-Sir Cliff released a single, mid-70's called "Honky Tonk Angel" and despite reading the lyrics, recording the song and getting it released didn't realise that said Angel wasn't exactly a messenger of the 'Lord'. Aye, right!muppet hi fi wrote:When I was a wee lad in '69, upon first hearing "Honkey Tonk Women" - and for a couple years hence - I thought the refrain was "gimme, gimme, gimme a hunk of dog doo".
I just couldn't imagine what else they could be singing.
I don't know the value of this hastily withdrawn single on the EMI label (where have I heard that story before?) but if you google 'Cliff' 'Prostitute' and 'Scandal' who knows what you might find? A price?
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I kinda knew it wasn't right either but never checked.Heston wrote:My mate was taking the piss out of someone who thought the "lays me down, with my mind she runs" line in Golden Brown was "lays me down, with my manchirons." I had to sheepishly admit that I'd been making the same mistake for 30 years.
Until 5 minutes ago I thought she was trying to get out of her clitoris too
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Huh, it never occured to me that it'd be anything but clitoris in Peaches. I think that was a heavily implied double entendre.
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Snap.Silent Majority wrote:Huh, it never occured to me that it'd be anything but clitoris in Peaches. I think that was a heavily implied double entendre.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Back in the day I was told that a "clitoris" was a clitares which was French for bathing costume. Once I ascertained what a clitoris was I never believed that and always assumed I was being fobbed off by someone who didn't want to explain to a kid what it really meant.Heston wrote:Snap.Silent Majority wrote:Huh, it never occured to me that it'd be anything but clitoris in Peaches. I think that was a heavily implied double entendre.
Apparently clitares (the french word) was the 'official' explanation for the lyrics at the time and was obviously was a double entendre however I have just checked the French / English dictionary and there is no French word clitares !!!!
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It's all cunt.101Walterton wrote:Back in the day I was told that a "clitoris" was a clitares which was French for bathing costume. Once I ascertained what a clitoris was I never believed that and always assumed I was being fobbed off by someone who didn't want to explain to a kid what it really meant.Heston wrote:Snap.Silent Majority wrote:Huh, it never occured to me that it'd be anything but clitoris in Peaches. I think that was a heavily implied double entendre.
Apparently clitares (the french word) was the 'official' explanation for the lyrics at the time and was obviously was a double entendre however I have just checked the French / English dictionary and there is no French word clitares !!!!
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From the Only Fools And Horses closing theme
"Say, man defeat Hooky Street."
Only a few years ago I learnt the actual line went
"C'est magnifique..."
"Say, man defeat Hooky Street."
Only a few years ago I learnt the actual line went
"C'est magnifique..."
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I thought it was "Bookie Street" for years!Silent Majority wrote:From the Only Fools And Horses closing theme
"Say, man defeat Hooky Street."
Only a few years ago I learnt the actual line went
"C'est magnifique..."
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Re: Misheard Lyrics
Others from my childhood
Heard
"I'm hurt. She's mad."
Actualy lyric
"I'm hers, she's mind."
- Manfred Mann, Doo Wah Diddy
Heard
"One, she a liar..."
Actual lyric
"One, she a lawyer..."
-Sophia George, Girlie Girlie
Heard
"I'm hurt. She's mad."
Actualy lyric
"I'm hers, she's mind."
- Manfred Mann, Doo Wah Diddy
Heard
"One, she a liar..."
Actual lyric
"One, she a lawyer..."
-Sophia George, Girlie Girlie
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Red dogs under illegal eggs.
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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You might still be mishearing...Silent Majority wrote: Heard
"I'm hurt. She's mad."
Actualy lyric
"I'm hers, she's mind."
- Manfred Mann, Doo
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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Mine your own business!Wolter wrote:You might still be mishearing...Silent Majority wrote: Heard
"I'm hurt. She's mad."
Actualy lyric
"I'm hers, she's mind."
- Manfred Mann, Doo
*edit* Hey, wouldn't that be a clever name for a store that sells mining equipment?
I'll get me coat.
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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Re: Misheard Lyrics
I ain't sophisticated, I've never been well educated
I ain't got no edge, you cunt, oh no
And I ain't an idiot, I know
Private school to make you posh
Down in debt, High-fog brain-wash
Down in debt, Pseudo-high-brow
Down in debt, How now, brown cow?
You're such a dummy, compared to mummy
- The Ruts, I Ain't Sophisticated
I ain't got no edge, you cunt, oh no
And I ain't an idiot, I know
Private school to make you posh
Down in debt, High-fog brain-wash
Down in debt, Pseudo-high-brow
Down in debt, How now, brown cow?
You're such a dummy, compared to mummy
- The Ruts, I Ain't Sophisticated
Chewing oot a rhythm on my bubblegum