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Misheard Lyrics
28 July 2014
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I suppose you all know about the general mondegreens sites? kissthisguy.com is one, there used to be one with “mondegreens” in the website name that I know was good and huge.  Anyway it’s fun to read a few occasionally…not sure how useful they are to look up specific songs or phrases though.

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Just like Bob Dylan, i used to think the “I can’t hide!” from I Want To Hold Your Hand was “I get high!”.

And also, i thought that there were 2 Las in Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da  and they sang, “La, la, how the life goes on.”

Oh, and i thought that, in I’m A Loser , John sang, “and i hacked like a clown,” instead of “acted”.

26 August 2014
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This one’s good for @Ahhh Girl!

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26 August 2014
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Mr. Kite said

This one’s good for @Ahhh Girl!

Paul. Fixing A Hole . a-hard-days-night-paul-7

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26 August 2014
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The lyric in Love You To “before I’m a dead old man…”

I had no idea what it was for a while, but for some reason I heard “you’re my little man.”ahdn_george_01When I thought of that I laughed at myself and started wondering what it actually was… this was fairly recent, actually, probably just a couple months ago I came up with that.

 

“Or play the game existence to the end” from TNK, as well.

I heard it as “or play the game, make systems to the end.”a-hard-days-night-john-2 It really doesn’t make sense, but that’s what I heard.

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Bulldog said

The lyric in Love You To “before I’m a dead old man…”

I had no idea what it was for a while, but for some reason I heard “you’re my little man.ahdn_george_01When I thought of that I laughed at myself and started wondering what it actually was… this was fairly recent, actually, probably just a couple months ago I came up with that.

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When I was a kid and even into my teen years, I thought the lyric in A Hard Day’s Night was “so when I mention I’m home ‘cos when I get you alone…” when it’s really “so why on earth should I moan ‘cos when I get you alone.” Took me until my early 20s to suss that out once and for all!

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26 August 2014
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My little brother likes to mock my Beatles listening and likes to sing “Lovely Rita , Retard Maid…”

It’s not that funny really, but I had to mention it a-hard-days-night-paul-11

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StrawberryWalrus said
My little brother likes to mock my Beatles listening and likes to sing “Lovely Rita , Retard Maid…”

It’s not that funny really, but I had to mention it a-hard-days-night-paul-11

I find it funny.

 

I thought the lyrics in Real Love were “It’s real love, its real to me.” when it’s only “…it’s ree-e-eal.” Also towards the end in I Am The Walrus when John sings “kicking Edgar Allan Poe”, I misheard it as “kicking a guerrilla” and couldn’t decipher the rest.ahdn_paul_01 

27 August 2014
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For a long time I thought the chorus in I’ll Follow The Sun said “But tomorrow came too soon, I’ll Follow The Sun “.

31 August 2014
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heeheehee some of these are funny.  

My mother always thought that “Paperback Writer ” = “take the last right turn”. 

I was in my teens and had to set her straight.  It was pretty funny.  What’s more, we were in the car, going somewhere.  Maybe I should’ve told her to take the last right turn (but I’d’ve been slapped for that!).

(She also thought that CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising” said “there’s a bathroom on the right”.  Clearly my mother had some sort of problem with the right.  And her ears.)

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When I herd paper back writer, I always thought that his son was working at the daily mill instead of mail

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I always thought it was ‘joking smokers’ in IATW, only just found out its “chocking smokers”. Not sure which i prefer.

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1 September 2014
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Oh!  And a friend in 8th grade thought

“newspaper taxis appear on the shore”

was

“newspaper taxis, a beer on the shore”

High hopes for a minor.  A little more… experienced… than me at that age.

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When I got With The Beatles I listened to Money (That’s What I Want) for pretty much the first time, even though I always new about the even older version, I had just never bothered listening to it before, so the first time I heard it I thought the lyrics “money don’t get everything it’s true, what it don’t get, I can’t use” was “money don’t get everything it’s true, what it don’t get, I got you”ahdn_george_08

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meanmistermustard said
I always thought it was ‘joking smokers’ in IATW, only just found out its “chocking smokers”. Not sure which i prefer.

I found out later than you. I found out NOW! Woah. I like joking smokers better.

4 September 2014
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This isn’t song lyrics, but a misunderstanding of the content of what George says in AHDN .  And I have to preface this with the fact that I was really into Medieval history then:

When he’s talking to the female reporter who asks what the name of his haircut is, and he says “Arthur”, I thought that he was referencing a serious English name for a haircut style that harkened back to King Arthur and early medieval times.  “The Arthur”.  Much in the way The Mullet lives on in history.

So after years (My Hiatus), when I saw AHDN in the theatre, I was like, “Oooooooooooohhhhhh he’s quipping.  Smartass.”  ahdn_george_08

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I thought that the line “see the people standing there” in Fixing A Hole was “see the Beatles standing” instead.

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Not really misheard, but Breakfast with the Beatles played Ticket To Ride this morning, and I was thinking sometimes it sounds like they’re singing “ticket to Rawhide.”

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@Crinsk said

This isn’t song lyrics, but a misunderstanding of the content of what George says in AHDN .  And I have to preface this with the fact that I was really into Medieval history then:

When he’s talking to the female reporter who asks what the name of his haircut is, and he says “Arthur”, I thought that he was referencing a serious English name for a haircut style that harkened back to King Arthur and early medieval times.  “The Arthur”.  Much in the way The Mullet lives on in history.

So after years (My Hiatus), when I saw AHDN in the theatre, I was like, “Oooooooooooohhhhhh he’s quipping.  Smartass.”  ahdn_george_08

And after watching Living In The Material World I think I know why he said Arthur instead of any other name.

According to Paul they had a friend named Arthur who always used to say of George’s hair, “it looks like a fookin’ tuhrbin.” So although the style was different, (no longer a turban) it still reminded him of Arthur.

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