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Possible Misspelled Names:

These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.

Peter Gabrial

Jokes:

Why couldn't the classical composer pay for his dinner bill? Because he was Baroque
Submitted by: JC
Q. What time is it when it's large?
A. It's Big Time!
Submitted by: mmcm312

New Song Names:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"Shot The Monkey (Sorry, Travis)""Shock The Monkey"Rock Maninoff
"Puking On My Shirt""Digging In The Dirt"redreznor
"Call 1-800-DEAD For An Undertaker""Digging In The Dirt"redreznor
"Shock The Honky""Shock The Monkey"t.v.
"I Go Schwimmer""I Go Swimming"friend

There are additional new song names available.

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Red Rain,"Rain is never red.Marcia Todd
"Big Time,"You must have had a big watch, eh?FiFi

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"Watching The River Flow," Bob Dylan"Here Comes The Flood," Peter Gabriel
"King Kong," Jimmy Castor Bunch"Shock The Monkey," Peter Gabriel
"Try To Remember," The Brothers Four"I Don't Remember," Peter Gabriel
"Weatherman Says," Jack Wagner"Here Comes The Flood," Peter Gabriel
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Team" originally "Steam"
Serafina
"Seam" originally "Steam"
Serafina
"Stem" originally "Steam"
Serafina
"Big Tim" originally "Big Time"
mandylee
"Here Comes The Food" originally "Here Comes The Flood"
Margie

There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Waiting For The Big Bone" originally "Waiting For The Big One"
Sutch
"Gamers Without Frontiers" originally "Games Without Frontiers"
Gamer: someone who plays games
Amf1534
"Steamy" originally "Steam"
Heather Brockwell
"Stream" originally "Steam"
Serafina
"Read Rain" originally "Red Rain"
How does one read rain?
Doug Graves

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"Baiting For The Big One" originally "Waiting For The Big One"
Sutch
"Bike" originally "Biko"
Ed
"Dames Without Frontiers" originally "Games Without Frontiers"
Mallory
"Names Without Frontiers" originally "Games Without Frontiers"
A. Person
"In Sour Eyes" originally "In Your Eyes"
Doug Wells

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Sledgehammer""Blade Runner"Porfle Popnecker
"Big Time""King Kong"Wild Child JIN
"Sledge Hammer""Gum Cobbler"Lionel Mertens
"Sledgehammer""Warhammer"Susanna Viljanen
"Digging In The Dirt""Digging Up The Dead"Wild Child JIN
"In Your Eyes""In 3D"Ten Second Braeden
"Sledge Hammer""Black Stallion!"Lionel Mertens
"Sledgehammer""Sludgeyammer"John A. Barry
"Shock the Monkey""Grok the Monkeys"John A. Barry
"Shock The Monkey""Barack The Monkey"Poli-tick-ly Incorrect

There are additional song parodies available.

Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
Out OutCoverage of England game (World Cup 2010)pickle
Shock The MonkeyAnimal Help HotlineRachel
In Your EyesLensCraftersTina
D.I.YD.I.Y shops open on Bank Holidayspickle*
I Have The TouchContact Cold RemedySteven Mariash
There are additional commercials that haven't been done yet available.

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Big TimeWeight WatchersEan
Here Comes The FloodBBC Weather Centrepickle
Shock The MonkeyAnimal Liberation Frontfrozen_frogurt
Shock The MonkeySan Diego ZooEd
I Don't RememberAmnesia Hotlineeffuhz
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
See You Again
   Miley Cyrus
In Your Eyes
   Peter Gabriel
See You Again In Your Eyes
Rachel
Foolish Games
   Jewel
Games Without Frontiers
   Peter Gabriel
Foolish Games Without Frontiers
Grimley Fieendish
Super Freak/Freak On A Leash
   Rick James/Korn
Shock The Monkey
   Peter Gabriel
Shock The Super Freak Monkey On A Leash
That's just twisted.
Diddims
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
   Frank Zappa
In Your Eyes
   Peter Gabriel
Why Does it Hurt When I Pee In Your Eyes?
"Uhmm, that's not what I had in mind, when I said "doggie-style"!...
princejellyfish
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Peter Parker or Angel Gabriel
Ashley Parker Angel combined with Peter Gabriel
Submitted By: This Kid

Misheard Lyrics:

"Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
Throw Mitt Romney's suitcase
or
Throw me around your suitcase
or
Helmet on the zoo keys
or
Running around the food page
Original Lyrics:
Throw me around your fruitcage
"Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
You could have a bumper car bumping
There's a newsman in the rinse
Original Lyrics:
You can have a bumper car bumpin'
This amusement never ends
"Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you bring your police car back
Original Lyrics:
If you bring your blue sky back
"Big Time"
Misheard Lyrics:
My penis is getting bigger! Big time!
Original Lyrics:
My belly is getting bigger! Big time!
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Sledgehammer"
Misheard Lyrics:
If you bring your police car back
Original Lyrics:
If you bring your blue sky back

Story about this misheard lyric by: James D

Until I found out the real lyric on a T.V. programme called Don't Forget the Lyrics earlier this year, I thought the lyric I misheard was the real one.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Big Time"
Better Lyrics:
My paw is getting bigger

My head is getting bigger

My heart is getting bigger

And my back

My face is getting bigger

And my thing ain't gonna count

Look at my legs in my stance

And my big tail...

Big big big big big big big
Original Lyrics:
My car is getting bigger

My house is getting bigger

My eyes are getting bigger

And my bath

My belly is getting bigger

And my bank account

Look at my circumstance

And the bulge in my big big big big big big big
Submitted by: Colin Slater
"Solsbury Hill"
Better Lyrics:
Zorbing down on Solsbury Hill
I could feel my stomach rise
Ball was rolling, time stood swirly
If I had hair, it'd be curly...
Original Lyrics:
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
An eagle flew out of the night
Submitted by: C. Mountain

Funniest Song Lyrics:

"War Without Frontiers"
The Funny Lyrics:
'Hans plays with lotte, lotte plays with jane Jane plays with willi, willi is happy again...'
Why They're Funny:
'Jane plays with willi, willi is happy again' < Surely thats code for something else! I mean it was the 1980s but they must have had dirty minds then aswell!!
Submitted by: jaaaaaaaaaaaaaake
"I Don't Remember"
The Funny Lyrics:
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
Why They're Funny:
If he can't remember anything, how can he be singing this song?
Submitted by: Muzakman

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"Exposure"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Exposure, exposure, exposure, exposure...
Why They're Repetitive:
My least favourite song on Peter Gabriel's second album.
Submitted by: pickle*
"In Your Eyes"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
In your eyes, in your eyes,
in your eyes...etc etc etc
Why They're Repetitive:
Dear god...how many times is it possible to repeat this?
Submitted by: Maddie

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"In Your Eyes"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
I look to the time with you, to keep me awake and alive
Why They're Nonsensical:
So if he isn't awake, that means he isn't alive? How does that make any sense?
Submitted by: Mel
"In Your Eyes"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Days pass, and this emptiness fills my heart
Why They're Nonsensical:
How can an emptiness be filled? Then it wouldn't be empty anymore!
Submitted by: Mel
There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Dirty Song Lyrics:

"Blood of Eden"
The Dirty Lyrics:
At my request, you take me in
In that tenderness, I am floating away
No certainty, nothing to rely on
Holding still for a moment
What a moment this is
Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I can hear the distant thunder
Of a million unheard souls
Of a million unheard souls
Watch each one reach for creature comfort
For the filling of their holes
Why They're Dirty:
Well, is it or is it not? It could mean anything, but it also pretty much could mean ... you know what ;o)
Submitted by: Claus
"Sledgehammer"
The Dirty Lyrics:
1.)You could have a steam train,
if you just laid down your tracks
2.) Open up your fruit cage,
cause I will be your honey bee,
open up your fruit cage,
where the fruit there is as sweet as can be
Why They're Dirty:
Not until about 2 years after initially hearing it. The first lyric is a long list of different types of lovers the woman can have. The second lyric is an obvious plee for him to perform oral sex.
Submitted by: Ed
There are additional dirty lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"San Jacinto"
The Lyrics:
Follow dry river bed - watch Scouts and Guides make po-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco - Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse - white men dream
Who They Mention:
Geronimo
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
"Biko"
The Lyrics:
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead
Who They Mention:
Steven Biko, slain South African anit-apartheid activist
Submitted by: Mark Silverman

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Solsbury Hill"
Opening Lines:
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill.
Comments:
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
"Red Rain"
Opening Lines:
Red rain is coming down.
Comments:
Submitted by: Brian Kelly

Song Title Space Change:

"Sin My Eye" originally "In My Eyes"
Submitted by: Peter
"No Tone Of Us" originally "Not One Of Us"
Explains Peter Gabriel's music?
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Big Tim E." originally "Big Time"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Shock The Monk, Ey?" originally "Shock The Monkey"
Submitted by: Rocky
"Shock Them On Key" originally "Shock The Monkey"
Submitted by: Natasha Bly

Band Name Anagrams:

Repeat gerbil Submitted by: Russell Shaddox
Barge reptile Submitted by: Russell Shaddox

Song Title Anagrams:

"Rare Din" originally "Red Rain"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"Rear Din" originally "Red Rain"
Submitted by: Alyssa Jayne
"They Choke Monks" originally "Shock the Monkey"
Submitted by: Josh
"Bite Gim" originally "Big Time"
He can't even spell his name, so why not bite him?
Submitted by: britrock

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Fames Without Grunt Ears" originally "Games Without Frontiers"
Submitted by: Nicole Velocin
"Mock The Shun Key" originally "Shock The Monkey"
Submitted by: Rocky
"Hedgeslammer" originally "Sledgehammer"
Submitted by: crazydon
"Frames Without Gun Tiers" originally "Games Without Frontiers"
Submitted by: Andrea Greenleaf

Foreign Language in English Songs:

"Schock den Affen"
The Lyrics:
Fasse mich wenn ich brenn Fasse mich wenn ich renn schuettel die Baeume im Regenwald von oben faellt ein Tier Fasse mich jetzt und hier offen - offen - uh - uh Ja, due weisst: das schockt den Affen Fuchs den Fuchs Deck den Dachs Herz das Herz keiner merkt's Lass die Haeute heute springen Schluss jetzt! Schluss! Fasse mich - fasse mich offen - offen - uh - uh Ja, du weisst: das schockt den Affen Alles geht weiter haengt an der Leiter ich weiss, ich lerne SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh Fasse mich wenn ich schlaf Fasse mich wenn ich wach Wirfst deine Perlen vor die Sau treibst den Affen in den Bau Fasse mich jetzt und hier offen - offen - uh - uh Ja, due weisst: das schockt den Affen Viel zuviel in Frage unsicher alle Tage und jetzt auch noch dies: SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh SCHOCK! - Das tut dem Affen weh Schock den Affen im Schlaf
Why:
When I was a teenager I was listening one night to a rock radio station and the lady DJ played this song. She said that us listeners were not halluncinating, that a German friend of hers had sent her a German language copy of Peter Gabriel's hit "Shock the Monkey". It was absolutely amazing. It stoked some conversations around the locker door halls in school the next day.
Submitted by: Hamburger Dude
"Games Without Frontiers"
The Lyrics:
Jeux sans frontieres
Why:
It means "games without frontiers" in French.
Submitted by: Angry Johnny

Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:

"Solsbury Hill"
The Lyrics:
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Why:
Sound of gunfire.
Submitted by: hamburger456
 

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"Bipolar Disorder"
Submitted by: TBuck

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