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Music Quotes:

I find it extraordinary, given that 60 per cent of musicians in the UK earn less than £10,00 per year, that we are prepared to ask musicians and songwriters to turn up to work every day and not get paid.
- Feargal Sharkey (speaking about illegal file-sharing/copyright theft)

Submitted by: LucidLupin

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"Thank You"	"You're Welcome," Undertones	So obvious, I had to add it - Raphael
"Thanks For Nothing"	"You're Welcome," Undertones	Lizzie

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"Teenage Kinks" originally "Teenage Kicks"

Captain Irk

"Teenage Licks" originally "Teenage Kicks"

Nora Aaron

"Teenage Hicks" originally "Teenage Kicks"

Nora Aaron

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"My Perfect Cousin"	"My Husband Kevin"	Tomario
"Should I Stay or Should I Go"	"Should I Pray 'cause You Should Know"	Phil Alexander
"Teenage Kicks"	"Teenage Kids"	Jim A

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
You've Got My Number, Why Don't You Use It?	Subtitles for the hard of hearing	pickle*

Misheard Lyrics:

"Teenage Kicks" Misheard Lyrics: Teen extremes, so hard to eat. Original Lyrics: Teenage dreams, so hard to beat.	"(She's A) Runaround" Misheard Lyrics: She's a monorail What a total disaster She's a monorail She's got nothing to do She's a monrail. Original Lyrics: She's a runaround What a total disaster She's a runaround She's got nothing to do She's a runaround.
"Teenage Kicks" Misheard Lyrics: I've seen extremes so hard to beat. Original Lyrics: Teenage dreams, so hard to beat.	"My Perfect Cousin" Misheard Lyrics: His mother bought him a gin and Tizer Plugged a human lead into a bison. Original Lyrics: His mother bought him a synthesizer Got the Human League into advise her.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Teenage Kicks"

Misheard Lyrics:

I've seen extremes so hard to beat.

Original Lyrics:

Teenage dreams, so hard to beat.

Story about this misheard lyric by: pickle*

Not so much funny as sad. I only found out what the first line was when the obituaries to John Peel came out, where he was quoted as saying he'd like the first line written on his tombstone.