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Latest Site Additions -> March 22, 2018
This is everything that was reviewed and approved for amIright on March 22, 2018. These are not items submitted on March 22, 2018, but rather items that were reviewed that day by site editors.
Song Parody Lyrics -> Latest Entries
Misheard Lyrics Stories -> Latest Entries
"Dialogue Parts 1 and 2," Chicago
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't you seek salvation, in the city where you live?
All the niggers hunger, oh diddly diddly let's give!
All the niggers hunger, oh diddly diddly let's give!
Original Lyrics:
Don't you see starvation, in the city where you live?
All the needless hunger, all the needless pain!
All the needless hunger, all the needless pain!
Story about this misheard lyric by: Frank: I was always incredulous that they could get away with racist lyrics like this...but then again, I was a teenager when the song came out, and I was pretty sure I had heard what I thought I heard!
"Music," Madonna
Misheard Lyrics:
Music makes the big boys come together
Original Lyrics:
Music makes the people come together
Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke: Use to think it was "big boys".
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey," Paul McCartney
Misheard Lyrics:
And a pot pie (a pot pie?)
I wondered what smelt so funny in the pie.
I wondered what smelt so funny in the pie.
Original Lyrics:
And butter pie.(Butter pie?)
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
Story about this misheard lyric by: Edward Hopkins: I thought the Beatles all smoked pot.
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
Misheard Lyrics:
She’s cheerleader captain and I'm on the bleachers
Original Lyrics:
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Story about this misheard lyric by: Austin: I was positive it was cheerleader captain until I looked at the lyrics.
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song -> Latest Entries
Song Title Space Change -> Latest Entries
Submitted by: Lisa Basil
Band Name Anagrams -> Latest Entries
Maeda anagram of Adema Submitted by: Alex
as in Japanese baseball pitcher Kenta Maeda
Adam E. anagram of Adema Submitted by: John
Hair Legend anagram of Lee Harding Submitted by: Fifi
I Heard Glen anagram of Lee Harding Submitted by: Fifi
Idle Hanger anagram of Lee Harding Submitted by: Fifi
O Pat I Can The Disc! anagram of Panic! At The Disco Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
O Cat I Pan The Disc! anagram of Panic! At The Disco Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
I Pan The Disco Cat! anagram of Panic! At The Disco Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
Song Title Anagrams -> Latest Entries
"Taverns And Stream" originally "Master And Servant," Depeche Mode
(sort of) anagramming the two key words
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"A Tavern Strands Me" originally "Master And Servant," Depeche Mode
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"A Man Averts Trends" originally "Master And Servant," Depeche Mode
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"Man Trades Servant" originally "Master And Servant," Depeche Mode
Submitted by: Anna Graham
Song Title Spoonerisms -> Latest Entries
"Time Prime" originally "Prime Time" by The Alan Parsons Project
Submitted by: Lisa Basil
"Man Been The Ox" originally "Man In The Box" by Alice In Chains
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Mime, Don't Run Out On Tea" originally "Time, Don't Run Out On Me" by Anne Murray
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Love Dee Harmer" originally "Love Me Harder" by Ariana Grande
I've know of "Harmer" as a surname.
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Earl, Gall The Bad Wise Gaunt" originally "Girl All The Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup
Submitted by: Ron N. O'Connor
"Earl, Gall The Bad Wise Gaunt" originally "Girl All The Bad Guys Want" by Bowling For Soup
Submitted by: Ron N. O'Connor
"Hate Isles? My!" originally "Eight Miles High" by The Byrds
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Saturday Pin The Ark" originally "Saturday In The Park" by Chicago
Submitted by: Tess O. Gosset
"So Touch Sue May" originally "So Much To Say" by Dave Matthews Band
Hope she's alright with being touched.
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Auk Love Wife" originally "Walk Of Life" by Dire Straits
Marriage among birds??
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Wrong Hide Of Seven" originally "Wrong Side Of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch
Submitted by: Blake DeKalb
"Song Ride Of Heaven" originally "Wrong Side Of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Song Ride Of Heaven" originally "Wrong Side Of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Sigh Can't Help My Elf" originally "I Can't Help Myself" by The Four Tops
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
"Cy Can't Help My Elf" originally "I Can't Help Myself" by The Four Tops
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
"Dunlin Reign" originally "London Rain" by Heather Nova
Dunlin = a kind of sandpiper
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
"Dunlin Reign" originally "London Rain" by Heather Nova
Dunlin = a kind of sandpiper
Submitted by: Roy R. Pryor
"The Bear That I Wreathe" originally "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies
Submitted by: Tess O. Gosset
"My Bi Self" originally "By Myself" by Linkin Park
Submitted by: Tess O. Gosset
"Ridge 'Bove Sighs" originally "Bridge Of Sighs" by Robin Trower
'Bove = short for "Above"
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Light Roar Eft At Oak Street" originally "Right Or Left At Oak Street" by Roy Clark
Eft = laval stage of some salamanders (None roar!)
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"Right Or Left At Soak Treat" originally "Right Or Left At Oak Street" by Roy Clark
Submitted by: Evil Olive
"After Dune Knee Light" originally "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band
Submitted by: Tess O. Gosset
"Ox Fawn The Run" originally "Fox On The Run" by Sweet
Submitted by: Mary Byram
"Toucha, Toucha, Toucha, Much Tea" originally "Toucha, Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me" by Victoria Justice
Submitted by: Tess O. Gosset
Band Name Spoonerisms -> Latest Entries
Whip Man & The Buck Cheat Boyz originally "Chip-Man & The Buckwheat Boyz"
Ron N. O'Connor
Chip Ban & The Muck Wheat Boyz originally "Chip-Man & The Buckwheat Boyz"
Ron N. O'Connor
Tory Laker originally "Corey Taylor"
Ron N. O'Connor
Spake Sheer's Sister originally "Shakespear's Sister"
Roy R. Pryor
Milk & Whisky originally "Whilk & Misky"
Tess O. Gosset
Nonsensical Song Lyrics -> Latest Entries
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" by The Four Seasons
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Oh what a night
you know I didn't even know her name?
But I was never going to be the same
What a lady! What a night
you know I didn't even know her name?
But I was never going to be the same
What a lady! What a night
Why They're Nonsensical:
Umm? You can recall the date of the night that you slept with her but you didn't even bother to learn what her name was beforehand?
Submitted by: Celeste
"White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Grandmaster Flash
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
He got out 3 years from now
Why They're Nonsensical:
Inconsistent tense; this line shifts from past ("got out") to future ("3 years from now).
Submitted by: Mr. Critic