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Latest Site Additions -> April 3, 2024
This is everything that was reviewed and approved for amIright on April 3, 2024. These are not items submitted on April 3, 2024, but rather items that were reviewed that day by site editors.
Song Parody Lyrics -> Latest Entries
"Landing Pretty Hard" by the_conqueror_of_parodies
a parody of "Dancing in the Dark," Imagine Dragons
a parody of "Dancing in the Dark," Imagine Dragons
"Monkeys" by Duc4AmIRight
a parody of "Trophies," Kim Gordon
a parody of "Trophies," Kim Gordon
"Bobby's Girl" by High-Anise Pour
a parody of "Bobby's Girl," Marcia Blane
a parody of "Bobby's Girl," Marcia Blane
Misheard Lyrics Stories -> Latest Entries
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ," AC/DC
Misheard Lyrics:
General Lee and The Thunder Chief
Original Lyrics:
Dirty deeds and they’re done dirt cheap
Story about this misheard lyric by: Riley Roth : I thought he was saying something about Robert E. Lee hanging out with a Native American who’s known as The Thunder Chief during the Civil War. Like what Native American is known as The Thunder Chief? Chief Black Hawk? Crazy Horse? Sitting Bull? Geronimo? Red Cloud? Spotted Elk? Chief Joseph? American Horse? Hollow Horn Bear? Buckskin Charley? Dewey Beard? Tecumseh? Tenskwatawa? I sing this my version and many different versions, too.
"Jazzman," Carole King
Misheard Lyrics:
Jazmine
Original Lyrics:
Jazzman
Story about this misheard lyric by: Mark Kress : When I was a child I thought she was singing about her really good "friend" Jazmine.
"Old Days ," Chicago
Misheard Lyrics:
How'd they do that?
Original Lyrics:
Howdy Doody
Story about this misheard lyric by: Codi Preston D.: I didn't grow up with the children's TV show Howdy Doody (I am a 1980s child, born in the mid 1970s, and Howdy Doody was 20 years before my time), so I had no idea what Howdy Doody was before I heard this song. So thus, I thought Peter Cetera was singing "How'd they do that?".
"Instant Crush," Daft Punk
Misheard Lyrics:
I diddled Wonder Pete, the Wonder Faggett
Original Lyrics:
I didn't want to be the one to forget
Story about this misheard lyric by: Christopher Dobson: Once you hear it you can't not hear it
"Lose Yourself to Dance," Daft Punk
Misheard Lyrics:
Lou just sucked the dicks
Original Lyrics:
Lose yourself to dance
Story about this misheard lyric by: Christopher Dobson: My wife heard it in the car as I was driving, and she started singing it; I should mention English isn't her native language, and she is Thai, so sexual inhibitions aren't a taboo from where she is from.
"Shake, Shake, Shake (Shake Your Booty)," KC and the Sunshine Band
Misheard Lyrics:
KKK
Original Lyrics:
Shake, shake, shake
Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke: I thought it was about the Ku Klux Klan
"One Way," The Levellers
Misheard Lyrics:
There's only one way of life,
So mash your own,
Mash your own
Mash your own.
So mash your own,
Mash your own
Mash your own.
Original Lyrics:
There's only one way of life and that's your own
Story about this misheard lyric by: Johnny Mc : My kids sang these lyrics at the Beatutiful Days festival in ignorant bliss for years. They truly believed these were the lyrics until they were about 6yo.
"Holding Back The Years," Simply Red
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll keep Golden warm.
Original Lyrics:
I'll keep holding on.
Story about this misheard lyric by: Steve K: I thought Golden was the name of their son.
"Creep," Stone Temple Pilots
Misheard Lyrics:
Tick-tock
Original Lyrics:
Take time
Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke: I thought it was a clock.
"Drops of Jupiter," Train
Misheard Lyrics:
Dance along the latte dei
Original Lyrics:
Dance along the light of day
Story about this misheard lyric by: Tommy: I have no idea what a "latte dei" is supposed to be, but that's how I thought it and spelled it for years until finding the right lyrics.
Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products -> Latest Entries
"There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" by Aaron Tippin
The Lyrics:
She ain't a Cadillac and she ain't a Rolls, but there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio.
Product Brand Name:
Luxury car brands Cadillac and Rolls-Royce.
Submitted by: Edward
Real Places Mentioned in Songs -> Latest Entries
"West End Girls" by The Pet Shop Boys
The Lyrics:
From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station.
Why:
Lake Geneva is a well known large European lake located in the Swiss Alps and is partly in Switzerland and partly in France. Finland Station is a passenger train station located in St. Petersburg (formerly Stalingrad) Russia.
Submitted by: Edward