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1960s | |
Blind Faith's, "Sea of Joy"
Misheard Lyrics: Waiting in a Massachusetts cell, sea of joy
Original Lyrics: Waiting in our boats to set sail, sea of joy
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David Bowie's, "Space Oddity"
Misheard Lyrics: Ground control to Major tounge
Original Lyrics: Ground control to Major Tom
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Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Good Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Your feelin' bad vibrations found
Original Lyrics: Your feelin' bad vibrations frown
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Rolling Stones 's, "19th Nervous Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics: An outburst tip: I try so hard to rearrange
You're mad, but after awhile I realize you are just a raging man Original Lyrics: On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind
But after awhile I realized you were disarranging mine |
The Mamas and the Papas', "Monday, Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: Mommy, mommy
Original Lyrics: Monday, Monday
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Good times started then with our travel on to Spain
But how much baby do we really need Original Lyrics: Our good times start and end without a dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need? |
1970s | |
Alice Cooper's, "Only Women Bleed"
Misheard Lyrics: Black guys all of the time don't spend a dime clean up at crime.
Original Lyrics: Black eyes all of the time don't spend a dime clean up this grime
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Commercial's, "Be Prepared (Boy Scouts' Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Be prepared, are you ready to get the ball?
Be prepared, are you ready to make believe? Original Lyrics: Be prepared, are you ready to get involved?
Be prepared, are you ready to take the lead? |
Elton John's, "Bennie And The Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: maybe I jus like an undercover idea that "She's a Ready King" but oui know 'cane
Original Lyrics: Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful Oh Bennie she's really keen. She's got electric boots, a mohair suit.
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Elton John's, "Saturday Nite's Alright For Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't give us none of your "had a vision",
I've had it with your Death Star plan. Original Lyrics: Don't give us none of your aggravation,
We've had it with your discipline. |
John Lennon's, "Stand by Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And the moon is the only flying pussy.
Original Lyrics: And the moon is the only light we see.
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Jose Feliciano's, "Chico and the Man (closing theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: That's so hot
Original Lyrics: Times are hard
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Jose Feliciano's, "Feliz Navidad"
Misheard Lyrics: Police shot my dad
Original Lyrics: Feliz Navidad
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Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Indian Reservation"
Misheard Lyrics: Cherokee try high
Original Lyrics: Cherokee tribe
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama just kill Daman
Put a gum maginst his head Pulled my tricker now he's Dem Original Lyrics: Mama just killed a man
Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger now he's dead |
Sex Pistols', "Friggin In The Riggin'"
Misheard Lyrics: The figurehead was a horrid man with a mouthful of dead man penis.
Original Lyrics: The figurehead was a whore in bed And the mast was a rampant penus.
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Spinners', "One of a Kind"
Misheard Lyrics: One of a kind
Love a family Original Lyrics: A one of a kind love affair is...
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1980s | |
Kid Creole And The Coconuts', "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: On a, on a, Onomatopoeia
Original Lyrics: I don't, I don't, I don't want to be your (x8)
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Am I insane or am I a monkey sock
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Runrig's, "Pog aon Oidche Earraich"
Misheard Lyrics: Poke in the eye and earache
Original Lyrics: Pog aon oidche earraich
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Sisters of Mercy's, "Dominion"
Misheard Lyrics: Some day - Chlamydia!
Sunset hair, sunset mind Original Lyrics: Some day
Dominion! Some say prayers, I say mine |
Taco's, "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Misheard Lyrics: Dressed like a chameleon vallen trouper
Original Lyrics: Dressed up like a million dollar trooper
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The Time's, "Jungle Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah Jesse, give me one of them sexy sodas
Original Lyrics: Yeah Jesse, give me one of them sexy solos
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers', "Damage You've Done"
Misheard Lyrics: Compare the damage that you've done
Original Lyrics: Repair the damage that you've done
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1990s | |
Live's, "All Over You"
Misheard Lyrics: Our love is like Walter
Original Lyrics: Our love is like water
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Live's, "I Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel like nothing else of this
Original Lyrics: Fear is not the end of this
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Live's, "Selling the Drama"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, now we won't be rake
Original Lyrics: Hey, now we won't be raped
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Pavement's, "Major Leagues"
Misheard Lyrics: You kiss like The Rock but you know I need it anyway
Original Lyrics: You kiss like a rock but you know I need it anyway
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Runrig's, "Thairis air an Ghleann (beyond the valley)"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh ma wee sheep (oh my wee sheep)
Original Lyrics: Oh mollaidh sinn (pronounced oh molly sheen)
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Suicidal Tendencies', "Won't Fall In Love Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, Baby , you're tuty fruity You know that I love you too we'll all be together too. A traffic cop would say to you half of that would be untrue 24 hours a day I won't fall in love today........
Original Lyrics: Baby, don't be blue You know that I'll always be true to you true to you you know I'll always love you and we'll always be together too ...........
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2000s | |
Adele's, "Hello"
Misheard Lyrics: I hope that's your whale
Original Lyrics: I hope that you're well.
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Bob Dylan's, "Mississippi"
Misheard Lyrics: The city's just a jungle, Margate's the place
Original Lyrics: The city's just a jungle, more games to play
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DragonForce's, "Through the Fire and the Flames"
Misheard Lyrics: Its erect day is dawning
Original Lyrics: As the red day is dawning
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Dragonforce's, "Through the Fire and the Flames"
Misheard Lyrics: Rons seen a thousand gays
Original Lyrics: Lost in a thousand days
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Fuel's, "Falls on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: With ham touching skin
Original Lyrics: With hands touching skin
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Fuel's, "Hemmorhage (In My Hands)"
Misheard Lyrics: Your naval Indian tribe
Original Lyrics: You never even try
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Great Big Sea's, "Company of Fools"
Misheard Lyrics: Many a Jewish word
Has been spoken by the jester Original Lyrics: Many a truest word
Has been spoken by the jester |
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Alleluia
Original Lyrics: Now you're in New York
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John Mayer's, "No Such Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna die if I don't find a men's room,
I gonna scream at the top of my lungs. Original Lyrics: I wanna run through the halls of my high school,
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs. |
Panic! At the Disco's, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Misheard Lyrics: I chime in with a "haven't you people ever heard of closing that door"
Original Lyrics: I chime in with a "haven't you people ever heard of closing g**d*** door"
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Someone Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't forget me, I'm Babe, I'll remember Jose
Original Lyrics: Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said
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Adele's, "Someone Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes it laughs in lumps but sometimes it burps instead
Original Lyrics: Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.
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Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics: Now bring my poison, they're skinning craters like the moon
Original Lyrics: Now my bring my boys in, their skin in craters like the moon
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OMI's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I've found myself a jelly girl
Original Lyrics: I think I've found myself a cheerleader
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Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
Misheard Lyrics: Needle in the brick, gotta get you outta my head.
Needle in the brick, gonna wind up dead Original Lyrics: Needle and the thread, gotta get you outta my head
Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead |
X Ambassadors', "Renegades"
Misheard Lyrics: Living a life in a rabbit cage
Original Lyrics: Living like we're renegades
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