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1960s | |
Keith West's, "Excerpt from a Teenage Opera"
Misheard Lyrics: Go Sir Jack, go Sir Jack, get off your back
Go into town, don't let them down, oh, no, no Original Lyrics: Grocer Jack, grocer Jack, get off your back
Go into town, don't let them down, oh, no, no |
The Grass Roots', "Let's Live for Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Fa la la la la la, let's go to bed
Original Lyrics: Sha la la la la la, live for today
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The Grass Roots', "Midnight Confessions"
Misheard Lyrics: In my denied confections
Original Lyrics: In my midnight confessions
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Young and lean and only seventeen
Original Lyrics: Young and sweet and only seventeen
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America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't you see it in my ass?
Original Lyrics: Can't you see it in my eyes?
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Carpenters', "Yesterday Once More"
Misheard Lyrics: But they're back okay
Original Lyrics: But they're back again
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Cheech & Chong's, "Acapulco Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: No stems or seeds that you don't need
Acapulco Gold is the baddest weed. Original Lyrics: No stems, no seeds that you don't need
Acapulco Gold is badass weed |
Harry Nilsson's, "Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't drink this lemonade without you
Original Lyrics: I can't live, if living is without you
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Iron Maiden's, "Phantom of the Opera"
Misheard Lyrics: You stand there till Wednesday. There you wait for the current to fall.
Original Lyrics: You stand there in the wing, there you wait for the curtain to fall
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Linda Ronstadt's, "You're No Good"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm telling you, damn baby, cuz I'm going my way
Original Lyrics: I'm telling you now baby and I'm going my way
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Lynn Anderson's, "Rose Garden"
Misheard Lyrics: So smile for a wide erection, darling
Original Lyrics: So smile for a while and let's be jolly
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Outlaws', "Green Grass & High Tides"
Misheard Lyrics: Green grass and high tides forever.
Castles of stone souls and glory. Lost faces say we adore you. As tears goes by the windows for you. Original Lyrics: Green grass and high tides forever.
Castles of stone souls and glory. Lost faces say we adore you. As kings and queens bow and play for you. |
The Grass Roots', "Temptation Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got something that moves my Skoal
Original Lyrics: She's got something that moves my soul
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The Specials', "Monkey Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I never thought of you
Original Lyrics: I never saw you
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Theme Songs', "Are You Being Served?"
Misheard Lyrics: Shirts, socks, iPads
Original Lyrics: Shirts, socks, ties, hats.
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a nude band in town
But you can get the sound From a story in a magazine Ain't that your average team? Original Lyrics: There's a new band in town
But you can't get the sound From a story in a magazine Aimed at your average teen |
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Living in a cul-de-sac and giving off sparks
Original Lyrics: I'm livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks
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Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians', "What I Am"
Misheard Lyrics: Bill Cosby
Who's talking on the cereal box Original Lyrics: Philosophy
Is the talk on the cereal box |
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Faith No More's, "Epic"
Misheard Lyrics: You want it all but you can't have you?
Original Lyrics: You want it all but you can't have it.
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Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: She sees the half in the busy bubble talk show
Original Lyrics: She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
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Judas Priest's, "Victim of Changes"
Misheard Lyrics: Another woman Spider-Man
Original Lyrics: Another woman's got her man
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Katrina and the Waves', "Walking on Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics: And donuts feel good
Original Lyrics: And don't it feel good?
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Ay chikabo, chika bow, chikabo, chika bow, cikabo, chika bo, wo towt it
Original Lyrics: Annie, are you ok?
So, Annie are you OK Are you OK, Annie |
Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel it Collette
Original Lyrics: Little Red Corvette
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Talking Heads', "Wild Wild Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm wearing perfect charmers
Original Lyrics: I'm wearin' fur pajamas.
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Teena Marie's, "Lovergirl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I got a Bible the first time that I saw you
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I got a vibe on you the first time that I saw you
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Visage's, "Blocks on Blocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Blocks on blocks are all around
We are late for Chinatown Original Lyrics: Blocks on blocks are all around
Neon lit for silent sound |
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1990s | |
Blind Melon's, "No Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: And I don't understand why I drink all day
And I start to complain that there's Lorraine Original Lyrics: And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain |
Bloodhound Gang's, "American Bitches"
Misheard Lyrics: So you're blowing a Chipwich
Original Lyrics: So you're blowing up s***, which...
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Cornershop's, "Brimful Of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the grim truth that you're over 45
Original Lyrics: Brimful of asha on the 45.
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Counting Crows', "A Long December"
Misheard Lyrics: A long descender
Original Lyrics: A long December
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Des'ree's, "You Gotta Be"
Misheard Lyrics: Read the books your f***er read
Original Lyrics: Read the books your father read
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Kim Carnes', "Room Enough for Two"
Misheard Lyrics: You just might be surprised what my heart would desire
Original Lyrics: You just might be surprised what my heart would design
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2000s | |
Coldplay's, "Viva La Vida"
Misheard Lyrics: I used to woo the whirl
Original Lyrics: I used to rule the world
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Eminem's, "Shake That "
Misheard Lyrics: I get more ass than a troll at sea
Original Lyrics: I get more ass than a toilet seat
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Epica's, "Sensorium"
Misheard Lyrics: Our future has already been
We tense our ass alone Original Lyrics: Our future has already been written by us alone
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Everclear's, "AM Radio"
Misheard Lyrics: You can hear the music on the AM Brady Bunch
Original Lyrics: You can hear the music on the AM radio
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Green Day's, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I wish a lonely bear will find me
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
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Scar Symmetry's, "Fear Catalyst"
Misheard Lyrics: Masturbate like victims
Original Lyrics: As you pray like victims
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Static-X's, "Otsego Undead"
Misheard Lyrics: Al Pacino, Al Pacino, Al Pacino go
Original Lyrics: Otsego, Otsego, Otsego go
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They Might Be Giants', "Here in Higglytown"
Misheard Lyrics: All Hop on Pop around
Original Lyrics: All hop and pop around
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2010s | |
Panic at the Disco's, "Nicotine"
Misheard Lyrics: I taste you on the hips and I can't get rid of you
So I say "Damn you kids and the awful things you do!" Original Lyrics: I taste you on my lips and I can't get rid of you
So I say "Damn your kiss and the awful things you do!" |
Papa Roach's, "Gravity"
Misheard Lyrics: I was there the day Trump died
Original Lyrics: I was there on the day truth died
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Sabaton's, "The Carolean's Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: With a lance in their hands
Original Lyrics: Put their lives in God's hands
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Shawn Mendes', "Treat You Better"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I can treat you better
Than he can And any girl like you deserves a Genoa man Original Lyrics: I know I can treat you better
Than he can And any girl like you deserves a gentleman |
Z-Flo's, "The Black People Song"
Misheard Lyrics: The makes me cank all the apple 'cause we both hang from trees
Original Lyrics: The Mexican calls me apple 'cause we both hang from trees
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