Graham56 Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Mott the Hoople's 70's song "One of the Boys": "I broke my head just to scare the teacher" Turns out it's actually "I grew my hair just to scare the teacher". Which is actually pretty pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysbass Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 For many years (and having initially only heard this song in the distinctly non-hi-fi sound quality of AM radio) - I thought the line in The Police's 'Message in a Bottle' was 'A year has passed since I broke my nose'.🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) I think about it every time I see this thread so I better get done with it. It wasn't me, truly, though being an empathetic little b* I felt all the shame at the time and tried to help make it go away. We were thirteen and had been taught English for three years so some slack should have been given and my classmate was also somewhat dyslexic but that was really not a thing then I guess, but further slack was due. Anyhow at the time though no slack was given, and I thought "Oh no!" as the performance started. He was dancing in the middle of the street strutting his stuff in his holed and somewhat dirty jeans, pointing at them and singing: Dirty jeans Dum(b) dum(b) cheese I still feel helpless thinking about it haha. I didn't know what done dirt cheap really meant at the time either, not even sure if I knew what dirty deeds meant either. Don't think any of the onlookers did either but even the thickest of them knew there was no dumb cheese involved. So that went on for a little while. *(For the caring ones amongst you I should add that I am no longer projecting shame). Edited December 1, 2023 by HornetPinata That actually felt good. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Edge Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 A Must To Avoid. Herman’s Hermits. she’s a muscular boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Whitney Houston - Climb Every Woman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky L Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 12 hours ago, tauzero said: Whitney Houston - Climb Every Woman. I always hear that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJTee Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) During the bridge of Dr Hook’s ‘When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman’, as a nipper I thought it was: ”Maybe it’s just an eagle problem…’. In fairness, I don’t think I knew ‘ego’ was a word back then… Edited December 24, 2023 by JJTee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 On 01/06/2023 at 20:05, Gasman said: Chaka Khan - 'Climb, every woman, they're all like trees...’ Tsk Tsk, read before posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 'City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder' Tracy Chapmans 'Fast Car'.I always thought she was singing " and your arms and legs wrapped round my shoulders".I wondered,what were they actually trying to do at that point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Mott the Hoople - All the young dudes. Ever since it came out, I've thought the first line was "Gonna write on home about a suicide". No, it's "Well, Billy rapped all night about his suicide". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On a job in the 80's a dispute started when 5 Star came on the radio as to whether the song was called Systematic or System Addict. No internet to look it up obviously and it didn't help when the presenter said the title at the end as it sounded like both - I just had to google to check actually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The chorus to Fuzzbox's "International Rescue" - why were they singing about an international ice cream cornet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bisby Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Blink 182 - feeling this 'Smile big for the summer' 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Another one just remembered. In Hi Ho Silver Lining, I heard "Flies are in your pea soup baby, they're waving at me" as "Flattering your features baby, then way beneath", which makes at least as much sense as the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire5 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 12/01/2024 at 21:30, tauzero said: Another one just remembered. In Hi Ho Silver Lining, I heard "Flies are in your pea soup baby, they're waving at me" as "Flattering your features baby, then way beneath", which makes at least as much sense as the original. LOL I always sang "Flies are in your beach suit baby,they're looking at me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1968 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 30/05/2023 at 18:57, Guest said: When I first heard this on the radio I thought the chorus was “How’s about a date?” Did nobody else hear “Ars* About Face”? One of my dad’s catchphrases so maybe just me, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Stiff Little Fingers tribute to venomous lizards: "It's a Gila Monster" (Alternative Ulster). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bisby Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Fear factory - linchpin Just give me a pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickass Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Paul Simon in Gracelands sings: "She comes back to tell me she's gone As if I didn't know that As if I didn't know my own bed As if I'd never noticed The way she brushed her hair from her forehead" I hear the last line as: "The way she brushed her hair and farted" Check for yourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwd58 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Talking Heads "Burning down the House" Watch out, you might get ... Heard as Pork Chop, you might get.... REM "The One I Love" This one goes out to the one eyed dog.... Andy Gibb I just want to be your hairy thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon C Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) "I don't like Mondays" by the "Boomtown Rats": “The silicon chips in cider head” rather than the actual lyric “…….inside her head” I've no idea what a cider head is. Maybe it's something a scarecrow on a scrumpy farm has. Worzel Gummidge had different types of head, maybe he had a Cider Head Edited April 16 by Simon C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 For decades I thought that in "Bat out of Hell", Meatloaf sang "So we gotta make the most of our one night together, When it's over you know we'll both be strolling on". For those that didn't know (and that was me until a few weeks ago), it's "both be so alone". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Macy Gray - I Try - "I wear goggles when you are not there!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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