My research shows that a large number of people heard “See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the Dancing Queen”, which is a little disturbing to say the least. Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I was 10. My interpretation was “See that girl, watch her spleen, picking the Dancing Queen”. It was then I made a mental note to stay away from weed, but that note must have been written on a mental Zig Zag because I was never able to find it.ĭancing Queen by Abba: Everyone had some unique version of “See that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the Dancing Queen”. I pointed out that the more obvious choice was “you’re Addicted to Love” since that, as was quite commonly known at the time, was the TITLE OF THE SONG! The more surprising part of this story was when these two looked at each other and said, “Whoa! That DOES make more sense”. I thought he was just being juvenile until some other stoner in the room joined in. But one day I heard someone sing with a straight face “Might as well face it, you’re a dick with a glove”. My first assumption was that I had misheard, so I asked him to repeat it. Yours works too.Īddicted to Love by Robert Palmer: On this, I was old enough to know. Although as I revisit this now, one could make a case for the lyric I used. It was not until an older cousin heard me singing along to their car radio that it became apparent I had unintentionally altered Boz’s message in a somewhat indecent manner. I was not old enough to perceive innuendo or even fathom a sexual connotation of this nature. But again, it’s not that my mind was in the gutter.
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Never thought I’d come again so easily.” What he actually said was “ Never thought I’d FALL again so easily.” Whoops. Look What You Done To Me by Boz Scaggs: I always sang “Love, look what you’ve done to me. Perhaps those crazy moustaches muffled their enunciation.
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The true lyric was “I’m not talking ’bout MOVING in” which of course makes much more sense, but it was a little disturbing before that became apparent. What the hell did this guy do to this woman’s sheets that was so bad he literally had to take time off from the relationship? Because it starts with a call saying “Hello. About a million people thought they were saying “I’m not talking ’bout the linen, and I don’t want to change your life.” Which begs the question “Why WOULD he talk about the linen?”. I’d Really Love to See You Tonight by England Dan & John Ford Coley: This one’s not on me. It was a simpler time when we relied on our conservative parents to hear and/or slap us to know we had stumbled upon something improper. This minor audible deviation was amplified by the fact that most of us were too young to grasp the significance of our substitution.
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Revved up like a deuce, Another runner in the night”, We sang “Wrapped up like a douche“. Instead of the Bruce Springsteen-penned “Blinded by the light. These are just a few that spring to mind:īlinded by the Light by Manfred Mann: This one was so universally misheard that most folks over the age of 40 already know where I’m headed. Her mom has too.”. But there were so many more that I, or someone I knew sang incorrectly without ever considering how nonsensical the phrases were. The Wayne’s World segment covered some famous misquotes including some I hadn’t heard before like Elton John’s Bennie and the Jets “She’s got electric boobs. For parents’ sake, I won’t even mention 45s. Millenial disambiguation: Please Google keywords record, album, and sleeve. Now that you’ve had a moment to visualize that frightening reality, you might understand how we, quite often, did not know the correct words of a song unless we bought the record album and it happened to have lyrics on the sleeve. Music was introduced on radio and interpreted phonetically. First, you must imagine a time when households did not have even a single computer, and the internet did not exist. Anyone who has seen the movie, Wayne’s World, knows this has been done before, but to my millennial readers, I offer more than just a gag.