We alternate between an Oldies station and a Top 40 station at work. We change to the Top 40 station when the morning person can't stand Oldies anymore, and we change to the Oldies station when the night person can't stand Top 40 anymore.
One time the Oldies station was on, we were greeted with Creedence Cleerwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising." As it was playing, I was telling how many people hear part of the chorus as "there's a bathroom on the right." A co-worker remarked that once you hear that, it really does sound like the correct lyrics. These misheard phrases (many of which can are listed at http://kissthisguy.com ) are known as mondegreens.
I also have a friend who swore that AC/DC was singing about "Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief". I still have no idea what that would have meant.
Alanis Morissette's song "You Oughta Know" also caused troubles for someone I knew. He wanted to know why she was singing about a "cross-eyed bear".
Do any of you have any songs that you (or someone else you know) have misheard? Baring that, what's your favorite mondegreen?
"Every time you go away, You take a piece of meat with you."
Even after I knew the real lyric, I still continue to use the mondegreen whenever I hear it, because it has the added benefit of driving my sister absolutely up a tree.
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I would have to agree, "Dirty deeds and the Thunder Chief" is one of he most popular ones I can think of. I used to even say it, and still sometimes do. DIRTY DEEDS...THUNDER CHIEF! DIRTY DEEDS AND THE THUNDER CHIEF!
"The farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh the farmer and the cowman should be friends, One man likes to push a plow, The other likes to kiss a cow, But that's no reason why they can't be friends.
Territory folks should stick together, Territory folks should all be pals, Cowboys dance with the farmer's daughters, Farmers dance with a wretched cow!"
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Oh, oh, oh, get in the action Feel the attraction Cum in my hair, do it, I dare! Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel Man! I feel like a woman!
A friend of mine was eating lunch with his mother-in-law when a Gwen Stefani song started playing at the restaurant. She asked him, "What does it mean when you 'Ain't no Harlem Fat Girl'?"
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