Comments on: Talk Is Cheap, Baby; Wine’s Expensive

By: StampyDurst

StampyDurst — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:54:07 +0000

Sometimes the lyrics are so ridiculous you have to make something up to make them tolerable. Kid Rock has this song “Bull God” In which he deeply intones, “I….am the Bull God”. So I just changed it to “I….am the pool guy.” The rest of the lyrics just flowed naturally from there.

I just haven’t figured out how to work in the overdub of a female voice going, “But I don’t have a pool.” Details.

By: kalki

kalki — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:31:01 +0000

My man has some hilarious mondegreens in his past as well. My favorite is “They say the heart of rock and roll is still beatin’.” Only he thought it was “They say the heart of rock and roll is Stobetum.” And he was like, “Where the hell is Stobetum?” But he never questioned it was the heart of rock and roll, even though he’d never heard of the place.

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OK, so I kid you not that until reading your email this morning I have always thought the lyric was “The heart of rock and roll IS IN CLEVELAND.” I just googled it and realized, that yes, yes it is “still beating.” Gah!

See? I knew! there were more. I am ridiculous. I also like the Stobetum version. There should totally be a city somewhere called “Stobetum.”

By: Jemima

Jemima — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:37:45 +0000

I just cracked up over both the Ryan Adams and the Wilco one. Bedpan? Really? So awesome. I think I like yours better.

Do you ever listen to John Prine? He has a song, “That’s the way that the world goes round. Half an inch of water and you think you’re going to drown…” and someone came up and asked him to sing the song about The Happy Enchilada. “It’s a happy enchilada and you think you’re going to drown…”

And incidentally, Moose and I went to see 27 Dresses last night, and the two stars sang the most wrong version of Bennie and the Jets I’ve ever heard. It was fantastic. “Oh Bennie she’s really keen/ She’s got electric boobs…”

By: gorillabuns

gorillabuns — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:51:38 +0000

I always get the lyrics wrong and like you; i like mine better.

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me.

“I’m hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet yeah”

I’ll aways say:

From my head to my peaches, eh!

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:53:44 +0000

My friend Ryan had the best ever and I’m so glad he admitted it to me one night. He spent the better part of his life thinking “Angel of the Morning” by Juice Newton said, “Just brush my teeth before you leave me.” And he thought it was such a sweet, sweet thing — someone’s lover brushing their teeth for them before leaving. I love my husband and I hope we never see the day that he has to brush my teeth for me.

By: Angella

Angella — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:51:13 +0000

You crack me up!

Matthew and I often debate the real lyrics of a song and then have to Google it to see who’s right.

I wish I could think of an example…

By: Jenie

Jenie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:28:30 +0000

LOL I’ve done this numerous times over the years, and I’m always so embarrassed when I’m busted on it.

I would share some, but I’m too busy giggling at yours that I can’t remember any. Hehehe.

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:02:08 +0000

John Mellencamp: I fight with Dorothy, and Dorothy always wins.

A few years back, I said to a co-worker “just who exactly is this Dorothy, anyways?” and was promptly and fiercely laughed at, while my co-worker tried to explain through his laughter that John Mellencamp fights with AUTHORITY, not Dorothy.

I think Dorothy would’ve put up a hell of a fight.

By: Pickles & Dimes

Pickles & Dimes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:57:11 +0000

The song: ” Love Rollercoaster” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

The correct lyrics: Rollercoaster of love
My version: No me gusta the love

By: anne`

anne` — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:25:19 +0000

I am so 100% super guilty of doing this and my boyfriend thinks it is the funniest thing in the world. I butcher almost every song and he asks how I could think that the artist actually wrote the lyrics I sang.

The song: I miss you like the desert’s miss the rain.
My version: I miss you like the desert’s mystery.