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A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus for American singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone, who recorded the first version in 1964 for her album Broadway-Blues-Ballads. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been covered by many artists.
Nevertheless, many people have misheard the lyrics “I can’t hide” as “I get high.” They would need to wait until 1967’s “With a Little Help from My Friends” to hear those actual ...
It's a misunderstood song. It's a confusing and disorienting song. It's like a heartbeat. Humorist Dave Barry (with perhaps some exaggeration) called it "one of the greatest songs in the history of the world". [21] American Songwriter summarized, "It might be the best-known rock song of all time. It might be the most important rock song of all ...
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Misheard lyrics: 15 of the most misunderstood songs. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment.
In Sour's opening track "Brutal," one of the most iconic lines is "Where's my fucking teenage dream?" When Sour dropped, Olivia was 18 years old, and with the release of GUTS, she is now 20.
In 2000, Reason editor and libertarian journalist Brian Doherty, noting that political song lyrics are often either misunderstood or not understood at all by fans, wrote, "But who's to say Reagan wasn't right to insist the song was an upper? When I hear those notes and that drumbeat, and the Boss' best arena-stentorian, shout-groan vocals come ...
The original demo without lyrics was later included on the 2016 reissue of that album. According to Collins, the song was modelled after the Beach Boys' "Sail On, Sailor", Sly and the Family Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime" and Toto's "Hold the Line". Tony Banks said of the song: "All three of us were fans of the Beach Boys, so when Phil ...