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We ask you to do your due diligence and read these 13 examples of lyrics that everyone gets wrong, with the correct lyrics included. Please internalize all the entries in this article before you ...
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.
Two books which each gather over 500 misheard lyrics submitted to the site have been published. Hold Me Closer Tony Danza (and Other Misheard Lyrics) (October 28, 2007). Charles R. Grosvenor Jr , Sasquatch Books , ISBN 1-57061-533-0 and Hit Me With Your Pet Shark (and Other Misheard Lyrics) (October 1, 2008).
The song's complete title is not featured in the lyrics, but there is the line "the sidewinder sleeps in a coil" as well as the later line "the sidewinder sleeps on its back". A sidewinder is a species of rattlesnake ( Crotalus cerastes ), and also an antique style of telephone, with a winding handle on the side. [ 8 ]
'Purple Haze' Jimi Hendrix, 1967. What you thought you heard: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy." What you actually heard: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.”
The Clear Channel memorandum contains songs that, in their titles or lyrics, vaguely refer to open subjects intertwined with the September 11 attacks, such as airplanes, collisions, death, conflict, violence, explosions, the month of September, Tuesday (the day of the week the attacks occurred) and New York City, as well as general concepts that could be connected to aspects of the attacks ...
Ken Jennings. Apparently Jeopardy! fans are too good at deciphering song lyrics.. Many viewers at home weren't impressed with Monday night's "Misheard Lyrics" category, which left even the game's ...
A mondegreen is a misinterpretation of a word or phrase, often within the lyrics of a specific song or other type of performance, and need not make sense within that context. [22] An eggcorn must still retain something of the original meaning, [ 22 ] as the speaker understands it, and may be a replacement for a poorly understood phrase rather ...