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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.
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Misheard lyrics have spawned plenty of memes and jokes as well. "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro" from Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" becomes "Last night I dreamt of some bagels" and Pat Benatar's ...
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 lyrics are famously easy to mishear. A 2010 survey found that the chorus line "Call me when you try to wake her up" was the most misheard lyric in the UK, beating second-place "Purple Haze", with the most common mishearing according to the survey being "calling Jamaica".
More of the perplexing misheard lyrics in the category included "The Reverend Blue Jeans" from Neil Diamond's "Forever in Blue Jeans," and "Just brush my teeth before you leave me, baby," from ...
Car Seat Headrest began as the solo project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Will Toledo (born William Barnes) [1] shortly after he graduated high school. . Toledo had previously released music under other aliases, including "The 63rd Fret" and "Nervous Young Men", and played in a band in high school called Mr. Yay Ok, but after struggling to establish an audience, he decided to ...
September's full moon is the second supermoon in a row, according to NASA. Supermoons happen three to four times a year. About 25% of all full moons are supermoons, while only 3% of full moons are ...