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Jon Carroll, columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, periodically runs a story which gives the truth about "Mondegreen". A mondegreen is a mishearing of the lyrics of popular songs. The name itself comes from Carroll's mishearing of a line in a song from his youth, about a valiant man who villains killed "and laid him on the green".
Starland Vocal Band also included Jon Carroll (keyboards, guitar, vocals) and Margot Chapman (vocals). [2] Carroll and Chapman also became a couple, marrying in 1978. [4] The group's debut album was the self-titled Starland Vocal Band and included "Afternoon Delight". The song was a US number one hit [4] and the album also charted.
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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Jon Carroll (born November 6, 1943) is a retired newspaper columnist, best known for his work for the San Francisco Chronicle [1] from 1982, when he succeeded columnist Charles McCabe, to 2015, when he retired.
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