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Back when Ellen Degeneres was a standup comedian, she had a routine about mis-heard song lyrics. âOh, itâs âdoes he have it.â Why was I thinking it was âmonkey hatchetâ? That doesnât even make sense! I had a friend who was singing along to Billy Joel, âAnd I was kicked in the face!â I decided not to correct him; heâd figure it out eventually.â
Sometimes itâs hard to understand the lyrics. Creedence Clear Water used to mystify me before google. In Willie and The Poor Boys, I wondered, is it ânew girls (or nickels) canât be beat.â Itâs âBring a nickel, tap your feet.âBut I found I wasnât alone. I found a page dedicated to people who misheard most of the lyrics in that song.
Fun fact: Would you believe that Carly Simon wrote an opera? She did a collaboration with the Nashville Opera years ago and the recording is finally going on on streaming channels on June 23rd (Simonâs 80th birthday). More information at https://www.nashvilleopera.org/romulus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA mondegreen (/ËmÉndÉȘËÉĄriËn/) 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.23 The American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, recalling a childhood memory of her mother reading the Scottish ballad âThe Bonny Earl of Murrayâ (from Thomas Percyâs 1765 book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry), and mishearing the words âlayd him on the greenâ as âLady Mondegreenâ.4
âMondegreenâ was included in the 2000 edition of the Random House Websterâs College Dictionary, and in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002. Merriam-Websterâs Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008.56
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Dana might sing:
there was coffee in my clowns..
coffee in my clowns..
Pedmar Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Back when Ellen Degeneres was a standup comedian, she had a routine about mis-heard song lyrics. âOh, itâs âdoes he have it.â Why was I thinking it was âmonkey hatchetâ? That doesnât even make sense! I had a friend who was singing along to Billy Joel, âAnd I was kicked in the face!â I decided not to correct him; heâd figure it out eventually.â
DW Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Maybe he was listening to a Weird Al Yankovic parody version
The Reader Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Sometimes the best lyrics are the ones you thought you heard.
EmmettWayne almost 2 years ago
Ear Bug!!!!!
ladykat Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Now Iâll have that earworm all day!
The Famous Eccles almost 2 years ago
Peter Kay, misheard lyrics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7my5baoCVv8
Lee26 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I still havenât figured out what that line means.
Aficionado almost 2 years ago
A friend of a friend thought this lyric was, âI can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all lobster tails in my way.â
A friend thought the name of the Bee Gees song was, âBald Headed Woman.â
Milady Meg almost 2 years ago
I do enjoy mondegreens. And I bet you could fit ten or twenty clowns in the coffee.
belgarathmth almost 2 years ago
My high school English teacher said when she was little she always sang in church, âThere will be peas, peas in the valley, for me.â
donwestonmysteries almost 2 years ago
Sometimes itâs hard to understand the lyrics. Creedence Clear Water used to mystify me before google. In Willie and The Poor Boys, I wondered, is it ânew girls (or nickels) canât be beat.â Itâs âBring a nickel, tap your feet.âBut I found I wasnât alone. I found a page dedicated to people who misheard most of the lyrics in that song.
http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/downonthecorner.shtml
tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I knew someone who insisted that the lyrics from Betty Davis Eyes were âAll the boys think sheâs a spaz, sheâs got, Betty Davis Eyes.â
sevenfeet0 almost 2 years ago
Fun fact: Would you believe that Carly Simon wrote an opera? She did a collaboration with the Nashville Opera years ago and the recording is finally going on on streaming channels on June 23rd (Simonâs 80th birthday). More information at https://www.nashvilleopera.org/romulus
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I thought it was âgrounds in my coffeeâ but itâs âclouds in my coffeeâ.
Go figureâŠ
Thehag almost 2 years ago
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA mondegreen (/ËmÉndÉȘËÉĄriËn/) 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.23 The American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, recalling a childhood memory of her mother reading the Scottish ballad âThe Bonny Earl of Murrayâ (from Thomas Percyâs 1765 book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry), and mishearing the words âlayd him on the greenâ as âLady Mondegreenâ.4
âMondegreenâ was included in the 2000 edition of the Random House Websterâs College Dictionary, and in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2002. Merriam-Websterâs Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008.56