Anyone else need cheering up? [just for fun]

I can't be the only one...haha...

I’m yet to find anyone else who believes that, when it comes to songs, lyrics are more important than the music [the music needs to be good too, obviously – but if the album sleeve reads like interesting poetry, I get excited].

I don’t sing along to lyrics that I don’t understand or agree with, and I always do my best to work out what they’re supposed to mean.

So it’s kind of strange that I mishear more lyrics than anyone I know; mostly stuff that doesn’t come with an album sleeve/ crap on the radio that I’m barely listening to, so I guess it’s partly excusable [although sometimes the song’s namesake line is the one I get wrong, and that’s pretty bad].

No one cared when I was a kid, but as I’ve got older I’ve come to realise the entertainment value this habit sometimes provides.

Below, are just a few of mine.

If you have any funny ones, please share them. I could use a laugh.

 

Bob Marley – ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ [aged about 4]

What I heard: “I got the sherry”

Real words: “I shot the sheriff”

 

Robson & Jerome’s cover of ‘Up On the Roof’ [aged about 7]

What I heard: “Hop bong a roo”

Real words: “Up on the roof”

 

Alanis Morissette – ‘R U Still Mad’ [aged about 13]

What I heard: “Are you still mad I gave you old tomatoes?”

Real words: “Are you still mad I gave you ultimatums?”

 

Metallica – ‘Ain’t My B*tch’ [aged about 15]

What I heard: “It ain’t my bath time”

Real words: “You ain’t my B*tch”

 

Nirvana – ‘School’ [aged about 16]

What I heard: “No re-sits”

Real words: “No recess”

 

Kaiser Chiefs – ‘I Predict a Riot’ [aged about 19]

What I heard: “I could get Tourettes”

Real words: “I predict a riot”

 

Author's Note

Is this too MySpace-y?

Reviews

[T]

To me both the music and lyrics come together to tell a story. Being a part of a song-writing team I find that sometimes musicians are more interested in the math behind the music than the story that lyrics tell. I have run into many wonderful musicians whose music was incredible, with many instruments added and beautiful sounds, and then the lyrics are AWFUL and it ruins it for me....it is not always an easy thing to do and I am always impressed by those who can perform,write and create their own music.

I got a kick out of this though, we are all guilty of it...LOL funny:)

[Tamme]

I totally agree with you about lryics. I find myself usually disapointed though when I here a song the radio that sounds really good than check out the lyrics only to find they lack luster and meaning. As for making up my own words, one time stands out in my mind when I was kid and it was around Xmas time. Johnny Mathis was on the radio singing Feliz Navidad, but at the top of my lungs I was singing, "Fleas mommy's got"

[Penny Ellen]

Oh, this is lovely, and hillarious like whoa!
I have one to add to your list... my sister, at 10, thought that Motley Crue was saying "She's got oatmeal" when it was "She's got looks that kill". I've never really mis-heard stuff... just... not heard it. So I substitute. It's a lovely habit.

As for the lyrics being more important, I disagree. Lyrics and music have to both be good for me to love a song.