Comments on: Mondegreens: The Best Things You’ve Misheard

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:47:26 +0000

OMG, #24. My husband SWORE to me over and over again those were the lyrics to Calliou’s theme song. He would not let it go. And now that he’s convinced, he insists that other people in the world have made the same mistake. I’m not sure I should tell him you concur.

By: Aunt Misfit

Aunt Misfit — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:35:19 +0000

Beatles Here Comes the Sun when it goes “da da doo doo,” I hear “rotten doo doo.” My best friend in HS sang the chorus of (I’ll stop the world and) Melt with You. Instead of “the futures open wide” she sang “if you just open wide.” That and the best is turning the song “Fever” into “Beaver.” It’s a whole new song.

By: once a mother

once a mother — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:03:51 +0000

My four year old niece thought “my bonnie lies over the ocean” was “my body lies over the ocean.” When I corrected her, she said, “That doesn’t even make sense. What’s a bonnie?”

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:46:39 +0000

ZZ TOP, “Sharp Dressed Man”–yea, Ive always thought they said, “Shy cat play.”

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:53:56 +0000

My friend was surprised to find out the band’s name is “Hall and Oates”, and not “Haulin’ Oats”.

By: Fizzlemed

Fizzlemed — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:59:26 +0000

The girl who cuts my hair always tells me stories about her son. He sings the song “Poker Face” as if it were saying “Poke HER Face”. But that isn’t nice (and he’s a nice little boy), so he instead says “Poke My Face”. It sounds so unintentionally and innocently dirty, we both crack up laughing.

By: JuliaS

JuliaS — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:38:08 +0000

Oh gosh tears rolling down my cheeks – these are classic!

My family faves:

My sil’s sister thought it was “too late to call the Nye’s” instead of “too late to apologize”

My kids thought Queen has a chicken song: “We are the chickens, we are the chickens, no time for woosters(sic), ’cause we are the chickens of the world”.

I kid you not. I know Freddie Mercury is probably rolling over in his grave about now.

By: Tigger

Tigger — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16:10 +0000

I can’t think of any for me atm, but until his late teens/early-20′s my husband used to sing “Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul” (instead of “Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul” by the Doobie bros)

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:54:35 +0000

Anyone remember “Le Freak?” Over and over the song repeats “Le freak, C’est chic! Freak out!” I have a friend who used to think it was “Le freak, it’s a sheep! Freak cow!”

In the 80′s song “Fascinated,” part of the lyrics are “I’m fascinated by your love, boy.” I had an old roommate who thought it was “I’m masturbating with a glove, boy.”

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:52:48 +0000

I used to think Steve Perry was shouting, “CINAMMON GUM!!!” in
“Oh Sherry”. Instead of the actual “Should’ve been gone”. Humpf.
Still kinda like my version better. Lol.