I found out this morning that the song by Culture Club that I thought went like this...
"come on, come on, come on, come on, come on comedian"
really goes like this....
"karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon"
huh, I never knew.
It reminds me of a funny story involving my mom and brother.
There was a commercial on TV a while back that played the song, Rock the Casbah by the Clash. My mom started it singing it as "Rock the cat box, rock the cat box," Then my brother cut in and said, no, it's "rock the CASH BOX."
Curtis and I couldn't help but burst out laughing. They both thought they were right, but really, they were totally wrong.
I'm sure many of you have heard of my Elton John lyric mess-up. For the longest time I thought the song Tiny Dancer was tiled Tony Danza. I thought it went like this...
"Hold me closer Tony Danza."
Tony Danza or Tiny Dancer....I love the song!!
Speaking of Elton John...he came to Laramie last week. I would have loved to go, but tickets were super expensive. The day of his concert, someone was selling their tickets on craigslist. I called and made my very first offer ever. Sadly, it was rejected. I got all worked up about making an offer (a lowball offer), only to be turned down. Boohoo.
Ok, one last lyric mess up. I use to think the song Linger by the Cranberries went like this...
"I'm searching food for you" rather than
"I'm such a fool for you."
Oh, good times. I can envision it now....
me...high school...driving around in my blue Chevrolet Corsica....radio turned way up loud.....me singing super loud (and off-key of course)...I'M SEARCHING FOOD FOR YOU....DO YOU HAVE TO....DO YOU HAVE TO....DO YOU HAVE TO LET IT LINGER.
Oh, the memories. I guess high school wasn't all that bad after all.
I am forever singing the song lyrics. I remember being so confused by the Gogo's song "Alex the Seal".
ReplyDeleteWhen Kate was 4 or 5 years old she was singing a Prince song--I would die for you. She sang "Apple, dapple do" for the chorus, and in one of the verses where the lyrics say "I'm not your lover," she sang "an enchilada." It was adorable.
But my favorite word mess up wasn't in a song. Jane wanted to read a book called Jemima Puddle Duck--but she called it Vagina Puddle Duck. Classic!
I'm so excited about the necklace tiles, by the way! Yay!
Correction--I am forever singing the *wrong* lyrics. duh!
ReplyDeleteWhat about the Garth Brooks song "Shavin" instead of Shameless... that's a good one.
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny.
ReplyDeleteI sing songs wrong all the time too!
ReplyDeleteWe have a restaurant here called "Casbah". It serves Lebanese and Greek food. It's divine. They have a sunny window where I love to sit, and beautiful patio seating in the summer. I will take you there some day.
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