OT More Misheard Lyrics

Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

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Kreisleriana wrote:
Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

ROFL! Thanks for the laugh!

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Kreisleriana wrote:
Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

ROFL! Thanks for the laugh!

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jmcquown wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:
Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

ROFL! Thanks for the laugh!

Oh my god - I didn't even get it the first time I saw this post. I was
scratching my head and going, "But where are the misheard lyrics??"

Joyce - got it now

jmcquown wrote:

Kreisleriana wrote:
Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

ROFL! Thanks for the laugh!

Oh my god - I didn't even get it the first time I saw this post. I was
scratching my head and going, "But where are the misheard lyrics??"

Joyce - got it now

On Mon, 06 Sep, Theresa wrote:


Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

The canonical list of misheard lyrics is at:
http://www.kissthisguy.com/

The web site is named after the most misheard lyrics there are, the
line, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from "All Along The Watchtower."
Some of them are hilarious but the real laughs come from the situation
the person was in when they discovered the error.

One teenager was trying to impress a boy she liked at a weekend party
and sang along with the stereo, "Like A Rhinestone Pine Cone" instead
of "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy." Monday morning in school she found she
had acquired "Rhinestone Pine Cone" as a new nickname.

A surprising number of people found out that they had misheard the
lyrics while singing at a karaoke bar. Nothing like making an ass of
yourself in front of a bunch of drunken strangers.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Mon, 06 Sep, Theresa wrote:


Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

The canonical list of misheard lyrics is at:
http://www.kissthisguy.com/

The web site is named after the most misheard lyrics there are, the
line, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from "All Along The Watchtower."
Some of them are hilarious but the real laughs come from the situation
the person was in when they discovered the error.

One teenager was trying to impress a boy she liked at a weekend party
and sang along with the stereo, "Like A Rhinestone Pine Cone" instead
of "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy." Monday morning in school she found she
had acquired "Rhinestone Pine Cone" as a new nickname.

A surprising number of people found out that they had misheard the
lyrics while singing at a karaoke bar. Nothing like making an ass of
yourself in front of a bunch of drunken strangers.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

O J wrote:

The web site is named after the most misheard lyrics there are, the
line, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from "All Along The Watchtower."

Purple Haze, actually.

One teenager was trying to impress a boy she liked at a weekend party
and sang along with the stereo, "Like A Rhinestone Pine Cone" instead
of "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy."

Rhinestone Pine Cone - I like that. It has a ring to it. Sometimes the
mistaken lyrics are better than the real ones.

A surprising number of people found out that they had misheard the
lyrics while singing at a karaoke bar. Nothing like making an ass of
yourself in front of a bunch of drunken strangers.

Well sheesh, that's why they have the words on the little monitor!

OK, here's one I've never been able to figure out. It's from the song
"Lady Marmalade" by Patti Labelle. I'm NOT talking about the French part.
I had already studied French for several years when I heard that song
for the first time, and the line, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"
jumped right out at me.

I'm talking about the unintelligible part that comes after that:

(*** BW! ***)

"Gitchee gitchee ya-ya ga-ga
Gitchee gitchee ya-ya here
Oma saka laka mama
Creole Lady Marmalade..."

That part is not French and it's certainly not English!

Joyce

O J wrote:

The web site is named after the most misheard lyrics there are, the
line, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from "All Along The Watchtower."

Purple Haze, actually.

One teenager was trying to impress a boy she liked at a weekend party
and sang along with the stereo, "Like A Rhinestone Pine Cone" instead
of "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy."

Rhinestone Pine Cone - I like that. It has a ring to it. Sometimes the
mistaken lyrics are better than the real ones.

A surprising number of people found out that they had misheard the
lyrics while singing at a karaoke bar. Nothing like making an ass of
yourself in front of a bunch of drunken strangers.

Well sheesh, that's why they have the words on the little monitor!

OK, here's one I've never been able to figure out. It's from the song
"Lady Marmalade" by Patti Labelle. I'm NOT talking about the French part.
I had already studied French for several years when I heard that song
for the first time, and the line, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?"
jumped right out at me.

I'm talking about the unintelligible part that comes after that:

(*** BW! ***)

"Gitchee gitchee ya-ya ga-ga
Gitchee gitchee ya-ya here
Oma saka laka mama
Creole Lady Marmalade..."

That part is not French and it's certainly not English!

Joyce

O J wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 06 Sep, Theresa wrote:


Anybody remember that Gordon Lighfoot song, "The Wreck of the Ella
Fitzgerald"?

The canonical list of misheard lyrics is at:
http://www.kissthisguy.com/

The web site is named after the most misheard lyrics there are, the
line, "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" from "All Along The Watchtower."
Some of them are hilarious but the real laughs come from the situation
the person was in when they discovered the error.

One teenager was trying to impress a boy she liked at a weekend party
and sang along with the stereo, "Like A Rhinestone Pine Cone" instead
of "Like A Rhinestone Cowboy." Monday morning in school she found she
had acquired "Rhinestone Pine Cone" as a new nickname.

A surprising number of people found out that they had misheard the
lyrics while singing at a karaoke bar. Nothing like making an ass of
yourself in front of a bunch of drunken strangers.

Regards and Purrs,
O J


Misunderstood song lyrics are called "Mondegreens". This name comes
from the late writer Sylvia Wright, who as an impressionable teenager
heard an Irish folk ballad with the lyrics:

"Oh they have slain the Earl of Morrey
And Lady Mondegreen"

And for years she agonized about poor Lady Mondegreen, thinking that
maybe the Earl may have been a bad guy, but why go ahead and kill Lady
Mondegreen?

It wasn't until she was an adult that she saw the lyrics in print:

"Oh they have slain the Earl of Morrey
And laid him on the green"