Am I the only one this happens to? I used to “feel it coming in the yellow night” with Phil Collins. What are yours?

  • Enkrod@feddit.de
    12·
    vor 1 Jahr

    In Germany we call these misheard lyrics “Agathe Bauer Songs” (misheard “I got the power”), it happens mostly when some lyrics in english songs sound like a german sentence or name.

    • All the leaves are brown - Anneliese Braun (name)
    • I got the power - Agathe Bauer (name)
    • At the gates - Hey, wie geht’s (Hey, how are you?)
    • I believe in miracles - Alle lieben Mirco (Everybody loves Mirco)
    • a deep shade of blue - Dickschädel Blues (Thickheaded blues)
    • the phone rings - da vorne links (ahead on the left)
    • hope of deliverance - Hau auf die Leberwurst (smack the liver-sausage)
    • all my feelings grow - Oma fiel ins Klo (grandma fell into the toilet)
    • Zombie - Zahnweh (Tooth-ache)
    • the word is out - du blöde sau (you stupid pig)
    • Dirty Diana - da geht der Gärtner (there walks the gardener)
    • I’ll be gone - Almighurt (german joghurt brand)
    • Your love is like bad medicine - your love is like Bettnässen (bed wetting)
    • I cut and i spear - da kackt 'n Eisbär (a polar bear is shitting there)
    • the pain is deep - der Penisdieb (the penis-thief)

    edit: found this: https://youtu.be/hPV3wHnd5lo?si=Z1GiyHfe89iCMizH

  • spider@lemmy.nz
    4·
    vor 1 Jahr

    “Wrapped up like a douche”

    – Blinded by the Light, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    • Spliffman1 @lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      vor 1 Jahr

      Hahaha that was one of mine too, I mean that song, that line lol… I didn’t have douche but I had a few wacky versions of that line 😂

  • onlooker@lemmy.ml
    3·
    vor 1 Jahr

    This part of the song in Shaggy’s Angel:

    “You’re my angel, you’re my darling angel. Closer than pizza your are to me”

    Like, I knew that can’t possibly be what he was saying, but I couldn’t hear otherwise. Even now, I know he says “peeps”, but I keep hearing “pizza”.

  • spauldo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    vor 1 Jahr

    “Don’t bring me down… Bruce!” as heard by everyone ever.

    (It’s “gross,” supposedly. Apparently Jeff Lynne sings “Bruce” sometimes in concert just to mess with his fans.)

  • magnetosphere @beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    vor 1 Jahr

    “Why is Bowie singing about Surfer Jet City?”

    “Dude, the song is called Suffragette City.”

    “Oh. Uh, what the hell is-”

    “Dude, I dunno.”

  • oleorun@lemmy.fanEnglish
    2·
    vor 1 Jahr

    One Week by Barenaked Ladies is a mindfuck, as is REMs It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    vor 1 Jahr

    For the longest time, I thought this lyric in The Decemberists’ Annan Water was:

    “…though my mother cries, that if I try, I sure will drown in pee…”

    They repeat it 4 times; the last one, especially, I just can’t hear otherwise.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      vor 1 Jahr

      I remember when that song came out and everyone was pretty much interpreting the lyrics in their own way.

      Then that one song came out with really lame lyrics sung to that tune. “I’m good yeah I’m feeling alright, I’m gonna have the best fuckin’ night or my life, I’m good yeah I’m feeling alright.”

      Like what? Those the lamest lyrics ever.

      • fred@lemmy.ml
        2·
        vor 1 Jahr

        For real, there’s a difference between sampling and stealing the hook.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    vor 1 Jahr

    The first ones that came to my mind for some reason despite not hearing any of the songs for years were:

    • I’m friends with the mustard that’s under my bed

    • ‘Cause I keep givin’ you a sexy oven

    • Don’t you worry, don’t you worry child. She hasn’t got a pen for you