Posted on 08/25/2008 5:39:29 PM PDT by claymax
Ok, I am about "Baracked" out. We all know he is a phony and does not deserve to be the leader of the Free World. So I thought I would ask this question. Has anyone ever messed up words to a song and continully sang it that way without knowing. Last night, my wife was getting ready to go to a convention in Orlando and she asked me to download a couple of songs for her onto her iPod. As I was searching for her songs, I ran into an oldie but goodie. "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees. It was a favorite of my mothers, and she passed away not too long ago, so I started to sing it because it brought back memories. Well, as I was singing my wife started to laugh hysterically. Now I know I am not a good singer, so I asked her why she was laughing so hard. She pointed out to me (in between laughs) that it is not "cheer up sweet bajean" and that it was "cheer up sleepy jean". Ok, I do have to admit, I never knew what a "bajean" was, but I thought it was just some snappy catch phrase they added. I am 36 years old, and I have been singing this song the wrong way all my life. I couldn't believe it when I looked up the lyrics to find this out. I just would like to know if any fellow freepers have ever done the same thing?
Heck, even with the lyrics, it's still a guess what Simon Lebon was trying to convey.....
Yes.
My wife likes “I found my freedom, on Blueberry Hill”
The name comes from a commonly mis-heard/mis-sung lyric from a Jimi Hendrix song.
The "real" lyric is "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky." And it is commonly misheard as "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy." Although rumor has it that Hendrix actually sung it that way a few times.
There’s a bathroom on the right.
One of my dogs crapped pieces of a large beetle this morning.
I got 2 words for you:
Louie Louie.
“Life would be ecstasy, you and me, and Leslie...groovin’...”
my son used to sing along with Kiss that he was going to rock and roll all night, and probably everyday...
“One of my dogs crapped pieces of a large beetle this morning.”
Ringo?
Yes, of course. I'm 61 and every so often I find out that some of the words in the lyrics I'd been singing to a tune really weren't what I thought. Most recently was Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit. But I did know it was cheer up sleepy Jean :-)
The “real” lyric is “’Scuse me while I kiss the sky.” And it is commonly misheard as “’Scuse me while I kiss this guy.” Although rumor has it that Hendrix actually sung it that way a few times.
For many years, I thought that was the lyrics to that song.
The biggest in history has to be “Big ol jet with the light on” Instead of “Big ol Jet Airliner” by Steve Miller...
Seriously though... I am a singing rock drummer and to this day, I continually switch the last two verses of Gimmie Three Steps by Skynyrd. I actually have to place the lyrics on my 10 tom, so I can double check before the second verse!!
Obama is an idiot... The rest of us just have to many other things goin on...
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