We all know some very funny classic examples of misheard lyrics.
This isn’t a thread for ALL of them — just one particular example.
Walrus recently alluded to the All in the Family intro song with: “we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.”
By coincidence, I then read a FreeRepublic discussion thread on that opening song, where people shared their misinterpretations of the (muddy) audio of Carrol O’Connor, Jean Stapleton, and their tinny piano belting out: “Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.” I even had an argument with my brother over what the words were.
Those were the days — the days when there was no internet on which to look stuff up. There were libraries, and encyclopedias, but nothing that would settle a modern or real-time dispute like this.
Some misinterpretations, from that thread:
“G.I. roll a salary great!”
“We were all a cell rat’s mate”
I always thought they were talking about the football team.
I went decades trying to figure out that line.
Mine? “Gee, are all the salads great?”
1934 version LaSalle (from a commenter on that thread):
‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy.”
“There’s a bathroom on the right”
Love those. Once you hear them, you can’t Un-hear them.
In the garden of Eden honey.
But she was
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a douche
Another runner in the night
Well the girls are out to Bingo
And the boys are getting stinko.
They’ ll think no more of Inco,
On a Sudbury Saturday Night..
The lyrics are exact, just wanted to share some Canadian content..with recognition and gratitude to Stompin Tom Connors..