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[Rellevart]

I was reading a website guestbook for a band I frequent yesterday and noticed that one of their less-informed fans was asking them to play "And Your Bird Can Sing" because it was "a great George song". Uh...no, sorry, not a George song!

Was wondering if there were any of you who've had similar "oops!" moments; either the wrong lead singer, the wrong album, the wrong lyrics, whatever...

My favorite is that my high school best friend often mis-heard lyrics...two of her best mess-ups were "I sat on a rug,biting my tie..." and "Move over once, move over twice...c'mon baby, don't be so precise!" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

[Jerry]

In "Helter Skelter" I always used to think Paul said "Look out, my tears are coming" instead of "Look out, 'cause her she comes."

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[onothimagen]

There's always the classic "A girl with colitus goes by" that came from the book "'Cuse me while I kiss this guy" and other misheard lyrics.

[Harbidge]

Could they have meant good George song in relation to his playing?

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[Rellevart]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Harbidge:
Could they have meant good George song in relation to his playing?

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Nope, she specifically referred to him singing lead. Most of the fans of this band aren't really Beatles fans first, so they're frequently confused about stuff like this.

[Eleanor_rigby]

I'm sure I've had some but I can't think of them at this momment...the one that always comes to mind is my dad.(the wonderful guy who intoduced me to the Beatles.)
He was quite young and somehow he thought "PaperBack Writer" was saying something about getting a rice gun. Don't ask me...but whenever he needs a good laugh I loveingly remind him of that. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[**DONOTDELETE**]

One of my favorites that always makes me laugh is when I hear of someone who thought the french in Michelle was something like "someday monkey will play piano song". Is that not the funniest thing ever?? Oh, it is!

[jtal909]

Hey, Bob Dylan thought they were singing "I get high, I get high, I get high!" (I can't hide...)

[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 4thGenFan:
One of my favorites that always makes me laugh is when I hear of someone who thought the french in Michelle was something like "someday monkey will play piano song". Is that not the funniest thing ever?? Oh, it is!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I've always heard it as "Some lame monkey won't play piano song." http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif Either way, it is funny.

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[bearkat77]

Also, John Fred originally thought "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" was saying "Judy in disguise with diamonds".

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[Catswalk]

Speaking about misheard lyrics...my boyfriend (he's a first generation Beatlemaniac and we met because of The Beatles) has a cousin that thought "Paperback Writer" was actually "take a back right turn". I think that's hilarious.



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[FPSHOT]

Was it Frank Sinatra who at his perormances used to introduce Something as the best Lennon-McCartney composition.

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
Was it Frank Sinatra who at his perormances used to introduce Something as the best Lennon-McCartney composition.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That he did. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/rolleyes.gif

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[jtal909]

Frank could say anything he wanted.

[bearkat77]

He was the Chairman Of The Board. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[HMVNipper]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
I've always heard it as "Some lame monkey won't play piano song." http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif Either way, it is funny.

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Funny you should mention this one -- I had never heard it before until the "Meet the Beat-Alls" episode of The Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network a couple of months ago. (If you missed that one, it was brilliant!) The whole episode was nothing but Beatles references, but when they got to that one both hubby and I were stumped...we had NO idea what they were talking about. I had to post the question to another one of my lists before someone explained it to me...and then it was one of those "d'oh!" moments...

Anyway, I thought it was pretty funny!

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[HMVNipper]

Oh, and I forgot a good non-Beatles one -- in Creedence Clearwater Revival's song "Bad Moon Rising," the line "there's a bad moon on the rise" is sometimes heard as "there's a bathroom on the right!" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

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Nice one, I'll have to look out for that one. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif

[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
Oh, and I forgot a good non-Beatles one -- in Creedence Clearwater Revival's song "Bad Moon Rising," the line "there's a bad moon on the rise" is sometimes heard as "there's a bathroom on the right!" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, I've heard that many times. A lot of fun when you want to catch somebody off guard. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Brodacious]

Heh,heh.

Go to www.kissthisguy.com (http://www.kissthisguy.com) to see all kinds of misheard lyrics. Go to "view by artist," then scroll down to the Beatles. Check out the poor guy who thought that the lyrics to "If I Fell" were "If I give my heart to you, I must be sure from the BERRY STALK" and it took him until he was 43 years old to figure out that it was wrong....Ooof!

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Brodacious:
Check out the poor guy who thought that the lyrics to "If I Fell" were "If I give my heart to you, I must be sure from the BERRY STALK" and it took him until he was 43 years old to figure out that it was wrong....Ooof!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

There we go with the berries again. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[HeyBeatle]

I've mixed up tons of lyrics to many a song, but i have to say the oops moment I hate the most is when you, being the resident Beatle fanatic in the group, forget the lyrics to a song and one of your friends who just kinda likes them tells you what they are. It's only happened to me a few times and each time I felt quite stupid.

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Who, ME? Never.

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[windup_xo]

Hey, I used to think it said "there's a bathroom on the right." Listen!!! It really sounds like it!!! I knew it didn't make any sense, but that's what I though it said.

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[SleepyHead]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By HeyBeatle:
I've mixed up tons of lyrics to many a song, but i have to say the oops moment I hate the most is when you, being the resident Beatle fanatic in the group, forget the lyrics to a song and one of your friends who just kinda likes them tells you what they are. It's only happened to me a few times and each time I felt quite stupid.

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Yes, that can be quite embarrassing... It's happened to me a couple of times, too, but I don't feel quite so embarrassed if http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif is there with me. Since he "outranks" my "resident Beatle fan" status, if the lyrics get all tangled, it rests with him to correct me! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif



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[darkhorse]

Well when I haven't remembered the exact lyrics on the "Let's Try Something" topic, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif has always been there to correct me... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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[darkhorse]

Speaking about the main topic, anyway, it has taken me a lot of time to convince my dad (a Beatles fan himself from the 60's era) that is actually Paul and not John, the one who screams singing to tunes like "I'm Down", "Long Tall Sally" or "The Hippy Hippy Shake" on the Live At The BBC CDs. He didn't know all the songs, so I figure out he took the image of John being the "screamy" one in the group (since he did listen to "Two Virgins" http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif), and Paul being the "ballad" singer... I always say: "dad, Paul can also sing loud. Listen!!!".

I guess I finally have convinced him... http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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I originally thought I heard (in "When I Get Home") "I've got no time to trip behind the trees" instead of "I've got no time for trivialities." I assumed that the former was some British expression with which I wasn't familiar! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/blush3.gif

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By SleepyHead:
Yes, that can be quite embarrassing... It's happened to me a couple of times, too, but I don't feel quite so embarrassed if http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif is there with me. Since he "outranks" my "resident Beatle fan" status, if the lyrics get all tangled, it rests with him to correct me! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And sometimes she question me as to whether I'm right about this lyric or that lyric. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[SleepyHead]

Well, after your "translation" of the French lyrics in "Michelle"....

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By SleepyHead:
Well, after your "translation" of the French lyrics in "Michelle"....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By SleepyHead:
Well, after your "translation" of the French lyrics in "Michelle"....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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[SleepyHead]

http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif That's some "lame monkey"...

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[One_Sweet_Dream]

My friend still thinks Elton John was a Beatle...

[chaitanya]

Originally Posted By One_Sweet_Dream:
My friend still thinks Elton John was a Beatle...<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">graemlins/laugh2.gif

[DizzymissLizzy909]

And my mom used to think Mick Jagger was a Beatle... graemlins/laugh5.gif

[sourmilkpinky]

well up until this year I always thought 'Uncle Albert' was a Beatle song.

[vlivantje]

When I started out as a fan and couldn't distinguish their voices yet, I thought 'Yesterday' and 'I've Just Seen A Face' were sung by John and 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' was sung by two different people! graemlins/blush2.gif * graemlins/blush3.gif

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[strawberrychick]

Our local classic rock station in Ottawa did a segment a few weeks ago about misheard lyrics and someone called in because she'd thought for the longest time that the words to Lady Madonna were "killed an anchovy" instead of "children at your feet" graemlins/laugh2.gif But if you listen to it you really can hear it, which makes it that much funnier!

[StrawberryFieldsFanNo9]

today my friend and i were listening to let it be... naked and we were listening to dig a pony and my friend thought john said "i rigged a coney" in the first line.

[dyermaker1040]

good non-beatles mistake i heard today---"wait, Led Zeppelin was an american band werent they??!?"
spoken by two of my friends. i just about died.
i all but screamed at them. "No! Theyre BRITISH you fools!! thats why they are so good!! no american band can be that good/sexy!"