Misheard Vocals

[Micha]

Here's another real one: Until I read that the bg vox on Surf's Up were "bygone, bygone" I heard "Whine on, whine on"!

[zachrwolfe]

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[Quzi]

They'll eat their words with a f*ckin' spoon

I'mma get together a punk band and cover Catch a Wave with these lyrics.

[Cabinessenceking]

I'm sure it has already been mentioned here but in 'Don't Back Down' Mike does say "No, not my balls" instead of the intended lyric "No, not my boys".

I'm sure he did it for lols there and then and Brian decided it wasn't a prob...

[RangeRoverA1]

When I 1st heard "I Can Hear Music", I thought it was saying "Since we disappear" instead of "Seems to...". Now, after finding & memorizing the right lyrics, I still hear/singalong wrong words.

"Trader": there are plenty examples, I'll name only the most glaring: "Who couldn't even write their names shake" (correct - shame); "Breathing to live" (correct - reason); "Like a buddy in rose" (correct - budding); "Fox afraid" (correct - folks are free). Btw, I mix "folks" with "fox" in almost every song, e.g. "Cabinessence".

"Funky Pretty": the very beginning of the song doesn't sound like English. Then again, it doesn't like any other language as well! Really one of the weirdest vocal moments by Carl.

"In My Car": "When I'm behind the rain" (correct - wheel). Also, for a short while the line "When on the road we roam we roam we roam roam" I heard as verbal nonsense.
 
"Somewhere Near Japan": "My angels" instead of "... engine's", "I think I'm sick and fat" instead of "... sinkin' fast". Other than that, it's one of the few songs where I understood everything without checking the lyrics' site.

[leggo of my ego]

Surfin USA

Seriously...Since I was a kid I heard...

"If everybody had a notion -  Across the U.S.A"

[Iron Horse-Apples]

Surfin USA

Seriously...Since I was a kid I heard...

"If everybody had a notion -  Across the U.S.A"

I read a great essay about that exact thing. Can't remember by whom. The author always heard it as "notion", and was very disillusioned when he found out it was ocean as notion seemed so much cleverer and....well he explained it better.

[leggo of my ego]

Surfin USA

Seriously...Since I was a kid I heard...

"If everybody had a notion -  Across the U.S.A"

I read a great essay about that exact thing. Can't remember by whom. The author always heard it as "notion", and was very disillusionment when he found out it was ocean as notion seemed so much cleverer and....well he explained it better.

  Cool, I'd like to read that if you can remember where you saw it.

I wasn't disillusioned when the real lyric finally dawned on me -- no I was more like "oh, it's Ocean...duh!" But the word notion isn't a bad fit either - I have a notion to hop in my pool as soon as i finish mowing the lawn!

[lostbeachboy]

Hey little tomboy sit here on my lap I got things that I gotta tell you.




Oh wait that's the actual lyrics!  

[Micha]

Btw, I mix "folks" with "fox" in almost every song, e.g. "Cabinessence".

There are no long vowels in Russian, are there? That of course makes it difficult for a Russian to distinguish short vowels from long ones in other languages. Like, in German there's always an ever so short pause between words, so to me as a German a language like French where all words are kind of glued to one another in the spoken language is very tough to understand. Reading French is way easier.

[Magic City Surfer]

Surfin USA

Seriously...Since I was a kid I heard...

"If everybody had a notion -  Across the U.S.A"

That's exactly how I heard this for years.  And it's hard to disprove strictly by listening.

[Magic City Surfer]

The beginning of This Car of Mine:


"This car of mine, when I got her now what she wouldn't do... on an open road. This car of mine..."

[RangeRoverA1]

Btw, I mix "folks" with "fox" in almost every song, e.g. "Cabinessence".

There are no long vowels in Russian, are there? That of course makes it difficult for a Russian to distinguish short vowels from long ones in other languages.

Yes, there aren't. I actually didn't think over this theory, but now as you wrote it, I reckon that's the real reason. Thanks for the tip, Micha.

[dellydel]

"Date rape over the ocean"

LOL!  Oh man now I'm only ever gonna hear that.  It kinda makes it a better song

[zachrwolfe]

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[Disney Boy (1985)]

Surfin USA

Seriously...Since I was a kid I heard...

"If everybody had a notion -  Across the U.S.A"

I read a great essay about that exact thing. Can't remember by whom. The author always heard it as "notion", and was very disillusionment when he found out it was ocean as notion seemed so much cleverer and....well he explained it better.

  Cool, I'd like to read that if you can remember where you saw it.

I wasn't disillusioned when the real lyric finally dawned on me -- no I was more like "oh, it's Ocean...duh!" But the word notion isn't a bad fit either - I have a notion to hop in my pool as soon as i finish mowing the lawn!

You mean it isn't notion?? Well bugger me. I've always thought that was the lyric - until now. As notion and ocean rhyme so well it seems odd they didn't use both words.

[halblaineisgood]

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[Tilt Araiza]

I used to think the lyrics to Keepin' The Summer Alive ended with a terrifying example of OCD.

"Grab your girl hit the road head on down to the beach/You'll be countin' all the sand in your shoes"

[Jurrasic Mark]

Two from Kokomo.

First is;

"Tropical drink melting in your hand" I heard as

"Tropical cake melting in your hand".

And

"Give me a tropical contact high" I heard as

"Give me a tropical contact eye".

I was young. I didn't know better.

[hypehat]

They'll eat their words with a f*ckin' spoon

I always hear this - kind of can't believe they didn't mean it... I mean, a  'fork and spoon'? Nonsense, I say.

[Magic City Surfer]

This is not quite on-topic, but it occurred to me this morning that you could take the following lyrics:

Daybreak over the ocean,
moonlight still on the sea.
I pray the wave's gentle motion
will bring my baby to me

and sing them as if you were singing:

One arm over my shoulder,
sandals dance at my feet.
Eyes that will knock you right over.
Ooo, Marcella so sweet.

[zachrwolfe]

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[Dudd]

This is not quite on-topic, but it occurred to me this morning that you could take the following lyrics:

Daybreak over the ocean,
moonlight still on the sea.
I pray the wave's gentle motion
will bring my baby to me

and sing them as if you were singing:

One arm over my shoulder,
sandals dance at my feet.
Eyes that will knock you right over.
Ooo, Marcella so sweet.

And vice versa!

Ew, no. 

[mr_oleary]

"We'll do it holding hands, it's so cold I go brrr"

Oh wait these are the actual lyrics

[Quzi]

"We'll do it holding hands, it's so cold I go brrr"

Oh wait these are the actual lyrics

and what great lyrics they are