I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing
My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse
Turns out it was “strong beliefs”, and not a medical term
Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623
I can’t think of any off the top of my head, but this bit by Peter Kay always has me in tears.
Also, the technical term is ‘Mondegreen’
Edit: I’m also reminded of a Colin Hay one man show I went to years ago where he told a story about a bloke that requested the ‘song about the goats’ at a gig. Turns out it was Overkill - “Goats appear and fade away”. He then went on to tell a long story about a sharehouse he lived in in his youth that decided to get a goat to keep the lawn down. Man that was a good show.
Owner of a lonely horse…
Real lyric: owner of a lonely heart.
I never understood why there’d be a song about a lonely horse.
Hoobastank, the Reason.
Real lyric: “a reason to start over new”.
What i heard as a child: “the reason tostadas are new”
For like a decade+ I thought Umbrella by Rihanna went “under my arms forever”
That Land Down Under song. I still have no idea what the women or men do but I can hear the thunder.
I’m here to say that I figured out “stomp on the stoop when you hear the funk loop”. It took me 30 years.
At one point in Another One Bites the Dust, Freddie says “Bite the dust, yeah” which for years I could not hear as anything but “I’m adopted”. Seemed like a weird way to share that information.
“You know I’d like to keep my cheating strategy”
Actual lyrics: “You know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today”
Blind Melon, “No Rain”
some daughtry song about Tijuana.
Heard this the other day, the background vocals “who likes tacos”
Annie are you walking? Annie are you walking? Are you walking, Annie?
“It’s a corned beef sky… alright, is it some other guy…” - The Cars, Bye Bye Love
“Dirty deeds, dunder chiefs!”
I always wondered what a dunder chief is.
It was Thunder Chief for me. I figured he must be bad juju.
https://genius.com/Ac-dc-dirty-deeds-done-dirt-cheap-lyrics
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
I always wondered what a dunder chief is.
Michael Scott I guess ?
It wasn’t until my first job at a grocery store during Christmas time that I learned it was “Feliz Navidad” being sung.
Before that, I couldn’t figure out why the cheerful song that only appeared around Christmas time was saying “Police shot my dad”
Best laugh I had in a long time 🤣😭
I thought that Controversy by Prince was actually called Electric Pussy. Which, for Prince, actually tracks.
