Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about misheard lyrics.
A friend of mine recently pointed me towards Peter Kay’s skit on misheard lyrics and the resulting effect it can have on attempts at karaoke. If you haven’t seen it, you can find it here.
I have a few to add:
1) Will Young’s Jealousy – try as I might I cannot listen to this without hearing “And it feels like Chelsea... And it feels like Ivory....”
2) Surely the theme from Top Gun is called “Take Off With The Wind” (or maybe “Take Off From Nowhere”) rather than it’s actual title of “Take My Breath Away”
3) I think Leona Lewis is a lot more explicit than people realise – why else would the lyrics to her song ‘Collide’ include the line “Cry sh*t to me” (also why is she on about a “Weekend Climb”?)
4) OneRepublic’s Love Runs Out – I actually got this one wrong twice. I thought the line was “I’ll be reeling” but sounded like “I’m Vera Lynn”. Turns out it’s “I’ll be running”
It could be that I just need to get better speakers but I now challenge you to try to listen to these songs without hearing these alternate lyrics. Enjoy!
Afternote: New one to add - I always thought JLS were singing that all that they do is to make you cry - which I thought was a pretty sadistic intention - turns out they're singing 'Proud'. Would probably have helped if I'd known the name of the song.
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