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'Scuse me while I kiss this guy

Anthony Holden (9426)

Open Guitar Forum · 2/13/2001 10:12 PM

I'm sure many of you know about the sites regarding misheard lyrics.

The other day I ran across a site, where someone misheard a line in the Stones', "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

The original line, "I was raised by a toothless-bearded hag"

It was misinterpreted as, "I was raised by two lesbians".

Well, just to let you know, I had the misfortune of hearing other words/phrases in songs.

Is it okay to blame the worn-out acetate with the chipped stylus needle? I figured you'd say no.

Anyway, the song is "Indiana wants me", a hit from the 70's by R. Dean Taylor.

The original line is, "Indiana wants me, Lord I can't go back there".

Well, for so many years (and I'm not joking), I thought he sang, "Indiana wants me, blow the candles out then".

Well, as you can see, I made a complete fool of myself. I'm sure many misheard Manfred Mann's version of "Blinded by the light".

Come now, admit your guilt ...

Anthony

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2/13/2001 10:42 PM

Howard Owens (3129) wrote:

Just the other day I was listening to "Bad Moon Rising," and I remembered when I was a kid, I thought it was "Bad Moon on the Right."

-- > Dr. Twang

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2/13/2001 10:48 PM

John Schell (6102) wrote:

me too

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2/13/2001 11:54 PM

Jeremy Cotton (7921) wrote:

We used to sing there's a bathroom on the right...

JC

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2/14/2001 12:31 AM

Howard Owens (3129) wrote:

Yeah, yeah, that's right ... that what I USED to think the line was.

A friend's band used to cover the Everly Brothers "Dream." Instead of "gee whiz" they would always sing "cheese whiz."

That could be a whole other thread ... what cover bands really sing.

--> Sir Twang

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2/14/2001 11:14 PM

Carl Anderson (2230) wrote:

wow, thats exactly what i thought too!

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2/13/2001 11:03 PM

Cary Frick (3578) wrote:

WHen I was a kid, and dont laugh, I thought Michael Jackson was saying "No one wants to beat feet it!", when he was really saying "no one wants to be defeated!" HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, I had Thriller...got a problem with it! lol

Comicus

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2/13/2001 11:05 PM

Howard Owens (3129) wrote:

I always thought he was singing, "Eat it. Eat it." ... no wait, that was Weird Al Yankovic.

H.

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2/13/2001 11:48 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Years ago, some columnist heard the line in Billie Jean as "the chair is not my son" - now I can't hear it any other way . . . what is it really???

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2/13/2001 11:52 PM

Anthony Holden (9426) wrote:

The real line is, "But the kid is not my son".

Anthony.

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2/14/2001 12:07 AM

Chuck Stensrud (13014) wrote:

Once you understand "uff da", it becomes very difficult to understand rock lyrics. I don't know why that is true, but I am another example.

%chuck from Frostbite Falls%

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2/14/2001 1:20 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Oh yeah, for sure, there, you betcha.

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2/14/2001 3:37 PM

Chuck Stensrud (13014) wrote:

Gosh, you guys! I just love those good ole northern expressions voiced in a semi-nasal Scandinavian twang! Makes me crave lutefisk and lefsa, and a big cold bottle of pop.

chuck

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2/14/2001 3:50 PM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

hehe shades of Fargo...

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2/14/2001 7:09 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

I only wish it were a joke . . . try listening to the commercial radio stations around Dulut' some time . . . they almost sound like parodies of "Fargo" until you realize that that they're not that sophisticated . . . they just bein' they natural selves . . . and even though I'm originally from Iowa, my hearing is too keen and it becomes hard for me to maintain my dialectic integrity . . . Garrison Keillor doesn't help any.

And this all has what to do with music/guitar/bass??? (*sigh*, off-task again)

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2/14/2001 7:19 PM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

Well, being from Kentucky, I've got no room to poke fun at anybody's dialectic integrity. And if you keep using terms like that I'll have to stop sitting on the dictionary and will be required to actually open the damn thing!

Mark

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2/14/2001 7:28 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Go to www.dictionary.com and download a program called CleverKeys (might have to find it under Lexico). It's your on-line link to dictionary.com. It runs in the background all the time and activates with a single keystroke, so that no matter what application you're in, just highlight a word, hit the key, and it gets the definition of the word.

Wouldn't want you to get off your comfy book. Jus' lookit up online.

BTW I type for psychiatrists for my day job, and THEY send me to the dictionary all the time, so fair is fair!

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2/14/2001 7:33 PM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

Cool...I forgot to mention that you should try one of the new Amish bass amps...they won't bring down the house, but they can put up a barn.

Mark

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2/14/2001 11:04 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

ba-dum bump *ching*

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2/15/2001 9:46 AM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

Hey Tracy, no fair being a bass player and a drummer at the same time, that's a rhythm monopoly.

Mark (am also trying to ignore David's drive-by joke, but laughing too much)

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2/15/2001 1:33 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

I don't actually play the drums. I thought about it, but I heard there might be some serious repercussions.

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2/15/2001 1:46 PM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

A wonderful, terrible, beautiful pun (bows to the Amish bassplayer).

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2/15/2001 11:19 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Amish-LOOKING!! Amish-LOOKING!! Read the fine print, please! That's how rumors get started. *sheesh!*

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2/16/2001 12:03 AM

Mark Gordon (3061) wrote:

Sorry Tracy, it's a shortcoming of mine, not reading the fine print. I should have known you're not Amish, as they are permitted to play stringless bass only.

Mark

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2/14/2001 11:13 PM

David Price (2358) wrote:

What goes clop clop clop bang... clop clop clop clop bang...??

An Amish drive by shooting.

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2/14/2001 11:23 PM

David Price (2358) wrote:

Hey!! youse guys don't like the way us norderners talk???

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2/15/2001 1:38 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Hey Chuck, what's up? (I tried very carefully NOT to say, "What's up, Chuck?)

Speakin' of de nord woods dere,

Do you know what you're missing this weekend? THE EELPOUT FESTIVAL IN WALKER!!!! Bring up all your southern good ol' boys and show 'em what fishin' is REALLY all about!!!

(now all the world guitarists will be wondering what in godsbenevolentname we're talking about)

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2/15/2001 1:59 PM

Chuck Stensrud (13014) wrote:

Geez, man. I knew I was missing something important! Better start sharpening my chisel and get out the battery powered long johns!

Ever spear northerns through a hole?

%chuck let 'em wonder about that one%

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2/15/2001 7:58 PM

Tracy Hardy Johnson (11666) wrote:

Let's just say . . . "Animal House" meets "Grumpy Old Men" . . . 'nuff said . . .

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2/15/2001 9:45 PM

David Mackie (11011) wrote:

I may be a Cornhusker now, but I grew up in Michigan, so I have a pretty good idea.

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2/15/2001 12:40 PM

Rob Bartelt (535) wrote:

I live in Green Bay, and I just want you to know that we are slowly integrating you "Yupers" into society. Wait...let me get my "Upper Penisula to English Dictionary" and translate that for you...

"Ya, sure, ya. Go ahead and move into dat house, dere. We makes good neighbors."

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2/14/2001 1:53 PM

Rick Malloy (590) wrote:

No no... I left that frozen tundra land 6 years ago. Now even Virginny is too cold. Go away before I revert! You know I will! Yahsure, youbetcha. Darn, now I gotta find a map and head for Florida.

And on a musical note, Red Wing was the only place you could get still get an accordion fixed, or so I was told.

Rick

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