Misheard Lryics

[NickFitz]

"Split up on the docks at night" for "Split up on a dark sad night" in Dylan's wonderful Tangled Up In Blue has been tripping me up since the album came out in January 1975

FWIW, I just listened to the track again, and Mr. Dylan's combination of a mildly plosive "n" on "on" and a slight glottal stop on the "d" of "sad" give me some excuse.

In fact, I never realised my mistake until reading the lyrics in his book Lyrics 1962 - 1985. As that was published in the UK in 1987 I spent a good twelve years labouring under this misapprehension. Still, there are other nautical references in the song, and being a native Liverpudlian it makes sense to me that a sad parting might happen at the docks.

(Actually, it makes sense that anything might happen at the docks. It's got to happen somewhere, and the docks are as good a place as any. At least you won't be disturbed by people trying to work.)

They're my excuses, and I'm sticking to them

[wobbegong]

"Can't stand gravy" for "Constant Craving" - K.D. Lang

[mudskipper]

"All I do is shine his thing" (All I do each night is think) - Take That, Pray

"Throw off your menstrual chains" - New Song - Howard Jones, although it must be a decade or two since I heard it.

[MarillionFan]

'oh oh, my ears are a light'

'Beezelzebub had a devil for a sideboard'

[Sysman]

Adrian Just (sp?) used to do these on a Saturday morning show in the early 80s.

One favourite was "Bicycle Pump" - I can remember the tune but I haven't a clue what the original title was, because I always heard it that way from that point on.

[meridian]

"No Dukes of Hazzard in the classroom", Pink Floyd, The Wall.

[EternalOptimist]

30 odd years ago, around the time when decent headsets became available, my mum was sitting in the armchair at a family party, with all the kids there
she starts singing LOUD to the last farewell by roger whittaker
'there's a ship lies rigged and ...mumble..mumble..****. you are beautiful'

er no mum. its 'for you are beautiful'


didnt even knew she had ever heard the word

[shaunbhoy]

Around the time that Tom Jones had a huge hit with Green Green Grass of Home, my uncle thought the lyrics went "..for there's a God, and there's a sad old partridge!"

[Chantho]

30 odd years ago, around the time when decent headsets became available, my mum was sitting in the armchair at a family party, with all the kids there
she starts singing LOUD to the last farewell by roger whittaker
'there's a ship lies rigged and ...mumble..mumble..****. you are beautiful'

er no mum. its 'for you are beautiful'


didnt even knew she had ever heard the word

I can believe that, a friend of mine was quite convinced that the Clash were singing "f*** the casbah"

[gricerboy]

Bit of a rude one this & you have to listen to the song to get the gist of what I'm saying but I always thought the refrain of the song "Stat Star" buy the Rolling Stones pop group was

"Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistan., Pakistan...."
when in fact it's

"star ****er, star ****er, star ****er, star ****er, star yeah, a star ****er, star ****er, star ****er, star ****er, star,a star ****er, star ****er, star ****er, star ****er star."