Ollie and I have had a lovely evening tonight, playing Uno and dancing madly around the lounge room. And now I have some more Mondegreens that I'd love to share:
We were listening to Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side'. The original lyric is:
"But she never lost her head, even when she was giving head".
Ollie's version was:
"But she never lost her head, even when she was given a head". I got a good 5 minutes of laughter out of that one!
(Oh, and before you jump up and down objecting to the music I play for my children, I do believe in exposing my kids to a wide range of music! Plus, there's MUCH worse out there!) :)
It also reminded me of one that he does for Pink's song "So What". The original lyric is:
"So what, I'm still a rock star".
Ollie's version is:
"Snow White, I'm still a rock star".
LOL.
Showing posts with label mondegreens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mondegreens. Show all posts
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
"All the singlets, all the singlets,"
**Now put your hands up**
This was Oliver's take (performed by him quite regularly last year) on the Beyonce song.
(If you've been living under a rock in the Arctic Circle and haven't heard it, the actual lyric is "All the single ladies, all the single ladies".)
He'd also sing, "If you like it then you should go through the rainforest." ("instead of 'if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it")
Very cute. In fact I think I liked the Ollie version more than the Beyonce version!
He's got a new one. You've probably heard the song 'Paparazzi' by that dreadful Lady GaGa creature? Well Ollie was singing along tonight while we were at Goodberry's. I thought his version was much better!
The original lyric is:
"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me, papa-paparazzi."
Ollie's version was:
"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me, baa baa, baa baa black sheep."
I do like a good mondegreen. Sometimes the mistaken lyrics are even better than the real ones.
I've had a few in my life - for a while I thought Pearl Jam sang "glorified version of a pelican" (pellet gun). I can't think of any others at the moment, but I'm sure they'll come to me!
Perhaps you've heard some good ones?
Have you (or anyone you know) sung the wrong words, loud and proud? And did you (or they) sing it right when you knew the right ones?
This was Oliver's take (performed by him quite regularly last year) on the Beyonce song.
(If you've been living under a rock in the Arctic Circle and haven't heard it, the actual lyric is "All the single ladies, all the single ladies".)
He'd also sing, "If you like it then you should go through the rainforest." ("instead of 'if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it")
Very cute. In fact I think I liked the Ollie version more than the Beyonce version!
He's got a new one. You've probably heard the song 'Paparazzi' by that dreadful Lady GaGa creature? Well Ollie was singing along tonight while we were at Goodberry's. I thought his version was much better!
The original lyric is:
"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me, papa-paparazzi."
Ollie's version was:
"I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me, baa baa, baa baa black sheep."
I do like a good mondegreen. Sometimes the mistaken lyrics are even better than the real ones.
I've had a few in my life - for a while I thought Pearl Jam sang "glorified version of a pelican" (pellet gun). I can't think of any others at the moment, but I'm sure they'll come to me!
Perhaps you've heard some good ones?
Have you (or anyone you know) sung the wrong words, loud and proud? And did you (or they) sing it right when you knew the right ones?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)