About This Site
I'm a big fan of misheard lyrics and song parodies. I've been listening and collecting music since I was a little kid. I also love silly sitcoms and comedies, so this site is just a natural evolution of all my favorite aspects of pop culture.
I first started collecting these on my 80s site in 1996. It got to a point in the fall of 1999 where it was just a lot of work though. I decided to revamp the design of the site, and make things easier to maintain. When I got to thinking about it though, I had a lot of things I wanted to do with the misheard lyrics. Since I already owned a domain I wasn't using, I thought it would be a good idea to put it to good use.
I also had a small collection of song parodies, and I thought it would be a good fit for this site, so I moved that archive here as well. I then started adding different sections that are related to making fun of music in general.
My name is Charles R. Grosvenor Jr.. I currently work as a web developer. I have been developing web sites in my spare time since 1995. The biggest site, InThe80s.Com founded in 1995, contains over 10,000 pages and currently receives over 60,000 page views daily. In addition to this site, InThe70s.Com and InThe90s.Com were started in order to more fully cover the pop history of the last thirty years. Worcestermass.Com is a local site that I started in order to focus on the history of Worcester, MA, the city my family has lived near for over 120+ years.
Pages I recommend you check out here:
- Frequently Asked Questions aka the FAQ about misheard lyrics
- Messageboard - an excellent way to find lyrics to a song you're looking for
- Site Index/What's New - What's new on the site, the most popular parodies, etc.
Website Features
Misheard Lyrics
- Misheard lyrics that are updated daily
- An archive of over 100,000 instances of misheard lyrics, arranged by artist.
- Available on wireless devices using AvantGo
- A section devoted to the stories people have had about misheard lyrics.
- A list of movies and tv shows where misheard lyrics have been featured.
Song Parodies
- Song parodies that are updated daily
- An archive with over 30,000 parodies.
Band Names
- New Song Names, where we come up with new titles for popular songs.
- New Band Names, we attempt to rename existing bands more accurately here.
- Cool Band Names, why let professional bands have all the fun of coming up with names?
- Stupid Band Names, a list of the dumbest names for bands (and why they're stupid)
- Band Name Origins, how do bands pick these names?
- Pseudonyms, a list of famous performers, and what their pre-fame names were.
Real Lyrics
- Funny Lyrics, lyrics that are meant to be funny, or just come out that way.
- Gross Lyrics, some lyrics just shouldn't be sung, these are the ones.
- Nonsensical lyrics, as in making no sense at all
- Insincere lyrics, which strike the listener as hypocritical or insincere of the singer
- Misrhymed lyrics, where a song's lyrics do not rhyme properly, or the rhyme is contrived in a ridiculous manner
- Insulting lyrics, as opposed to gross, meaning that the lyrics are misogynist, racist, hateful, etc.
- Inappropriate lyrics, lyrics which have nothing to do with the rest of the song
- Dumb Lyrics, a list of the dumbest things sung.
Any Questions? Send me Email!