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Fun Music Information -> Brian Eno

Album cover parody of Before and After Science by Brian Eno
Parody album cover
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This is the most recent information about Brian Eno that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Brian Eno, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).

 
 

Quotes:

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.

Submitted by: LucidLupin
I want the music to be as much as possible a continuous condition of the environment…in the same way as a painting is.
- Brian Eno - talking about his definition of ambient music. From a BBC interview broadcast in January 1986
Submitted by: LucidLupin
There are additional music quotes available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Lank Frank" originally "Blank Frank"
Daphne Hughes
"Blank Fran" originally "Blank Frank"
Another gender-changing letter removal
Billy Reuben
"The Big Hip" originally "The Big Ship"
Amber D'Allesio
"The Big Sip" originally "The Big Ship"
Sutch

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Cindy Tells Meg" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"Cindy Tells Mae" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"Cindy Tells Moe" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"Cindy Tells Mel" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"Cindy Tells Men" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"Cindy Tells Ma" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"Mindy Tells Me" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lorraine Thoanjer
"The Bog Ship" originally "The Big Ship"
A bog is no place for a big ship.
Jessica Bielzebub
"Candy Tells Me" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Lydia Helton
"Cindy Sells Me" originally "Cindy Tells Me"
Some Person

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Baby's On Fire""Bono's On Fire (Why You Shouldn't Bash U2 For the World to See)"Amanda

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Brian Ono
Brian Eno combined with Yoko Ono
...or Yoko Eno.
Submitted By: Lance Spears

Misheard Lyrics:

"Baby's On Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need to have one, very clever with my records.
Making their fortunes, selling secondhand surfactants.
Original Lyrics:
Juanita and Juan, very clever with maracas.
Making their fortunes, selling secondhand tobaccos.
"No One Receiving"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the eastern ways, in the eastern days.
Original Lyrics:
In these metal ways, in these metal days.
"Baby's On Fire"
Misheard Lyrics:
I need to have fun
Very clever with my w***ers.
Original Lyrics:
Juanita and Juan
Very clever with maracas.
"Miss Shapiro"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shut Up, Stewart!
Original Lyrics:
Shop steward
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Miss Shapiro"
Misheard Lyrics:
Shut Up, Stewart!
Original Lyrics:
Shop steward

Story about this misheard lyric by: princejellyfish

The fade-out on this song (the live version anyway) contains the line 'Shop Steward', referring to the manager of a store. My old roomie thought that 'Stewart' was the name of some unknown sound engineer, who wouldn't stop talking in someone's ear-piece when they recorded this (with Phil Manzanera). I have my doubts, but this line does not exist on any lyrics page that I could find.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"Backwater"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Ooo, what to do?
Not a sausage to do.
Why They're Nonsensical:
Am I missing something, just exactly how do you 'do' a sausage? Perhaps Eno learned this interesting technique from one of the other 'Brian's' in his youth (maybe even Brian Ferry)?
Submitted by: princejellyfish
 

Scary Song Lyrics:

"Baby's on fire"
The Lyrics:
"Baby's on fire, better throw her in the water.(br) Look at her laughing, like a heffer to the slaughter.
Why:
"This was a shocking lyric to spring on us, when we were members of the zig-zag club. Less than five years later, the punks sang about similar themes with a far heavier vibe.
Submitted by: princejellyfish
 

Band Name Anagrams:

I, Neon Bra Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
One Brain Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
Bone Iran Submitted by: Harriet Henderson

Song Title Anagrams:

"One Baby's Fir" originally "Baby's On Fire"
Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
"No Baby Serif" originally "Baby's On Fire"
Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
"Serif On Baby" originally "Baby's On Fire"
Submitted by: Harriet Henderson

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Backwater"
The Lyrics:
...There was a senator from Equador, who took it to the emperor...
Why:
"It's REALLY hard to find ice time for your hockey team in South America.
Submitted by: princejellyfish
 

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