Fun Music Information -> Parliament

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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

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Parliment

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Tear The Roof Off The Sucker,"Do suckers have roofs? No way!shammyshoo

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
Blinded By The Light
   Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Flashlight
   Parliament
Blinded By The Flashlight
soul ii
Angels Brought Me Here
   Guy Sebastian
Chocolate City
   Parliament
Angels Brought Me To Chocolate City
I like those angels! :D
Bubzie
Addicted To Love
   Robert Palmer
Chocolate City
   Parliament
City Addicted To Chocolate
Joelle

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Bomb The Parliament
Bomb The Bass combined with Parliament
An all-star funk tribute to Guy Fawkes.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars

Misheard Lyrics:

"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ow, we want the bump
Give up the bump
Ow, we need the bump
We gotta have that bump.
Original Lyrics:
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.
"Placebo Syndrome"
Misheard Lyrics:
The tropical syndrome
or
The classical syndrome
Original Lyrics:
The Placebo syndrome
"Flashlight"
Misheard Lyrics:
Most of all, we f***.
Original Lyrics:
Most of all, he needs the funk.
"Funkentelechy"
Misheard Lyrics:
Funk and telepathy
Original Lyrics:
Funkentelechy
There are additional Parliament misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ow, we want the bump
Give up the bump
Ow, we need the bump
We gotta have that bump.
Original Lyrics:
Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Brent Rehmel

This song commonly used for the dance, "The Bump", in the 1970's. So mistaking "funk" for "bump" was not surprising. However, even when heard by itself such as in a recent TV commercial, the word is still often heard as "bump".

 
 
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