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1960s | |
Beatles', "Revolution 1"
Misheard Lyrics: But if you go carrying pictures of Germans now
You ain't gonna make it with anyone's zany Frau Original Lyrics: But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow |
The Animals', "The House of the Rising Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: One foot on the plat fwom
Original Lyrics: One foot on the platform
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The Band's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I swear by the blood below my feet
Original Lyrics: I swear by the mud below my feet
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Daydream, believe I'm under homecoming queen.
Original Lyrics: Daydream believer and a homecoming queen
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The Sandpipers', "Guantanamera"
Misheard Lyrics: One-ton-of-meta
Original Lyrics: Guantanamera
Guajira Guantanamera |
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
Misheard Lyrics: Brenda and Eddie had a pot of spaghetti with the king and the queen of Taiwan
Original Lyrics: Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies and the king and the queen of the prom
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Carpenters', "Yesterday Once More"
Misheard Lyrics: Waiting for my favorite Zonks
Original Lyrics: Waiting for my favorite songs
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: There'll be lemon seeds in the rain.
Original Lyrics: Have you ever seen the rain?
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Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics: Warm smell of police dust rising up through the air
Original Lyrics: Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
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Elvis Costello's, "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes"
Misheard Lyrics: But since the Windsor got rusted.
Y'know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Original Lyrics: But since their wings have got rusted,
You know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. |
John Lennon's, "Number 9 Dream"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm but a coward, a pussy pussy
Original Lyrics: Au Bawakwa Pousse Pousse
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Led Zeppelin's, "All My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Yours is the clock; mine is the hand that stops time
Original Lyrics: Yours is the cloth; mine is the hand that sews time
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Gimme Three Steps"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a man who cares and this might be all for you.
I said excuse me. OH I AIN'T GONNA FIGHT HIM OVER HIS C*NT. Original Lyrics: I'm a man who cares and this might be all for you.
I said excuse me. Oh I ain't gonna fight him over his gun. |
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Little high, little lord
Original Lyrics: Little high, little low
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The Doors', "Riders on the Storm"
Misheard Lyrics: Give this man a ride, sweet memory will die
Original Lyrics: Give this man a ride, sweet family will die
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The Tymes', "Ms Grace"
Misheard Lyrics: Saturn and the human race
Original Lyrics: Satin and perfume and lace.
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1980s | |
Def Leppard's, "Rock of Ages"
Misheard Lyrics: No damn rock 'n' roll
Original Lyrics: Long live rock 'n' roll!
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Def Leppard's, "Too Late for Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Too fat too fat too fat too fat for love
Original Lyrics: Too late, too late, too late, too late for love
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Heaven 17's, "We Live So Fast"
Misheard Lyrics: Make the first step and we jack off tomorrow
Original Lyrics: Make the first step and reach out for tomorrow
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Wang Chung's, "Dance Hall Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Take your baby by the hand
And make her do what pirates done Original Lyrics: Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand |
Wang Chung's, "Dance Hall Days"
Misheard Lyrics: We were so unfazed
In a dance hall daze Original Lyrics: We were so in phase
In our dance hall days |
1990s | |
AFI's, "Hearts Frozen Solid..."
Misheard Lyrics: Scream my last breath, and eat a sandwich
Original Lyrics: Scream my last breath in useless anguish
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Cypress Hill's, "Insane in the Brain"
Misheard Lyrics: Go like m'erection
Original Lyrics: Don't make me wreck s***
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Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Slide 'em out now, the punk's so rubber
Original Lyrics: Right about now, Funk's soul brother
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Massive Attack's, "Teardrop"
Misheard Lyrics: fearless on my pray
Original Lyrics: Fearless on my breath
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Moby's, "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: Here f***ing dog
Original Lyrics: These open doors
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Pearl Jam's, "Dirty Frank"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a recipe for Aung San Suu Kyi
Original Lyrics: Got a recipe for Anglo-Saxon soup
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Radiohead's, "True Love Waits"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd drown my beliefs
To have you be in peace. Original Lyrics: I'll drown my beliefs
To have your babies. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Suck My Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh baby just for you I'll kill anything that you want me to
Original Lyrics: Oh baby just for you I'll steal anything that you want me to
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Smash Mouth's, "I'm a Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Guessed the point that I'll get all my dreams
Original Lyrics: Disappointment haunted all my dreams
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Vanessa Williams', "Save the Best for Last"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes the snow comes down in jews
Original Lyrics: Sometimes the snow comes down in June
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Weezer's, "Back to the Shack"
Misheard Lyrics: I forgot my disco socks
Original Lyrics: I forgot that disco sucks
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "Complicated"
Misheard Lyrics: Never gonna find your fakin'
Original Lyrics: Never gonna find you fake it
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Carlos Santana's, "Maria, Maria"
Misheard Lyrics: Stop colluding,
Start the shooting Original Lyrics: Stop the looting,
Stop the shooting |
Fall Out Boy's, "A Little Less 16 Candles a Little More Touch Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I said my cock's early 'cause I know I'm always lame.
Original Lyrics: I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late
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Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be younger where dreams are made of
or I'll be younger when dreams are made of Original Lyrics: Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of
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Missy Elliott's, "Work It"
Misheard Lyrics: Is Europe in any good plan yet?
Original Lyrics: I put my thing down flip it and reverse it. (Played backwards)
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The Click Five's, "Just the Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause she's bittertweet
She mocks me off of my feet Original Lyrics: 'Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet |
2010s | |
Hozier's, "Take Me to Church"
Misheard Lyrics: No Masters or Kings
When the Ritual begins There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin And the madness is soiled: My bed set end the scene Only then I am Human Only then I am Clean Original Lyrics: No Masters or Kings
When the Ritual begins There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene Only then I am Human Only then I am Clean |
Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Girl I said you're hallelujah
Original Lyrics: girls hit your hallelujah
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a dragon on retirement
Original Lyrics: make a dragon wanna retire, man
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Mark Ronson's, "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't believe me just once
Original Lyrics: Don't believe me just watch
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Skillet's, "Circus for a Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna piss, I wanna piss.
Original Lyrics: I want off this, I want off this.
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a lotta Slavic lovers,
Who'll tell you I'm insane Original Lyrics: Got a long list of of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane |
Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Got lonely Starbucks lovers
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta love these star-fixed lovers
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta love those Starbucks lovers.
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers.
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