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Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark At The Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bark at your mom
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon
The Story: My cousin and my brother were painting the walls in a house, playing "Bark at the Moon" on the radio, when my cousin suddenly looked up and asked "Are they saying 'bark at your mom'?" Now we sing 'bark at your mom' whenever we see him. - Submitted by: Teela
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark At The Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
F*** the Pope.
or
F*** the mole.
or
F*** the mole.
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon.
The Story: This song is on the soundtrack to a game called GTA: Vice City. The mondegreen is due to the various in-game sound effects layered over the radio (cars revving, gun shots, quips from the main character). Furthermore, Ozzy Osbourne barely says 'at the', and his pronunciation of 'moon' is more like 'moan'. On the antiquated soundtrack, 'Bark At The Moon' quickly became one of my favourites. So I would listen to it at every opportunity, usually singing along with my own version of the lyrics. My brother heard me, and after correcting me, asked me why I didn't think it was odd that it was called 'Bark At The Moon'. But those lyrics weren't included in my version. He then revealed the rest of the lyric to me, which was even funnier. Substituting my mondegreen for the real lyrics, the end result is 'listen in awe and you'll hear him, f*** the Pope'! - Submitted by: Craig Alexander
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark At The Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Rockin' the mome.
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon.
The Story: I was driving in the car with my friend singing this song. I started to sing, 'Rockin' the mome'. She started cracking up when I told her what I said. I explained that 'mome' was a shortened version of 'moment.' That was it - she'll never forget that story. - Submitted by: Meliisa williams
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark At The Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Shabot Shalom
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon
The Story: When I first heard this song, I thought it was about or written by a Jewish guy because the way that Ozzy says 'Bark at the Moon' sounds so much like 'Shabot Shalom'. If you don't believe me, listen to the song yourself. I'm kinda stupid when it comes to getting song lyrics right. LOL - Submitted by: Crazy-ass white boy
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark at the Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bah kah Shamuu
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon!
The Story: This was actually what a friend of mine thought the lyric was. Still cracks me up, to this day. - Submitted by: Randy
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark at the Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Guacamole
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon!
The Story: My dad listened to Ozzy on the regular when my brother and I were toddlers and until we were around 10-12, we both thought he said guacamole instead of bark at the moon. My dad had a good laugh when we finally told him what we heard and then he told us what it really was. Keep in mind this was way before Internet was widely popularized. There are still songs that I sing incorrectly because I grew up with only using my ears to know the lyrics, aside from the artists that were nice enough to put their lyrics in the little book that came with their CDs. - Submitted by: Haley
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Bark at the Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pockets a love!
The Real Lyrics:
Bark at the moon!
The Story: We convinced my bud that was the line he sung it that way for 5 years until one humiliating night at a karaoke bar..... - Submitted by: Dan Schulz
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy Train"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And Aaron's in trouble, in Italy now
The Real Lyrics:
Inheriting troubles, I'm mentally numb
The Story: When you're drunk, you hear pretty strange stuff. - Submitted by: AdmiralMercurial
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy Train"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cannon Ball!!
The Real Lyrics:
All aboard!
The Story: Uncle used this for a home video on a train, I didn't get what that had to do with Cannon balls. - Submitted by: Jill
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy Train"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Olive Oyl!
The Real Lyrics:
All aboard!
The Story: As a child I used to think Ozzy yelled "Olive Oyl!", the cartoon character from Popeye, as opposed to the actual lyrics which are "All aboard!". - Submitted by: Justin Arnold
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy train"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm going up the river in freezing rain
The Real Lyrics:
Im going off the rails on a crazy train
The Story: It sounded like a weird, self-inflicted punishment - Submitted by: CaseyDee
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Dreamer"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Daisy threw the window at the world outside
Wondering will Mother Earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her
Try not to die.
Wondering will Mother Earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her
Try not to die.
The Real Lyrics:
Gazing through the window at the world outside
Wondering will Mother Earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her
Time after time.
Wondering will Mother Earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her
Time after time.
The Story: My boyfriend and I was sitting in the car when the song came on the radio. He told me he really liked it and that he could really picture this girl Daisy throwing the window at the world and he thought it was such cool lyrics. I just looked at him and asked 'What Daisy?'. Then I told him the right lyrics and ended with 'Time after time' when he said 'No no, try not to die!' I really ruined the song for him...... - Submitted by: Caroline
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Facing Hell"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Is it all the t**s they're waving?
The Real Lyrics:
Is it God that sits there waiting?
The Story: I bought the Down To Earth album right when it came out, so once I got home I listened to it with my (now ex) girlfriend... Facing Hell came on ( I immediately thought, 'great tune!') unfortunately there aren't any lyrics in the booklet so once I thought I knew the lyrics I started to sing, 'Is it all the t**s they're waving!' My ex laughed her a** off! From then on when that song started playing she'd mock me! lol! - Submitted by: Red Paladin
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Flying High Again"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bye Bye Hair!
The Real Lyrics:
Flying high again
The Story: As an aging musician, this is how I sing it. - Submitted by: Wil
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Flying High Again"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Lions, Tigers, Bears
The Real Lyrics:
Flying high again
The Story: I just thought it said Lions, Tigers Bears when I was really young like 7 and it stuck with me. Lol - Submitted by: Lea
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Gets Me Through"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I hope you'll never stop 'cause it gets me food.
The Real Lyrics:
I hope you'll never stop 'cause it gets me through.
The Story: As he was singing about entertaining, I thought he meant he needs an audience to get food. - Submitted by: Jani
Ozzy Osbourne's, "I Don't Want to Change the World"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to chain the world
I don't want the world to chain me.
I don't want the world to chain me.
The Real Lyrics:
I don't want to change the world
I don't want the world to change me
I don't want the world to change me
The Story: Durring some of his live recordings of this song, it sounds like he says chain. - Submitted by: Crazy Guy
Ozzy Osbourne's, "Mr. Crowley"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Listerine, it looks good on a corpse.
Listerine, books and pages, dresser drawers.
Listerine, books and pages, dresser drawers.
The Real Lyrics:
Mr. Crowley, won't you ride my white horse?
Mr. Crowley, it's symbolic, of course.
Mr. Crowley, it's symbolic, of course.
The Story: I was the bass player in an Ozzy tribute band, and the singer, knowing my faux paus on these lyrics, handed me the mic and told me to take it, and I messed it up. I thought the crowd was just laughing because of my disfigurement. - Submitted by: amy
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