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1960s | |
Theme Songs', "Spiderman Cartoon"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome friend! Geese is yorn
Action is his reward Original Lyrics: Wealth and fame, he's ignored
Action is his reward. |
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1970s | |
Blue Mink's, "Melting Pot"
Misheard Lyrics: Rabbits in the fires
Original Lyrics: Rabbis and the friars
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Bob Seger's, "Old Time Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: That kind of music just soothes my throat.
Original Lyrics: That kinda music just soothes the soul.
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Joni Mitchell's, "Free Man in Paris"
Misheard Lyrics: I deal with dreamers and telephone screeners.
Original Lyrics: I deal with dreamers and telephone screamers.
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Pink Floyd's, "In the Flesh"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna find out where you fags really stand.
Original Lyrics: Gonna find out where you fans really stand.
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1980s | |
Eddy Grant's, "Electric Avenue"
Misheard Lyrics: Ohh, and a Bridgestone tire
Original Lyrics: (Whoa, in Brixton) And then we'll take it higher
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Judas Priest's, "Living After Midnight"
Misheard Lyrics: The air's electric, sparkin' power
Rollin', rollin' I'm getting harder by the hour Rollin', rollin' Original Lyrics: The air's electric, sparkin' power
Loaded, loaded I'm getting hotter by the hour Loaded, loaded |
Lou Gramm's, "Midnight Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna pay to Jenny Craig
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna paint it cherry red
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Milli Vanilli's, "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Misheard Lyrics: And I never will forgive the day we met
Original Lyrics: And I never will forget the day we met
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Nirvana's, "Swap Meet"
Misheard Lyrics: Keeps the secrets close to his hard hat
Keeps the photographs close to her hard hat Keeps the vitamins close to the heart Original Lyrics: Keeps his cigarettes close to his heart
Keeps her photographs close to her heart Keeps the bitterness close to the heart |
Nirvana's, "Swap Meet"
Misheard Lyrics: The kind that she sells to put in her lap
Original Lyrics: The kind with seashells, driftwood and burlap
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Nirvana's, "Swap Meet"
Misheard Lyrics: They make a million out of arts and crafts
Original Lyrics: They make their living off of arts and crafts
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Richard Marx's, "Hold on to the Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Hola to the nights
Original Lyrics: Hold on to the nights
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Soul II Soul's, "Get a Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Satisfaction becomes a shining example
That tests that sample of the human race Original Lyrics: Satisfaction becomes a shining example
A test of a sample of a new race |
Spandau Ballet's, "True"
Misheard Lyrics: With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue,>BR?I add preserves to my egg foo young
Original Lyrics: With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue,
Dissolve the nerves that have just begun |
The Dream Academy's, "Life in a Northern Town"
Misheard Lyrics: And the world shot down
Original Lyrics: All the work shut down
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Tim Finn's, "Made My Day"
Misheard Lyrics: I guess it's not serious
... Oh, bein' a lover You can't help feelin' fine Here's is a bottle of vintage wine ... Hope Maybe cross in an open embrace ... Not meaning to sound absurd But the moral of all that must be: It's done and I'm glad of it Let the guilty go free Original Lyrics: I guess it was serious
... Holding a lover You can't help feeling Life is a bottle of vintage wine ... Holding you close In an open embrace ... Not meaning to sound absurd But the murder of all that Was me Is done and I'm glad of it Let the guilty go free |
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1990s | |
Alisha's Attic's, "Indestructible"
Misheard Lyrics: It's comforting the century that we have
(Later) Hey, hey, you can be real good And you know I can be tickled sometimes too, you know Maybe you're my bad medicine Original Lyrics: It's comforting the sanctuary there we have
(Later) Hey, hey, you can be wicked And you know I can be fickle sometimes too, you know Maybe you're my better side |
Belinda Carlisle's, "Live Your Life Be Free"
Misheard Lyrics: I see you walk around
Original Lyrics: I see you all around
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Black Crowes', "Hard To Handle"
Misheard Lyrics: shohatahannana
Original Lyrics: sure hard to handle now
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Blues Traveler's, "Runaround"
Misheard Lyrics: Party on! You wanna give me a runaround?
It's sure if you wait to speed things up But all it does is slow me down. Original Lyrics: But you, why you wanna give me a runaround?
It's a sure fire way to speed things up But all it does is slow me down. |
Fugees', "Ready or Not"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I'm not, here I come
Original Lyrics: Ready or not, here I come
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Genesis', "I Can't Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Pop star freaking out
Original Lyrics: Hot sun beating down
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Glass Tiger's, "My Town"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave me whole to my town
Original Lyrics: Lead me home to my town
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Jocelyn Pook's, "Blow the Wind/Pie Jesu"
Misheard Lyrics: Being puzzled, Dominique
Original Lyrics: Pie Jesu Domine
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Loreena McKennitt's, "The Mummers' Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: In the landing overnight
Original Lyrics: In the rambling of the night
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M People's, "One Night In Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: You take me up high with the clowns in the sky.
Original Lyrics: You take me up high with the clouds in the sky.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's, "Sailing on the Seven Seas"
Misheard Lyrics: Sister Act is on TV
Original Lyrics: Sister Rae is on TV
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Salt-N-Pepa's, "Let's Talk About Sex"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's talk about movin' me
Original Lyrics: Let's talk about you and me
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Sponge's, "Molly "
Misheard Lyrics: Cigarette stains on your ass!
Original Lyrics: Cigarette stains on your hands
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2000s | |
3 Doors Down's, "When I'm Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: Rob me when I'm wrong
Original Lyrics: Rub me when I'm wrong
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Bloodhound Gang's, "The Bad Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: You and me, DVD, nothing but mamuso,
So let's do it like they do in the Discovery Channel. Original Lyrics: You and me, baby ain't, nothin' but mammals,
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel. |
City High's, "What Would You Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: What would you do in your Somerset home?
Original Lyrics: What would you do if your son was at home?
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Fatboy Slim's, "Don't Let the Man Get You Down"
Misheard Lyrics: And they all said, "out there're freaky people, eating all the pie".
Original Lyrics: And the sign said, "Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply." |
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Gwen Stefani's, "Hollaback Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause I ain't no horrid batgirl
Original Lyrics: 'cause I ain't no Hollaback Girl
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Gwen Stefani's, "What You Waiting For"
Misheard Lyrics: Like Rockapella, you're repeating yourself
Original Lyrics: Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself
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Metallica's, "St. Anger"
Misheard Lyrics: St. Anger, am I mad?
Original Lyrics: St. Anger 'round my neck
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The Decemberists', "Los Angeles, I'm Yours "
Misheard Lyrics: Old Oaken's gone, we vomit on the floor.
Los Angeles, I'm yours Original Lyrics: An ocean's garbled vomit on the shore, Los Angeles, I'm yours.
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2010s | |
Lana Del Rey's, "Summertime Sadness"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancin' in the dark, in the paramount night
Original Lyrics: Dancin' in the dark, in the pale moonlight
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Lana Del Rey's, "Summertime Sadness"
Misheard Lyrics: Got my dead baby by my ebony side
Original Lyrics: Got my bad baby by my heavenly side
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Lana Del Rey's, "Summertime Sadness"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey, I'm fab, I feel it everywhere
Original Lyrics: Honey, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere
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misc | |
Elton John and Dua Lipa's, "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: When you stand up her language
Original Lyrics: When the scent of her lingers
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