Shaken Not Stirred

Monday, April 30, 2007

Google the Lyrics

Yes, I know, I've been slacking. My mind is slacking. I've become boring.

But today, I heard some chick on the radio talking about the lyrics to Carrie Underwood's song "Before He Cheats"--another really good Idol album!!

Anyway she thought some of the lyrics went like this... "I dug my keys into the side of his pretty little souped up four wheel drive, carved my name into his legacy". Her explanation was that the guy was such a loser that his only legacy was his car. I was thinking--Q-tip for your ears!!! I'm pretty sure the words are "leather seats".

One of my favorite commercials in the cell phone one in which they try to figure out the words to Rock The Casbah--and make up all kinds of lyrics for it. Classic!!

Is there any songs in which you've gotten the lyrics wrong?

posted by JM at 10:03 PM

20 Comments:

  • Pick an early R.E.M. album, it's why I love them so.

    By Blogger Rocketstar, at 10:18 PM  

  • i actually like that song also and it is leather seats! lol.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:32 PM  

  • You might enjoy
    The Archive of Misheard Lyrics.

    By Blogger rob, at 10:34 PM  

  • I get the lyrics wrong to everything. Sometimes on purpose, if I don't like the song and I feel its being overplayed, I'll play with the lyrics and "Weird Al" it based on the first misheard lyrics.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:01 AM  

  • My hubby always gets the words wrong, but sometimes his version sounds so much better !!
    Hope all is well in your world.
    Take care, Meow

    By Blogger Meow (aka Connie), at 6:07 AM  

  • Barry Manilow's "I'd Really Love to see you tonite."

    I thought he was saying, "I'm not talking 'bout the linen, and I don't want to change your life..,"

    What he actually was saying, "I'm not talking 'bout moving in and I don't want to change your life..,"

    By Blogger -Papa, at 11:22 AM  

  • And all this time I thought she was saying leather seats!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:01 PM  

  • "This ain't a song, it's a goddamn arse-face" is one of my recent mishearings.

    I love misheard lyrics far, far too much. But I heard 'leather seats'.

    Cxx

    By Blogger Claire, at 1:02 PM  

  • I get song lyrics wrong all the time!

    By Blogger Cara Bara, at 1:12 PM  

  • Voices Carry. used to have it all sorts of messed up. there's a website for this too... wrong lyrics and it's pretty funny.

    By Blogger megabrooke, at 1:48 PM  

  • There are a few, but the one that comes to mind is Jay Z/Linkin Park's song "Encore." I pretty much made up my own lyrics and then realized how wrong I was when I actually saw the lyrics.

    By Blogger Mr. Shife, at 2:21 PM  

  • I have most of the xmas songs mixed up !

    By Blogger missy, at 2:22 PM  

  • REM's It's The End of the World. Just looked up the lyrics. Wow-not even close to my version!

    By Blogger The Egg, at 2:49 PM  

  • Rarely. I cheat and read the lyrics to learn new songs. :/

    By Blogger Aaron, at 3:06 PM  

  • I used to get the title of "Rock the Casbah" wrong until I saw the title written down somewhere.... love the song!

    By Blogger Trixie, at 7:58 PM  

  • i get words wrong, it's embarrassing. your post doesn't make a lot of sense, but thats OK

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:58 PM  

  • yes. Read the new post

    By Blogger mkecurler, at 1:54 PM  

  • Remember that Squeeze song..."Pulling Muscles from a Shell"?

    I thought it was..."Pulling Russell from Michele".

    Embarrassing.

    By Blogger Chick, at 10:55 PM  

  • Steve Miller Band "Big Old Jet Airliner" as "Bingo jet had a light on.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:44 PM  

  • Wow, I feel so dumb. I also thought she was saying "legacy." That's how I found your page actually--I didn't know the title or the artist, so I typed in the lyrics I knew, including "carved my name into his legacy" and your blog was the only result since I apparently got the lyrics wrong! LOL

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:38 AM  

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