Reverend Blue Jeans ...

[uwe]

Do you ever have that? Mishear lyrics in an embarrassing way? Forever (no pun intended) I thought the chorus here was "Reverend Blue Jeans". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQLWF_ItzYs&list=RDQQLWF_ItzYs&start_radio=1

Worse still, when I sang along to the song today in the car, of course I sang "Reverend" again, I know better, but it has become ingrained.


Another one of my howlers was to misconstrue (no doubt in an adolescent, oversexed, but underf***ed Über-projection) "Ashen Lady, Ashen Lady - give up your vows" (at 2:57)



as "I should have laid ya, I should have made ya give up your vows ...".  My only defense is that Alan Lancaster kinda sang it that way (at 12:38) in Quo's version. Darn Limey confused me!

[OldManC]

"Ashen Lady, Ashen Lady - give up your vows" (at 2:57)

That's the way I always sang it. Is it something else?

[Dave W]

I can still remember a guy in my college dorm singing

Goodbye, Groovy Tuesday
Who put ham and eggs on you

[amptech]

A friend of mine had many.. One of the best came along when she listened to bon jovi and sang:
' I' m a cowboy... And I steal the horse I ride' 
Great fun at parties, and she always defended her own version - a cowboy steal horses right!? She had a few other good ones, I must dig into my memory here..

[Chris P.]

There are complete websites with misheard lyrics. Got a few myself, but I always laugh about a friend who thought Hendrix sang 'While I kiss this guy'.

[uwe]

That's the way I always sang it. Is it something else?

Alan Lancaster seems to think so!

[BTL]

OldManC and I both misread uwe's misheard lyrics for Roadhouse Blues.

[Basvarken]

There are complete websites with misheard lyrics. Got a few myself, but I always laugh about a friend who thought Hendrix sang 'While I kiss this guy'.

I do think that was the intended pun there

[gearHed289]

Another one of my howlers was to misconstrue (no doubt in an adolescent, oversexed, but underf***ed Über-projection) "Ashen Lady, Ashen Lady - give up your vows" (at 2:57) as "I should have laid ya, I should have made ya give up your vows ...".  My only defense is that Alan Lancaster kinda sang it that way (at 12:38) in Quo's version. Darn Limey confused me!

I thought it was "passionate lady". 

[OldManC]

OldManC and I both misread uwe's misheard lyrics for Roadhouse Blues.

Haha! I guess I'm better at hearing than reading comprehension  these days. 

[OldManC]

Also: "On a stale horse I ride." I still can't help but hear it that way and it makes me laugh every time.

[Dave W]

From Uwe's favorite band, there's Slow Motion Walter, the fire engine guy.

Another favorite of mine:

My girlfriend
She's Auntie Em
She just started to cry.

[Highlander]

Purple Haze used to bother me before I owned a copy and heard it played on the radio...

'scuse me while I kiss this guy... 

[uwe]

From Uwe's favorite band, there's Slow Motion Walter, the fire engine guy.

I had no idea you could (mis)hear it like that. If Ian Gillan hears that, he'll sing it like that from then on!

And I always thought Roger Daltrey sang "Love rain on me", the Brits and their national obsession with precipitation.

[Dave W]

I had no idea you could (mis)hear it like that. If Ian Gillan hears that, he'll sing it like that from then on!

I heard that a good 25 years ago, so he's probably heard it.