A clearing house of your favorites.
Of âHark! The Harold Angels Singâ fame?
Donât you get me started on secular stuff: âWrapped up like a douche, another rumor in the nightâ
In order to avoid a complete derail of âimportantâ topics like contemplating Jesusâ middle name, Iâve started this topic so we can discuss these properly. (To be honest, this is a topic Iâve been meaning to start for a while now.)
Got it!
Excuse me while I kiss this guy.
Hereâs some honest to goodness mondegreens that have tricked me for a time:
As a kid, I was certain that the chorus of âCaribbean Queenâ was âCaribou Queenâ. To this day, that is still what I hear even though I know what it is supposed to be.
Fine Young Cannibalsâ âShe Drives Me Crazyââs chorus is âshe drives me crazy / like no one elseâ, not what you probably think it is. (I was shocked when I learned what it supposed to be, as were many others I asked. For decades I though it was âher long black hairâ)
For a more contemporary example, Lordeâs Royals has a lyric âmy friends and I weâve cracked the codeâ that I heard as âmy friends in Iowa cracked the codeâ. It kind of made sense; Royals is about poor people living in a shitty place yearning for the riches that hip hop artists brag about, and Iowa has plenty of shitty places with a lot of poverty. (Although not as much as some other states but their names just donât roll off the tongue as well with the cadence of this verse.)
One from Carnal Knowledge:
âGladly, the cross Iâd bear.â > âGladly, the Cross-eyed Bear.â
When Jupiter
and Mars
collide
When Jupiter collides with Mars? (Age of Aquarius, right?) thatâs my new singalong for that song, thanks!
Weâd all die, but what a spectacular way to go.
the comedy website rathergood.com did a bunch of these back in the day, and seem to have converted a couple from flash animations to YouTube videos.
Feelinâ, like a ham and mustard shaa-ake