When Lyrics Go Bad

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By APW

I hope this poece strikes a chord with you and would love to hear your own faux pas
I hope this poece strikes a chord with you and would love to hear your own faux pas

 

There are fewer situations that make us laugh than when someone else finds themselves in an embarrassing spot. Oh those silly situations when people quote the wrong lyrics to a song.

A friend of mine once thought that "Bright Eyes" from the movie "Watership Down" written by Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel included the line, "there's a fogel on the horizon". Now they did not know what a fogel was but it sounded maybe like a wild animal she had never heard of, and she was fascinated to find out, she never did. The actual line is "There's a fog along the horizon"

A one time work colleague told me her husband loved Neil Diamond's song "The Reverend Blue Jeans" (Forever in Blue Jeans) whereas my own booboo was provided for a song called "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer. Ignore the lack of logic but I was convinced that she sang (and remember this is about a lady of the night) "I've got one shoe on, you've got what I need" as opposed to the actual line " I've got what you want, , you've got what I need". But I guess my worst moment was as a child at Christmas singing Silent night when it came to "roundy young virgins" I never flinched, just kept singing proudly

There are so many fine examples of this type of slip up, Billy Connolly quoted "Gladly the crossed eyed bear" . I've heard of a case of someone singing "Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds" to include the line "The girl with colitis goes by" (The girl with kaleidoscope eyes) or how about "The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind" would Credence Clearwater Revival really have gone to the trouble of composing and releasing a song that claimed "there's a bathroom on the right" (Bad Moon Rising) and would Jimi Hendrix got away with this line from "Purple Haze in the 60's "Excuse me while I kiss this guy (the sky)"

Before you think, I never did that, be honest you did, we all did !

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