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09-28-2014, 6:44pm | #1 | ||||||
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Mondegreens...
There is an actual official term for when you hear "excuse me while I kiss the sky" in Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" as "excuse me while I kiss this guy." Your meaningful misheard lyrics are called "mondegreens," and their study can have real psychological significance.
These little misunderstandings are common, but most people don't know that there is an official title for them. It came from a popular essay by writer Sylvia Wright, where she recalled when her mother read a certain book of poems to her. One of the verses was as follows: "Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands, Oh, where hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl o' Moray, And Lady Mondegreen." Readers will be glad to know that Lady Mondegreen was spared the slaughter, but only because she never existed. The actual last line of the verse was, "And laid him on the green." Wright christened these misheard lyrics, which often make the poem or song better for the listener, "mondegreens." The title caught on. With that in mind, identify the actual titles to these misheard lyrics: "In The Garden of Eden". (This is a tricky one, because although that title was supposed to be the name of the song, it was re-titled to what it sounded like.) “It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not.” Same question as the previous one. “The girl with colitis goes by.” Same question. |
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09-28-2014, 6:47pm | #2 | ||||||
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Innagaddavida or whatever it is - Iron butterfly
Scuse me while I kiss the sky - Hendrix - purple haze doesn't make a diff if we make it or not - Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer the girl with Kaleidescope (sp?) eyes - the Bea-Ulls - lucy in the sky with diamonds |
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Round John Virgin in Silent Night.
It happens with the spoken word, too. "And to the Republic, for Richard Stands" |
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Let the Bicycle Go = Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
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my....donuts goddam
yeah, i know..not what we're discussing. i just like saying it |
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wrapped up like a douche in the night
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hell of a deal (hail to the king)
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