Do My Ears Deceive Me? Actually, Yes.

[Lexodus]

Okay, so I'm sitting at the computer with iTunes on, listening to The Sultans of Swing. Suddenly, I hear the words 'opticians in other places'. Startled, I Google the lyrics, and they actually read 'competition in other places'. My question to you is, has this ever happened to you? Have you ever misheard lyrics in a song and thought you heard something completely retarded, like the above?

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Yes, but I can't remember an anecdote.

The closest thing I remember is watching Kerrang at a friends house and trying to figure out what the hell the lyrics to Smells like Teen Spirit were.
I made the mistake of putting subtitles on and was confused for the rest of the day.

 

[ChaosHazard]

Of course, hasn't it happened to everyone?

I was listening to Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and the odd line was "I'm a pile of darts".

Turned out it was "My empire of dirt".

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[Sir-Tdb]

I have that all the time, but my hearing is getting worse in rapid speed.
( and im only 18, poor me )

 

[Lexodus]

Of course, hasn't it happened to everyone?

I was listening to Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and the odd line was "I'm a pile of darts".

Turned out it was "My empire of dirt".

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Ahaha ^.^
That's brilliant!

I have that all the time, but my hearing is getting worse in rapid speed.
( and im only 18, poor me )

Don't worry about it, I'm 16 on the 6th of August :S

 

[hermes]

Sure...

I also mistaked the lines of Street Fighter characters with a lot of their special powers.

 

[Diablini]

Almost everytime I hear a song, don't worry it's normal.

 

[Timotei]

When some kid brought his iPod boomboz to school and breakdanced to beats. He played that Lil Jon (you know the one I'm talking about). At first I thought I was just dillusional and thought "Did I just hear him say s***t *that* many times?"

 

[George Palmer]

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

I dont wanna be a pizza burnin'

The girl with colitis goes by...

Bingo Jed had a light on!

etc...

 

[Lexodus]

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

I dont wanna be a pizza burnin'

The girl with colitis goes by...

Bingo Jed had a light on!

etc...

In fairness, he did say the first one on several occasions to parody himself

 

[erikvduyn]

Way too many to recall accurately, funnily enough all of them metal related.

 

[Zacharine]

Listen to the song Wishmaster by Nightwish. Then go check out some video with the 'modified' words and quite astonishlignly you can't really tell the difference between the pronounciation of the words.

A version of Wishmaster with misheard lyrics.

http://www.video4viet.com/watchvideo.html?id=PskulEVlVPY&title=Wishmaster+-+Nightwish+-+Misheard+Lyrics

EDIT: Original lyrics

"Master!
Apprentice!
Heartborne, 7th Seeker
Warrior!
Disciple!
In me the Wishmaster"

Misheard lyrics

"Bast**d!
A Dentist
Hard P**n
Sea and Seagull
Warrior
This Rifle
Hurley, The Fishmaster"

 

[Lexodus]

Listen to the song Wishmaster by Nightwish. Then go check out some video with the 'modified' words and quite astonishlignly you can't really tell the difference between the pronounciation of the words.

Ahhhh, some of those are hilarious!
Also, 'The Sharpest Lives' by My Chemical Romance was parodied with misheard lyrics, involving the 'centipentipede'. Suffice to say, that song got so much more awesome.

 

[Skizle]

whenever they play Janies got a Gun. you cant tell if their playing the edited version or the real version until its too late

With Nirvana's "All Apologies" the ending caught me off guard. I thought it was "All Apologize to me" but it was "All I know is all you know."

wow ive been thinking it was "all in all is all we are"

 

[Lord George]

Of course, hasn't it happened to everyone?

I was listening to Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, and the odd line was "I'm a pile of darts".

Turned out it was "My empire of dirt".

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I was also confused by this song although it was the original Johnny cash version, I kept hearing "you can have my ball" instead of you can have it all, I though it was a strange line in a song, I blame his drawling accent.

 

[Lukeje]

The girl with colitis goes by...

I also thought this was the line for rather a long time... though "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes" doesn't make much more sense...

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Turns out it's
I'm it's I'm blue if I was green I would die
not I'm Blue Za ba dee Zaba Da
Fancy that

 

[Timbydude]

In "All My Life" by Foo Fighters, when Dave G sings "I love it but I hate the taste" in the chorus. For the longest time I thought it was "I love it like Hippocrates". Needless to say, I was pretty confused till I looked up the lyrics.

EDIT:

With Nirvana's "All Apologies" the ending caught me off guard. I thought it was "All Apologize to me" but it was "All I know is all you know."

wow ive been thinking it was "all in all is all we are"

I always thought it was "Oh no, that's all we are."