Sorry if 'misunderstood song lyrics' has been covered in the past.

[Talitha]

No doubt we've all misunderstood song lyrics. When very young, I asked Mom to get some Jackson Beans - she had no idea what I was talking about.

That's when I found out the lyrics of the Maverick series theme said he lived on "Jacks and Queens" .

[Coventina]

1. My personal favorite:

"Bring Me A Higher Love"

was misunderstood by a coworker of mine as

"Give me an iron lung!"

[True Dough]

2. Hey,

Jethro Tull can offer an Aqualung!

[Coventina]

3. lol!

[LeftInTX]

12. There was a 1970 song by Mark Lindsay called Arizona.

My mom could never understand the lyrics to top 40 music. One day she say, "I know what he's singing: Cherry Soda!"

OMG...I was dying.

&ab_channel=MarkLindsay-Topic

[Coventina]

14. lol!

[ret5hd]

4. the mother of all misunderstood-lyrics-videos:

[Coventina]

6. OK, that had me howling with laughter!

[Talitha]

9. I had to take a 'safety break' halfway through, lol...

[Talitha]

8. Oh hell, I never saw that before - thanks!!!

[Emile]

21. Reminds me when Joe sang that on the Ed Sullivan

show. My mother seriously looked at me and asked, what's wrong with him? I laughed then and whoever did this close caption reminds me of my mother.

[johnnyfins]

5. A former girlfriend's mother:

Billy Idol- Eyes without a face

How's about a date

[Dulcinea]

7. A friend of mine:

He misheard "Radar Love" as "Red Hot Love"

[rsdsharp]

10. I had a friend (a fellow disc jockey) who swore the England Dan/John Ford Coley lyric

“I’m not talkin’ about moving’ in” was actually “I’m not talkin’ about millennium.”

This was the guy Harry Chapin signed an autograph to “Thanks for listening so closely.”

[LeftInTX]

16. It does sound like "I'm not talkin' about millennium."

If I would have sung them, that's what I would have sung. The theme of the song in a nutshell is: "This relationship isn't gonna last forever, I only wanna see you tonight"

[rsdsharp]

19. Millennium doesn't really make any sense. Especially in 1976.

I'm not talkin' 'bout moving in
And I don't wanna change your life
But, there's a warm wind blowing, the stars are out
And I'd really love to see you tonight

[Tikki]

11. I asked my Mom if she could get the "Harlem Doctor" record for me when I was a kid.

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Tikki

[Talitha]

17. This sounds familiar - was it used as a tv series theme?

Or maybe my older brother (10 years my senior) had it. Hmmm...

[Tikki]

22. It's been around since 1939..

Pretty much a standard and a light orchestra favorite.

She found the Johnny Otis version for me but didn’t tell me I misheard the song title.
She let me figure it out myself when I looked at the 45rpm label.

Tikki

[Morbius]

13. Classically...

"'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!"

Hendrix was aware that people got this wrong, and one time, he was performing Purple Haze, and he deliberately sang the lyrics incorrectly and pointed at Noel Redding. Of course, the actual lyric is, "Kiss the sky."

And then there's this:

"I tell you to end your life, I wish I could but it's too late."

John "Ozzy" Osbourne told reporters in a press conference that the lyrics were actually, "enjoy life," but we all know what people are like when they've made up their mind.

[LeftInTX]

15. The lyrics to Paranoid are kinda hard to understand. I really don't care about the lyrics to hard rock anyway,

because the music itself is so good.

[Marthe48]

18. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Free Fallin'

Loves Cheez-Its and America, too is Loves Jesus and America, too. I listen to the song and still think it could go either way

[UniqueUserName]

20. Back in the early web days. . .

kissthisguy.com was a funny website collecting misheard lyrics. The layout is a bit clunky.

https://www.kissthisguy.com/funny.php

some of the better ones:
padded bra = panama (Van Halen)
"And the last known survivor stocks his bread in the night" = misheard from Eye of the Tiger
"See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen" = Dancing Queen (ABBA)

[Talitha]

23. Might as well ask about these, too.

I've looked up the lyrics to 'Louis, Louis' and couldn't find anything wrong with them - but IIRC, didn't some radio stations ban it for being obscene?

Also - from what I understand, Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' was actually 'In the Garden of Eden' but supposedly the guy was stoned and slurred the words. Lucky for us, though - what a classic!

[NoPasaran]

24. Who can forget "Rock The Catbox" by The Clash?

[Sogo]

25. There was a song when I was young "Kind of a Drag."

Kind of a drag, when your baby don't love you.
Kind of a drag, when you know she's been untrue......
etc., etc.

My friend thought it was an ad for Canada Dry.

[Permanut]

26. Creedence Clearwater Revival..

"There's a Bad Moon on the Rise" was heard by some as "There's a bathroom on the Right".

[boonecreek]

27. Mine is "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend.

I heard it as "Let Linus Open the Door". Thought it was Peanuts tribute.

[Mister Ed]

28. "B String" (a.k.a "Peace Train") by Cat Stevens.

I honesty thought Steven was singing about the B string of his guitar, and I thought it sounded really stupid:

B string soundin' louder
Ride on the B string...