The Worst Song Of All Time--Absolutely, Positively THE WORST....

[LeftishBrit]

56. I think I mentioned before...

that I heard this as a small child, and until I read the words as an adult - possibly on DU, in fact!- I thought that the line 'BRLFQ spells Mom and Dad' was 'FLQ, that's Mum and Dad!' We had Canadian connections, and had been on a trip there at about the time when the FLQ (Front for the Liberation of Quebec) had kidnapped and murdered a Cabinet minister, and this was a big matter of conversation. I didn't at that age understand the political aspects of this, and thought that the group was simply a band of 'kidnappers'. I thought that the song meant that Scotty's parents were members of this 'kidnapping' organization; it didn't chime in with the rest of the song, but songs often didn't make much sense!

Less sensationally, I also misheard the line 'Micky Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock' as 'Micky Mouse says it's thirteen above' - again the Canadian influence, as much conversation during a Canadian winter is about how many degrees it is 'below' or, if one is lucky, 'above'.