RussTCB Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I'm sure many here know I have a music podcast. On this week's episode, we talked about misheard lyrics and misunderstood songs. We talked about a lot of common ones and even a few not so common examples. I wanted to bring GN'R up, but I didn't have any specific examples. For me, Axl has twisted more than a few lyrics to where I had NO idea what he was saying at all. But I didn't have any examples of songs where I was certain he was singing one thing, but found out he was singing something entirely different. Does anyone on the forum have personal examples? Where thought for sure GN'R lyrics were one thing, but found out you were wrong? If so, post them in this thread. I think it would be interesting to read. If you happen to want to listen to our episode, you can subscribe easily with the link below https://linktr.ee/Infectiousgroovepodcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I have trouble understanding the lyrics to Quick Song 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post janrichmond Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 I saw these on a misheard lyric site Song:"Paradise City" Misheard Lyrics:Trapped in the perils of the doughnut park Correct Lyrics: Captain America's been torn apart Song:"Rocket Queen" Misheard Lyrics:Im a bisexual in your window In this burned out paradise. Correct Lyrics: I'm a sexual innuendo In this burned out paradise. 2 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweersa Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, 中国民主 said: I've actually figured them out just recently: ooh-ooo-oh ooh-ooo-oh aaah-aah-aah-aaaaaah so aaah-aaah-aah-aaah AAAAAAH!!!! This will shut up all the haters who always claimed that Axl never wrote lyrics for this song. I believe those vocals were discretely recorded when Axl was in the bathroom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 12 minutes ago, janrichmond said: I saw these on a misheard lyric site Song:"Paradise City" Misheard Lyrics:Trapped in the perils of the doughnut park Correct Lyrics: Captain America's been torn apart Song:"Rocket Queen" Misheard Lyrics:Im a bisexual in your window In this burned out paradise. Correct Lyrics: I'm a sexual innuendo In this burned out paradise. Hahaha those are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alfierose Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, janrichmond said: I saw these on a misheard lyric site Song:"Paradise City" Misheard Lyrics:Trapped in the perils of the doughnut park Correct Lyrics: Captain America's been torn apart Song:"Rocket Queen" Misheard Lyrics:Im a bisexual in your window In this burned out paradise. Correct Lyrics: I'm a sexual innuendo In this burned out paradise. Was it this one? http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/gunsnroses.shtml Here's some more funny ones. Some I think might be made up because I have no idea how they can be so far off the mark. "Back Off Bitch" Misheard Lyrics: Bag of, bag of fish. Original Lyrics: Back off, back off bitch. "Civil War" Misheard Lyrics: Look at you young and biting. Original Lyrics: Look at your young men fighting. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 My own misheard isn't really misheard as much as 'I have no idea what that is'. These lines from Paradise City - no idea what he was singing until I looked them up. Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber Why I'm here, I can't quite remember The Surgeon General says it's hazardous to breathe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Drakestar Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 I've fairly recently started working on Yesterdays (on guitar, I'm a beginner) and realized that I've been singing: "friends in my pocket" instead of "prayers in my pocket" for 30 years. It is so ingrained that I'm having a hard time reprogramming. Why on Earth did I hear "friends" instead of "prayers" is beyond me and why would anyone put friends in their pocket? I blame it on the alcohol. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) I’ve been meaning to do this thread for a while.. Some examples that come to mind: ”Take a wedding car to the liquor store” (Take your credit card to the liquor store) Nightrain “I’d like to think that out love is a tadpole” (I’d like to think that our love’s worth a tad more) Dead Horse Edited April 7, 2022 by Nice Boy 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RussTCB Posted April 6, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Drakestar said: I've fairly recently started working on Yesterdays (on guitar, I'm a beginner) and realized that I've been singing: "friends in my pocket" instead of "prayers in my pocket" for 30 years. It is so ingrained that I'm having a hard time reprogramming. Why on Earth did I hear "friends" instead of "prayers" is beyond me and why would anyone put friends in their pocket? I blame it on the alcohol. DUDE. Until this very moment, I thought it was "hands in my pockets..." 5 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, RussTCB said: DUDE. Until this very moment, I thought it was "hands in my pockets..." Same here. I must have known at some point though, because as a teenager, I would always listen to cd's with my booklet in hand, and a dictionary This is no GNR, but just today I discovered another misheard lyric that I've head in my head for decades. It's Beck's Loser. I had no idea at all that he sang 'Soy un perdedor'. I could never quite make it out, but I always thought it was something like 'So get out the door'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 The Police song Every Breath You Take... Up until fairly recently I always sang 'I'm a pool hall ace' instead of 'oh my poor heart aches' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
©GnrPersia Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Before the internetz I was singing: Your daddy's watch is Pardo And the mommy is not around She used to love her Halloween Now she's on the gun PS: Subscribed on Castbox Russ, cheers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, ©GnrPersia said: Before the internetz I was singing: Your daddy's watch is Pardo And the mommy is not around She used to love her Halloween Now she's on the gun PS: Subscribed on Castbox Russ, cheers. I genuinely laughed out loud at that hahaha. (and thanks for subscribing) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, janrichmond said: The Police song Every Breath You Take... Up until fairly recently I always sang 'I'm a pool hall ace' instead of 'oh my poor heart aches' Its Pool Hall Richard 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaguns1982 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I remember a video of Steven Tyler doing welcome to the jungle and he sings. welcome to the junger gowers enna nee what you gat anything you wrong or you gonna come down with me. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoMw94 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 This thread reminded me of this: 😂 https://youtu.be/7my5baoCVv8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarc Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) I used to think it was "Runners end up walking/in the cold November rain" instead of "I'll just end up walking/in the cold November rain" I was 13 and it made sense! https://whatgear.com Edited April 7, 2022 by clarc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) When I was younger I thought "you can take this pity so far" in You Could Be Mine was "you can take this petty sofa". Made sense to me since he was talking about her calling lawyers with "ridiculous demands", and as a non native English speaker I though the "couch trip"-line that follows was about Axl having to sleep on other peoples couches after a breakup. Edited April 7, 2022 by youngswedishvinyl 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jettesnel Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 The introduction to estranged live era: "Tonight's happy song, kinda like a walk in the park... Sun coming through your window in the morning, and it's a beautiful day, and you've got nothing better to do than commit hairy Carrie, so..." And I assumed hairy Carrie was some sort of sexual act. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold top 78 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I had UYI 1 on cassette copy before buying the original one ( I was 14 )and for about a year I thought in Perfect Crime the lyrics were “I’ve got a black man following me in chains “ when it’s “ I had a blind man following me in chains”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, jettesnel said: The introduction to estranged live era: "Tonight's happy song, kinda like a walk in the park... Sun coming through your window in the morning, and it's a beautiful day, and you've got nothing better to do than commit hairy Carrie, so..." And I assumed hairy Carrie was some sort of sexual act. I think he's saying "It's a nice happy song..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Johnny Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 From Shackler's: I've got a midget finger and there'll be hell to pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 38 minutes ago, Oldest Goat said: "You can take the biggest cellphone but it's more than I can stand" in YCBM "I'll be here standing, unzipped, I'll teach you the rest" in Rocket Queen Hahaha that cellphone bit with YCBM is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamillos Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, RussTCB said: Hahaha that cellphone bit with YCBM is great. That's actually the correct lyrics. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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