I wonder if you can remember the days of vinyl records, open the cardboard sleeve out and there, inside, were the song lyrics to allow you to happily sing along to your favourite albums.
Maybe you are lucky enough to be too young to remember vinyl, but can remember the more recent days of CD's - again, often the artist would include the printed lyrics on the paper insert.
The modern way to purchase music today is on-line, albums are downloaded directly onto your computer - without lyrics!
There are many lyric websites, but many are unreliable and incorrect.
The National Year of Reading, a group created to celebrate reading, recently surveyed 4000 members of the British public, aged between 18 and 65. The results showed that 62 per cent, claimed not to know the words to their favourite tunes because the correct lyrics were inaccessible online.
Add that to the fact that lead singers are often not the best at pronunciation, It is no wonder that we end up singing nonsense and embarrassing ourselves.
1 ) GLEN CAMPBELL- RHINESTONE COWBOY
REAL LINE: “Like a rhinestone cowboy”
MISHEARD AS: “Like a nine stone cowboy”
2 ) RAY PARKER JUNIOR - GHOSTBUSTERS
REAL LINE: “Who you gonna call? Ghost busters
MISHEARD AS: “Who you gonna call? Those ba*****ds”
(The guy who misheard this, actually telephoned his radio station to complain about obscene broadcasting)
3) STARSHIP - WE BUILT THIS CITY
REAL LINE: “We built this city on rock and roll”
MISHEARD AS:” We built this city on the wrong damn road”
4) MADONNA - LIKE A VIRGIN
REAL LINE: ”Like a virgin, touched for the very first time”
MISHEARD AS: “Like a virgin, touched for the thirty first time”
5) BRYAN ADAMS - SUMMER OF 69
REAL LINE:”I got my first real six string”
MISHEARD AS: “I got my first real sex dream”
6) NICKELBACK - HOW YOU REMIND ME
REAL LINE: “Cos livin' with me must have damn near killed you”
MISHEARD AS: “Cos little women must have damn near killed you”
7) BANDAID - DO THEY KNOW IT'E CHRISTMAS
REAL LINE: “The only gift they'll get this year is life”
MISHEARD AS: “The only gift they'll get this year is flies”
8) ALANIS MORISETTE - YOU OUGTA KNOW
REAL LINE: “Of the cross I'd bear that you gave to me”
MISHEARD / MISINTERPRETTED AS: “Of the cross eyed bear that you gave to me”
9) ROBERT PALMER - ADDICTED TO LOVE
REAL LINE: “Might as well face it you're addicted to love”
MISHEARD AS: “Might as well face it you're a d**k with a glove”
10) SANTANA - SMOOTH
REAL LINE: “Man it's a hot one, like seven inches from the midday sun”
MISHEARD AS: “Man it's a hot one, like seven midgets in the midday sun”
This REALLY Made Me Laugh !!