Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza.

[Bookman]

This is the thread where you post your misheard lyrics. We all know "Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza."

When I was in high school my friend Ken swore that the lyrics to Pearl Jam's "Rats" were "lick the dirt off Olajuwon's feet."

It's "lick the dirt off a larger one's feet."

 

[schnarkle]

From my high school days:

38 Special - Hold on Loosely

There's a part where its sounds just like he's singing
"Aunt Bee was true!"

Didn't know they were Andy Griffith fans.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I knew a girl who claimed that she used to think the Stones' "Beast of Burden" went "I'll never be your big suburban"

 

[smwhorn]

My wfie thought that Mellencamp's lyric "I fight authority. Authority always wins" was "I put a flower on your door - it always wilts."

This is a true story.

 

[Rip76]

"lick the dirt off Olajuwon's feet"

I never thought it was that, but man it sounded like it....

"Dirty Deeds"

My niece thought it was, "Dirty Deeds and the Dunder Cheese."

 

[OrangeBlooded]

"blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche..."

end of thread.

 

[BrûléeOrange]

Exactly!

 

[FondrenRoad]

"There's a bathroom on the right."

 

[bozo_casanova]

O, four tuna!

 

[PFD]

My wife mistakenly believed for years that Duran Duran's track "Wild Boys" was actually "White Boys."

"White boys always shine."

I guess she thought that Duran Duran was really racist.

 

[mia1994]

Steve Miller Band "Jet Airliner"Big old Jet had a light on.... don't carry me too far away.

and of course...

Old 97s "Timebomb"
She's like a claymore, that's what she's there for
She's waiting 'round here to get blown apart

Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train,
She's gonna kill me. arms and legs, arms and legs

 

[Ramathorn]

A buddy of mine thought it was "hold me closer I'm tired of dancing."

 

[schnarkle]

of course the Hendrix standby:

S'cuse me while I kiss this guy...

 

[Napoleon]

mia1994 is a big St. Mark's Lions fan.

 

[Mesohorny]

the old Aerosmith classic "Doo-doo Like a Lady"

 

[mia1994]

I don't catch the reference...

 

[Fatcat Alum]

Who could forget ACDC's "Dirty deeds by the Thunder Chief"

 

[rickysrun]

The Link

 

[horngrad03]

My friend thought "Holla back girl" was actually "Harlem Black Girl."

 

[Napoleon]

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[HornGrad'01]

My mother used to (incorrectly) sing Dishwalla's "Counting Blue Cars" as...
"They ask - many questions, like children of 10 do.."

 

[bevo_daddy]

The sheeeeeep don't like it! Stop the cat box. Stop the cat box.

(Rock the Kasbah)

 

[UT Spring Branch]

Cold Shot by SRV

 

[mia1994]

awesome

 

[chango]

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[Art Vandelay]

it's "revved up like a deuce", as in a deuce coupe (the car).... which, when you think about it, makes a hell of a lot more sense.

But yeah, that may be the most misunderstood lyric of all time.

 

[Suckapuncha]

a friend of mine thought in "Brown Eyed Girl" they saidgunnin down the old man

instead of

goin down the old mine

 

[Napoleon]

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[trueut2003]

"There's a bathroom on the right" has to be the most famous. Fogerty even sings it that way in concert sometimes now.

I will also add...

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy

 

[MaxHorn]

All Rush fans want to live in the Fish Islands...