tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post3737989539960295154..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: My Favorite MondegreenKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-2036657840196562782017-05-06T12:33:43.452+01:002017-05-06T12:33:43.452+01:00Haha! I always sing...
Plastic straw when Muriel&#...Haha! I always sing...<br />Plastic straw when Muriel's sick<br />Plastic straw when Muriel's sick<br /><br />I thought the straw was to suck it up....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-17863939615599206932016-04-15T19:44:33.468+01:002016-04-15T19:44:33.468+01:00Dominic Rivron says:
"I always thought the ...Dominic Rivron says: <br /><br /><i>"I always thought the lyrics of The Strangler's song "London Lady" went (somewhat improbably):<br /><br />Plastic straw when you're off sick<br />etc.<br /><br />It's 20 years since I last heard it, but these irritating lines go round and round in my head from time to time. I've now checked them out. The actual lyrics read:<br /><br />Plastic's real when you're real sick etc"</i><br /><br />Actually, the lyrics sound most like:<br /><br /><b>"Plastic straw when you're real sick"</b> etc...<br /><br />Which makes more sense: the "plastic straw" is the nasogastric tube used for feeding / medication for sick patients in hospital – say when they've had an overdose of something. A very likely scenario in a Stranglers song...Simon Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15940298436308550183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-85395825472044967342011-08-19T14:13:11.344+01:002011-08-19T14:13:11.344+01:00I'm another Mancheron - that's how I found...I'm another Mancheron - that's how I found this page!<br /><br />I've had many modegreens in my time, the only other one that comes to mind though is from Sing for the Moment by Eminem, I thought "to having a fortune, no more kissin a**" was "to having abortions, no more kids... [something]".<br /><br />A friend in school thought "Cry me a river" was "Buy me a real gun", and once my Jordanian friend asked me what "Tin a can" meant, as in EA Sports, "It's in the game".Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-55908383356240981852010-04-28T20:41:34.602+01:002010-04-28T20:41:34.602+01:00A school pal in a cafe once put Qustions & Ans...A school pal in a cafe once put Qustions & Answers by Sham 69 on the Jukebox. We were singing along to it, when my mate nudged me to be quiet and listen to the girl on my left. She was singing "queer suits and air suits" Its had me giggling for 30 years!zardozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864403764963575160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-67467824980117735072010-03-06T17:18:11.799+00:002010-03-06T17:18:11.799+00:00well hands up, I was looking for a definition of m...well hands up, I was looking for a definition of mancherons and found this... so we've learned 1. correct lyrics, 2. mondegreens, 3. correct use for mancherons... can't wait to get my short sleeves out to use this one. I'm sticking with my favourite mondegreen by sister sledge - we're lost in music; courting a tramp. Shame, the girls could have done so much better.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063706638740493787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-86773603565539264732009-12-05T20:25:15.021+00:002009-12-05T20:25:15.021+00:00Two spring to mind.
I used to play in a rock cover...Two spring to mind.<br />I used to play in a rock covers band and one of the songs we did was "Jump" by Van Halen.<br />The singer used to sing "You gotta roll with the budgies and get some more trill".<br />I don't know if he thought that was the lyric or he was just too lazy to learn the real one "You got to roll with the punches and get to whats real".<br />The other one is Bon Jovi's "This ain't a love song" which always sounds like "This anal love song" A Freudian slip perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-30444953302681487982009-04-14T23:55:00.000+01:002009-04-14T23:55:00.000+01:00I used to love singing along to John Cougar Mellen...I used to love singing along to John Cougar Mellencamp's "I'm Fightin' Dorothy, and Dorothy Always Wins". Imagine my heartbreak when my wife informed me it was "I fight authority, authority always wins". The world is a cruel, cruel place...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-54662169942129541512008-09-10T00:53:00.000+01:002008-09-10T00:53:00.000+01:00I cannot think of any Mondegreens myself (but I wi...I cannot think of any Mondegreens myself (but I will) once I get a moment of silence. I can tell you that my husband is the KING of Mondegreens! In fact, he just runs with it and makes up lyrics to songs all the time. Then he pretends that they are the correct ones. I just shake my head and keep saying, "Not even close! It's kind of a game we have.<BR/>I'll work on it.<BR/>I do remember making fun of the Johnny Lydon PiL song, "This Is Not A Love Song" while thrashing on the dance floor - we sang, "This Is Not Enough Salt!"<BR/><BR/>There are others, I'm sure. I just have to rummage around in the cerebral memoirs to dig 'em up.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-13259888238940090442008-09-08T22:37:00.000+01:002008-09-08T22:37:00.000+01:00Hi Grace, nice to see ya! I reckon it is 'my will...Hi Grace, nice to see ya! I reckon it is 'my will is good' rather than the 'other option'. But that other option is kinda apt. :)<BR/><BR/>God, we shouldn't be talking about this - 'weather was nice today, wasn't it?<BR/><BR/>:)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-6554376517459073142008-09-08T21:53:00.000+01:002008-09-08T21:53:00.000+01:00Oh, I love this! I tried to think of the (no doubt...Oh, I love this! I tried to think of the (no doubt countless) times I've gotten the lyrics really, really wrong... but I'm coming up short. <BR/><BR/>...I was SO sure he said 'willy' in the Nirvana song! That's what everyone sings. I looked it up (couldn't help it!) and they told me it was 'will'. I'm still not sure!<BR/><BR/>Oh... 'Blister in the Sun' by Violent Femmes. I never knew the words to that. I always thought it was 'let me go wild, grab a cheesecake in the sky' or something ridiculous like that. Until I read the title of the song! It's actually 'Let me go on', too, so I got it really wrong.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230109056905440755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-62203175382788485782008-09-08T19:13:00.000+01:002008-09-08T19:13:00.000+01:00I did think that Elton John sang "Hold me closer T...I did think that Elton John sang "Hold me closer Tony Danza" but then a lot of people think that.Lottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936847898550251079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-79034661160547745032008-09-08T18:38:00.000+01:002008-09-08T18:38:00.000+01:00Yay, Kate, I knew I couldn't be alone in my 'Manch...Yay, Kate, I knew I couldn't be alone in my 'Mancheron' world.<BR/><BR/>Lidian: I am a closet Bee Gees fan (there, it's out) I rate some of their early songs quite highly. But , when I hear 'Staying Alive' I can never resist singing to myself 'Oh you can tell by the way I use my voice that I'm Sterilised, Sterilised."<BR/><BR/>C'mon, Lottie, surely you can think of just one??Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-31747741334545367312008-09-08T16:04:00.000+01:002008-09-08T16:04:00.000+01:00lol - I have loads of these - Can't think of one r...lol - I have loads of these - Can't think of one right now.Lottiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936847898550251079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-65140597419317414582008-09-08T14:10:00.000+01:002008-09-08T14:10:00.000+01:00My favorites are:1.From the bee Gees' Stayin' Aliv...My favorites are:<BR/><BR/>1.From the bee Gees' Stayin' Alive <BR/><BR/>"Ah, ah, ah, ah, pants are too tight, pants are too tight..." <BR/><BR/>(this goes perfectly with the video for this song BTW)<BR/><BR/><BR/>2.Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"<BR/><BR/>Instead of "Keep on with the force don't stop" <BR/><BR/>-it really does sound, when he sings, like he is singing <BR/><BR/>"Keep on with the Post Office"Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-64661842886366288772008-09-07T00:54:00.000+01:002008-09-07T00:54:00.000+01:00I thought it was Mancherons too! Didn't know what ...I thought it was Mancherons too! Didn't know what they were, but if I had to guess I'd have said some kind of cigar.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027028952998373863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-47734577777509436552008-09-06T16:40:00.000+01:002008-09-06T16:40:00.000+01:00Sorry Jim, missed you out there.In fairness, that'...Sorry Jim, missed you out there.<BR/><BR/>In fairness, that's pretty much what I thought that lyric was too. They kinda do the 'thought he was a woman' further down the lyric so I don't think we should feel all that bad about it, eh?<BR/><BR/>I have a memory of Paul Simon singing that song on Sesame Street, of all places, years ago. I remember thinking it incongruous at the time even do I didn't know what the word meant.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-15495555479329983522008-09-06T16:36:00.000+01:002008-09-06T16:36:00.000+01:00Rickyyy Martin, Jena!!!Now we're rockin' :) What...Rickyyy Martin, Jena!!!<BR/><BR/>Now we're rockin' :) <BR/><BR/>What a darn catchy tune that was too. Bop Bop badada dah dahhh, Bop bop badada daaaah'.<BR/><BR/>See? 'Got me smiling now.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-22393427059862192582008-09-06T16:24:00.000+01:002008-09-06T16:24:00.000+01:00This post made me laugh. One song I remember that ...This post made me laugh. One song I remember that I kept singing wrongly, was one Ricky Martin song- "Livin La Vida Loca" . I was singing "upside , inside out she's living like a loca." lol.<BR/><BR/>The real lyrics were:<BR/><BR/>"Upside, inside out she's livin la vida loca <BR/>She'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.Jena Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609925272840089993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-38406043978389899102008-09-06T15:52:00.000+01:002008-09-06T15:52:00.000+01:00Yo Yolander! :) Nirvana reminds me (everything r...Yo Yolander! :) Nirvana reminds me (everything reminds me of something) that my friend (who shall remain nameless 'cos he may well read this) reckons that the lyrics to 'Lithium' state - "I'm so horny, but that's okay ... My willy's good"...<BR/><BR/>... he could well be right on that one.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-78880103884350423822008-09-06T14:59:00.000+01:002008-09-06T14:59:00.000+01:00I have entire songs (like Nirvana's, "Smells Like ...I have entire songs (like Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that I sing along to with completely made up sounds:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-64652423619358810492008-09-06T11:15:00.000+01:002008-09-06T11:15:00.000+01:00I'm afraid I have to go with the classic:Jo Jo was...I'm afraid I have to go with the classic:<BR/><BR/><I>Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a woman but Lucy knew it wouldn't last.</I><BR/><BR/>Do you realise that it was only a couple of years ago I found out the right words? I always reckoned they were wrong but couldn't be bothered checking.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-16935921773246337142008-09-06T09:32:00.000+01:002008-09-06T09:32:00.000+01:00Hi Dominic - perhaps stick with 'Plastic Straw Whe...Hi Dominic - perhaps stick with 'Plastic Straw When You get Sick' it's got a nice ring to it.<BR/><BR/>Rachel: you've reminded me of my friend Sarah who always believed Michael Jackson had a suitable anthem for her Friday nights. It was called 'Keep Up 'Til the Pubs Close Up, Don't Stop til you Get Enough'. Thanks. :) (Post is in the post)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-1688212448279533962008-09-06T08:50:00.000+01:002008-09-06T08:50:00.000+01:00When I worked in a record shop the owner was a spe...When I worked in a record shop the owner was a specialist at renaming songs (which is a bit different, I know). One of my favourites was 'Last night a DJ shaved my wife' (for 'Last night a DJ saved my life') but there were lots of others (and some much ruder!).<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-16506443280667595282008-09-06T00:01:00.000+01:002008-09-06T00:01:00.000+01:00Thank you for bringing up Mondegreens. You motivat...Thank you for bringing up Mondegreens. You motivated me to clarify something that has irritated me for 25 years.<BR/><BR/>I always thought the lyrics of The Strangler's song "London Lady" went (somewhat improbably):<BR/><BR/>Plastic straw when you're off sick<BR/>Plastic straw when you're off sick<BR/>Plastic straw when you're off sick<BR/>etc.<BR/><BR/>It's 20 years since I last heard it, but these irritating lines go round and round in my head from time to time. I've now checked them out. The actual lyrics read:<BR/><BR/>Plastic's real when you're real sick etc<BR/><BR/>What a let down. I expected more, somehow.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-8198556332613516122008-09-05T23:39:00.000+01:002008-09-05T23:39:00.000+01:00Thanks Hope.When it first came out, I thought Cher...Thanks Hope.<BR/><BR/>When it first came out, I thought Cher's song was 'Gypsy Turn that Wheel'. I remember this vividly (now that you reminded me). :)Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.com