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We heard the track coming over the sound system when we were on holiday and I pointed out to friends that the backing singers repeat 'hot banana' and now i'm unpopular because that's what they hear every time the hear the track...........

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I'm sure it's a mondegreen, they are probably singing nonsense syllables, as was common in the do-[*****] days.

But the next time I hear it (if I ever do) I'll definitely hear "Hot Banana".

CCR sings "There's a bathroom on the right"

Hendrix sings "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"

But I think we've had a mondegreen thread before. If not, post your favorites.

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Bob, not meaning to hijack your thread, but you are right, the lyrics to some songs will never sound the same again.

Peter Kay clarifies some lyrics for us:



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Bee Gees - "More Than a Woman" --> "Bald Headed Woman".

The wife gave me that one and ruined the song forever for me. laugh




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Hairy, Hairy...Oh never mind

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A friend of mine insisted that Ray Parker Jr was singing "Who ya gonna call .... George Mustard"


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CCR: There's a bathroom on the right (There's a bad moon on the rise)

Eagles: Flies in the Vaseline (Life in the fast lane)

Hendrix: 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy ('Scuse me while I kiss the sky)

And my favorite mondegreen:

Wife calls husband while he is golfing "Hi honey, where are you?"

Husband replies: "I'm on the green" (I mondegreen)


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Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
Eagles: Flies in the Vaseline (Life in the fast lane)


Amusing.... Stone Temple Pilots actually used the "Flies in the Vasoline" lyric in their "Vasoline" song. I wonder if they were playing on that Eagles mondegreen?

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And then there's the song....



and not one single person on the planet know what the heck the words are in that song.


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Then there's the Dr John classic "Walk on Gilded Splinters". My wife asked me one day why are they singing "Kill Alberta"?
I finally found out what they were really saying was "Till I burn up".

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In their song "Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel", the Barenaked Ladies reference "Slow motion Walter, fire engine guy" (Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky).


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Then there's the Dr John classic "Walk on Gilded Splinters". My wife asked me one day why are they singing "Kill Alberta"?
I finally found out what they were really saying was "Till I burn up".


Humble Pie covers this on their Live at the Fillmore album..... still hard to figure out the words, but the guitar playing is STELLAR. A young Peter Frampton smoking it....and with killer crunchy tone. 23 minutes of sonic bliss. Put on some headphones and enjoy this.



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I think misheard lyrics have to be some of my favourite lyrics. When I was quite a bit younger and it was more common to read magazines still, I have a monthly subscription and part of it was a section dedicated to people's submissions of misheard song lyrics. It was always worth a chuckle.


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