So I got Mamma Mia as an early Chanukah present and watched it, having seen it once before in theaters. I put on that Sing-Along feature, otherwise known as subtitles in most films (though the follow-along did remind me of those old-school Disney Sing-Along Songs). And although I did not sing along, I was ashamed to realize I have been singing incorrect Abba verses for years. Like - not even close. And what's sad is most of what I thought was said doesn't even make sense, it just is what it sounded like when I first heard it and thus has been ingrained as the correct way for so long. For instance, in "Take A Chance On Me" I have always been positive the line was "Listen to some music / Maybe do some coke and...you'd get to know me better" - it really sounds like they say this. But more importantly, most of the chorus I even sang incorrectly. I always thought If You're All Alone / When the pretty birds have flown. was If You're All Alone/ And it really hurts ....something. But certainly not "pretty birds".
When I first heard "Lovely Ladies" I mistook "Cost a little extra if you want to take all year!" as "Cost a little extra if you want it in the rear!" (which I guess makes sense, considering it's a song about prositution). And "Quick and cheap is underneath the pier!" as "Weekend cheapies underneath the pier!"
"I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and dreamer of improbable dreams." - Doctor Who
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
I think I've posted this before, but I always thought the Sailor in "Lovely Ladies" said "Seven days at sea can make you hungry for a bloke." Which, of course, semmed perfectly fine to me.
This didn't leave me puzzled, but I always thought it was funny that in the Sweeney Todd movie, it sounds like Lucy says "that's the great Judge Turpin's ass that is" instead of house.
"Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love."
-Neil Patrick Harris
I was listening to it yesterday, from the new recording, and she says "remember back in seventh grade. When we were all just friends. Something....something...Shay's Arcade?"
Does she name drop the name of the arcade? or what's she saying?
When I was little, I thought "Gee Officer Krupke, you're really a square" was "you're really a squid!" I didn't know that 'square' was slang for an uncool person, so 'squid' made more sense to me.
But yeah, my friend and I made up our own version of the song that goes like this:
"My daddy was a human My mommy was a shark My parents didn't realize Cause it was really dark. My sister is a mermaid My brother is a clam That's the reason I'm the way I am!
Gee, Officer Krupke, you're really a squid I promise I won't lie to you like your parents did. Why are you here? You should be in the sea! Bye-bye now, Officer Krupke!"
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas." -Danmeg's 10 year old son.
this is more misheard dialogue, but it's on the cast recording. in Grey Gardens, when the Edies are arguing about the program during "Mother, Darling," Big Edie says that she and Gould had been slaving away like a couple of Phoenicians. I always heard her say they'd been slaving away like a couple of Venetians. and now the line makes 100% more sense.
(ha! looking back, I see someone had the same problem and learned the real line 2 years before I did.)
and I still swear in "The House We Live In," Edie's saying "march to my old woman," and not "march to buy a war bond" or whatever the "actual" line is.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
BAKER STREET cast album: "What A Night This Is Going To Be!": for decades I heard "Win or lose, sink or swim" as "With a new single spin", which doesn't rhyme or make sense or give due credit to Inga Swenson's impeccable diction.
givesmevoice, I totally thought the exact same thing about those two things until I read your post. And it still sounds like "March to my old woman" to me.
<-----Bernadette Peters and Alexander Hanson in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
Send in the clowns...Send in the crowds!
"I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface."-Stephen Sondheim
For an embarrassingly long time, I screwed up the words to "Out Tonight" from RENT. The part where she says, "This chick will dance in the flames," I always heard "This chick will dance in the PLAINS!" I was like, "IS THAT SLANG FOR SOMETHING? WHY IS SHE DANCING IN THE PLAINS?" haha
I honestly didn't figure it out until I saw some random video of Tamyra singing it, and she did some sort of "fire" motion with her hand. Cue me thinking, "What is she.. OH MY GOD!
What the hell does Alice say in Wish I Were Here at 0:56 on the recording? I think the phrase ends with 'austere' but I have no clue what comes before that. Updated On: 5/24/09 at 12:29 AM
Ok I LOVE "Legally Blonde", but for the longest time I misheard the lyrics for "OMIGOD YOU GUYS!"...and when I thought I'd gotten it right, it turns out I misheard again!
The lyrics are: "They're just like the couple from Titanic, only no-one dies!"
I heard
1)They're just like that couple from Titanic, only low on ice!" 2)They're just like that couple from Titanic, only warm and nice!"