Oops! I'm an Idiot!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Oops! I'm an Idiot!#0

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:25am

Were there any lyrics that you were singing wrong when you initially heard a song, and then when you found out what the lyrics were, you realized how stupid you sounded?

[Thenardier]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#1

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:28am

I never sing the right lyrics!

Mama Korey

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[luvtheEmcee]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#2

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:30am

Too many times to remember specific incidents. I'm an idiot like that.

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[apdarcey]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#3

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:33am

i'm with then. i never sing the right lyrics... except when i'm actually performing! haha.

[Blair]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#4

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:36am

I do it all the time, but the most recent I can think of is in Passegiata from The Light in the Piazza, I thought the lyric was "I resound in happiness with you" instead of "Now is I am happiness with you". It's hard to tell with the accent!

[Jwei123]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#5

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:39am

story of my life.

awkward.

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[jonartdesigns]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#6

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:05am

up until like now i've always sung the opening line of rent "how do you documentary a life" as opposed to "document real life"

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[BwayBoy25]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#7

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:07am

you cant do that to the opening line!!!!!!!


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hear the beat...

[nomdeplume]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#8

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:10am

When I was a little kid, I used to sing "sleep in heavenly peas," wondering why people wanted to do that.

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#9

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:30am

HAHAHHA that's really funny.

Upon hearing "No Good Deed," I thought she was saying "No Good Deed Goes Undonéd" and thought it was very Shakespeare-esque.

[FosseBoi]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#10

Posted: 6/20/05 at 2:48am

I know a guy that would ALWAYS sing the wrong words to CHICAGO and it would drive me INSANE!!!! Although, I already am...ANYway, Because of his annoyance, I went out and BOUGHT him the CD!lol!

Sadly, to this day he never gets lyrics correct!*sigh* that poor poor boy...

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[zoran912]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#11

Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:22am

I always get Audra McDonald's part in "Pegasus" wrong. Too many "bzzt brr ip bzzt bzzt" thingamajiggers for me.

[Unknown User]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#12

Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:40am

When I was young, I would sing "round young virgin" as opposed to "round yon virgin". I'm sure that there are more, because I always get lyrics wrong. Here we go, I too am guilty of Neverson Babies syndrome. I had to stop and say what?

[oxdreaminxo]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#13

Posted: 6/20/05 at 8:49am

I have messed up a lot of lyrics. I don't know what's worse, when you find out it was wrong yourself or when someone tells you, lol.

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[My Fair Lady]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#14

Posted: 6/20/05 at 10:37am

In "Popular", I always thought they were saying "palasys" instead of "pal, a sister...."

[lamentingenvelope]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#15

Posted: 6/20/05 at 11:30am

I was just wondering the other day why in "Magic Foot" from Spelling Bee Barfee sings "Be specific / It's terrific when you're not specific / Magic foot!" I kept thinking, 'wait a minute... he's contradicting himself!' Then I finally looked it up in the booklet that came with the CD and realized the lyric is "it's HORRIFIC if you're not specific..."

And this has happened countless other times.
Updated On: 6/20/05 at 11:30 AM

[xxnewgirlxx]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#16

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:01pm

Not mine, but my favorite is a friend that thought "How my poor heart breaks..." in the Police's "Every Breath You Take" was..."I'm a pool hall ace".

[Millie42]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#17

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:31pm

"up until like now i've always sung the opening line of rent "how do you documentary a life" as opposed to "document real life" "

::the clouds open above me and there is a burst of light::

Jon...I have been doing the same thing. Wow, thanks for telling me!

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[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#18

Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:34pm

My biggest question...

"Wrapped up like a douche" ????

Who wraps douches?

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[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#19

Posted: 6/20/05 at 1:08pm

yes! if i sing the wrong line i say something TOTALLY wrong then i look up the lyrics and im like ****, did i really think it was that? lol.

[CJR]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#20

Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:50pm

The one instance that comes to mind is the Alanis Morisette song, Ironic. The lyric is "an old man turned 98" and I always swore she said "an old man turned and he ate"

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[Aigoo]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#21

Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:52pm

RESPECT - Aretha Franklin.













Enuff said.

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[FosseBoi]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#22

Posted: 6/20/05 at 4:10pm

I just remembered that I have one! I have ALWAYS thought that G(a)linda was singing "I'll teach you the proper poise when you talk to boys" but according to the book its "I'll teach you the proper PLOYS..." I must admit that I like my lyric better!LOL!

"I've always secretly longed for an actress to get to the top of the cherry picker and projectile vomit all over the guards below."- Wonderwaiter in the "Defy Gravity?" thread. ~~~~~~~~My dream? Sutton Foster as Cassie in A Chorus Line

[WonderBoy]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#23

Posted: 6/20/05 at 6:03pm

First time learning 'the monster montage' from "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen" from A CHORUS LINE, I'm playing Paul and we get to my line and I bust out laughing. The correct line is "What am I gonna say when he calls on me?" but from listening to the album I always thought it was "What am I gonna say when he cums on me?" I explained to the cast and they thought it was a riot!

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[Mythus]

re: Oops! I'm an Idiot!#24

Posted: 6/20/05 at 6:07pm

That's what I thought it was, too, FosseBoi. I like "poise" better. And since I've got Wicked on my mind, I always thought Elphaba was singing "So if you can't find me" instead of "care to find me".