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Comedically Misheard Lyrics
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#25
Posted: 10/18/16 at 9:23am
BroadwayConcierge said: ""I hid the letter and I raced to her place, screamed, 'I'LL CUT YOU IN THE FACE,' she said..."
I've been laughing at this since yesterday, and now every time I hear this song, these are the lyrics I hear. Although considering what Maria did to him, i think these lyrics are spot on lol
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#26
Posted: 10/18/16 at 11:51am
sing_dance_love said: ""There are those, I suppose
Think we're mad, heaven knows
The world has gone to IRAQ and to ruin"
Don't know why I never questioned why a show set in the 20s would have a random reference to the (then current) Iraq war when I first heard Millie, but I just accepted it! SMH now.
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Are you sure that it's not "wreck"?
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#27
Posted: 1/15/17 at 8:21pm
In "Seasons of Love," I always think it sounds like they're saying "in bitches" when they say "in inches," so I always laugh at that part.
And in "You're the One That I Want," I always hear, "You better prove that my baby's justified," which also makes me laugh, especially since the next lines are "Are you sure?/Yes I'm sure down deep inside."
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#28
Posted: 1/15/17 at 10:45pm
My younger sister used to think that that line in "You're The One That I Want" meant that Sandy was pregnant. Not sure if it was "misheard" per se but defintiely misunderstood.
Broadway Star Joined: 4/22/07
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#29
Posted: 1/15/17 at 10:51pm
In the Heights finale . . . I heard the words "Dice are rolling, cool breezes whoa" accompanying what I believe are the most beautiful melodies in the show instead of "Hydrants are open, cool breezes blow."
Who can sing the word "hydrants" anyway?
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#30
Posted: 1/15/17 at 11:18pm
Mr. Nowack said: "My younger sister used to think that that line in "You're The One That I Want" meant that Sandy was pregnant. Not sure if it was "misheard" per se but defintiely misunderstood.
Yeah, that's what I meant when I said it makes the next lines funny. And it is misheard. The actual line is "that my faith is justified."
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#31
Posted: 1/15/17 at 11:59pm
I used to think it was "guns and ships and solar powered ships" which makes no sense!
And my sister thought the bit in Say No To This was "and I punched her in the face"
Understudy Joined: 3/15/16
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#32
Posted: 1/16/17 at 3:09am
From "Tear Me Down" in Hedwig, I always thought the chorus started, "And I'm easy, never serious...". I then learned it's "Enemies and adversaries..."
Personally, I like mine better ??
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#33
Posted: 1/16/17 at 10:16am
"Waterloo/ How does it feel yeah/ you won the war." At least hearing the original Abba version.
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#34
Posted: 1/16/17 at 12:14pm
Omigod You Guys - Legally Blonde
Actual line: "Lose the gum Kate, you look like the maid"
What I hear: "Lose the gup cake, you look like the maid"
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#35
Posted: 1/16/17 at 6:26pm
Some of you may know this already, but these are called "Mondegreens."
The derivation is a misheard line from way back in some poem or other. The original words were "And laid him on the green," meaning "set his corpse down in that place."
But someone thought it was "And Lady Mondegreen."
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#36
Posted: 1/17/17 at 7:39am
"I go to France for more funds, I come back with more guns, and ships, and soda-balanced chips."
I am crying
Stand-by Joined: 5/2/15
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#37
Posted: 1/17/17 at 11:49am
sing_dance_love said: ""There are those, I suppose
Think we're mad, heaven knows
The world has gone to IRAQ and to ruin"
Don't know why I never questioned why a show set in the 20s would have a random reference to the (then current) Iraq war when I first heard Millie, but I just accepted it! SMH now.
Are you sure that it's not "wreck"?
"To wrack [or rack] and to ruin" is an old expression.
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/148912/what-is-the-origin-of-the-term-going-to-wrack-and-ruin
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#38
Posted: 1/19/17 at 3:40pm
Just realized today I never had a clue of what I was saying during this line.
Belle - Beauty and the Beast
Actual line: "with a dreamy far off look"
What I hear: "with a dreamy for a flook"
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#39
Posted: 1/19/17 at 4:38pm
In the In Transit clips, every time Seibert sings, "and getting there" I always hear "and getting laid"
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#40
Posted: 1/19/17 at 6:04pm
In "Florence Quits" from Chess, I originally thought he was saying, "It's your sex, once they start getting old and getting horny." And it still sounds like that's what he's saying.
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#41
Posted: 1/19/17 at 6:16pm
Not really comedic, but to continue with another Chess example, until recently I always thought the line in "I Know Him So Well" was
" ...he needs a little bit more than before,"
but it's actually "... more than me more."
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#42
Posted: 1/19/17 at 8:02pm
BroadwayConcierge said: ""I hid the letter and I raced to her place, screamed, 'I'LL CUT YOU IN THE FACE,' she said..."
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I legitimately did not know until right now that this wasn't the actual lyric and I've been listening to the cast album since it came out in 2015.
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#43
Posted: 1/20/17 at 5:41pm
Two immediately come to mind. When I was a kid, listening to the OBC of CAMELOT, the line in C'est Moi goes 'had I been made the partner of Eve, we'd be in Eden still.' For years, I thought it was 'had I been made department of Eve . . . '
And a friend swears to this day that the line from Funny Girl (movie) is 'when you're a funny girl; the fellas out of money girl.'
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#44
Posted: 1/20/17 at 5:54pm
Dear Evan Hansen: During "So Big/So Small," I'd always heard it as "I'd come up shore" until my 8th time seeing it and realizing it is "I'd come up short." Not comedic but something I personally find interesting.
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#45
Posted: 2/18/19 at 6:35pm
So in honor of tonight's Scarlet Pimpernel concert, I've been playing the cast recording on repeat and realized in the song "The Riddle", I've been singing, "through the mist, your blubber is beckoning". The correct lyric is "through the mist, your lover is beckoning".
I've never questioned that blubber wasn't correct until now.
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#46
Posted: 2/18/19 at 9:42pm
"You could drum a gentle drum
And I could seat guests as they come
Chatting not about Heidegger B'twine..."
...for years I wondered, who is this Heidegger B'twine?
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#47
Posted: 2/19/19 at 4:40am
Not particularly funny, but I used to hear the line 'Feminine envy' in 'The Opera' (Great Comet) as 'Ermine and envy'. I like mine better!
I also used to hear 'Whose songs are authentic as well' from 'Donny Novitski' (Bandstand) as 'Whose songs are all fair dink as well'. I thought Donny must have been stationed with some Australian troops at some stage during the war. I was impressed by the research the writers had put in.
Edit - forgot one: my English-attuned brain invariably mishears the key line 'Bei mir bist' ('You are with me' ) from the song 'Nichts ist schwer' (Elisabeth) as... 'Buy me a beer'. Molto romantico, eh?
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#48
Posted: 2/19/19 at 9:03am
Evita OBC:
Peron: “This taco tastes like chili. Of course you’re not going to die.”
Eva: “Then I shall be a great Vice-President.”
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
Comedically Misheard Lyrics#49
Posted: 2/19/19 at 9:55am
I think I've brought this one up before, but in the Les Mis song "Red and Black," my sister used to hear "Red, the blood of angry men/Black, the dog of Abraham . . ."
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