Comedically Misheard Lyrics- Page 2

[Kate Monster3]

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

 

[Dancingthrulife2]

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"?

[hork]

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."

Updated On: 1/15/17 at 08:21 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

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.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

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?

[hork]

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."

 

[beilis32]

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"

[5377brian]

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 ??

[green waver]

Posted: 1/16/17 at 10:16am

"Waterloo/ How does it feel yeah/ you won the war." At least hearing the original Abba version.

[littlemouse921]

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"

[Roland von Berlin]

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."

[rjm516]

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

[amaklo]

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

 

[Kate Monster3]

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"

[Phillytheatreguy10]

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" 

[hork]

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.

[Emmaloucbway]

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."  

 

[funhamilton_rent]

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.

[noradesmond]

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.'

[Dancingthrulife2]

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.

[Kate Monster3]

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.

[amygbrooks]

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?

[Fan123]

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?

Updated On: 2/19/19 at 04:40 AM

[pmensky]

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.”

[MCfan2]

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 . . ."