Lyric mistakes

[way_to_spend_the_day]

Lyric mistakes#0

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:03pm

There are also so many times when I have to look up the lyrics to a song b/c I can't figure out what they are saying.....I always have a guess, but I'm usually wrong.

In "Great Big Stuff" on DRS, when Norbert shouts, "I can finally afford to see a Broadway Show", I thought the next thing he said was "Doubt!" for the longest time, meaning that this was the Broadway show he was going to see.....turns out it's Gout.

My friend's sister always thought that in Rent, when Mark and Roger are saying goodbye just before Roger leaves for Santa Fe, Mark, instead of saying, "I hate the fall", said "I hate the phone"


Anyone else have these problems? I think they're hilarious.

***It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. -- William Shakespeare***

[Katurian2]

re: Lyric mistakes#1

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:13pm

In Wicked..

My way: "I'd sooner die, defying gravity."

Real Way: "I'd sooner buy, defying gravity."

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[Broadway_Boy]

re: Lyric mistakes#2

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:24pm

Wicked as well

My Way- So if you cannot find me
Correct Way- SO if you care to find me

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[Sumofallthings]

re: Lyric mistakes#3

Posted: 1/13/06 at 6:39pm

Another one from Wicked:

My Way: "There are bridges you crossed you didn't know you crossed until you crossed"

Real Way: ...oh

BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"

[N0tThatGirl213]

re: Lyric mistakes#4

Posted: 1/13/06 at 7:39pm

One of the more notorious ones is the mysterious "neverson babies" of Rent. Refering, of course, to the line "nevers and maybes" in Out Tonight.

"A little humility wouldn't hurt." --Ellie, Constantine-Hellblazer, "Dangerous Habits"

[Jade]

re: Lyric mistakes#5

Posted: 1/13/06 at 7:44pm

Yet another one from Wicked:
My way: It's time to try finding gravity
Real way: It's time to try defying gravity
(The stupid thing about that is that my way doesn't even fit in with the music)

Rent:
My way: All those voices in my hair
Real way: Angel's voice is in my ear

Rent:
My way: No good with romance
Real way: Looking for romance

[WickedGeek28]

re: Lyric mistakes#6

Posted: 1/13/06 at 8:48pm

Wicked
Real: Look to the western skies!
Mine: The witch of the west has died!

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[Musical_nerd]

re: Lyric mistakes#7

Posted: 1/13/06 at 9:36pm

Wicked
My Way: GI JOEEEE!
Real Way: Die alone!

From Galinda's descant in No One Mourns The Wicked.

Mary
Bob Martin Online

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: Lyric mistakes#8

Posted: 1/13/06 at 9:46pm

In "Great Big Stuff" on DRS, when Norbert shouts, "I can finally afford to see a Broadway Show", I thought the next thing he said was "Doubt!" for the longest time, meaning that this was the Broadway show he was going to see.....turns out it's Gout.

LMAO. There's an interview with Norbert on Broadway.com:


Best Fan Letter or Gift: "The letter that said, 'I really loved the show, but there's a moment in "Great Big Stuff" where you say, "I can finally afford a Broadway show" and then you say, "Doubt"… I wondered if every night you said a different Broadway show and I wondered why you said "Doubt" that night.' The actual lyric is 'Gout' and I thought, 'Jesus Christ. There are some sad people in the world.' I hung it up on the call board and let it sit there for days. People stared in disbelief."

[greeneyed_one]

re: Lyric mistakes#9

Posted: 1/13/06 at 9:47pm

I still don't understand the "gout" thing, what is it?

[BSoBW2]

re: Lyric mistakes#10

Posted: 1/13/06 at 9:51pm

Gout is known as the "rich man's disease"

[greeneyed_one]

re: Lyric mistakes#11

Posted: 1/13/06 at 9:52pm

Thanks. I actually looked it up in the dictionary but it gave me little help.

[iluvtheatertrash]

re: Lyric mistakes#12

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:57pm

Weird. Always thought it was DOUBT.

Funny thing is - I find "DOUBT" to be funnier than "Gout".

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[way_to_spend_the_day]

re: Lyric mistakes#13

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:10am

That is hilarious that Norbert got that letter! I swore forever that it was Doubt---My dad told me the other day that he had randomly gotten Gout (because he's been drinking a lot of red wine and rich foods, apparently) and I almost died laughing!

Theatertrash--I think Doubt is funnier too! Everytime we listen to DRS my sister and I scream out "Doubt!" instead because we like it better

***It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. -- William Shakespeare***

[wickedfreak]

re: Lyric mistakes#14

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:20am

In phantom original recording.......i think of me.....I always thoght raul said "She's really not a bitch" but is really "she's really not a bit, the corkish girl..."


I was like......that is mean to say that!

[TheEnchantedHunter]

re: Lyric mistakes#15

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:31am

"Gout" makes no sense whatsoever. Stupid.


Daisy Gamble
New York, New York

[AnnaB]

re: Lyric mistakes#16

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:47am

Wicked (once again):

Real - "A vicar with a thriving flock"
Heard as - "A vicar with a thriving cock"
...take that as you will

Also, not a misinterpretation on my behalf but the performers mistake in a production of Lippa's Wild Party:
Real - "Queenie was a blonde, and her age stood still"
Sung - "Queenie was a blonde, and her hair stood still"

[Kringas]

re: Lyric mistakes#17

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:47am

Gawkish girl.

"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey

[greeneyed_one]

re: Lyric mistakes#18

Posted: 1/14/06 at 11:18am

I always thought the "gout" line was "look out!" said very quickly. It actually makes more sense...

[way_to_spend_the_day]

re: Lyric mistakes#19

Posted: 1/14/06 at 11:22am

I thought of another

Little Women

My Way: "Better when I was poor..."
Real Way" "Better when I was home..."

***It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. -- William Shakespeare***

[hushpuppy]

re: Lyric mistakes#20

Posted: 1/14/06 at 11:36am

The Enchanted Hunter wrote: "Gout" makes no sense whatsoever. Stupid.

It makes perfect sense. As mentioned above, gout is considered a 'rich man's disease' caused by eating exotic and rich foods, such as pates and organ meats (liver, sweetbreads, etc), anchovies, and scallops.

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it's 'stupid'. I think the line is rather clever.

'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: Lyric mistakes#21

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:09pm

lol, "gout" makes plenty of sense..Freddy is singing about wanting great big stuff, and him wanting to be as rich as Lawrence, gout is contracted when you eat too many fine and rich foods, wines, etc, so it would make sense that he would get gout if he got his great big stuff.

[theatrebabe]

re: Lyric mistakes#22

Posted: 1/14/06 at 12:17pm

I always thought that she said "leopards and ladies" in Out Tonight instead of "nevers and maybies".

"While some feel it is a film related question, I seem to think it may be a 'I am thinking of losing my winkie' sort of question."
-cheezedoodle

[collins]

re: Lyric mistakes#23

Posted: 1/14/06 at 5:15pm

Wicked: "Popular"

My way: Now that I've chosen to become a palace history advisor...

Correct way: a pal, a sister, an advisor...

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[kate2]

re: Lyric mistakes#24

Posted: 1/14/06 at 5:19pm

"If I Can Dream" All Shook Up-

my way- "if i can dream of a better land, where all my brothers want candied ham..."

the right way- "if i can dream of a better land, where all my brothers walk hand in hand"