Don't You Know Where I'm Lyrically At?
Hello !! Long time no blog. After being inspired by Lynn's comment on Brooke's blog about how her friend Marie thought that instead of "I ain't no Hollaback girl" Gwen Stefani was declaring, "I ain't no Harlem black girl." This got me thinking, my friends and I are AMAZING when it comes to hearing and singing the wrong lyrics to all types of songs. So, for your entertainment, here are some of the doozies that my friends and I have come up with over the years.
One of my earliest memories of wrong lyrics, has to be when the whole boy band movement was in full string. And as a good teenager, I lapped up all of the boy bands, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, LFO, 98 Degrees, etc. So one day, while listening to "Think About You" by LFO (Lyte Funkie Ones, for those who were wondering). My two friends start singing along.
What the Lyrics Actually Are: Got me trippin', showing off your rose tattoo, right above your ankle...
What my Friends Sang: Got me trippin', showing off your rose tattoo, right about your raincoat...
okay, raincoat and ankle, sound so much alike. But yet, here's another good one, courtesy of my friend from High School. The song she will be butchering today is, "Country Grammar" by Nelly
What The Lyrics Are: I'm going down, down baby, your street in a range rover, street sweeper baby, cocked ready to let it go, shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, listen to me now, light it up and take a puff, pass it to me now
What my Friend Said: I'm going down, down baby, your street towards the rainbow, late sleeping baby, cocks are ready to let go, shimmy shimmy cocoa pops, listen to me now, light it up and take a puff, pass it to me now
Even NELLY can be butchered a lyrical novice gets a hold of his poetry. But perhaps some of the best have come from one of my favorite bands, Fall Out Boy. They have alot of hard to understand lyrics, so what's a girl to do? Make up her own of course.
This song, "Dead on Arrival" had alot of wrong lyrics in it, well perceived by my friends and I, at least.
What's Being Sang: Well it goes so deep between me and this loss of sleep, over you.
What I Sing: Well it goes so deep between me and this loss of sleep, babababooooo.
Another good one is:
What's Being Sang: This is side one, flip me over
What I Sing: Busy sidewalks, flip me over
When it comes to Fall Out Boy, sometimes it sounds like they are saying something else, than what they are saying, which is when the dedications of my putting people's names into the songs comes into play. In "Grand Theft Autumn," the song actually becomes about my friend Janine.
What's Being Sang: You need him, I could be him, I could be an accident but I'm still trying.
What I Sing: Janiiiiine, I could be him, I could be an accident but I'm still trying.
And last but DEFINITELY not least, one of my favorite misheard lyrics in the whole. This comes from a band called, Name Taken, and definitely one of my favorites. This song is called, "Cover Up" and it's amazing, but I'm the only person who can make a song about breaking up, seem like a song about food.
What's Being Sang: Do you remember when you and I, were less than us and we?
What I Sing: Do you remember when you and I, were less than a sandwich?
Who doesn't love sandwiches? Speaking, I think I might go have one.
One of my earliest memories of wrong lyrics, has to be when the whole boy band movement was in full string. And as a good teenager, I lapped up all of the boy bands, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, LFO, 98 Degrees, etc. So one day, while listening to "Think About You" by LFO (Lyte Funkie Ones, for those who were wondering). My two friends start singing along.
What the Lyrics Actually Are: Got me trippin', showing off your rose tattoo, right above your ankle...
What my Friends Sang: Got me trippin', showing off your rose tattoo, right about your raincoat...
okay, raincoat and ankle, sound so much alike. But yet, here's another good one, courtesy of my friend from High School. The song she will be butchering today is, "Country Grammar" by Nelly
What The Lyrics Are: I'm going down, down baby, your street in a range rover, street sweeper baby, cocked ready to let it go, shimmy shimmy cocoa puff, listen to me now, light it up and take a puff, pass it to me now
What my Friend Said: I'm going down, down baby, your street towards the rainbow, late sleeping baby, cocks are ready to let go, shimmy shimmy cocoa pops, listen to me now, light it up and take a puff, pass it to me now
Even NELLY can be butchered a lyrical novice gets a hold of his poetry. But perhaps some of the best have come from one of my favorite bands, Fall Out Boy. They have alot of hard to understand lyrics, so what's a girl to do? Make up her own of course.
This song, "Dead on Arrival" had alot of wrong lyrics in it, well perceived by my friends and I, at least.
What's Being Sang: Well it goes so deep between me and this loss of sleep, over you.
What I Sing: Well it goes so deep between me and this loss of sleep, babababooooo.
Another good one is:
What's Being Sang: This is side one, flip me over
What I Sing: Busy sidewalks, flip me over
When it comes to Fall Out Boy, sometimes it sounds like they are saying something else, than what they are saying, which is when the dedications of my putting people's names into the songs comes into play. In "Grand Theft Autumn," the song actually becomes about my friend Janine.
What's Being Sang: You need him, I could be him, I could be an accident but I'm still trying.
What I Sing: Janiiiiine, I could be him, I could be an accident but I'm still trying.
And last but DEFINITELY not least, one of my favorite misheard lyrics in the whole. This comes from a band called, Name Taken, and definitely one of my favorites. This song is called, "Cover Up" and it's amazing, but I'm the only person who can make a song about breaking up, seem like a song about food.
What's Being Sang: Do you remember when you and I, were less than us and we?
What I Sing: Do you remember when you and I, were less than a sandwich?
Who doesn't love sandwiches? Speaking, I think I might go have one.
posted by Allison at 7:58 AM
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