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#1 Feb 06 2006 at 3:53 PM Rating: Good
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5. Pearl Jam - Alive

The song's mantra "I'm still alive" isn't a proud declaration of survival, but rather a lament that he's still alive.

4. This Land is Your Land / You Are My Sunshine

This Land wrote:
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Sunshine wrote:
I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You'll regret it all some day:


3. REM - The One I Love

Not a love song, but a song about using people ("a simple prop to occupy my time").

2. Police - Every Breath You Take

Stalking and a failed marriage.

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

Despite Ronald Reagan's opinion...



Any others?
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#2 Feb 06 2006 at 4:01 PM Rating: Good
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I thought you were going to cite most "Mis-heard" songs


"Me Ears are Alight" by Desmond Decker

or Madonna's "Isla Bonita" with the line "Young boy with eyes like potatoes"

And of course
"Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a woman
but Lucy knew it wouldn't last"

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#3 Feb 06 2006 at 4:03 PM Rating: Good
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The most noteable in rock and roll history - Louie Louie.
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#4 Feb 06 2006 at 4:09 PM Rating: Good
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The most noteable in rock and roll history - Louie Louie.
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+2 Elderon
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#5 Feb 06 2006 at 4:32 PM Rating: Decent
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People think that J. Hendrix said "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" when he really says "Scuse me while I kiss this guy".

Freakin flamers. Smiley: oyvey
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#6 Feb 06 2006 at 4:34 PM Rating: Good
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Anything by the Bee-Gees.







Haters.
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#7 Feb 06 2006 at 6:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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I used to think it was "and Iran, Iran is so far away." Smiley: blush

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#8 Feb 06 2006 at 7:15 PM Rating: Excellent
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If you're havin' trouble with the high school head,
He's givin' you the blues
You wanna graduate, but not in his bed,
Here's whatcha gotta do:
Pick up the phone, I'm always home,
Call me anytime
Just ring: three-six-two-four-three-six-oh,
I lead a life of crime!

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Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep)
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep)

You got problems in your life of love,
You got a broken heart
He's double-dealin' with your best friend,
That's when the teardrops start, wailer
Pick up the phone, I'm here alone,
I'll make a social call
Come right in, we'll get 'round him,
We'll have ourselves a ball! Eh!

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Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep) Oh...
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep)

SOLO

If you got a lady and you want her gone,
Butcha ain't got the guts
She keeps naggin' atcha night 'n' day,
Enough to drive ya nuts
Pick up the phone, leave her alone,
It's time ya made a stand
For a fee, I'm happy to be,
Your backdoor man! Hey!

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Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
Dirty Deeds - Done To Sheep!
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep) Yeah...
(Dirty deeds and they're Done To Sheep)
Concrete shoes... cyanide... T.N.T.... Done To Sheep!
Ooh! neckties... contracts... high voltage! Done To Sheep!
(Dirty Deeds) Do anything you want me to! (Done To Sheep!)
(Dirty Deeds) Dirty Deeds! Dirty Deeds!
Done To Sheep!
Yah-rawr!
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#9 Feb 06 2006 at 9:26 PM Rating: Excellent
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Sort of the anti- to the misunderstood song, but "Puff the Magic Dragon" is not about marijuana. Honest. Stop thinking you found something clever and go back to congratulating yourself on that clever deduction that Shaggy must really be a stoner.

Edited, Mon Feb 6 21:28:46 2006 by Jophiel
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#11 Feb 07 2006 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent
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I have a buddy who used to think that it was "Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief."
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#12 Feb 07 2006 at 7:26 PM Rating: Good
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#13 Feb 07 2006 at 8:44 PM Rating: Decent
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waht about that "Blinded by the Light" song?

where he talks about a douche?

yeah yeah, he's sayig Deuce, I know, but if you';re going to write a fu[b][/b]cking song.. DON'T put words that you KNOW are gonna sound like douche in it, It KILLS it.
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#14 Feb 07 2006 at 9:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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www.kissthisguy.comis a very funny site dedicated to misheard lyrics.

A girl could procrastinate a long time reading just that site!

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#15 Feb 07 2006 at 10:12 PM Rating: Decent
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There is a lot of mixed opionion on this song but, isn't Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds about a painting his dauter did and not LSD?
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#16 Feb 07 2006 at 10:17 PM Rating: Decent
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fenderputy the Shady wrote:
There is a lot of mixed opionion on this song but, isn't Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds about a painting his dauter did and not LSD?


I'm sure it was all just a big cosmic coincidence that they happened to name Lycergic Acid's acronym to match up with his childhood drawing.

ON that note "Happiness is a Warm Gun" was written about a magazine cover that had a guy holding a rifle.
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#17 Feb 07 2006 at 10:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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Kelvyquayo, Eater of Souls wrote:
yeah yeah, he's sayig Deuce, I know, but if you';re going to write a fu[b][/b]cking song.. DON'T put words that you KNOW are gonna sound like douche in it, It KILLS it.
Manfred Mann didn't write it, Bruce Springsteen did. The "definitive version" is a cover.

But Manfred Mann also covered "Quinn the Eskimo" so all is forgiven.

Come all without...
Come all within...
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#18 Feb 07 2006 at 10:21 PM Rating: Decent
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And coo coo ka-choo is in fact Swahili for ESAD.


I am the eggman--whoo!
I am the eggman--whoo!
I am the walrus--eat-s[b][/b]hit-and-die!




Edited, Tue Feb 7 22:31:11 2006 by Barkingturtle
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#19 Feb 08 2006 at 8:45 AM Rating: Good
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Nexa wrote:
I used to think it was "and Iran, Iran is so far away."


Well, it isfar away! HAhahaaa...

I still like ol' Ring-Around-the-Rosy"...even though it's not about the bubonic plague.
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#20 Feb 08 2006 at 9:12 AM Rating: Excellent
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Oh yeah, and I also thought Toto was singing "I guess it rains down in Africa" hahaha.

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#21 Feb 09 2006 at 8:05 PM Rating: Good
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Oh my - I almost responded as if the posters were serious...

I'm really outta practice!

Although I did have a girlfriiend who thought that the Beatles' song "Paperback Writer" was "Take a Bath Right Now!"
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#22 Feb 10 2006 at 9:40 PM Rating: Decent
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Not actually all in one song... AC/DC is renowned by the nintendo generation for being the first (and still only) band to write a second set of lyrics to one of their songs that could only be described as a satiristic mockery...

Original chorus line:
"Dirty deeds! Done dirt cheap!"

Satire chorus line:
"Dirty Deeds! Done with sheep,
Dirty Deeds! Little Bo Peep!"

If I get bored later i might find the lyrics online or maybe write them out by hand... this satire "AC-DC - Dirty Deeds (Done With Sheep).mp3 can be readily found on Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.3 or possibly another p2p network
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#23 Feb 10 2006 at 9:46 PM Rating: Default
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And what is up with Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me"? The song's lyrics are so vague that i'm not sure if anyone actually KNOWS whether he is talking about being in love with a married woman or if he's talking about being a drug addiction...

"And I'll swim through your veins like a fish in the sea..."

Sounds like heroin... And if you listen to the song thinking that way, it ACTUALLY ALL MAKES SENSE... but do we all rule him off as a crack fiend?
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