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Did I hear that right? (Misheard lyrics)
Ok, I know we've all done this, especially those of us over a certain age who've spent a wild youth listening to our guys at a somewhat increased volume. I keep MISS-hearing the Boy's lyrics! And I thought it might be fun to share our hearing loss here. Mind you, I know the real lyrics to ALL the songs (of course). These are just ones that caught me off guard.
Busy Being Fabulous- (the real lyric) "To drink the wine from your winner's cup, to realize your children were growing up.."
(What I Heard) "To drink the wine from your winner's cup, to realize your children were throwing up.."
Love Will Keep us Alive- (the real lyric) "Lost and lonely, now you've given me the will to survive, when we're hungry, Love will keep us alive.."
(what I heard)"Lost and lonely, now you've given me the will to survive, when we're hungry, Doug will keep us alive.."
Anybody else out there have any?
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Many years ago when I first heard "One of These Nights" on the radio, I thought the line "Get you baby one of these nights" was "Hit your baby one in the night" :laugh:. Now, I know, the Eagles would never sing a line like that.
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Lol, ticky, good idea for a thread!
I was happily singing "There's a javelin moon" in 'Somebody' until I looked at the lyrics - made no sense but sounded good! I think I was picturing a very fine crescent moon.
Another silly thing, to start with, in 'Waiting In The Weeds' I couldn't help singing "While peacocks prutt and stance upon the stage". Weird! And can anyone actually hear Don sing "Proximity an even chance"? I just get "Proxim an even chance", but I forgive him anyway!
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Me too GEF!
I always thought that Don sang at Desperado:
"Oh be my God..."
But it is "Open the gate"
Oops :lol:
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Oh, I've heard many songs wrong - although mine aren't as funny. I've done this before, so I have the list at the ready. Limiting it to Eagles...
Edited to add: My excuses in italics.
After the Thrill Is Gone
Real: You're afraid you might fall out of fashion
Mine: You're afraid you might fall out of passion
Hey, if you can fall out of love...
Business As Usual
Real: Them sharks out there are lurkin' beneath the curl
Mine: Them sharks out there are lurkin' beneath the curb
In the sewer, perhaps?
Doolin-Dalton
Real: Then he laughed and said "I'm goin'"
Mine: Then he left, and kept on goin'
I didn't realize he was happy about going. lol
Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise
Real: The queen of hearts, you say you never met
Mine: The queen of hearts is safe; you never met
These desperadoes bring the queen of hearts down. ;)
Fast Company
Real: This is your time
Mine: This is your turn
Understandable - they mean the same thing!
Frail Grasp on the Big Picture
Real: Just to get some snogging done - You're living in a hormone dream
Mine: Just to get some snuggling done - You're living in a hardcore dream
Who knew Don was into British slang? As for the hardcore part... :blush:
Real: Nobody's calling them for roughing up the kicker
Mine: Nobody's calling them, they're rougher and they're thicker
I'm not good with sports terminology.
Good Day in Hell
Real: Truckin', that's all that I've been doing
Mine: F**king is all that I've been doing :blush:
I think mine is closer to the real meaning anyway...
Hotel California
Real: I heard the mission bell
Mine: She held the missing bell
Um... a missing part of his soul... (reaching here)
Real: Then she lit up a candle
Mine: Then she lifts up a candle
Perhaps Don is taller than she.
Real: Her mind is Tiffany-twisted; she got the Mercedes bends
Mine: Her mind is definitely twisted; she got the Mercedes Benz
Don's clever word-play did not penetrate my skull.
How Long
Real: Out there in that shiny night, with bloodhounds on your mind
Mine: Out there in that shining night, your blood is on your mind
Thinking of his own mortality?
Is It True
Real: You were hung up; I had a good line
Mine: You were up front, I had a good time
I hadn't studied up on 70s slang.
King of Hollywood
Real: He's just another power junkie; Just another silk scarf monkey
Mine: He's just another powder junkie; Just another sex-starved monkey
Mine makes the King look ever grosser.
Last Good Time in Town
Real: Moon come up and the sun go down
Mine: Men come up when the sun goes down
Men go out and party at night?
The Last Resort
Real: They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea
Mine: They watched the hated sun drinking in the sea
Evaporation?
Real: You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Mine: You can leave it all behind and sail to an island
I'm not good with geography.
Life in the Fast Lane
Real: They paid heavily bills
Mine: They paid heavenly bills
Irony. Or so I thought.
On the Border
Real: Good night, Dick
Mine: I'm just sick
Nixon didn't occur to me because I didn't put the song in context when I first heard it.
The Sad Cafe
Real: The clouds rolled in and hid that shore
Mine: The clouds rolled in beneath that shore
An ironic reversal of the expected visual? (I'm reaching here).
Seven Bridges Road
Real: There is a taste of time-sweetened honey
Mine: There is a taste of thyme, sweet as honey
Never mind that thyme is a spice.
Tequila Sunrise
Real: When it comes down to dealin' friends
Mine: When it comes down to bein' friends
What guy likes to be told by a girl that she wants to be "just friends"?
Those Shoes
Real: You can't believe your reviews
Mine: You can't believe you're refused
Well, I figured, if she can't get a date when there's desperation in the singles bar...
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Originally Posted by
sodascouts
After the Thrill Is Gone
Real: You're afraid you might fall out of fashion
Mine: You're afraid you might fall out of passion
Doolin-Dalton
Real: Then he laughed and said 'I'm goign'
Mine: Then he left, and kept on goin'
Fast Company
Real: This is your time
Mine: This is your turn
Frail Grasp on the Big Picture
Real: Just to get some snogging done - You're living in a hormone dream
Mine: Just to get some snuggling done - You're living in a hardcore dream
Good Day in Hell
Real: Truckin', that's all that I've been doing
Mine: F**king is all that I've been doing :blush:
Hotel California
Real: Her mind is Tiffany-twisted; she got the Mercedes bends
Mine: Her mind is definitely twisted; she got the Mercedes Benz
King of Hollywood
Real: He's just another power junkie; Just another silk scarf monkey
Mine: He's just another powder junkie; Just another sex-starved monkey
Last Good Time in Town
Real: Moon come up and the sun go down
Mine: Men come up when the sun goes down
The Last Resort
Real: You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Mine: You can leave it all behind and sail to an island
Life in the Fast Lane
Real: They paid heavily bills
Mine: They paid heavenly bills
On the Border
Real: Good night, Dick
Mine: I'm just sick
Seven Bridges Road
Real: There is a taste of time-sweetened honey
Mine: There is a taste of thyme, sweet as honey
Well Soda, I've got a couple the same ones as you!
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Originally Posted by
Mrs Henley
Well Soda, I've got a couple the same ones as you!
Me too!! and I thought those WERE the real lyrics *grin*
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:applause:to all of those. I have a pretty good ear for lyrics and didn't get many of them wrong. One thing I will say however, is I wish they had come up with a better word than 'heavily' in LITFL. Even if they'd repeated 'outrageous' at least it would have made sense.
On another tack I could never understand the line in Soul Searchin' 'and I sit here and wonder, baby, what we're really learnin''. Until literally five seconds ago when I finally looked it up on GFO I thought it was 'and I sit hearin' one day...' which I really had to twist around for it to make sense.
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LOL Soda....I thought the same thing with your HC line!
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Real: Truckin', that's all that I've been doing
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Mine: F**king is all that I've been doing :blush:
Soda, on Good Day in Hell I originally thought I heard the same as you. You're probably right that your interpretation is closer to what they would really want to say.:wink:
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Life in the Fast Lane
Real: They paid heavily bills
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Mine: They paid heavenly bills
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I have a pretty good ear for lyrics and didn't get many of them wrong. One thing I will say however, is I wish they had come up with a better word than 'heavily' in LITFL. Even if they'd repeated 'outrageous' at least it would have made sense.
On LITFL I also heard "heavily" as "heavenly". How would you know. I agree with you Freypower, it isn't the proper use of the word. That's not like Don. :headscratch:
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Originally Posted by
Freypower
One thing I will say however, is I wish they had come up with a better word than 'heavily' in LITFL. Even if they'd repeated 'outrageous' at least it would have made sense.
I hear ya. That's one reason I misheard it; the other is such clumsy grammar it didn't even occur to me! Now that I know what it is, I admit, it annoys me when I think about it. I try not to. ;)
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You mean it isn't "heavenly bills"? Add me to the list!
Smuggler's Blues - I thought it went "They hide it up, and tell you right, I mean it's here to stay."
Correct version: "They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay."
Incidentally, in one of my clippings from a British mag, they spell it "Tell-U-Ride" - is that part of the Spud-U-Like chain? ;-):grin:
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GLENN'S SONGS
The Heat Is On
Real (supposedly): The beat's so loud, deep inside
Mine: The beat's alive, deep inside
Now, honestly, I actually think MINE is right, but the internet consensus is that the first one is right.
You Belong to the City
Real: Movin' through the crowd and the midnight heat
Mine: Movin' through the crowd to the midnight beat
After careful listening, I realize I got this one wrong! But I think it might be "in the midnight heat" - again, internet consensus says "and the" - not sure it's right.
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Good heavens. As far as I am concerned, in THIO it's 'and the beat's alive'. No way is it 'so loud'.
As for YBTTC, I think it's 'in the midnight heat'.
And as for 'they hide it up in Telluride' they have also hidden it in the following places:
Tokyo
Daly City
La Jolla
Auckland
and I think there may be others.
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I searched at the internet to the song and it's saying indeed "And the beat's so loud, deep inside."
But I'm agreed with FP, I Youtubed The Heat Is On, and played it many times, and I can hear "And the beat's alive".
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Well, as I tell my students, just because something's on the internet doesn't make it true.
As far as I'm concerned, the lyrics are "The beat's alive."
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According to my 'Best Of Glenn Frey' songbook, it's "and the beat's alive", so those internet sites should go back to their research!
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We're sure now that the lyric is "and the beat's alive!"
Yes indeed!
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Another one - in Desperado, I thought it said "You've been out riding fancies". :oops:
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It's 06:45 in the morning here in Austria and I just heard:
For my wedding I don't want violence....
Well, who would.... :shy:
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Originally Posted by
glenneaglesfan
Smuggler's Blues - I thought it went "They hide it up, and tell you right, I mean it's here to stay."
Correct version: "They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay."
I thought it was 'Tell you right' as well!!
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Originally Posted by
sodascouts
GLENN'S SONGS
The Heat Is On
Real (supposedly): The beat's so loud, deep inside
Mine: The beat's alive, deep inside
Now, honestly, I actually think MINE is right, but the internet consensus is that the first one is right.
that's what I heard too soda
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Whenever I listened to Those Shoes, I presumed that the line "In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama" was "In the middle of the tall drinks and the drummer". Wonder where my head was at... :blush:
And I'm gonna put on my blinkers and pretend that it is "heavenly bills".
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Lol, Troubadour!
According to my "The Best Of Eagles" songbook, published by Warner Music Group, 1981, it is "heavenly bills" - it would make a lot more sense.
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Originally Posted by
glenneaglesfan
Lol, Troubadour!
According to my "The Best Of Eagles" songbook, published by Warner Music Group, 1981, it is "heavenly bills" - it would make a lot more sense.
Hurrah! "Heavenly bills" is all I ever presumed it was. "Heavily bills" is just... odd.
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Neither word works but to me he's singing 'heavily' and I have just looked at my Hotel California sheet music book which lists the word as 'heavily'.
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What are the words that start out the last verse? Right before "blinded by thirst"
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I always thought it was "Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst..."
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Ive always been a dreamer
I always thought it was "Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst..."
Me too Dreamer, I'm just listening to the Eagles Live album and it's indeed Blowin' and burnin'!
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Originally Posted by
Freypower
Neither word works but to me he's singing 'heavily' and I have just looked at my Hotel California sheet music book which lists the word as 'heavily'.
listening to the Eagles Live album, Don is singing also heavily bills..
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I thought that it was: "The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta play in the past." in Life In The Fast Lane.
I figured out that it's "The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash." oopppppssss :angel:
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In How Long, I thought it was, woman will you wait? but it is woman will you weep?
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I thought that too EL,
but it's "woman will you weep"
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I wish either Don or Glenn could rock me to sleep :twisted:
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Misheard Lyrics
I don't recall seeing this topic here... but if it is, I'm sure the admins will transfer it to where it belongs.:thumbsup:
I've been thinking about this since our last survivor game. Originally, when I heard -IIT, I heard the following:
Is It True - I was a wild one, like a chainsaw, if that's import to you! :hilarious:
Who else has funny misheard lyrics?
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There is a topic on this, but it's super-old! Still in the interest of organization anal tendencies.... I'll do the combo thing.
I am glad you revived the discussion, though, LTL. We've got some new folks who can add to it, and maybe some of we old-time members can add some more as well.
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I'm reviving this thread because a line from The Heat Is On came up again. I was going to post about it, but realized this had been discussed a while ago in this thread. However, it doesn't look like there is a conscensus about it, so I thought I bring it up again, and let other's weigh in on this thread that may have missed it before.
The specific lyrics I'm referring to - is it??? ...
"And the beat's so loud"
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"And the beat's alive"
I'm leaning towards "the beat's so loud" only because I think it's odd to use the word "alive" in two consecutive lines. The lines are ...
"And the beat's (so loud or alive), deep inside
The pressure's high just to stay alive"
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Put me on the "Alive" side. It sounds like "alive" to me, and I think it's much odder to have two words that don't rhyme ("Loud" and "Side") than it is to have a word repeated. After all, we have a repeated word in "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance": "only way" is rhymed with "other way" - it's not unheard of.
The rhyme scheme is more evident when you write it like this:
And the beat's alive
Deep inside
The pressure's high
Just to stay alive
JMHO!
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I said in the Eagles Song thread that I think it's alive & have always thought that for the reasons Soda has stated, and because I never heard it as 'loud'.
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Originally Posted by
sodascouts
Put me on the "Alive" side. It sounds like "alive" to me, and I think it's much odder to have two words that don't rhyme ("Loud" and "Side") than it is to have a word repeated. After all, we have essentially a repeated word in "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance" towards the end: "away" is rhymed with "way" - it's not unheard of.
The rhyme scheme is more evident when you write it like this:
And the beat's alive
Deep inside
The pressure's high
Just to stay alive
JMHO!
I agree. I've always heard it "alive". I just watched it on YouTube, and I'm still hearing alive.