Misheard Lyrics

[Documad]

I think the other thread disappeared. So I guess I start a new one? Post misheard Beastie Boys lyrics!


I just figured out that I have an embarrassing one.

In Putting Shame In Your Game, it goes:

Don't grease my palm with your filthy cash
Multinationals spreading like a rash
I might stick around or I might be a fad
But I won't sell my songs for no TV ad


For all these years, I've thought Yauch was saying:

"I might sneak around or I might be a fag
But I won't sell my songs for no TV ad"

I always thought it was interesting that he was saying he would rather have people tell lies about his personal life than sell his songs. I kind of think my version is better. :p


(I searched but if I missed the old thread somehow, I'm sorry.)

[zorra_chiflada]

i have a really bad one:

in ch-check it out, instead of
"like mutual of omaha"
i thought it was
"fat bitch in the overalls" :o

oh, and another one from someone else,
instead of
"like lorne greene you know i get paid'
they thought it was
"like lorne greene with the funky paste"

[Documad]

Lorne Greene probably had funky paste. :)

[zorra_chiflada]

Lorne Greene probably had funky paste. :)
haha! yeah, zount thought up that one!

oh and in "get it together" i thought the line
"and i'll be rockin the whole park"
was
"and i'll be rockin the hobart"
(hobart being the small little country town where i live :o )

[Documad]

They have so many references from so many sources, I'm guessing there is a lot of confusion. I know some Americans don't get the NYC references. I don't get a lot of the sports and music references.

I've always been reluctant to sit down and read the lyrics because it's more fun for me to try and get them by listening. Stupid, I know! :rolleyes:

[Nygel]

Documad, i posted the same thing u did on the old one, except mine was a TAD different:
"I might SLEEP around or I might be a FAG
But I won't sell my songs for no TV ad"

and holy shit, so many people bitched and moaned at me about it. it was dumb.

and ill get the most common one on the old thread out of the way now.
The New Style - 'Father to many, married to none' - becomes - 'Father to many, married to a nun'

[Documad]

Documad, i posted the same thing u did on the old one, except mine was a TAD different:
"I might SLEEP around or I might be a FAG
But I won't sell my songs for no TV ad"

and holy shit, so many people bitched and moaned at me about it. it was dumb.
Yeah, well they can bring it on!

I enjoyed the old thread and I'm surprised I missed your post because it would have clued me in that I had it wrong all these years. :)

[Shazam_21]

I still don't know that line in Sure Shot, "I got the brand new do that's guaranteed like Yoo-Hoo" something like that.
its the line after that which is the problem!

[B_Mackin']

I've Got The Brand New Doo-Doo Guaranteed
Like Yoo Hoo
I'm On Like Dr John, Yea Mr Zu Zu

[laurie_hammy]

On 3 the hardway where mca says "the abby square mall brooklyn downtown" I thought it was "Now I declare war brooklyn downtown" for a Beastie to say that would be pretty wrong, so therefore im a dumass.

[Weezman]

this is horrible;

on "Eggman".....the part that goes "looked up and saw egg dripping from the ceiling"

i thought he said. "looked up and saw ED GRIMLY, hanging from the ceiling"?

Most Embarrising, I mUST sAY!!! :p

[Rich Cheney]

Always thought it was -

Her father had AIDS so I shot him in the head.

[chrisCro]

I had an idea for this kinda thread too, he he :)

On IC, "Do It" the lines go
You See Me Comin' Down The Block With The Funky Cuts
You Say "Hey Mike D" And I Say Mic These Nuts

and I thought it was: I Say Mike D's nuts :D

and in Brouhaha: Now what the blood clot I rap a lot
What you gonna do when the beat goes drop?

wouldn't it be cool if he said I crap a lot.... (OK, no!)

and for some reason on Right Right Now Now
I'm not here to fight, or incite
I'm like the beach in the Bahamas make you feel alright

I heard: I'm like a picture of Bahamas

[dancin2beasties]

On IC, "Do It" the lines go
You See Me Comin' Down The Block With The Funky Cuts
You Say "Hey Mike D" And I Say Mic These Nuts

and I thought it was: I Say Mike D's nuts :D
wow ok untill right now i always thought it was "Mike D's nuts" too. whoops haha :o

[Chicka B]

Ok here's one, and I really thought this was what he was saying and I was cracking up...

What I thought he said: What you saw what you heard, I'm getting bald am I disturbed?

What he really said:What you saw what you heard I get involved I might disturb-All Lifestyles :D

What I thought he said: Well I'm long gone word is porn
What he really said: Well I'm long gone word is born (what was I thinking!)

What I thought he said: MCA yeah you should be cookin
What he really said: MCA yeah Your Shit Be Cookin'

Wow there's alot I just can't think of them all!!! :eek: I gotta bad hearing though. And I was just gonna put that about "mic these nuts" but then I saw you already posted it! I was like HAH! :D

[P.T.B.A.I.]

Hehe I always thought it was "Puttin' MCs out of business like a crazy yeti" in Shazam until I actually read the lyrics.

[Wooo 69th post]

[titou lapraline]

^ :rolleyes: :eek: my godness!!...

[RobMoney]

It's "MIKE DEEZ NUTS"....triple entedre?




DEEZ NUTS....hahahaha

[Raina]

Documad, i posted the same thing u did on the old one, except mine was a TAD different:
"I might SLEEP around or I might be a FAG
But I won't sell my songs for no TV ad"

and holy shit, so many people bitched and moaned at me about it. it was dumb.
I thought that too, the first couple of times I heard the song...then I finally figured it out. :o


and ill get the most common one on the old thread out of the way now.
The New Style - 'Father to many, married to none' - becomes - 'Father to many, married to a nun'
O_O....I always thought IT WAS married to a nun! I'm an idiot. (y)

[Laver1969]

Sure Shot

What I thought:
"Well let's take it acapella... 1, 2, 3"

But it's actually:
"Well It's The Taking of the Pelham, One, Two, Three"

[ericg]

It's almost genius how they mean to do that on certain occasion... What an art form. Gives your brain all kinds of juice to figure and feel it out so symmetrically "correct" it's practically insane. Like riding the syllable riff out one way, though in "actuality" saying another but both making perfect sense somehow... It's all about the momentum and gesture, as in motive etc... Perhaps it's just ineffible at times yet the clearest ever when all senses pick up on it. Like truth can be anatomically correct... Anyway, one off the top of my head is from Intergalactic:

"... Also known for the Flintstone Flop flop
Tammy D getting biz on the crop crop..."

To me it went like, "... What's so known that the Flints don't fly fly..." or something to that effect...

It's just def D dawnin' the dope.
It just goes to show that you can catch all kinds of stuff when you're reelin'.
So many variables summing up parables letting you fill it all in as the universe expands... romantic realism given to the light of day after having been submerged. Just another dimension in string theory.

[NoI'mClarence]

haha! yeah, zount thought up that one!

oh and in "get it together" i thought the line
"and i'll be rockin the whole park"
was
"and i'll be rockin the hobart"
(hobart being the small little country town where i live :o )
Oh my gosh. I thought they were saying "rockin the hobart" too, but i've never heard of a place called Hobart.

[ericg]

Another one is, "... Until your back's up against the wall
You never know yourself that much at all..."

It sounds to me like "... You never knew yourself that's what you talk..."

[Chicka B]

Mkay, this is what I thought MCA said in What Comes Around, "I dogged your wife and she lost a tooth." I was thinking daaamnd not so rough!!! :eek: But then I looked at the lyrics and it said "I dogged your wife and she was a doofus." hehe, what the fuck? :D

[IronicAllure]

What I thought he said: MCA yeah you should be cookin
What he really said: MCA yeah Your Shit Be Cookin'
Yep that's one I misinterpeted and also:
In "Pass The Mic" to me it sounded like Adrock said: I'm a Lez Ya'll. :eek:
But he really said ... Never The Less Y'All.
From "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" Adrock says: I love girlies waxin' and milkin'? WTF...
Or I like swirlies AKA toilet Twirlin'?
"mic these nuts" was also one i heard wrong.
I Say Mike D's nuts... :rolleyes:
I need my ears checked out. :o

[Bobtwi]

Always thought it was -

Her father had AIDS so I shot him in the head.
My boy thought the same shit.I didnt know any better so I laughed at him.BTW doesnt everyone have that misunderstude lyric just programed in their brain and you sing it that way even after you know the real lyrics?

[steve-onpoint]

What I thought he said: Well I'm long gone word is porn
What he really said: Well I'm long gone word is born (what was I thinking!)

! :D

haha.

[kleptomaniac]

Oh word?

The actual line-
I'll have dog pemmican with my tea

The way I heard it-
I hurt a pelican with my teeth

I wuz like "WHAT????" :confused:



wait i have another one (it really bugs me too)
i wuz reading about misheard beastie lyrics (i don't know if it was here or not) and someone wuz like in paul revere, when they say "stick em up!" they heard it as "tinkerbell!"

well i listened to it and i heard it. AND IT WON'T GO AWAY! all i keep hearing is tinkerbell tinkerbell tinkerbell! :rolleyes:

[laurie_hammy]

Oh word?

The actual line-
I'll have dog pemmican with my tea

The way I heard it-
I hurt a pelican with my teeth

I wuz like "WHAT????" :confused:



wait i have another one (it really bugs me too)
i wuz reading about misheard beastie lyrics (i don't know if it was here or not) and someone wuz like in paul revere, when they say "stick em up!" they heard it as "tinkerbell!"

well i listened to it and i heard it. AND IT WON'T GO AWAY! all i keep hearing is tinkerbell tinkerbell tinkerbell! :rolleyes:

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[jackrock]

i know this has been said but...

"...and i said mike d's nuts" BUT... i thought it meant like mike d is crazy ya know. i don't think others were thinking that?

and alive
"tic-tic-toc
so-socialize..." and on...instead of "dip dip dive"

[Chicka B]

I know this thread is old but...earlier I was listenin to Get It Together and was sayin the lyrics, instead of "listen to the abstract got it goin on" I accidentally said "listen to the asscrack got it goin on" heheheh, I knew what the lyric was but I just messed up the words so...yeah. And my dad thought instead of "like john holmes" it was "like ja rule". Yeah that's stupid.

[kleptomaniac]

wait i have another one (it really bugs me too)
i wuz reading about misheard beastie lyrics (i don't know if it was here or not) and someone wuz like in paul revere, when they say "stick em up!" they heard it as "tinkerbell!"

well i listened to it and i heard it. AND IT WON'T GO AWAY! all i keep hearing is tinkerbell tinkerbell tinkerbell! :rolleyes:

what is it, 2007? and i'm still hearing that damn tinkerbell line! aaah i'm a dork. :D

[easy 3]

I know both the 'normal' and 'Just Blaze' Accapellas are as clear as a bell on this one (and the lyricsheet too for good measure) but I'm absolutely convinced that in CH-Ch-CH-ch-ch-che- check it out Adrock Raps about how he'll "make your Granny shave her leg and say 'those were the days!'"

It's such a tasty mental picture that nobody can talk me out of it!

:o

[alikat]

I'm absolutely convinced that in CH-Ch-CH-ch-ch-che- check it out Adrock Raps about how he'll "make your Granny shave her leg and say 'those were the days!'"

It's such a tasty mental picture that nobody can talk me out of it!

:o

THAT IS AWESOME!!!! :D

It would work too, women lose leg hair as they age...

[kleptomaniac]

I know both the 'normal' and 'Just Blaze' Accapellas are as clear as a bell on this one (and the lyricsheet too for good measure) but I'm absolutely convinced that in CH-Ch-CH-ch-ch-che- check it out Adrock Raps about how he'll "make your Granny shave her leg and say 'those were the days!'"

It's such a tasty mental picture that nobody can talk me out of it!

:o

that's actually mike d you misheard ;)

[easy 3]

that's actually mike d you misheard ;)

Oh shit - good point - I mis-mis heard - Ill communications I guess!

I'm going to have to go back over some of my misheard lyrics - I used to get most of them wrong to be honest! - I'd sit there reading the lyric sheets like - 'wow! this shit (almost) actually makes sense.'

- One of my favourite rap songs is that 'Opsta Now' by Royal Ron - I don't understand a freaking word of that but it's fresh as hell.

[easy 3]

THAT IS AWESOME!!!! :D

It would work too, women lose leg hair as they age...

Hold on a minute - is that right?

I know they're not often the target market for the cosmetics industry but I've seen some old ladies with proper Sasquatch legs - thoroughbred wookies! - (I'm not saying that I eye-up old ladies or anything but..........um......I'll stop digging just there.)

[alikat]

Hold on a minute - is that right?

I know they're not often the target market for the cosmetics industry but I've seen some old ladies with proper Sasquatch legs - thoroughbred wookies! - (I'm not saying that I eye-up old ladies or anything but..........um......I'll stop digging just there.)

Hmm, you have a point. The existence of aged wookies does confound my data. In fact: A brief tour around Google just led me to conclude that perhaps my grandma's effortlessly smooth legs resulted not from aging or blessed genes alone but, perhaps, DIABETES (https://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=433243)!

No matter what conclusion we draw, the beauty here is that pivitol medical questions have been raised. If just one person monitors their blood sugar more carefully as a result of this misheard lyric . . . yeah, I think it's safe to say this thread saves lives.

[alikat]

Also I just want to add that, of course, this lyric is a reference to Jean Stapleton singing as Edith in the intro of All In The Family (http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hO239D5ljs), and that Carroll O'Connor (who played Archie) did in fact die of complications related to diabetes. This humanitarian actor also donated a wheel-chair accesible van to my smooth-legged grandma's assisted living facility in New Jersey.

FULL frikkin circle people!!!!! COINCIDENCE??

[RadioPWEi]

haha.

actually, i believe that the term is "word is bond".

from rapdict.com (who knows the reliability):
Saying this means that what you are saying is absolutely correct, and you do not have to put up money to prove it, you just say it. The term originates from the financial markets where, historically, traders would tell each other, "my word is bond", i.e. my word is good enough, you don't need it in writing.

This term is also in the lessons of the Nation Of Islam and 5% "Have you not learned that your word is bond? Yes, my word is bond and bond is life, I shall give my life, before my word shall fail."

[kleptomaniac]

in "get it together" it's word is born (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word+is+born) ;)

[RadioPWEi]

in "get it together" it's word is born (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=word+is+born) ;)

I'm going to have to disagree. It's a good link that you sent, although that site is not really that accurate. Even the second def. says:

word is born
As mentioned, a misunderstanding of 'word is bond'; as in "I am giving you my word, and it is my bond."

Why would the Beastie Boys, with their clearly defined roots in the hip hop world and NY (where the whole term apparently came into being from the stock market world), make it a point to use the wrong terminology? It doesn't even have any comical value to it.

And if you think about it in a rhyming sense, what works better:
gone > bond > wrong
or
gone > born > wrong

Just sayin'.

[pshabi]

I was listening to "Alive" last night and it triggered my memory on this topic. When I first heard it, I was like "Whaaaaaaaa?"

At first, it sounds like Adrock says, "Homophobics say Awight!!!"

[alikat]

Lyric: "Ben Franklin with the kite, gettin' over with the key."

Heard as:

"Ben Franklin with kite./
Ah yet, Nova with the key."

In my head, Nova maybe referred to that science program that came on channel 13 when I was a kid. Yeah, yeah, I know about the key & kite thing and I realize my way makes no sense. But I'll never shake it.

[she_s_crafty]

i always thought that in super disco breakin the line that goes...
"sometimes i like to brag, sometimes i'm soft spoken"
was
"sometimes i like the bread, sometimes i start smokin!"
which made sense to me cuz who doesnt like bread and adrock smokes...i thought i was always right!

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

When I was younger my cousin got me into trouble because of the line in Intergalactic that goes "Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock."
He thought it was "Like a bitch on your neck called Mr. Spock." Well when I got the dvd I was around 10 years old, and he thought it would be funny to tell on me! Bastard! lol


and also when Ch-check it out first came out, I thought Mike said "Freeeesssh shittt-iah!" (I dunno what that means... I thought it was some creative new way of saying "fresh shit" I guess!) and then I heard it a couple more times and realized he was saying Fresh attire.. how embarassing!

[bobaratt]

i have a really bad one:

in ch-check it out, instead of
"like mutual of omaha"
i thought it was
"fat bitch in the overalls" :o


For the longest time, I thought it said:

"fat bitch with an overhaul"

Almost the same...

A buddy of mine thought "the girl is crafty like ice is cold" was
"the girl is crafty like ice cream cone"

And, my personal favorite (same buddy):

Instead of "That I'm well aware of your whack intentions", he thought it was
"WHANAWHANAWHAAAA of your whack invention" - that's the best i can spell it...

[AznAlice]

This thread is great for laughs.

I'm sure I missed a few more lyrics, but right now at the moment I'm listening to No Sleep Til Brooklyn and this is what I keep thinking is being sung...

Foot on the pedal - never ever fuck metal

but it's really..

Foot on the pedal - never ever false metal

[HAL 9000]

I used to think it was

"got mad hits like I was Rockaroo".

I assumed Rockaroo was a sort of hip-hop marsupial who had achieved a series of chart hits somewhere in the world – probably Australia (which would explain why I had never heard of him).

Then I was watching baseball on channel 5 (I live in the UK) and they mentioned Rod Carew. Then it clicked and I thought that made a lot more sense.

(y)

[DJ Pioneer]

i have a really bad one:

in ch-check it out, instead of
"like mutual of omaha"
i thought it was
"fat bitch in the overalls" :o

oh, and another one from someone else,
instead of
"like lorne greene you know i get paid'
they thought it was
"like lorne greene with the funky paste"

All right. I just have to come out and say it. I'm really disappointed in Mike's contribution to the first verse. Why is he so off-beat? Way too many syllables. What was he thinking? Was it intentional?

[Turchinator]

BUMP.

I was listening to Root Down and finally made this connection and was perplexed.

it's the line about Bob Marley. all lyrics online, as well as what Yauch sounds like he is actually saying is:


Bob Marley was a Prophet for the Freedom Fight
"If Dancin' Prays To The Lord Then I Shall Feel Alright"


but Bob Marley said "Give Thanks and Praise To The Lord and I will Feel Alright"

so really, this is a Bob Marley lyric that the Beastie Boys misheard.

what's up with that , Adam?

[Sir SkratchaLot]

My favorite is in Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists list of misheard lyrics

So Whatcha Want

Real Lyric
"Eatin' Crazy cheeze like you would think I'm from Paris"

Misheard as
"Eatin' crazy chicken like a nigga from Paris"

[Maradona]

In "The Grasshopper Unit", one of my favourite lines has always been:

"Old Hornblowers layin' their hose in",

as in...well, having sex (the sound effect on that line seems to match, too). But it's about Hornblower's lederhosen, apparently. Only found out today.

And...why does my original '98 CD call this song "Can't, Won't, Don't Stop"? Weird.

I also thought MCA "used to eat Ryvita at the morning bell" in "3 The Hard Way" lol

[Bernard Goetz]

In Professor Booty, Ad Rock apparently says:
Cuz I'm the Master Blaster
Drinkin' up the Shasta
But I've never been able to hear "drinkin'" - what I hear is:
Cuz I'm the Master Blaster
Mackin' up the Shasta
Drives me nuts that no one I know hears that...anyone here?

[Porkys1982#1fan]

For all these decades I thought it was:

You might have time for a party!

When it really its:

You gotta fight
for your right
to party!

[Maradona]

No :rolleyes:

[abbott]

well this is a case where you heard what you wanted to hear...


but I have my Misheard moment for sure...

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

They have so many references from so many sources, I'm guessing there is a lot of confusion. I know some Americans don't get the NYC references. I don't get a lot of the sports and music references.

I've always been reluctant to sit down and read the lyrics because it's more fun for me to try and get them by listening. Stupid, I know! :rolleyes:


Mhmm to the second part! Thats how I am, I do mishear lyrics and I know I do and it just makes me relisten to get it all right (:

In hold it now hit it I thought MCA said
Peter eat a packa meat all ata time hahaha

[beasties#1fan]

Always thought it was -

Her father had AIDS so I shot him in the head.
OMG so did my dad :O

[Sir SkratchaLot]

OMG so did my dad :O

Your dad had AIDS?

[eieio]

Digging the misheard lyrics... kinda an art. I got some doozies!

LTI - Girls
I heard she moved real far away
That was two years ago this May
I seen her just the other day
Jockin' Mike D. to my dismay

I always thought that the last line was
Jacking my D to my dismay

I think it flows well...

PB - 3 Minute Rule
Stay up all night go to sleep watching Dragnet
Never sleep alone because Jimmy's the magnet

Mike D's on it... but I always rap it like so...
Stay up all night go to sleep watching Dragnet
Never see the movie because Jimmy's the magnet

I know Dragnet was a TV show but it's semantics, right?

And from the same track...
When the troubles arise I'm the cool coper
On the mic I score just like the Yankees

My version...
I'll run up the score just like the Yankees

Giver a listen before you judge me! ha!

Nevertheless, 3 Minute Rule one of my favs... my version or the Beasties!

[beasties#1fan]

Your dad had AIDS?
no? my dad thought mca said, "her father had AIDS so i shot them in the head"
when i knew it was envy ;)

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

Your dad had AIDS?

Hahahahaha jesus christ did I just laugh.
That was a hilarious misunderstanding.

(Plus there is no HAD aids hahaha)

[Nicodemus]

Unless they're dead.

[fonky pizza]

A French friend of mine used to sing "pussycat you won't and you don't stop"

I talk about someone else cause for me it's all crystal clear:cool:

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

A French friend of mine used to sing "pussycat you won't and you don't stop"

I talk about someone else cause for me it's all crystal clear:cool:


You kill me lmao

[eieio]

I got a new one from HSC2 NonStopDiscoPowerpack...
tis me fav track up to now from HotSauce.
Wicked verse from Mike D-->

Actual:
Je m'appelle Michel perignon

My version:
Je m'appelle Michel very long

I even thought Mike changes the pronunciation to
a stereotypical French accent for the word very...
it sounds more like 'velee'.

Again I think my version works well! I mishear a lot.

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

Correct;
"Excuse me motherfuckers can I beg your pardon? Im gonna see the knicks up at madison square garden"

Misheard;
"Excuse the motherfuckers cannot beg your pardon, I go and see the knicks in Madison square garden"

Just plain wow.

[fonky pizza]

You kill me lmao

:) laughing my ass out instead of laughing my ass off!

[fonky pizza]

Mike D : Sergio Tacchini, wrong! it's Sergio Takkini! lol

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

Rapper mike d known as goldy locks, thought it was curly locks

[eieio]

Rapper mike d known as goldy locks, thought it was curly locks

It is curly locks...
Isn't it?

And it is Sergio Tacchini...
Isn't it?

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

It is curly locks...
Isn't it?

And it is Sergio Tacchini...
Isn't it?



I thought it was curly locks, but an online lyric place told me I was wrong. Maybe IT was wrong. Maybe were all wrong.. Maybe there is no such thing as right... 0_o

[fonky pizza]

It's curly locks and Sergio Tai-chi-ni(y)

[Porkys1982#1fan]

Just let me know if an expert is needed

[eieio]

I thought it was curly locks, but an online lyric place told me I was wrong. Maybe IT was wrong. Maybe were all wrong.. Maybe there is no such thing as right... 0_o

Happened to me too... I went to copy and paste the section of misheard lyrics online only to find that the online version was far more wack! You gots to be careful these daze!

Love the thread... my joy for mishearing goes beyond just the Beasties and into many groups and genres!