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Marrs |
Posted - 05/19/2004 : 06:48:25 I've just joined the forum so sorry if this has been done before.
Frank Black's lyrics are often quite strange and lend themselves easily to being misheard.
I thought for quite a long time that the good man who Frank meets at the beginning of 'Los Angeles' was 'selling insurance' rather than 'sailing and shoring'.
Also I just found yesterday that at the end of Fu Manchu, Frank doesn't sing 'Accidentally diktat' (whatever that means) but 'Occidentally tic-tac' (whatever that means).
Does anyone else have any mishearings? |
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s_wrenn |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 01:26:15 Gorrilaz - Stylo #A front-bottom in your eyes#
when it actually is #Up from the bottom in your eyes#
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The Guy From Wonderland |
Posted - 04/13/2007 : 21:09:27 The first time I heard Hermaphroditos was live and I swear it sounded like "The man from Detroit is my name"
You Ain't Me |
trobrianders |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 15:14:50 What you guys never had fun taunting a religious type with talk of sex? Makes 'em squirm.
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awestruck |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 11:48:53 this has help me so much! i just have to say that i hear peachy peach also. since many of his songs i haven't heard yet, I can't wait to admit which lyrics i mishear.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders |
s_wrenn |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 14:02:13 I don't play by your rules old timer.
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coastline |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 13:59:13 s_wrenn, stick to the topic. Like this:
I just realized today that the third line of "Bullet" goes "Please tell my friends from outer space." I had always sung it "Please tell my friends I'm out of space."
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
s_wrenn |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 13:50:15 Just your face.
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coastline |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 13:48:43 Three cats and a dog. Should get me through the weekend. And you, s_wrenn?
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
s_wrenn |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 10:57:19 Got any pets coastline?
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Carl |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 07:44:14 I used to think the line "Where is my Mind?" was "Where is my beast sex?" |
coastline |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 18:33:23 quote: Originally posted by s_wrenn
"Sky blows your felines" (as in, the sky fellating a cat)
What's with you and animal sex, s_wrenn? You have roughly 1,075 posts, and 1,050 of them involve this theme. SICK.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
dogonfire |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 17:42:36 I know this is Frank Black and not the Pixies, but the latter played here this week, and I still haven't been disabused of the notion that Charles screams, "Wear pants!" in Caribou |
tisasawath |
Posted - 01/29/2007 : 02:22:57 perv
(that's for the turnip line)
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s_wrenn |
Posted - 01/25/2007 : 10:52:45 Beautiful day - U2 There are two lines i hear differently:
"See a turnip right in front of you" And "Sky blows your felines" (as in, the sky fellating a cat)
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tisasawath |
Posted - 01/25/2007 : 06:06:40 Yes, now that you've said it. If there were a surf version like Wave, and with Kim on some of the verse, that would be a lot like it.
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trobrianders |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 18:47:12 I once heard FB go ballistic in an interview about people who mishear lines like 'selling insurance' on 'Los Angeles'. But we've all had days like that. He had the interviewer, some kid, absolutely quaking.
This is the one thread I'm sure FB will never check out.
Oh and in keeping with the incest theme of Broken Face I thought 'The little thing who does my father speaks no English but if you saw her you'd say isn't she lovely'
But it's laundry which is way better.
Do any of you hear Girl from Ipanema in Broken Face?
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the acorahs |
Posted - 01/16/2007 : 15:47:26 my girlfriend heard "kiss my ring" as "kiss my wang"
which, i think, adds another layer to the song
---------------------------------------- it is a wretched life and vanity is repulsive
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toeknee |
Posted - 01/15/2007 : 10:23:48 I can't help hearing 'Oo, Saigon' in Gyaneshwar. That said, we still don't know for sure so it could be right! |
Carolynanna |
Posted - 01/09/2007 : 10:05:32 You owe me money cheeseman!
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Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 01/09/2007 : 02:42:36 quote: Originally posted by Carolynanna
I just won a bet with Diego because he thought that Ozzy says "Thought you were my friend" in paranoid and of course its "occupy my brain."
__________ Aw geez, my duodenum's acting up.
I always thought it was "are you for my brain." Ah well.
Numberwang? |
kfs |
Posted - 01/08/2007 : 13:43:34 "Build High" was playing the other day when mr kfs walked in. He said, "What are they saying....Bellbottoms, Bellbottoms?" He's not quite as much of a fan as I am! |
Carolynanna |
Posted - 12/22/2006 : 11:05:01 I just won a bet with Diego because he thought that Ozzy says "Thought you were my friend" in paranoid and of course its "occupy my brain."
__________ Aw geez, my duodenum's acting up. |
Carl |
Posted - 12/22/2006 : 08:39:43 "The Pixies', "Gigantic" Misheard Lyrics: A big big dog Original Lyrics: A big big love Editor's note: Yes the song is about a dog, hence the dog on the cover of the single. But according to most of the lyrics' web pages, it is still 'love'."
Er, no, that's Here Comes Your Man!
The Alec Eiffel ones are funny! I used to think in Cactus he was singing "Sitting here wishin' on a semen floor"!
Merry Christmas! |
kfs |
Posted - 12/22/2006 : 07:46:41 Have you guys seen this site... more about misheard Pixies lyrics.... http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/pixies.shtml |
coastline |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 20:16:30 I think it's actually
I had so many problems And then I got me an iPod I really like it a lot and
Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho? |
mantaraysallright |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 17:58:48 I heard
"I had so many problems And then I got me a women I really liked it a lot and"
in I Heard Ramona Sing...it made sense before I knew what the song was about (now I just feel foolish :P)
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MHokkane |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 17:28:41 I always thought that at the beginning of Bone Machine he yelled "This is a song from hell!" |
pixiestu |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 17:13:40 She said we’ll be witches Then there must be nakedness I said you have no hard on 'Til that aching fills your chest
"The arc of triumph" |
coastline |
Posted - 10/31/2006 : 12:35:52 And don't ask me how this happened, but I thought the Pixies song "Silver" was "Sliver" until I just heard the cover on Podcast #18.
When do I get my first bee, damnit? |
coastline |
Posted - 10/29/2006 : 19:46:51 I recently had Planet of Sound on, and thought to myself: Did he just say "One fine day in my podcast"? It took me a minute to figure out that the song preceded podcasting by at least a decade and I was just hearing things again. Still, if there was ever a Pixies podcast, that song would be a great intro.
When do I get my first bee, damnit? |
Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 10/29/2006 : 19:18:28 ... or surprised <rim shot>.
Sorry, it was just there. :)
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
Neptune |
Posted - 10/29/2006 : 18:16:58 I too thought it was "Yesterday I Will Burn" until just now...I never even thought about how that didn't make sense...
I thought of this thread recently while reading Fool the World. Some critic is talking about Come On Pilgrim and the part of I've Been Tired where BF talks about "Losing my penis to a horrible disease." I was stunned. I always thought it was "a whore with disease", which really is a much better line. Was relieved when i checked the lyrics and saw that the critic had it wrong... (rarely is anyone happy about the presence of a whore with disease!) |
mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 10/28/2006 : 10:41:34 I thought Dig For Fire said "near and inside of her home" instead of "kneeling inside of her hole".
"Is someone gonna come kick the ball, like in Charlie Brown?" -Nicole |
pixiestu |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 15:43:40 quote: Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
And In I Burn Today I thought it was "Yesterday I will burn" which doesn't make any sense either.
I think a lot of people thought that, even though as you say, it doesn't make any sense. But then again, when has anything The Man has ever said made sense?
"The arc of triumph" |
coastline |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 15:41:08 Me too on "Yesterday I will burn." For about a year, I held that up as a classic Frank Blackism, telling people how he had some really neat, quirky stuff like that in his language. Turns out I'm just an idiot.
Shiny! |