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psychogroupie
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05/20/2004 : 14:36:31
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Just been reading this thread in the pixies forum and wondered if anyone had any good fb ones. I imagine this has been done to death, if so I apologise 
I mishear most lyrics (cloth ears) but one that springs to mind is
rain that lasts till dawn
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reign of mastodon
oh well heh
My cats breath smells of catfood |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 15:01:36
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mountain rock your tomato
melting rock into metal
a beautiful day, a hard boiled egg
We've done this before a long time ago, but it's fun |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 15:42:30
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I have mentioned it before that I always heard "gravitate to Central France" as "grab a taste of Central France" - in Massif Central(e).
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there's fire if you want it, let me know. I'm sick and tired of letting go... |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 15:48:02
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Obvious, but "I said you have no feeling til that hard-on fills your chest."
 "Everywhere I go I want to travel by X-Wing" |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 16:44:09
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"at the toe in black"
don't you think toe in black sounds like a cool pub or something?
then when i found out it was "head to toe in black" i kept thinking it meant, lets to go toe in black. i have NO IDEA why i thought toe in black was a pub.
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dogjones
- FB Fan -
USA
142 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 18:34:37
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my "handle" on this board is a misheard lyric interpretation from a friend that i find so funny im gonna name my next dog "dog jones"
"dog jones" = "and the dogs dont"
also interpreted as "and the dow jones"
free q-tips for everyone! (Adda Lee...btw)
oh yeah...one more thing...
TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN ROOF....RUSTED.
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rockmusic84
= Cult of Ray =
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 19:22:59
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This is probably a common one:
In "Ten Percenter" I thought:
"Suck a syrup and soda"
was
"Suckin' slurpin' soda"
Oh well, Stupid Me...
Join The Cult of U-MASS - IT'S EDUCATIONAL!!! |
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TameReg
- FB Fan -
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 21:15:16
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My wife thought "slicin up eyeballs" was "songs from the Bible". When I told her what it really was she said "Oh, why would he say something like that?" So I had to explain the song to her.
Oops. I just realized this was supposed to be only Frank Black stuff. Sorry. |
Edited by - TameReg on 05/20/2004 21:18:09 |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2004 : 22:41:15
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quote:
Originally posted by ramona
I have mentioned it before that I always heard "gravitate to Central France" as "grab a taste of Central France" - in Massif Central(e).
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there's fire if you want it, let me know. I'm sick and tired of letting go...
I thought it was "grab a taint". |
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the thing
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
313 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 02:00:02
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I always thought in men in black that
"Dinner plate specials, the shape of cucumbers.."
was actually
"Dinner plate specials, the chef served cucumbers..."
And you know - I actually prefer the misheard version
My head was feeling scared, but my heart was feeling free |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 02:56:36
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I always thought it was :
the chefs of cucumber |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 03:12:16
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My heart is grounded in my cranium.
Maybe it's a nonsense sentence.
 "Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
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psychogroupie
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
37 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 04:43:08
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The toe in black sounds like my kinda pub lol oh yeah and
I'm wearing becky's pants
for I'm on a beckett rant
hehe nice image
My cats breath smells of catfood |
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1117 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 07:09:54
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:10:09
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The MIB lyric sounded like "the chef's a cucumber" to me. Not that that makes any sense.
As for "Blast Off," doesn't Frank actually say "I'm wearing Beckett's pants" at one point? Not Becky's, certainly, but I think psychogroupie got the pants part right.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
395 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:31:16
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There's the old "Sellin' insurance" for "Sailing and shoring", and I also heard "Like Jesus Christ gone to Hell" for "Like Jesus Christ on the hill" (I'll Be Blue)... and I think that's better!
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"Nothing to do about it..." |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 08:34:01
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that MIB lyric is just begging to be misheard!
I always thought it was something like
"To a place (that's) special, the shape of a cucumber"
Frank has a weird way of enunciating words sometimes when he's singing...I think its pretty cool, everyone does it to a certain degree. But it has definitely caused me some confusion in terms of mis-hearing lyrics
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"I'd rather the stuff I do be half a dozen people's favorite thing, as opposed to 10 million people's ninth-favorite thing." -Ricky Gervais |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2004 : 13:31:27
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Well, Jesus DID go to Hell at one point, didn't he?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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FrequencyOfGlow
- FB Fan -
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2004 : 18:15:52
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From Nadine-
She'll have a big grape popsicle take me for a ride.
I think the winter is going to be a real whirligig |
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the thing
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
313 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 02:07:15
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MIB - "Are they grey or is it my own nation?" - Which I always thought was "Are they grey or is it my omission?"
And in "Jesus was right", I alway thought the line "I like distortion, when I bar chord, An empty parking lot, when I ride on my board" was "I like distortion, when I bar chord, An empty parking lot, when I ride on my whore"
I think the Becketts pants line is a beckett trance isn't it?
My head was feeling scared, but my heart was feeling free |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 02:36:52
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in HATE ME it there's a line that sounds to me like he's saying,
"i almost shit the bed tonight"
but i doubt he is. |
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
395 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2004 : 19:09:42
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quote:
"i almost shit the bed tonight"
That'll be "My shoes look bad tonight", then...
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"Nothing to do about it..." |
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sultanbigpants
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45 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2004 : 00:34:46
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"You have no heart until that bacon fills your chest" - Goodbye Lorraine
"Mashed Potato Blues!" - Jaina Blues
My friend though that I Will Run After You went "I will rock you some afternoon"
We had played Gouge Away several times when we discovered our drummer thought the words were "Graduate... You can't Graduate" |
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DruggedBunny
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
395 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2004 : 00:57:58
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I had quite a few with the Pixies: I shouldn't admit to this, but I *very briefly* thought Debaser went "I am unchained, on the loose, yeah" (and I wasn't sure if he said 'debaser', a word I didn't really know at the time, or "ten paces"... I had a copy of the album, so no tracklist). "Sliced with no bubbles"... and I thought Tame went "PAAAAIN!!!"
Then there's "This monk, he's gone to Harvard"...
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"Nothing to do about it..." |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2004 : 14:26:25
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quote:
I think the Becketts pants line is a beckett trance isn't it?
Isn't it both, at different points in the song?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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jbstevens
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
102 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2004 : 14:44:46
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quote:
Originally posted by sultanbigpants
"You have no heart until that bacon fills your chest" - Goodbye Lorraine
"Mashed Potato Blues!" - Jaina Blues
My friend though that I Will Run After You went "I will rock you some afternoon"
We had played Gouge Away several times when we discovered our drummer thought the words were "Graduate... You can't Graduate"
I think Frank likes mashed potatoes - I remember someone else posted a long time ago that their kids were running around singing Hermaphroditos as:
"Mashed potato is my name"
"Yellow fifty-two / He's an undertaker bee" |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 06/13/2004 : 22:19:05
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Originally posted by VoVat
The MIB lyric sounded like "the chef's a cucumber" to me. Not that that makes any sense.
As for "Blast Off," doesn't Frank actually say "I'm wearing Beckett's pants" at one point? Not Becky's, certainly, but I think psychogroupie got the pants part right.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo.
That reminds me - I thought he said "I'm wearing my baggy pants" |
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Hatchetman
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 03:52:11
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Originally posted by jbstevens
quote:
Originally posted by sultanbigpants
"You have no heart until that bacon fills your chest" - Goodbye Lorraine
"Mashed Potato Blues!" - Jaina Blues
My friend though that I Will Run After You went "I will rock you some afternoon"
We had played Gouge Away several times when we discovered our drummer thought the words were "Graduate... You can't Graduate"
I think Frank likes mashed potatoes - I remember someone else posted a long time ago that their kids were running around singing Hermaphroditos as:
"Mashed potato is my name"
"Yellow fifty-two / He's an undertaker bee"
Yeah, that was my kids. They've been re-educated since!
Ade |
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Hatchetman
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 03:53:53
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The country was nothing but cheeeeeeese......
Ade |
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Devils Islander
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
101 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 04:09:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Hatchetman
The country was nothing but cheeeeeeese......
Ade
Ade old son, you've got too much time on your hands.
Butch
...where the Ballyhoos and the Tritons are. |
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Hatchetman
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 06:10:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Devils Islander
quote:
Originally posted by Hatchetman
The country was nothing but cheeeeeeese......
Ade
Ade old son, you've got too much time on your hands.
Butch
...where the Ballyhoos and the Tritons are.
I know, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!
Ade |
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Opaque
= Cult of Ray =
USA
251 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 15:52:21
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From Velouria - "Hold my head/hand..." always mix that one up even though I know better now.
"Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy..." |
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chrischob
- FB Fan -
Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 22:58:35
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On The Breeders Cannonball instead of :
'The bong in this reggae song..'
for the longest time I thought it was
'The bong in this real gay song...'
Chris Choboter
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Chroneos
- FB Fan -
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2004 : 06:22:16
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quote:
Originally posted by chrischob
On The Breeders Cannonball instead of :
'The bong in this reggae song..'
for the longest time I thought it was
'The bong in this real gay song...'
*snerk*
 "I forgot what to put here / So I'll wing it" |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2004 : 07:31:20
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i am ashamed to admit that i never realised that they were spelling out V-E-L-O-U-R-I-A in said track until the live show the other week.....
i never listen to lyrics, but i always just thought it was something like eerua or somesuch.
 You Know You Want To! |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2004 : 07:57:51
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"Things on that material eyes" on Vanishing Spies.
Freaky enough to be a real FB line.
"Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
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