The Vast Universe of Misheard Song Lyrics
Yesterday, in the middle of a telephone conversation with b-lo, she abruptly put me on hold. When I'm talking with friends on mobile phones, I don't care for being put on hold; however, if they are at work and they have music on hold, I am happy to hold. Music on hold is probably my favourite radio station. And pretty much always has been. I remember one time when I was about 10 I called my mom at her office, the receptionist put me on hold, and I don't remember what the music on hold was - probably some Chicago song - and I started singing along. The WHOLE song. Well, I was not aware that the receptionist had come back on the line (to tell me my mom was going to be a minute) and actually waited for me to finish singing. At the end she said, "That sounded really good." I was mortified, as evidenced by the fact that I still remember the incident.
That was a tangent. The song playing while I was on hold yesterday was a Genesis song. I hadn't heard it in ages and decided to buy it on the spot. So I pulled up the iTunes music store and searched for "Taking It All To Heart". My mistake. When I couldn't find it, I figured I had the title wrong so I did an internet search for the lyrics. The song is actually called "Taking It All Too Hard". All this time I've been incorrectly singing that song. And that song brings me to yet another misheard Genesis lyric I discovered yesterday. In looking at Genesis' most popular songs on iTunes, I learned that "That's All" is at the top. I wasn't familiar with that one so I double clicked it and gave it a listen. The song - "That's All"; I, however, have always believed the lyric and title to be "That Song": "Just as I thought it was going alright I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was rights' always the same, it's just a shame, that's all; I could say day, you'd say night tell it's black when I know that it's whites' always the same, it's just a shame, that's all . . ."
Phil Collins needs to work on his pronunciation.
Today's Song: Taking It All Too Hard, Genesis
posted by h.justin @ 8:56 AM
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6 Comments:
I'm a closet Phil Collins fan. Does that make me lame?
"No Jacket Required" was one of the first tapes I owned, so no, IMHO nothing wrong with liking Phil Collins. My sister, however, vehemently disagrees.
Billy..Billy..don't you lose my number!
Come on, that's genius!
(That is what he's saying, right?)
My favorite mis-heard song lyric story:
My friend always thought the following line: "I wanna come over!! To hell with the consequence!"
was actually...
"I wanna come over! To hell with the concert plans!"
Agreed. Phil Collins needs to enunciate. I always thought one of the lines to "Invisible Touch" was, "He reaches in, is he gonna touch her?".
Justin, didn't your sister, when she was young, think "When Smokey Sings" by ABC was "When Smoking at Sears?" That's probably my favorite misheard lyric. You know the classic Neil Diamond, "You hardly talk to me anymore, when I come through the door at the end of the day?" My little sis sang, "You hardly talk to me anymore, when I Kung-Fu the door at the end of the day."
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