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Those Arent't the Words @Solsticepublish

11/19/2013

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Continuing my theme on music I have decided that I am the worst person on earth
at deciphering song lyrics.  I can listen to songs that other people have
no trouble with and somehow I insert the wrong words.  I will give you a
short list of some of my most egregious errors.  In the Lynard Skynard song
“Sweet Home Alabama” the lyrics are “Where the skies are so blue.”  What I
hear is, “Where the skies are smooth.”  The Genesis song Invisible Touch
was another problem.  They sing, “She seems to have an invisible touch,
yeah!”  I heard, “She seems to have an invisible attraction.” Mike and the
Mechanics sand “All I need is a Miracle.”  To me they said, “All I need is
America.”   In Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on me” they say, “Sweet
dream, saccharine, loosen up.”  I was way off the mark on this one. 
To me it sounded like “Sweet dream, satin queen, Lucifer.”  The Backstreet
Boys had a song that used to be on in every grocery store called, “The shape of
My Heart.”  They sang, “I was tryin' to be someone.  I played my
part.  Kept you in the dark.”  Until I read the words I swear they
were singing, “I was tryin' to be someone.  I played my part.  Kicked
you in the dark!”  It would seem they weren’t kicking anyone in the
dark.  I love Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets.”  To this day I still
have not looked up the lyrics, though I cannot understand half of what he
says.  I was, however, corrected on one line I thought I had down.  To
me, I thought he sang, (please take no offense) “She‘s got electric boobs! Amota
zooms! (Yes I know Amota is not a word)  As it happens, he actually says,
“She’s got electric boots!  A mohair suit…”  Actually when you think
about it, my lyrics make about as much sense as his.  I never would have
guessed those were the words.  It’s not like I have a hearing
problem.  My brain just seems to hear what it wants to.   Some
songs I can really like but not understand what is being said.  The afore
mentioned Elton John had many of his early songs in which the words all slurred
together into a verbal avalanche.  I love Pearl Jam but there are hardly
any songs in their catalogue to which I could recite all the words.  It
just sounds like mumbling (albeit good mumbling).  Another great example of
this is Bruce Springsteen.  In his early work (which I also love) he sounds
like he is singing with mashed potatoes in his mouth!  Maybe I’m just a
little off but I can’t be the only one to have trouble with these or other
songs.  Does anyone else out there confuse lyrics?
1 Comment
Dennis
6/6/2018 12:11:38 am

Ditto on "Sweet Home Alabama." As far as Elton John, I used to guess his line in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was "Back to Hava Nagila in the woods..."

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