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rodbeard posted:Could you guys at least say what the song is you're mishearing. Some of you are so far off that I can't tell Ok.
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I kissed this guy
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Yes I'm Pooh Bear Yes I'm Pooh Bear Old tin lizzy do it till you're dizzy
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Mar 12, 2016 04:53
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syscall girl posted:I kissed this guy Squeeze me...
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Mar 12, 2016 04:54
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syscall girl posted:Don't feel too bad. It took me like 10 years to figure out England Dan & John Ford Coley's I'd Really Love To See You Tonight's lyrics were "I'm not talking 'bout moving in I totally thought that was what he was singing too. Thank god I'm not alone.
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Mar 12, 2016 04:59
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FELD1 posted:
To clear mine up (though I thought it was clear), I was referencing the song "Come on Come on" by Smash Mouth. Just in case. I don't really know when to use quotations marks correctly. I agree though, it seems like a lot of people are just posting non-sense or out of context lyrics.
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Mar 12, 2016 05:02
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Forever Man, by I think Eric Clapton or some band of his anyways. Also to this day my sister gives me grief about "mediaeval woman" (evil woman) by my best guess is ELO
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Mar 12, 2016 05:12
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Sharpe posted:I totally thought that was what he was singing too. Thank god I'm not alone. I hate that song so much, almost as much as Saturday in the Park--just the quintessential grocery store muzak. The words there don't fit the meter at all, which is probably why no one can understand what he's singing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDf0j3SEseU
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FELD1 posted:I thought "Walkin' on the Sun" was a cover for some reason. Just learned that it's not. Stuff I can't believe I just figured out: Smash Mouth made more than one song.
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Mar 12, 2016 09:21
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OH MY GOD THERES A WHOLE OTHER THREAD FOR MISHEARD SONG LYRICS. NO ONE CARES WHERE YOU WERE THE FIRST TIME YOU MISHEARD THIS PARTICULAR SONG. content: until I was eight, I pronounced "rabies" like the multiple of "rabbi."
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QuelleFuck posted:content: until I was eight, I pronounced "rabies" like the multiple of "rabbi." Until I was in my late 20s, I pronounced caste, as in the social class, with the same vowel as "case". It's pronounced like "cast", without an e, because it's some latinate bullshit term that breaks the English silent-e rules for no good reason. 
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QuelleFuck posted:content: until I was eight, I pronounced "rabies" like the multiple of "rabbi." I could pronounce rabies just fine, but I was in high school before I was able to sort out that rabid had a different vowel sound at the beginning, and was not actually pronounced like ray-bid.
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Mar 12, 2016 17:31
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Not to ruin everyone's good time, but isn't this conversation why this thread exists? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3754794
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Geniasis posted:Not to ruin everyone's good time, but isn't this conversation why this thread exists? Nice! I just didn't know it existed.
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FELD1 posted:I thought "Walkin' on the Sun" was a cover for some reason. Just learned that it's not. Maybe not a cover but the organ riff is basically straight copied from Swan's Splashdown by Perrey & Kingsley.
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foobardog posted:Until I was in my late 20s, I pronounced caste, as in the social class, with the same vowel as "case". It's pronounced like "cast", without an e, because it's some latinate bullshit term that breaks the English silent-e rules for no good reason. Fuuuuuuck. Thanks man. Contribution: I have always pronounced "susurration/susurrus" (which my computer doesn't even recognize as a word ???) as "sursurration." A friend pointed it out and reminded me that reading fast isn't always great when it comes to actually saying the word out loud. See also: Detritus, which I always said as "detrius," ignoring the second T completely 
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Someone Awful! posted:
They are. They're both Columbidae. The only difference is that pigeons are usually larger and doves are usually smaller. The reason white doves are actually pigeons is that all domestic pigeon descend from rock pigeons, which are in nature a shy, cliff-dwelling species. Then we domesticated them and bred them into fancy shapes and colors, and also let them go feral, when they became city pigeons. You can call a pigeon a dove, they don't mind. There are hundreds of doves/pigeon species.
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Bonster posted:They are. They're both Columbidae. The only difference is that pigeons are usually larger and doves are usually smaller. The reason white doves are actually pigeons is that all domestic pigeon descend from rock pigeons, which are in nature a shy, cliff-dwelling species. Then we domesticated them and bred them into fancy shapes and colors, and also let them go feral, when they became city pigeons. You can call a pigeon a dove, they don't mind. Thanks for this, the pigeon/dove thing is way more confusing than I thought.
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stuff you can't believe you just figured out: pigeons are goddamn complicated
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Someone Awful! posted:stuff you can't believe you just figured out: pigeons are goddamn complicated You should take a look at what exactly "panthers" are. Basically, it just meant any big cat, so it's been applied all over. Now, lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and snow leopards are all in the Panthera genus. When the Europeans colonized the Americas they came across pumas, who are NOT in the Panthera genus, but their own, Puma. However, they got called panthers too, as well as cougar, catamount, mountain lion, and painter. In more modern times, panther has been usually applied to black versions of these cats too, though usually only leopards and jaguars. There have been rumors of black pumas, but none have been found. So basically, a single species solely known as a panther does not exist, and the name could basically mean almost any big cat. Taxonomy is hard!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k The reason they keep addressing the listener as young man is because YMCA stands for Young Men's Christian Association e: listening to the song again, and taking it at face value, is it about getting homeless gay youths off the street? Wikipedia says it's just about how the YMCA was a hookup spot, but that doesn't really gel with a lot of the lyrics. Wanamingo has a new favorite as of 11:54 on Mar 15, 2016 |
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Wanamingo posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k At face value, it's just about the YMCA. There's nothing about gay men in the lyrics.
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Tiggum posted:At face value, it's just about the YMCA. There's nothing about gay men in the lyrics. Same with In The Navy (in regards to it being about the Navy) Now Hot Cop on the other hand, well he just wants to boogie on the disco floor.
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Mar 15, 2016 15:59
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flosofl posted:Same with In The Navy (in regards to it being about the Navy) Today I learned there are more than two Village People songs.
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Wanamingo posted:Wikipedia says it's just about how the YMCA was a hookup spot, but that doesn't really gel with a lot of the lyrics. Watch Can't Stop the Music and get back to us.
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The Village People apparently took themselves really seriously, too.
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The Village People are cool.
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flosofl posted:Same with In The Navy (in regards to it being about the Navy)
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Hirayuki posted:Can you shed some light on what Macho Man is about? Does he really want to be a macho man? Definitely wants a body that's in demand.
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Tiggum posted:At face value, it's just about the YMCA. There's nothing about gay men in the lyrics. Well okay, taking it at face value while accepting the self-evident fact that it's very obviously really gay. Specifically there's a part of the song where they're saying you should shelf your pride, and head to the YMCA so you can have a shower and get a good meal. Maybe it's just innuendo, maybe they're singing about how homelessness was/is a big problem in the gay community.
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It becomes more obvious if you litter the lyrics with quotation marks. Head to the YMCA so you can have a "shower," and get a "good meal."
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Strudel Man posted:It becomes more obvious if you litter the lyrics with quotation marks. quote:Young man, there's a place you can "go". Checks out
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rydiafan posted:Today I learned there are more than two Village People songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hYtUYiuzkw
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Celery Face posted:I can't help but wonder what this one is about. That's inferior Village People with Replacement Cop.
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I honestly thought the Village People songs were just to be taken at face value. EDIT: Relevant to the topic, I just realised that there are 6 members of The Village People, not 5. I forgot about the G.I. 
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For the longest time I thought "Prague rock" was some sort of music of Bohemian origin. Only in the last few years did I figure it was short for "progressive" and no czechs were involved.
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Baronjutter posted:For the longest time I thought "Prague rock" was some sort of music of Bohemian origin. Only in the last few years did I figure it was short for "progressive" and no czechs were involved. Not always! they're pretty bad
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No idea why I just though about it but Eggmans old name outside of Japan was Ivo Robotnik. Ivo is Ovi backwards, meaning relating to Eggs. I don't know how it took me so long to realize this but holy poo poo well played Sega
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Skaw posted:No idea why I just though about it but Eggmans old name outside of Japan was Ivo Robotnik. Ivo is Ovi backwards, meaning relating to Eggs. I don't know how it took me so long to realize this but holy poo poo well played Sega Ugh, that reminds me of the Archie Comics run of Sonic where in the backstory Robotnik had once been a kindhearted scientist named Ovi Kintobor. I used to love those comics, so thread title relevance: TIL that I have bad taste
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