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Mis-sung: a litany of mondegreens

An open list of 27 words by frindley.

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Key words from those lyrics you get wrong, whether or not by accident.

Inspired by gangerh's squillow, tit squillow, tit squillow.
More inspiration at mondegreen - thanks plethora!

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  • dontcry Actually, Bruce Springsteen's lyrics are: "Cut loose like a deuce..." not "Revved up like a deuce," "Wrapped up like a douche," or "Wrapped up like a doosh." *snort* Manfred Man changed them up then screwed them up....

    edit: oops - failure to read all posts... what a doosh! Jan 14, 2009

  • chained_bear Yeah, a Moog synthesizer, while singing about douche wraps!

    (Actually, in homage to Bonnie, I should spell it "doosh." Hee! I slay myself.) Jan 14, 2009

  • reesetee Are you kidding? They used a Moog synthesizer! Jan 13, 2009

  • chained_bear Yeah, that doesn't make much more sense than "wrapped up like a douche." Stupid earth band. Jan 13, 2009

  • reesetee I remember that song! Written & sung by Bruce Springsteen, but the version that caught on--and the one that used that often-mangled phrase--was by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

    I think I finally figured out that it was "Revved up like a deuce" ("Cut loose like a deuce" in the original) decades later. :-) Jan 13, 2009

  • chained_bear Anyone remember that song "Blinded by the Light"? "Wrapped up like a douche"? No?

    Maybe it was just me... Jan 13, 2009

  • plethora Alternatively:
    She's got electric boobs... Jan 13, 2009

  • hernesheir "She's got an electric suit/ a "Moherzoo"/You know I read it in a maga-zay-EEN/ Oh, Oh....Oh, b-b-b-Benny and the Jets.... -- Elton John Jan 13, 2009

  • hernesheir "Bingo Jed, a line on/Don't carry me away. (Big ol' Jet airliner/Don't carry me away...
    (Steve Miller Band) Jan 13, 2009

  • frindley More mondegreens than you can shake a proverbial stick at. All wrapped up in a heart-warming hymn tune.

    Apr 23, 2008

  • bilby My own guilty recollection is of SBS news reports while I was cooking dinner. From the loungeroom I'd hear this journalist's tagline wafting through to me: "Yes I'm an asshole, SBS news."
    After hearing it a thousand times, and finding out that the reporter is of Serbian origin, I now know that it's Vesna Nazor.
    *blush* Apr 19, 2008

  • plethora You should name this list mondegreens, f. Apr 19, 2008

  • gangerh Very clever list idea, frindley. This is going to be a big earworm generator! Apr 19, 2008