Have you ever belted out the words to one of your favorite songs only to find out later that you’ve been singing the wrong lyrics? No? Ok…so just me I guess.
A few weeks ago I was driving in the car with my little brother and he starts singing the hook to “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” (well, kind of) What I heard was “Be my incidentally! Be my incidentally!” Its funny how kids will sing lyrics that don’t make any sense. What am I saying…half the lyrics in mainstream music today don’t make much sense. I remember when I was a little kid I used to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and I loved singing, dancing and karate kicking to the theme music. Problem was, I kept saying “herums in a hap shell” instead of “heroes in a half shell!”
It got me thinking of all the music we know and love…or think we know. Sometimes its the lead singer who’s hard to understand. Case in point: FALL OUT BOY! When I first saw “Sugar We’re Going Down” on MTV years ago I remember liking the song but really having no idea what the hook was all about. We’re going down down in an illy around? Whaaat? This FOB tune is another jam that has some hilarious miscontrued linguistics.
And how about Sean Paul? I dig Sean Paul, but half the time I can’t make out what he’s saying through his thick accent. Sometimes half the fun is making up funny lyrics to songs from artists like him. “Jordee ahn Rebecca!”
What songs have you been slaughtering lately? I still sing the wrong lyrics to Nirvana’s “All Apologies” because its reminds me of being a little kid in the 90’s and listening to Nirvana, RHCP, Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins with my hippie older cousins. “Oh no, ezoweeaahhh!” I don’t care if it IS “All we know is all we are”…I’m singing ezoweeaaahh.
-Lori
