Misprints and Rarities
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#077:Mondegreen
YOU MAY NOT KNOW...
...the word
mondegreen. Coined
by Sylvia Wright over
fifty years ago, in an
Atlantic article, it
describes the
phenomenon where
you mishear a
statement or song lyric.
At the time of the
article, the most
famous example saw
people singing "she's
got a tick in her eye,"
to a Beatles song.
THIS PHENOMENON
crops up in music more than anywhere else. The
main reason is the tendency for many singers to
mumble their words - maybe it's out of a desire
to appear enigmatic, or perhaps just because
they forgot their lyrics.
WE'VE LISTED
ten genuine examples
below. All you have to do
is name the songs they
come from. Chances are
that you'll find one that you
actually thought was real,
in which case consider
yourself lucky - better to
discover the error in
private rather than live on
stage at your next office
Christmas party!
1 MICE AROMA
2 SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THIS GUY
3 I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T STAND LUCY
4 PRETTY WALNUT, WHO I WOULD LIKE TO EAT
5 GREEN POODLE BASHER ON THE 45
6 I WON'T POKE MY EYES OUT AND SURRENDER
7 MY NAME IS PERRY MASON, I'M ADDICTED TO DRUGS
8 FIRST I'M GONNA GIVE YOU UP THEN I'M GONNA LET YOU DOWN THEN I'M GONNA RUN AND AROUND AND HURT YOU
9 DECK THE HALLS WITH BUDDY HOLLY
10 A WIENER WRAP, A WIENER WRAP
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