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surfered

(13,663 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:35 AM Mar 29

Misunderstood song lyrics

Last edited Sun Mar 29, 2026, 09:28 AM - Edit history (1)

She’s a one ton tomato..


Guantanamera by the Sandpipers



Hotel California by the Eagles - On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair…




Bad Moon On The Rise by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Misunderstood song lyrics (Original Post) surfered Mar 29 OP
Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Zambero Mar 29 #1
I used to think that's what Hendrix sang, too. surfered Mar 29 #5
Do ya take French? Endlessmike56 Mar 29 #2
I wanna spend time shopping ... marble falls Mar 29 #3
Beat this: ret5hd Mar 29 #4
You win! surfered Mar 29 #6
The right time, the wrong me chowmama Mar 29 #7
61 years old, just learned that it's "Penny Lane" pnwest Mar 29 #8
My wee son's version of Winter Wonderland... ultralite001 Mar 29 #9
Just Mentioned A Day Or Two Ago... ProfessorGAC Mar 29 #10
When I was a wee lad, my grandmother would take me to church. surfered Mar 29 #11
A gay pair of guys put up a parking lot. Swede Mar 30 #12

Zambero

(9,998 posts)
1. Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 08:50 AM
Mar 29

"Scuse me while I kiss this guy". Actual lyric refers to "the sky". Jimi was in on the joke early-on at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and took it to another level. When that line in the song came up, he used the "alternative" lyric while motioning in the direction of bassist Noel Redding, who he'd introduced as being Bob Dylan's grandmother. And to top it off, he burned and smashed his guitar, upstanding The Who, which was no small accomplishment.

chowmama

(1,103 posts)
7. The right time, the wrong me
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 10:21 AM
Mar 29

Of course, it's the right time to roll to me. But I think my mishearing was better.

pnwest

(3,471 posts)
8. 61 years old, just learned that it's "Penny Lane"
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:03 PM
Mar 29

not “And Elaine is in my ear and in my eyes”. Swear to God I’ve always heard “and Elaine”.

ultralite001

(2,572 posts)
9. My wee son's version of Winter Wonderland...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:29 PM
Mar 29

Proclaimed:

In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is parsley brown…

When the holidays arrive, I long for that washed up, rust-colored “snowman”…
Like tumbleweeds…

https://imgur.com/gallery/tumbleweed-snowman-XW9CVNu

ProfessorGAC

(76,907 posts)
10. Just Mentioned A Day Or Two Ago...
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:30 PM
Mar 29

...that on Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" I probably heard it 30-40 times and thought he was singing "Jane Weaver".
It wasn't until a DJ did a wrap-up of a 4 song set that I finally corrected myself.

surfered

(13,663 posts)
11. When I was a wee lad, my grandmother would take me to church.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 02:54 PM
Mar 29

It was several years before I realized that the hymn Bringing in the Sheaves wasn’t Bringing in the Sheep. I had no idea what a sheave was.

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