Major mondegreen in action

[amanuensis1]

I just found out that that 1973 song by Seals and Crofts is not called "Queen Vanessa, Pass This Way Again."

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[gmth.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahaha, awesome!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Clearly I've never listened to any of the other lyrics in the song!

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

hahahahahahahahaha! Ok, I'm not laughing at you, except, you know, I totally am! :-P

P.S. There's a bathroom on the right.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Go right ahead! (And I didn't mishear that one, but, oh, some of the others I've messed up over the year are amazing.)

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Which song?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It's called "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)", but the way they do the "Weeeeeeeeee m'never..." deceived me all these years. I heard it in a store the other day and realised there was no "s" sound in the word I thought was "Vanessa" and listened more closely to the repetition.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Do you remember "Oh, Vienna"? In the 80s? Twenty years I thought they were singing Oh, Theodore. Seriously. I was sure they were singing to some guy called Theodore. Coulda buggered me sideways with a large root vegetable when I heard an articulate cover version.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I don't think I know that one--how is it I don't know an 80s song??

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Listening to that, I STILL hear Theodore.

[stanharding.livejournal.com]

Or that Steely Dan song, "All you really need is ears".

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*gets it* Omigod! No, hadn't heard that one that way! :D

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

SNORTLOL.

It's weird how the lyrics that I could never understand when I was a kid now are completely clear when I hear the song after a 20-year gap of not hearing it.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Got any favorites? :D

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

I was trying to think of some when I posted that. Mostly, it wasn't Mondegreens, it was just a blur of sounds that are clearly words when I listen to the song now. Does that mean in twenty more years I'll be able to understand the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?