Misunderstood Lyrics

[Space Tycoon]

Plus, uh, noodle salad.

[Djack Zteelecock]

Remember that time at Cinescape that you bragged about driving drunk? That was weird.

I am obssessed with space, our place in it, the possibility of life elsewhere, cosmic evolution, space exploration.

We're on Earth.

[Space Tycoon]

Yeah, well, now you're just trolling. If you weren't before.

Drunk driving is really bad, mmmkay? Lesson learned.

And Earth is part of space.

Oh, who gives a fuck anymore.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Every look back at my past elicits a Tsk! or two. I am alternatingly ashamed of and impressed by my younger self.

We're moving in a couple weeks, so I've been going through old papers and throwing away what I no longer want or need. It's a painful process.

[Space Tycoon]

I am moving too.

I am now the proud renter of a storage locker, that will hopefully not be the focus of some episode of a reality show where some dude yells "YEEPPPPPPP!!" before claiming possession of my 30 year old Texas Instruments video game console.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Does Canada have those kinds of shows? And if Canada does, is it just because you're getting our TV exports?

I was hoping the Storage Wars plague hadn't spread too far beyond the US.

[Space Tycoon]

We have our own Storage Wars, although in our case it's more like Storage Peacekeeping. Ha ha, outdated reference completely lacking in modern post-Liberal relevance.

I have a nasty habit of, er, forgetting to pay certain bills. It would not be totally surprising to see my spot being cut open and auctioned if things go south in the years ahead.

My boxes of Playboy Newsstand editions would be sold to the highest bidder like cattle! Oh the horror.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

Speaking of the horror, do you have the issue from October of 1973?

[Space Tycoon]

Let me check... no.

[Dalty]

I saw something on CNN the other day about Warp drives and thought of you. Pretty much all space themed items of interest I see these days make me think of you.

That said, so do adverts for Brazilian holidays.

[scarletregina]

This has to be one of the most off-topic threads in our collective history of message board posting.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I'm sure there are threads out there that would give it some stiff competition.

[scarletregina]

I suppose this thread isn't truly off-topic until someone randomly says "mittens."

(I can't remember what iteration of CA that whole thing was from. v1.0?)

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I'm pretty sure it goes back to msunyata and CA 1.0's "STAR WARS - General Discussion" board.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I think it was a Tom Servo reference.

[Dalty]

That said. Gloves.

[Space Tycoon]

I could have used a warp drive on my trips to Brazil.

11 hours in a tin can? God, there's got to be another way!

[Space Tycoon]

Which is an example of an understood lyric, rather than the converse.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

You sure he's not saying "Tin Pan," as in "Tin Pan Alley"?

[Space Tycoon]

My God. You're right.

See, this is why fact checking is important.

[Space Tycoon]

Anyway, my flight was 11 hours. Roughly. So I got that part right.

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

The beauty of some misheard lyrics is that they can make a lot of sense. I prefer some of my mishearings to the actual lyrics.

[Mal Shot First]

For the longest time, I thought that the song "Dunkie Butt" by 12 Gauge was actually called "Donkey Butt." I thought he was saying, "Gimme that donkey butt and them big ol' legs / I ain't too hard to beg." The weird thing is, it kind of made sense to me. I figured he liked women with with butts and legs as big as donkeys' butts and legs (plus, it seemed like a clever way of re-wording ass's ass). The chorus "Lemme ride that donkey, donkey" also just made a lot of sense. I'm still not quite sure what "dunkie" means... it might be a variation of badonkadunk.

I also just recently figured out that the Black Crowes' vocalist doesn't wish to light anyone's chemicals.

[scarletregina]

Hm, I think "light your chemicals" sort of works in that song. Has the same vibe as "light your candle."

[The Swollen Goiter of God]

I knew the Otis Redding version going in, so I had a leg up on understanding the lyrics in the Black Crowes version. Still, Chris Robinson's mushmouth is so thick in that one part that it's almost like his voice reaches a hand up through your nose and slaps the lyrics right out of your brain.