Fun_People Archive
4 Jun
Ten R & R Mondegreens

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 96 15:22:39 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Ten R & R Mondegreens

[Misunderstood lyrics like the following were given the name "Mondegreens"  
by Sylvia Wright in the 1950s.  (If you've never heard that term before,  
you'll just have to trust me for the moment.  I'll put together a little  
explanation of mondegreens in the near future.)  Anyway, the gimmick here is  
to figure out the song and original lyric from the mondegreen; the artist's  
name is included as a hint...  -psl]

Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
Forwarded-by: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
Forwarded-by: costumes@interramp.com (Rich Williamson)

Those drag pipes sure can take their toll.....
biker interpretations of "classic" rock & roll songs:

0. "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" (Jimi Hendrix)

1. "I like smokin' ice cream" (Steppenwolf)

2. "ripped up her douche in the middle of the night" (Manfred Mann)

3. "the ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind" (Bob Dylan)

4. "Well they sent you a tie clasp" (Elvis Presley)

5. "Baking carrot biscuits" (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)

6. "And there's a wino down the road, I should have stolen Oreos" (Led Zep)

7. "Take a load of fanny, take a load for me" (The Band)

8. "The girl with colitis goes by" (The Beatles)

9. "There's a bathroom on the right" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
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0. "'scuse me while I kiss the sky" (Purple Haze)

1. "I like smoke and lightning" (Born to Be Wild)

2. "revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night"
    (Blinded by the Light)

3. "the answer my friend is blowin' in the wind" (Blowin' in the Wind)

4. "Well they said you were high-class" (Hound Dog)

5. "Takin' care of business" (Takin' Care of Business)

6. "And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls"
   (Stairway to Heaven)

7. "Take a load off Annie, take a load for free" (The Weight)

8. "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes" (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)

9. "There's a bad moon on the rise" (Bad Moon Rising)

© 1996 Peter Langston