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Thread #44250   Message #1536424
Posted By: Azizi
06-Aug-05 - 11:39 AM
Thread Name: Dept. of Misheard Lyrics
Subject: RE: Dept. of Misheard Lyrics
Apparently there have been a number of threads on misheard lyrics.
I chose this because I liked the "Dept. of" designation.

While visiting one of my favorite websites, daily kos I came across this exchange:

digging the scene with gasoline

freeway blues check out the San Bernardino boogie
by 88kathy on Fri Aug 5th, 2005 at 11:31:40 PDT

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ROTFLMAO, I think... (completely off topic)
Now that I can see through my tears of laughter I am going to guess that "digging the scene with gasoline" is a mishearing of the great early 70s song lyric from "Just be Thankful for What you Got" by William deVaughn, which is actually

"digging (on) the scene with a gangsta lean"

Gangsta lean is a way of driving while leaning sharply toward the passenger side of the car. It was considered a very cool, literally laid-back way to drive when cruising down the street with the point of being seen and admired and envied.

It might have an origin from trying to drive down the street trying not to be seen, but I don't know.

If I am right, I hope you will submit "digging the scene with gasoline" to kissthisguy.com, the archive of misheard lyrics.

and I strongly recommend that website to everyone as the perfect pick me up when things look bad and you need a laugh.

"Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D."

by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Aug 5th, 2005 at 14:21:36 PDT

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The website that was recommended in that second post is HERE

I visited that website and found some of the misheard lyrics rather funny, but I think it helps to know the song...

So can someone tell me what song the misheard lyric "Kiss this guy" came from?