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14 May 99 - 01:06 PM (#78438) Subject: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: LEJ Well actually, the line from John Fogerty's Bad Moon Risin' was "there's a bad moon on the rise ". It's funny how our inability to understand what a singer is actually saying never stops us from singing the song anyway, with whatever lyric we can substitute. When my daughter was 3, she loved The Wizard of Oz , and could sing all of the songs phonetically, although she really had no idea what the hell they were actually singing about. When the Tin Man sang "Picture me, a balcony, a voice calls soft and low", it came out of my daughter's mouth "Picture me, a dalkodee,a boy called salt and low". I remember Jimi hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower ; instead of singing "none of them along the line know what any of it is worth" Jimi stuggled with "none will level off this mind, nobody off in this world." You gotta love it! Anyhow, just wonderin if you have any favorite mis-heard or mis-sung lyrics.(seems like their should be a term for these) LEJ |
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14 May 99 - 01:21 PM (#78443) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: MMario LEJ - there is a term for this...mondegrens or mondgreenes? several websites regarding them, too.... now I gotta go lookitup..... MMario |
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14 May 99 - 01:22 PM (#78444) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Philippa I know a term "Mondegreen". Also, there was a mudcat thread on this same subject not so long ago, but I don't think "mondegreen" was mentioned, so I'm trying to think of a useful keyword for a forum search. |
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14 May 99 - 01:24 PM (#78447) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: The Shambles Yes I had the same problem, but I did find this Spoonerisms. |
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14 May 99 - 01:27 PM (#78448) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Philippa MMario, we must have been writing at the same time, but you clicked the button faster! I just looked up John Gillis' explanation of the word at Ir-Trad-L: This term was coined by an ethnologist type for the process of mishearing the words of a song. The term came from a song which contains the words "They slew the Earl of Moray and laid him on the green", which she heard as "They slew the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen". for more of the Ir-Trad discussion see Mondegreens Another one is the child who drew a picture of a fat man, Round youn Virgil to illustrate Silent Night. |
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14 May 99 - 01:31 PM (#78452) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Philippa the thread we want is mentioned in the spoonerism thread which the Shambles directs us to:mistakes... this is almost a chat room - note the posting times of the last few messages |
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14 May 99 - 01:32 PM (#78453) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Alice MMario, search the forum for "mondegreen" and you will find several lively discussions.
I had bookmarked at one time a website called "there's a bathroom on the right", but it has since disappeared.
Here is one thread: alice |
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14 May 99 - 01:32 PM (#78454) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Nan Yes, remember Jimi Hendrix in the song Purple Haze and says "excuse me while I kiss the sky!" I have a friend who heard it as "excuse me while i kiss this guy!" |
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14 May 99 - 01:41 PM (#78455) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Alice geez.... Phillipa, Shambles, and Nan, we were all furiously adding our responses at the same time! Forum searches and blue clicky thingies and all!!! ~alice
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14 May 99 - 01:44 PM (#78457) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Jeri "Mondegreen." From "Earl and Murrey," (or is that "The Earl of Moray?")
Original: "They've ta'en the Earl o' Moray and laid him on the green"
There's a whole web page - Yet Another Chance to Screw Up a BCT
Yours is so good, there oughtta be a whole song!
(I see your bladder's overflowin' |
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14 May 99 - 01:45 PM (#78458) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: MMario and I went out and did a search and found THIS site among others: MMario |
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14 May 99 - 02:15 PM (#78470) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: campfire One of my favorite children's mondegreens is: Oh my Darlin' Lemon Pie! A good website for many more is Brain Candy - I don't have the URL handy but "Brain Candy" in a search engine should pop it up. Then select Mondegreens (unless you'd rather read lawyer jokes, or...) campfire |
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14 May 99 - 03:36 PM (#78488) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Roger in Baltimore A local radio guy does rock and roll parodies and he's already done "There's a bathroom on the right." Sorry, I don't have the words. I'm at work so I don't have my links. Seems to me there is a site for parodies and this one was included. Anybody know? Roger in Baltimore |
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06 Apr 00 - 08:39 PM (#208002) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Lonesome EJ Reefer, Resh? |
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06 Apr 00 - 09:53 PM (#208053) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Eluned Thanks for the Brain Candy hint, Campfire; I just went off and read a brainload of riddles! It's a nice a site to share with word-lovin' friends (of whom I have many!). |
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18 Jan 03 - 02:44 AM (#869329) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Haruo The website MMario linked to back in '99, which was then at www.enteract.com/~jessicar/lyrics , appears to have flown the coop. Does anybody happen to have a cached copy of it lying around, or know how to contact the author? Haruo |
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18 Jan 03 - 08:45 AM (#869404) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Rapparee I turned on the car radio yesterday just in time to catch a bluegrass song ending, and I swear they were singing "...my bloomers made of gold." Worse, the DJ didn't give the title or the group! |
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18 Jan 03 - 08:59 AM (#869415) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Celtic Soul Kiss This Guy hee! |
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18 Jan 03 - 11:29 AM (#869494) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,Cluin (not @ home) I grew up with folk music, etc. in my ears (my parents bought a stereo, back when they were still pretty new, before they got a TV). When I was a kid, listening to Ian & Sylvia singing "lonely girls linger by the door", I thought they were singing, "no niggers linger by the door." When I asked my parents why they were singing that, my mistake was quickly corrected. I guess I would have been about 6 or so. My parents reminded me of that one recently. |
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18 Jan 03 - 11:41 AM (#869505) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST, NOMADman That's "My blue moon's made of gold." Regards, John |
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18 Jan 03 - 11:43 AM (#869506) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST, NOMADman Check "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" in the DT. Regards, John |
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08 Jul 05 - 08:34 AM (#1517922) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Genie How about "Our Father, which art in Heaven, Harold be thy name?" Genie |
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08 Jul 05 - 08:56 AM (#1517942) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Don(Wyziwyg)T You will find "Bathroom on the right" among the many parodies by Les Barker. When I have some spare time I will look up which of his many books contains this one. Don T. |
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08 Jul 05 - 09:37 AM (#1517977) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Flash Company My pal at work said one day, 'I heard that k d lang on the radio this morning, What's that song she sings about Can't stand gravy?' (Constant Craving!) FC |
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08 Jul 05 - 09:53 AM (#1517989) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: JennyO It's in "Dachshunds with Erections Can't Climb Stairs". Unfortunately I don't have the words. |
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08 Jul 05 - 10:08 AM (#1518002) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: JennyO Crossposted. Of course I'm referring to "Bathroom on the Right" by Les Barker. |
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08 Jul 05 - 11:34 AM (#1518080) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,Joe_F Genie: Lead us not into Penn Station. --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: If I don't live till I die, whiskey will kill me. :|| |
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08 Jul 05 - 09:18 PM (#1518545) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Genie Well, at least 5 of the "mondegreens" in this version of the Lord Sprayer are ones I've actually heard of. (The others are just speculation.) THE LORD SPRAYER "Our Father, Richard in Heaven, Harold be Thy name. Thy King Dome come, Thy Will be dumb, On earth, as it isn't Heaven. Give us this day our jelly bread, And forgive us our dress patches As we forgive those who dress bass against us. And lead us not into Penn Station But deliver us from Evel. For Thine is the King Dome And the powder And the glory for river." |
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08 Jul 05 - 09:29 PM (#1518551) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: frogprince Gladly the Crosseyed Bear... |
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09 Jul 05 - 01:24 PM (#1519008) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Mark Cohen Genie, you forgot the last line: "Hey, man!" Aloha, Mark |
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09 Jul 05 - 02:39 PM (#1519058) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: frogprince I can just remember being taught a Sunday school chorus and wondering why the guy wanted us to keep repeating "Hey, men!" |
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09 Jul 05 - 05:03 PM (#1519142) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Genie Actually, as a woman, I tend to hear that last word -- when it's sung the formal, high-brow way -- as, "Ah, men!!" §;-D |
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09 Jul 05 - 11:08 PM (#1519284) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: JennyO My grandfather, who was a bit of a wag, sometimes used to like to shock his very straight-laced religious family, by finishing off saying Grace with "aaa lot of men" or "aah - women" - not all the time, just occasionally, when you'd least expect it. He always did it really deadpan too. Jenny |
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18 Feb 09 - 05:36 PM (#2570391) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Uncle_DaveO Kids' mondegreen: The ants are my friends They're blowing in the wind The ants they are blowing in the wind. |
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18 Feb 09 - 08:53 PM (#2570526) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Joe_F Just today I heard "I'm on my long journey home" has "I'm on my long, dirty home". |
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18 Feb 09 - 09:05 PM (#2570537) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: DonMeixner Wild Shepards washed their socks by night |
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19 Feb 09 - 03:49 PM (#2571156) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Ann N How about the lady, who when requesting hymns for a funeral, asked for the one with the line.......'And saved a wench like me' :) |
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19 Feb 09 - 04:46 PM (#2571211) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Herga Kitty Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate - I believe in Milko Kitty |
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20 Feb 09 - 03:56 PM (#2572054) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Kathryn Olive, the other reindeer |
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21 Feb 09 - 09:08 AM (#2572411) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: oldhippie There's the line from "I Really Want To See You Tonight" - "I'm not talkin' about believin'" Hall & Oates ( or "Haulin' Oats" ?) |
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30 Dec 17 - 08:15 PM (#3896539) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,Ken Brock At first, I thought Paul Simon was having trouble remembering a Saturday in "Mother and Child Reunion" Also, my entire childhood, I thought there must be a "hidamy tree" because of the Cole Porter lyric "Night and day, under the hidamy..." |
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30 Dec 17 - 08:58 PM (#3896542) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,ripov Where did the third king come from? there was one from Orry and one from Tarr, and then there's one they miss out. Or did two come from the same place? Always puzzled me since mum used to sing me to sleep! |
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30 Dec 17 - 09:07 PM (#3896544) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,keberoxu The three kings came from Orientare. There's even an old Mudcat thread to that effect. |
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31 Dec 17 - 07:53 PM (#3896691) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,ripov So they were all kings of the same country. That does make a lot of sense. I hope they stayed friends when they got home after that long jouney with only each other for company. |
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31 Dec 17 - 09:32 PM (#3896704) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST I always thought The Three Kings were Size, Kong and Edwards.... |
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27 Mar 19 - 02:44 AM (#3984721) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,Portista! Back before there was nothing but chain stores, for almost a century the “fancy” department store in St. Louis was Famous-Barr— “Shopping at it’s finest”. As kids, we sang, “We Three Kings of Famous and Barr/Smoking on a rubber cigar/It was loaded/And exploded/Scattering us near and far. |
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27 Mar 19 - 09:28 PM (#3984847) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: Bob Hitchcock How about "The Clash" - Rocking the cat box. "Robert Palmer" - might as well face it your a dick and a slug. "Steve Miller" - some call me the hamster of love. |
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18 Oct 20 - 09:05 PM (#4075900) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: GUEST,The Man from UNCOOL The line in the Les Barker version is "Where's the Bathroom? On the Right" I think the set-up is that there's no light [so he can't see] and there's been an excess of curry [hence needing the bathroom]. "While Shepherds Washed Their Socks" is a parody, not a mondgereen. From "Lucille" (Kenny Rogers): "with four hundred children and their crap in the field". I heard a live Bluegrass band in the States singing, with a heavy southern accent, "I'm using my bible as a road-map", a song I'd never heard before. I thought it was "I'm using my bottle as a road-map" [a much more interesting concept, surely… ] |
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19 Oct 20 - 07:04 PM (#4076058) Subject: RE: There's a Bathroom on the Right From: keberoxu Massive respect for that John Fogerty mondegreen, I think it is one of the great ones. |