Origin of the word mondegreen

[Nulono]

Catholic Radio Bear

[technomikelyons]

Lately there is something gaining popularity on YouTube that fits in with the Mondegreen theme... a user called Buffalax started posting foreign language music videos (notably those from India's Bollywood) but with English "translations" which are really what the words in the song seem to sound like. It's inspired a lot of copycats.

Marina: You might want to take note of this as the user's name, "Buffalax" is fast becoming a new verb.

[Big5XL]

I just try to sing along with some of the old hard rock songs of the 90's here and I make plenty of Mondegreens!

[cptNUTS]

For the 1:16 seconds I thought I was in school. But I remember I was on ''youtube'' Lol..

[thayne116]

This is the best party that I've ever been to. Today I asked for a god, to pour some wine in my eyes. Let me introduce you to someone before the party is done. (Something like that, its faith no more, king for a day, fool for a lifetime.

[typacsk]

Someone's probably mentioned this already, but there are countless videos on this site devoted to misheard lyrics from Nightwish songs.

*it's only a mondegreen if the real and mistaken words are in the same language. So the "Carmina Burana" and "Dragostea din tei" parodies don't count.

[arrowheadman87]

dont give up sounds like donkey butt i donno who sings it though

[ekosquad]

let me pull up to that bumper and smack that monkey

[nicoman4678]

ow yes so fine

but the singing.. is just..terrible.

[bowsicraft3]

chick is fine rofl

[McBlevinz]

Damn you ass you stole the purple haze thing!

[lesleyhenriquez]

I nearly had a heartattack. "Click here to order my new boob". WUT!?

Book. Oh. What was she takalking about anyway?

[kaleluk31]

celine dion my heart will go on lyric:

I believe that the heart does go on, sounds like

i believe that the hotdogs go on

lol

[AllyHunter1992]

Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

sounds like

Excuse me while i kiss this guy.

[Big5XL]

I had a voice teacher for two months in high school who told me that these rock singers do not know how to ennunciate when they sing and that is why you cannot understand them. I used to follow along with the printed words on the album cover or sleeve.

[Gearoid777]

in livin on a prayer by bon jovi it says hold on to what we got it doesn't make a difference if were naked or not

[Bubblegum4289]

I'm always gonna want to make it moo

from the climb

[dylanremaster]

Hi Marina,

U2 has almost the same "mondegreen" as Jimi Hendrix.

U2 has the lyrics "If you want to kiss the sky"

In Mysterious ways and of course it sounds like "If you want to kiss this guy"

They also has "Shamoo the mysterious whale" in the same song. The original is of course "She moves in mysterious ways"

[goddamnshawtsnapin3]

Mariah Carey's Obsessed " Got you all fired up with you Napoleon complex" (real) "Got you all fired up with your nipple in your complex" (mondegreen)

[needles1987]

"And it's whispered at Sue, if they all call the Jew..." in Stairway to Heaven

[needles1987]

There's a bathroom on the right

[EliAmbrosia]

"chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, milkshake, chocolate"

(suicide silence)

"let's give them head"

(blessthefall)

"i was born in a house of cats and severed toes"

(from first to last)

[firebreathone3]

"scuse me while I kiss the sky...

[kingreco2]

In halo by beonce 'it's written all over your face' (real) 'i'm sweating all over your face' (what we thought it said)

[Freedomboy006]

mondegreen is not in the dictionary

[randomdd123]

Videos that are intended to be sexually provocative are also generally not acceptable for YouTube. --Youtube staff

FOR DA FALSE FLAGGING SYSTEM!!!

;-)

[MorsmordreMaiden]

Funny story... Jimi Hendrix thought the misheard lyrics were funny, so he started actually singing, "'scuze me while I kiss this guy!" at his concerts.

[kirstentubes]

ha shes tone deaf

[ToFF33xCuTi3]

pixie lott's version of apologize by one republic

when she said apologize it sounded like bodagize

[projundertax]

stfu and blow me

[preetami]

very nangi

[docterhorror]

its notforwords most people come on this for :P

[insaneandluvingit]

shake, sh-sh-shake it shake it (oh-oh!) shake it sh-sh-shake it shake shake it like a polar bear ninja...

[demonlover30]

nice clevage and rub up like a dounche? ill rub my dick up ur cleveg:)

[Big5XL]

In high school I took two months of voice lessons at my own expense at Bach Conservatory of music in downtown Toledo in 1976. And then the teacher dumped me. But she did tell me that rock singers and other performers do not know how to ennumciate their words properly when they sing. I think Mrs Bach may have been related to Warren Bach who. was runnihg for student council president in 1976 or 1977 at suburban Frannie high! Oneupsmanship?

[NinjaVodka73]

^^^----agrees with zeinia1980, Marina, you are a very pretty person, but I can tell you that half your viewers are old guys or young guys that just watch to "wack-off"..but I mean if they do atleast they will learn something...:D good vids keep up the good work

[zeinia1980]

i really don't understand why she gets these kind of comments all thetime,yes she is hot she is sexy alright? but why don't people learn what she is trying to teach,its amazing how much knowledge she has of words,you are awesome Marina :) .

[eltrek00]

Sex sells !! u know...

[Allizare]

Whats Is this??????

[bossfrg]

i'm sorry people below me but humping your computer screen does not show how much you love marina

just how messed up you are

[maspangel]

(_)_)//////////////////D~~~~((­i)) OH YAH

[DavidDiamond56]

Woman can't carry a tune!

If she wasn't so hot and everybody didn't tune in to jack off and imagine you were with her she would be nothing

tits and ass and hot P*ssy do sell!

[pudd750]

ok i got to say- you should powder the monobrow of skull across your face so its not so shiny - it attenuates the unnatural eyebrow pluck and makes you look related to monkeys- xoxo

[XJOLX]

i dont know about yall, but im just here for the tits.....and i hope most of you guys are too.

[Bryceman21]

mhmm

[SeaKingBlastoise]

Wow you really need a woman if you have to watch this to get off ya shes hot bt shes really smart to thats why i watch

[XJOLX]

Yea matter in fact i do have a girl, and about 95% of subscriptions are because shes hot, and i dont care if you come here to learn, beacause i dont.

[dreabear924]

GEEEEEEZUUUS! whatta hater. get a fucken life.

[mastercritter1]

very funny

[tcorman]

Round John Virgin...

[deliriousdamnation]

listen to BYOB by SOAD and tell me what u think their singing

[Neptunade]

Why do they always send the poor.. Bwat ba bell use fly from a cloud, with pointed heels... but can you stinking deeeeeal.

[joe031193]

lmao awesome choice man. cant understand any of those monte....w/e things there.

[webkinzgoogleslover2]

my dad thinks that its Hazels got the music

[mychem128]

anything that sean paul "sings"

[funkytaco]

i don't care what dem wah do?

[livsluvsuforeva]

LOL, i always thought it was: are we human, or are we dancers, its denser!!!! WTF

[r4nD0mn3zz]

hows about a date....instead of eyes without a face.....or i used to love her "but i had tequila" instead of "but i had to kill her"

[trunk516]

Theres a bathroom on the right...

[r4nD0mn3zz]

bad moon on the rise nice one.....

[r2bach]

Jed is not my son

[okamilover136]

O///////////O wow

[LordFancourt]

Singing...not her best talent.

[vuyani9]

her tits are

[badluck1986]

"and ana wrecks your life like a anorexia life"

-Silverchair - Ana's song

[gameplayer1414]

human by killers

"are we human or are we dancer" i think

still cant figure out what its is though

[thegurl66]

THE LYRIC IS are we human or are we denser

[Vintendo11]

50% of rap music lol

[mcslang68]

its also not wrapped its revved and the best one is my anus is the centerhole instead of my angel is a centerfold-J Geils Band

[Dredknot6]

in the song Indestructable by Disturbed when he says "a terror to behold" it sounded like he said "a tearer to the hole"

[STACIE1984]

My friend Jamie was singing fooled around and fell in love by elvin bishop but she sang "I've been around the world in love" I couldn't stop laughing to correct her

[eugenet345]

haha. In Fat boy slims song "praise you" where he says "i have to praise you like i should" sounded to me like, "i've got a baby in my shoe"

[A1l2l2e2n4]

BTW, did you ever figure out what Leroy Brown carried in his shoe? I always thought it was a razor, but 1 of my sisters thought it was a raisin.

[TheMrFruitydynobites]

on grease, danny has a duet thing with sandy (Your the one that i want) he says "I got chills there multiplying" but it sounds like he says shoes instead of chills ;)

[ichaos86]

I WILL MY ENGLISH TEACHER WAS HER!

[101Killer1010]

omg u guys why the hell r u talking about that and any WHAT?! iu wanna have sex with ur vagina?! lol thats a pun soooo u would sex with her vagina but not with her? dork...

U IS A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!!!

[Katier73]

"Billy Jean has got my love" - Billy Jean by Michael Jackson

I felt bad for the girl when I found out what the lyrics actually were

[A1l2l2e2n4]

"Billie Jean is not my love;

"She's just a girl that says that I am the one.

"The kid is not my son."

That's what I thought the lyrics were in '83. Did I get them right?

[xSTx0WN3Dftw]

Isn't that actually an innuendo?

[COD4andCOD5vids]

that's a sexual reference isn't it?

That''s what I always thought.

[xSTx0WN3Dftw]

No, it means when a word sounds like something else. It is in fact an innuendo lol.

[MarcusVermilion]

Oh boy! Let's see:In Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" the line "The kid is not my son" was misheard as being "The chair is not my size". Chicago's "Feeling Stronger Every Day" has had "stronger" replaced with "Strung out". Oh, YEARS ago I was in the car with a friend and the radio sation played The Beatles "Hey Bull Dog" but he thought it was "Apple Dog"!

[LarryDingee]

In the remake of the song "Pretty Woman" by Van Halen, when David Lee Roth says, "Mercy" it actually sounds like he says "Pussy" instead. Listen for it!

[agbqto]

In lady gaga's song just dance: when she says half psychotic, it seems to be an 'have sex psychotic'

[drizzd1]

1:03 roflmao

[BigVick26]

is she russina or something?

[TacticalMonky]

yes she is russian

[sk8rllatt]

at the end of "jizz in my pants" by the lonely island I used to think he said "I wear a rubber and some times, its a necessity", but my sister corrected me and dubble checked that online, and its actually "I wear a rubber at all times its a necessity"

[sfhsnix]

Vagina (what!)vagina (what!)

I want to have sex with your vagina (uhh)

Vagina (what!)vagina (what!)

What time is it? Its vagina. There are some messed up lyrics! xD

[COD4andCOD5vids]

your comment made me laugh.

i want to have sex with your vagina,

hahaha

[LMAOStudios]

Apologize By One Republic, sounds lik Its too late to form a child, my cuz thought it was until he started singing in front of my family and everyones one started laughing, ahah he's lik "I was wondering why everyone liked that song". This was when it came out, ahaha =)

[timkglenn]

very clever, adorable and creative, u go girl!

[alfonsjansson]

attention whore?

[3236144]

yes

[Caligula138]

I bet she dosent even know these songs...

[xSiNgInGxIsXmYxdReAm]

what is this? Some kinda grammer class!? I'm on summer vacation i don't need any word lessons!!

[christinendanelian]

then you are a fucking idiot for watching. go on 'vacation'

[nrgizme]

People always think the song Cult of Personality is saying "I'm a coked up personality."

[smallgovisbest]

"but the chair is not my son" Billy Jean, by Michael Jackson...I remember that David Letterman did a bit about it, way back in the day

[steamfans]

Lucy In Disguise With Diamonds!

Hang On, Snoopy

[MyLoveChan]

hahah i know that song!

i love that chick.

[GoGoColin]

In a German song by And One called "Panzermensch" it sounds like they are saying "Pants off men".

[GoGoColin]

In a Nirvana song it sounds like "Bloody nail" when he is saying "My Denial"

[YotoWu]

in fire burning it sounds like he's hungry. First he says something about birthday cake, then it sounds like he says jos louie.

[needles1987]

In the Joker by Steve Miller Band, it sounds like "I'm a nigger, I'm a grinner, I'm a lover, I'm a sinner"

Layla sounds like "Lay low"

[hakkujin]

Big ol' jet airliner = Big ol' jet had a light on.

The girl with kaleidoscope eyes = The girl with colitis goes by.

[Power5ive]

this shit is super clear

[MrKasso]

i wanna fuck u ;))

[draegon71]

nice boobs

[911Checkmate]

A few more, thanks to a girl I used to work with. She thought:

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was "Small cup o' water".

Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up" said "Stand up for your RICE".

Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" said "Sweep the floor, Sean".

And, my favorite, CCR's "Bad Moon A-Risin' " said "There's a baboon on the right".

True story :) Hope y'all get a giggle.

[p1on33r]

LoL

There's a baboon on the right

that made me lough :D

[ROGER2095]

I always thought it was "There's a bathroom on the right."

Good old AM transistor radios!

[911Checkmate]

ROGER2095: Yeah, that seems to be the most common misinterpretation. I just think that "baboon" is so much funnier, and actually makes more sense...? Since it would be more likely to be "bound to take your life" than a bathroom (in most cases, anyway. I've been in some pretty dodgy ones in my day;-)

[Happagirl5678]

theres one mondegreen isnt it like wen the pussycat dolls sing "when i grow up" the lyrics r either "wanna have boobies" or "wanna have groupies"

[215879215879]

video alot better muted :D

[mrigorbaskin]

i wish i hed a teacher like this

[Bobbytza92]

she didn't know what is talking about..

I wonder why I am a subscriber

[CrossfireGh0st]

damn girl you are hot <3

[brreed82]

this is soooooo much better muted

[joesperlingusa]

wow thats not how the song is sung woman its okay though (CHECK OUT VIDS)

[wwwSexyClowncom]

that was a nice sex tape

[miacat10]

"Gladly the Cross-eyed bear" LMAO

[jbthx1138]

I feel stupid and contagious,

Here we are now,

Entertain us,

A mulatto,

An albino,

A mosquito,

JALAPENO!

Yea.

[happyjack39]

I watched with glee

While your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades

For the gods they made.....I always thought that they were saying " Tendercades" :) I always thinking....'What the hell is a "Tendercade" :)

[Bmaster25]

"The algebra has a devil for a sidekick EEEEEEE"

Queen -- Bohemian Rhapsody

[AzureMage253]

It's really like this:

"Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeeee " Now that comment above, THAT'S a mondegreen.

[thebestqualitystuff]

some cans!

[djdskate]

o.O "scuse me, while i kiss the sky!"

[xOprincess421]

lol she's a terrible singer...

[DoNotClickMyChannel]

I have the TOPLESS VERSION of this in my channel info, check out the link before it is removed!

[assmarkproductions]

in a europe song (the final count down)

Made (the flying cow town)

[0007xl]

TROLLOP

[tombud10]

Every song by the Hoosiers sounds like they are singing 'We're shite, we're shite, we're shiiiitttteee'

Then you realise, that actually is the case....

[danbaker90]

lol she laid me on the green

[dublegabz]

i'd hit it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[enforcerthree]

I agree.

[Ajbisawsome]

In the beatles i am the walrus john sings

"you let your knikers down" but it sounds like he says

" you let you niggers down"

[phoenix64921]

in michael jacksons beat it i didnt understand when he said

"funky strong is your fight"

[RhodesSch0lar]

In big yellow taxi by the counting crowzz i always thought they said "Put up a funk in love" but its "Put up a parking lot". i know its a weird mistake lol

[enforcerthree]

I always thought he said "Put up a fucking lot" LOL

[skipalifeanddangle]

@RhodesSch0lar The song was written, and originally recorded by Joni Mitchell.

[roboman79]

It's a wounderful night for a mun dance.

It's moon but it sounds like mun.

I don't know the name of the song or band though cause i don't like it! :P

[parfett118]

i got 1 earmin beat it "show me im funky"ithought and some m8s thought he said show im fucking lol

[jasont89]

in poker face, by lady ga ga i though she was saying carry my, carry my. but she says cant read my cant read my. lol i am such a dork

[HOLLYW00Derotica]

HAHAH i thought it said douche too!

[TaylorMichaelDay]

I thought it was...When i grow up, I wanna see the world, drive nice cars, wanna have boobies..., but its actually wanna have groopies. (When I Grow Up- The Pussycat Dolls)

[Thorrob76]

It was the summer of 69, when I got my first real sex dream (six string)

[PaulAlbacheese]

hhahahaha

[theblowupdolls1]

cool video

[softdev1]

I thought my wife was the only one who thought Jimi was saying that instead of Kiss the Sky. I had no idea it was commonly misheard. The others, yes.

[Timpleya]

i thought it was:

its too late to call the judge instead of "its too late to apologize"!!! hahaha

[janistonbest]

hold me closer, Tony Danzaaaaa... lol i thought that was what it honestly said!

[PaulAlbacheese]

hahahaha

[Taconight965]

Bad Moon Rising

Dont go out tonight, cuz its bound to take your life. There's a bathroom on the right.

[TimeMachine20]

mamma appelsap

[dancinMamma]

for all Germans: I'm sure you all know the 'Agathe Bauer'-Song!;-)

[Nanotec86]

I originally thought that the song "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga was in fact "Poke Her Face". Imagine my disappointment when i found out i was wrong :-(

[HeyNowMandy]

Aha!

[Jattmafia313]

the whole nirvanna album is a mondegreen

[TheGileon]

you maybe hot but u suck at singing

[Pokemongo1]

TheGileon, did she post this video to show everyone her amazing singing talents? Of course not.

At least she is having fun, and people LIKE her, unlike you.

Now stop acting like you're top shit, when you clearly aren't.

Hotforwords (Marina Orlova) is better than what you could ever dream of being.

[mrmres]

When I was 8, Neil Diamond released "Sweet Carolne". My younger brother & I would hear it on the car radio as we were going someplace with our parents. We loved that song. We would go CRAZY whenever it came on.

"Sweeeeeeeet Caroliiiiiiine...

da-da-da

Way fa fazey crazy Sue..."

"You kids be QUIET back there!"

"Onnnnn Turpentiiiiine

da-da-da

You believe we really couldddd?"

[mrmres]

"I wanna rock & roll all night

and partly everyday..."

[margahh00]

hahahaha hilarious.

[ericou812]

its deuce !!!!

[creten69]

thats a great word,its not nerd at all,but u r um... rock the catbox?by the clash

[gojumpgirl101]

anything by pearl jam is misheard. =]

[cokonutzzz]

0:00 over and over agian :=)

I always thought it just said "Blinded by the light, revved up like a douche, another runner in the night" ha idk ?