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“Dear Word Detective: I heard a word used to describe the substitution of song lyrics, those frequently encountered situations when someone has made up words that they thought were the lyrics but often are crazy substitutions...”
July 31, 2007 at 8:57 PM ::
“Tiiiin Roof. Rusted!”
boot on 08/01/07 at 07:01 AM ::
must be too early in the morning for me. this one’s opaque.
e on 08/01/07 at 07:04 AM ::
It’s supposedly the right lyrics (or a line, at least) from a song. I’ll leave it to the others (especially those of ScrineTunes ilk) to see if they can pick it.
boot on 08/01/07 at 07:06 AM ::
well, i realized THAT, boot, i posted the thingy! i just don’t recognise anything it might be, is all.
e on 08/01/07 at 07:10 AM ::
Sorry, you did say it was early. Want a hint or want to see how others go?
boot on 08/01/07 at 07:12 AM ::
Since I have shouted “tiiiiiin roof! rusted!” about a billion times in my life while dancing to that very song, I’ll let other people play, and just share a few of my favorite mondegreens:
-- “Don’t Fear the Reefer” (an old roommate’s interpretation of “Don’t Fear the Reaper")
-- “Let Milo Open the Door” (my high school best friend’s interpretation of “Let My Love Open the Door")
-- “Dog plays bass with human beings” (some random stranger’s interpretation of “Don’t place faith in human beings,” the opening line of “Butterfly Wings” by Machines of Loving Grace)
-- “Are you really in the yeast?” (what I thought Steely Dan was asking in “Reeling in the Years")
bakerina on 08/01/07 at 11:01 AM ::
On the children’s front, my son once wanted information from me about the song “Froggy Goes A Corkin.”
Courting… Corking.... maybe they are the same thing.
Keith on 08/01/07 at 11:32 AM ::
Embarassed to admit that even though it is the subtitle of the song, for years I misheard “this bird had flown” as “whispered the phone”. I know, I know...it doesn’t even make sense.
other keith on 08/01/07 at 01:19 PM ::
since we’re traveling back a piece, there’s always lennon’s “i’ve got blisters! i’m a bigot!”
e on 08/01/07 at 01:23 PM ::
I’ve never heard that one...note however that it was not John...it was Ringo.
other keith on 08/01/07 at 01:26 PM ::