Possible music related game

[CL82]

So in a thread on the men's board a song came to mind that I always got a line wrong in it. It occurred to me that might be a fun a thread here. So here are the tentative rules. A poster misquotes a line from a song. The first poster who names the song, artist and the correct line then misquotes another one, and so on. Sound interesting? (If there are no takers, I'll hang my head and walk away with only the chirping crickets to keep me company.)

Here's my first one (and one I actually would sing the wrong words to as a kid):

"And steal my daddy's pew and make a living off praying fools."

 

[Huskee11]

That is Maggie May, Rod Stewart

Actually "or steal my daddy`s cue and make a living out of playing pool"

"I`m standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me"

 

[Bama fan]

Middle of the Road by the Pretenders.

Standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.

"...burning out his fuse with provolone"
This according to my 9 year old daughter many years ago.

 

[CL82]

Middle of the Road by the Pretenders.

Standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me.

"...burning out his fuse with provolone"
This according to my 9 year old daughter many years ago.

Ha, ha I'm thinking wait, wait, that is so familiar...

Rocket Man by Elton John
The correct line is... (Rocket man) burning out his fuse up here alone."

"Hold me closer, Tony Danza"

 

[Sifaka]

Elton John -
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway


"There’s a bathroom on the right"

 

[8893]

Fun fact, these are called "mondegreens"

"There’s a bathroom on the right"

"Bad Moon Rising"
Creedence Clearwater Revival
"There's a bad moon on the rise."
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"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"

 

[Golden Husky]

"She's a muscular boy"

"She's a must to avoid"

--Herman's Hermits
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In high school, my friend Gary thought Bobby Vee's version of "Volare" was "Oh Larry."

 

[CL82]

Fun fact, these are called "mondegreens"

"Bad Moon Rising"
Creedence Clearwater Revival
"There's a bad moon on the rise."
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"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy"

Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix - "Scuse me while I kiss the sky."
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"The ants are my friends"

 

[8893]

"The ants are my friends"

"Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan: "The answer my friends, is blowin' in the wind."
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"Make God salad"

As heard by one of my friends in seventh grade.

 

[Bama fan]

Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix - "Scuse me while I kiss the sky."
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"The ants are my friends"

Bob Dylan "Blowin' in the Wind". The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind.

You know the preacher liked to call...

 

[CL82]

You know the preacher liked to call...

Mama and the Papas California Dreaming "You know the preacher liked the cold..."

I realize that @8893 nudged out @Bama fan but I have no idea what his is so ... take your choice of either his or this one:

"Sweet dreams are made of cheese"

 

[Waquoit]

"Make God salad"

As heard by one of my friends in seventh grade.

Space Oddity? May God's love...? Is that enough to post this?

I had a buddy who insisted it was "Requesting Quiet, Requesting Quiet". A big hit then but I don't hear it anymore.

 

[CL82]

Space Oddity? May God's love...? Is that enough to post this?

I had a buddy who insisted it was "Requesting Quiet, Requesting Quiet". A big hit then but I don't hear it anymore.

It isn't?

 

[8893]

Mama and the Papas California Dreaming "You know the preacher liked the cold..."

I realize that @8893 nudged out @Bama fan but I have no idea what his is so ...

Space Oddity? May God's love...? Is that enough to post this?

Mine was “Lay Down Sally.”

Which I can never hear and not think of “Make God Salad” ever since. And it always makes me laugh...and then wonder, “What would I put in God’s salad?”

Artichoke hearts and olives for sure.

Definitely tomatoes.

Baby arugula? Mixed greens? Butter lettuce? Definitely not Iceberg.

 

[Bama fan]

Mama and the Papas California Dreaming "You know the preacher liked the cold..."

I realize that @8893 nudged out @Bama fan but I have no idea what his is so ... take your choice of either his or this one:

"Sweet dreams are made of cheese"

He has me stumped with that one ,too. But the other is Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree

I remember when Iraq was young

 

[Waquoit]

It isn't?

I don't think so. No, it isn't.

 

[Waquoit]

He has me stumped with that one ,too. But the other is Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree

I remember when Iraq was young

That's Crocodile Rock, so I'm using it retroactivly.

 

[CL82]

“What would I put in God’s salad?”

Love...

 

[CL82]

I remember when Iraq was young

Elton John Crocodile Rock "I remember when rock was young"

A lot of Elton cropping up. Let's change it up

"Smelly wine is sheep perfume."

 

[Bama fan]

"What would I put in God's salad?" I would put kale in it just to see if God would eat it. I'll bet she wouldn't and just poke to the side! Bible says God made everything, but I don't think God would have purposefully made kale.

Speaking of salad how about "gator ate your panties"?

 

[CL82]

"What would I put in God's salad?" I would put kale in it just to see if God would eat it. I'll bet she wouldn't and just poke to the side! Bible says God made everything, but I don't think God would have purposefully made kale.

Speaking of salad how about "gator ate your panties"?

Poke salad Annie don't remember who sang it without googling (Gator ate your daddy).

Still up

"Smelly wine is sheep perfume."

 

[Bama fan]

Elton John Crocodile Rock "I remember when rock was young"

A lot of Elton cropping up. Let's change it up

"Smelly wine is sheep perfume."

From Journey's "Don't Stop Believing".
"A singer in a smoky room, a smell of wine and cheap perfume"

Shoot the boy right now?

 

[8893]

Poke salad Annie don't remember who sang it without googling (Gator ate your daddy).

Come'on, man, let's have some rigor here!

It's "Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White; and the line is "gator's got your granny."

I saw him live and I love that song. It's the first song on my running playlist of some 1,000+ songs. I put the list on shuffle when I run, but half the time I start it from the top with that song because it's kind of a ritual and it gets me started off on a good pace (i.e., a half-step faster than a brisk walk).

Anyway, when you hear the song as often as I have, you don't forget about granny. And for the record, her daddy was lazy and no count, claimed he had a bad back; and her momma--a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman--was workin' on the chain gang.

Which makes it all the more tragic that the gator got her granny...chomp, chomp, chomp...

 

[Bama fan]

Poke salad Annie don't remember who sang it without googling (Gator ate your daddy).

Still up

"Smelly wine is sheep perfume."

See smelly wine post above. The gator actually ate poor Annie's granny. Elvis did it, and Creedeence Clearwater, but a guy named Tony Joe White wrote and recorded it.

 

[CL82]

Come'on, man, let's have some rigor here!

It's "Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White; and the line is "gator's got your granny."

I am duly chastised.