Stay (Faraway So Close) "Dressed up like a" what?!

[achtungchild]

Honestly, when I first listened to "Stay" I heard the lyrics "dressed up like a car-crash" as "dressed up like a" **** rash. I'm referring to a male's privates if you don't get the idea ...  Am I the only one who hears this!? Some variations include "like a" cockroach, but I mainly hear the one I stated before. I hope I didn't ruin "Stay" for you! 

[TheFlyingLemon]

Nope, always hear it as car crash, luckily. 

Amazing track though. 

[achtungchild]

Nope, always hear it as car crash, luckily. 

Amazing track though. 

Luckily for you!  Actually, lol, I still enjoy the song, even though it's tainted with that lyric! 

[TheFlyingLemon]

Hey, I mishear lyrics quite often too, like on Discotheque.

You know you're chewing bubble gum

I hear it as and sing it as:

You know you should bah bah bah

 

[achtungchild]

Hey, I mishear lyrics quite often too, like on Discotheque.

You know you're chewing bubble gum

I hear it as and sing it as:

You know you should bah bah bah

 

lol Interesting way to make Bono appear to be forcing us to "bah" like goats! But some unintentional lyric changes actually benefit the song, like in "Electrical Storm", I thought "heavy as a truck" was "heavy as a" drug, which to me sounded more inventive. Or in "Original Of The Species", I misheard the lyric the "the end is not as fun as the start" as "the end is not as" far "as the start". See what I mean?

[TheFlyingLemon]

yeah, just the way he sings it, sometimes unrecognisable and easily mistaken for something else.

[TheFlyingLemon]

Another line from Discotheque I always sing wrong.

Real line: You don't always show it - love.

My line: You don't know a shower. 

Whats Discotheque have to do with showers? eh? 

[achtungchild]

Another line from Discotheque I always sing wrong.

Real line: You don't always show it - love.

My line: You don't want a shower. 

Whats Discotheque have to do with showers? eh? 

I'm completely clueless on how you could have misinterpreted those but that line definitely makes it more entertaining!

[TheFlyingLemon]

I also don't know how you misinterpreted "dressed up like a car crash" 

[achtungchild]

I also don't know how you misinterpreted "dressed up like a car crash" 

You got me there.

[TheFlyingLemon]

I also don't know how you misinterpreted "dressed up like a car crash" 

You got me there.

I sure did. 

Okay, more misinterpreted lyrics...

[mattyk]

There's the classic "Jungle jane and a love supreme" in place of "John Coltrane and A Love Supreme".

[u2yooper]

There's the classic "Jungle jane and a love supreme" in place of "John Coltrane and A Love Supreme".

Hey, that's my line, mattyk!  Thanks for elevating my bad ears to the level of "classic"!  I don't feel nearly so stupid now.  (Listen to it.  Don't you hear "Jungle Jane", too?)   

[mattyk]

There's the classic "Jungle jane and a love supreme" in place of "John Coltrane and A Love Supreme".

Hey, that's my line, mattyk!  Thanks for elevating my bad ears to the level of "classic"!  I don't feel nearly so stupid now.  (Listen to it.  Don't you hear "Jungle Jane", too?)   

When I first started listening to the song, I always heard "jungle jane", but then I got into jazz, discovered "A Love Supreme" and the lyric suddenly made sense. I've heard it as "John Coltrane" ever since! I know of quite a few people who hear it as "jungle jane". So don't feel bad U2yooper! In any case, it can't be as bad as mishearing "dressed up like a car crash" as "dressed up like a **** rash". I feel for you achtungchild.

[Ultraviolet [ACAAs Polisher of Shiny PopMart Basses]]

I love that line in Shadows and Tall Trees, which is, when misheard: "Is love like a taco, hanging from the ceiling?"