...even just in writing the below. Good times.
Reading Sharyn’s list of things that make her smile, part two – specifically her friend’s friend's mishearing of song lyrics – reminded me of my own creative listening. I’m always mishearing things, but it’s usually parts of conversations.
But there is a song that I severely misunderstood for a long time – thinking about my confusion always makes me and my brothers laugh. Hard.
Scene: A few years ago, my brothers and I are in New Orleans, listening to the radio while driving somewhere.
Third Eye Blind’s Never Let You Go comes on the radio. I, however, have never learned that that is its true name.
Me: This song is so sad, but so sweet.
Bros: (Thinking it’s nice enough, but not all that.) Yeh.
Me: You know, that they would write a song in honor of Freddie Prinze, Jr. and his dad.
Bros: ?!?! Shok, what are you talking about?
Me: Well, you know, Chico and the Man. (Singing) I never knew Chico. I never knew Chico. Isn’t it about how Freddie Prinze, Jr. never knew his dad because he committed suicide?
Bros: Um, Shokufeh, the song is “Never Let You Go.”
Hysterical laughing ensues.
Posted by Shokufeh at December 5, 2003 04:45 PMHeh. That's beautiful. Someone else just wrote to me with a funny story:
I was reading your post that included the misheard lyrics to Tiny Dancer, which reminded me of my son, last Christmas. He heard Jose
Feliciano singing on the radio and asked me "Mommy, what did the dog do?" After much discussion, I finally figured out that my six year old thought he was singing "Please, Naughty Dog," rather than "Feliz Navidad".
Hahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha.
I thought that the "Ents" from LOTR were "Ants." Yep. Go me.
Posted by: lacey at December 8, 2003 06:51 AM