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Posted by Leroy in Mondegreens on May 9th, 2009 | No Comments

30 Mondegreens in 4 minutes

30 Mondegreens in 4 minutes
A Mondegreen is simply a misheard lyric. Just as Jimi Hendrix sings “Scuse me while I kiss the sky” on Purple Haze which is the now infamous mondegreen “Scuse me while I kiss this guy”. You’ve got to check out these little beauties ‘30 Mondegreens in 4 minutes’... 
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Posted by Leroy in Mondegreens on May 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Scuse me while I kiss this guy

Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Perhaps the most infamous mondegreen of all them all in modern popular music is “Scuse me while I kiss this guy”. Which of course is really “Scuse me while I kiss the sky” as sung by Jimi Hendrix on ‘Purple Haze’ from the 1967 album; Are You Experienced . Interestingly,... 
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Posted by Leroy in Mondegreens on May 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Ken Leee

Ken Leee
“Ken leee tulibu dibu douchoo” - Mondegreen for … wait for it … ‘cos you’re not gonna believe this … “I can’t live if living is without you” from Mariah Carey’s hit single nonetheless ‘Without You’ from her Music Box album. You... 
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Posted by Leroy in Mondegreens on May 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment

I’m glad you went shopping

I’m glad you went shopping
“I’m glad you went shopping” - Mondegreen for “and that’s a cold shot baby” from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Cold Shot’ off his Couldn’t Stand the Weather album. I wonder who coined this phrase ? Mondegreen Wikipedia
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