Perceptual "Funny" link thread - Page 49

xilman · 2014-04-30, 07:39

Brewery's apology

chappy · 2014-05-01, 00:49

wait for it...

firejuggler · 2014-05-01, 02:14

LaurV · 2014-05-01, 04:16

Genial!

fore more of that, you can search youtube for "misheard lyrics", I remember myself rolling with laugh effectively on the floor when "maiahii" was in vogue in Europe few years ago (me being Romanian), or the "nobody"s (in Asia) ... even the (more recent) condom star.

xilman · 2014-05-01, 16:08

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Originally Posted by LaurV

Genial!

fore more of that, you can search youtube for "misheard lyrics", I remember myself rolling with laugh effectively on the floor when "maiahii" was in vogue in Europe few years ago (me being Romanian), or the "nobody"s (in Asia) ... even the (more recent) condom star.

The English term for such things is "mondegreen", the etymology of which is quite interesting and left for you to discover.

Some classics are "The girl with colitis goes by" and a couple from Queen's BoRhap: Is this the real life, or is this just Battersea?" and "The devil has a special sideboard for me".

A very old favourite is "Our, father, which art in heaven. Harold be thy name".

retina · 2014-05-01, 16:24

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Originally Posted by xilman

"The devil has a special sideboard for me".

That one requires a very implausible mangling of the song. I even tried playing the section while reading the line along with it and it just doesn't flow correctly at all.

BTW: Thanks for reminding me about that song. I haven't heard it in many years.

Xyzzy · 2014-05-01, 17:12

One of our favorite covers:

Note the interesting use of the tremelo.

xilman · 2014-05-01, 17:14

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Originally Posted by retina

BTW: Thanks for reminding me about that song. I haven't heard it in many years.

You're welcome.

Nothing really matters. Nothing really matters, but moi.

That last is from one of my favourite covers of the song.

xilman · 2014-05-01, 17:38

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Originally Posted by Xyzzy

One of our favorite covers:

Magnificent! Thanks for drawing it to my attention. Just listened to it on headphones. Now need to find a way of playing it through serious technology at >= 100dB

xilman · 2014-05-01, 17:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

That one requires a very implausible mangling of the song. I even tried playing the section while reading the line along with it and it just doesn't flow correctly at all.

BTW: Thanks for reminding me about that song. I haven't heard it in many years.

May be British intonation or something. "a devil set aside for me" sounds very much like "a special sideboard for me" to me. BTW, apologies for mis-quoting (mis-remembering really) "The devil has" for "Beelzebub has".

Xyzzy · 2014-05-01, 17:43

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Now need to find a way of playing it through serious technology at >= 100dB

First, get the .m4a here: http://en.savefrom.net/

Then upload and convert the .m4a to .mp3 here: http://media.io/

2014-04-30, 07:39	#529
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2014-05-01, 04:16	#532
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 9663₁₀ Posts	Genial! fore more of that, you can search youtube for "misheard lyrics", I remember myself rolling with laugh effectively on the floor when "maiahii" was in vogue in Europe few years ago (me being Romanian), or the "nobody"s (in Asia) ... even the (more recent) condom star. Last fiddled with by LaurV on 2014-05-01 at 04:37

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