Quizzical -- Completed!

[active_apathy]

Just for a bit of fun, the following is a collection of misheard lyrics. What I'd like you to do is comment with the title, artist and the correct line for each of them. After the mishap that was the translated lyrics meme, this is all just filtered through the somewhat lacking ears of the average listener. The ten songs are all from my Winamp playlist, if you're after special inspiration to play with your own flist.

1. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (guessed by fireyfox)
   Misheard: Slow-talkin' Walter, the fire-engine guy
   Original: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky


2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (guessed by captainsblog)
   Misheard: I like wine and clear fountains/But I really like lemon peels
   Original: I have climbed the highest mountains/I have run through the fields.


3. Space Oddity - David Bowie (guessed by fireyfox)
   Misheard: Clown control to Mao Tse Tung
   Original: Ground Control to Major Tom


4. Breathless - The Corrs (guessed by etymological)
   Misheard: Go home, go home, but leave me breakfast
   Original: Go on, go on, come on, leave me breathless


5. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (guessed by crackedwraith)
   Misheard: On a magic coffee grinder
   Original: On a magic carpet ride


6. ...And Justice For All - Metallica (guessed by mrpyro)
   Misheard: All the dust is painted green, money talkin'
   Original: Halls of justice painted green, money talking


7. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (guessed by fireyfox)
   Misheard: There's a wino down the road
   Original: As we wind on down the road


8. Piano Man - Billy Joel (guessed by fireyfox)
   Misheard: And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore.
   Original: And the piano, it sounds like a carnival


9. Suffragette City - David Bowie (guessed by whobunkyboo)
   Misheard: Down in Chocolate Chip City
   Original: I'm back from Suffragette City


10. Beautiful Day - U2 (guessed by etymological)
    Misheard: It's a beautiful day / The skys full of felines
    Original: It's a beautiful day / The sky falls, you feel like

Comments

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

"I like wine and clear fountains/But I really like lemon peels"

Still Haven't Found (what I'm looking for). Except I don't hear the "really" no matter how many times I try to reverse-engineer this mondegreen.*

* mon-duh-green

And as if these don't get weird enough? The misheard line in your first one, about Walter the fire engine guy? That reappears as an actual line in BNL's "The Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel."

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It is indeed. And hello!

I can get either 'really' or 'but', but never both. Some people just have amazing anti-talent.

You owe me the actual lines, too. :)

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Up late with fireworks last night.

I have climbed the highest mountains, I have run through the fields.

The "but" I can hear, cause he kinda double-pumps on the second "I," but the really still shakes me.

And yes, I was one of the people who, until quite recently, thought the line in "Groovin'" by the Rascals was "you and me and Leslie."

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I managed to find it once, but only if you don't at all expect it to fit with the rest of the song.

I was kinda guilty of [number 6], from when I first heard the song. Context soon set me straight.