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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] fireyfox)
    Misheard: Clown control to Mao Tse Tung
    Original: Ground Control to Major Tom

  4. Breathless - The Corrs (guessed by [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] crackedwraith)
    Misheard: On a magic coffee grinder
    Original: On a magic carpet ride

  6. ...And Justice For All - Metallica (guessed by [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] fireyfox)
    Misheard: There's a wino down the road
    Original: As we wind on down the road

  8. Piano Man - Billy Joel (guessed by [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] whobunkyboo)
    Misheard: Down in Chocolate Chip City
    Original: I'm back from Suffragette City

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

Date: 2005-06-01 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] one-bullet-left.livejournal.com
3: Space Oddity - David Bowie
Misheard: Clown control to Mao Tse Tung
Original: Ground control to Major Tom

7: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Misheard: There's a wino down the road
Original: As we wind on down the road

8:Piano Man - Billy Joel
Misheard: And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore. (correct, if you're referring to how my sister plays...)
Original: And the piano, it sounds like a carnival

Date: 2005-06-01 09:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] one-bullet-left.livejournal.com
OHHH!!!!

#1- Deep Purple
SMOOOOOKE on the WAAAAA-terrr.... and Fi-er in the skyyyy!

Hehe... I can sing online.

Date: 2005-06-01 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] active-apathy.livejournal.com
And, again, yes.

There's one other that leaves me wondering how you missed it...

Date: 2005-06-01 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] active-apathy.livejournal.com
Yes, yes, yes. Oh god, yes. Many points and an e-*hug* for you.

How exactly does a carnivorous piano sound?

Date: 2005-06-02 10:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] one-bullet-left.livejournal.com
Be grateful that you don't know.

Date: 2005-06-02 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] active-apathy.livejournal.com
Yes. But only not, since my curiosity demands asks nicely for human sacrifices a brief text description.

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