Misheard Pearl Jam Lyrics?

LittleSecrets

Wow, I was totally wrong about Black lyrics. Makes sense though.

SweetRelief

I thought it was pelicans as well for a long time. Ooops.

I know someone who always used to sing Alive:
...sorry you didn't see him, but I'm playing guitar!...

(funny thread)

LightYear

meme wrote:

Ashamed to say, but in black, at the beginning, I thought Ed said:

Her legs spread out before me...

Glad I'm not the only one! I posted this earlier in the thread.

GivenToFly982

PearlsofJam wrote:

Found a website.
These are really funny:
http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/pearljam.shtml

Misheard Lyrics:
And now my bigger a**, cradles stolen hash.
or
And now my better half, rests on broken glass.
Correct Lyrics:
And now my bitter hands, cradle broken glass.

Those were funny, although a little far-fetched....its hard to imagine anyone, even someone who has never even heard of Pearl Jam before, thinking Ed was saying "And I smoke, smoke, Winston's, Winston's" instead of "And if so, if so, who answers, who answers."

And I think "All I need tonight is a beer" would have made sense in "No Way."

silverbull271

Turned to my nemesis....pulled it on fucking god

Thats what i believed for years

Toronto_PJ_fan

MFC: "Ask I'm an ear" I heard as "Ask Scotland Yard"!

neboy

Commy wrote:

Unsealed, on a porch a letter sat
Then you said, 'I wanna leave it again'
Once I saw her...on a beach of weathered sand
Then you said...I wanna leave it again, yeah...
On a weekend, I wanna wish it all away, yeah...
And they called and I said that I want what I said...
And then I call out again...
And the reasons, oughta leave her calm...I know
I said, 'I know what I wear, not a boxer or the bag'
Ah yeah...can you see them?
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah...
And I know that I know...I don't want to stay
Make me cry...

I see, ooh...I don't know why there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said, I don't, I don't know whether I was the boxer or the bag
Ah yeah...can you see them?
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah...
And I know, that I know, I don't wanna stay alone...
I don't wanna stay...yeah...
I don't wanna stay... (2x)
I don't, don't wanna, oh...yeah...ooh...ohh...



Close anyway...

What was he smoking when he was singing it, bcuz damn! Kick a** song though!

Smile

I have listened to several versions of Black on the bootlegs...each one that I've heard contains the following lyric:

"...Her legs spread out before me as her body lays still."

Peace.

grooveamatic

Smile wrote:

I have listened to several versions of Black on the bootlegs...each one that I've heard contains the following lyric:

"...Her legs spread out before me as her body lays still."

Peace.

it's your mind playing tricks on you. listen to it again with a cleared mind.

grooveamatic

Toronto_PJ_fan wrote:

MFC: "Ask I'm an ear" I heard as "Ask Scotland Yard"!

that is amazing! I can't even imagine that...they sound nothing alike....gotta be one of the strangest mis-hearings I'm aware of....

grooveamatic

Mitchacho wrote:

i thought jeremy was '...lemony snickets son' instead of 'lemon yellow sun'...haha nah just kidding.

but black has bugged me, because i am certain that it is 'now my bitter hands, shake beneath the clouds'...but some people insist on 'chafe beneath the clouds'. i mean, hands dont chafe, and thats just stupid. also, i have a really cool wallpaper picture with the black lyrics and eddie, but someone spoiled it by writing Chafe in it. sooo annoying when something stupid like that happens.

p.s. i hope it isnt Chafe or ill snap

Be cool. It's definitely shake.

grooveamatic

Here's my own personal favorite mis-hearing...I might have already posted it...but anyway....in Fatal, instead of "When April's in May" I heard "With Eggrolls in Mayo."

sourepithaphs

PJaholic wrote:

My Dad who is a HUGE PJ fan but terrible with lyrics thought in Daughter he was saying "Young girl, Violin" istead of "Young girl, Violence".

i also believed it was violins for years....definetly sometimes it's pretty hard to get what ed's saying....

Echo27

in Breath, after he says "a breath and we'll all reach the door", it sounded to me like he said "oh...and I got a lotta head"!

Banana-Rama

sourepithaphs wrote:

i also believed it was violins for years....definetly sometimes it's pretty hard to get what ed's saying....

Believe it or not your dad and you are both right. In the lyric booket it has "Violins(ence)"

skinnylegs

DarkStar wrote:

Faithful...

actual: M-Y-T-H is belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear,
we never listen...

what i heard: and while teenagers believe in the game controls that keep us in a box of fear, we never listen...

ds

Okay, you just blew my mind.
I thought he was saying, "And we're teenagers leaving the game".

andja

GivenToFly982 wrote:

Those were funny, although a little far-fetched....its hard to imagine anyone, even someone who has never even heard of Pearl Jam before, thinking Ed was saying "And I smoke, smoke, Winston's, Winston's" instead of "And if so, if so, who answers, who answers."

And I think "All I need tonight is a beer" would have made sense in "No Way."

The best one hilarious

andja

Can you imagine what it feels like for us when our mother tongue is not English?
At least you misheard it for another word,but we...... we are creating dozens of new words.

BTW BEST THREAD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS When I first heard Jeremy,in my high school,oh gee was it a puzzle!!!!-

faithfullpilate

I know it's "I'll swallow poison until I grow immune" but I like to say "I'll swallow poison until I grow a mule"

bucket1988

LittleSecrets wrote:

Oh and I truely thinks Daughter says "Violins" but that's funny, I never noticed the (ence) in the CD insert before.
.

Until I read this post, I though it was "violins." Hmmmm... Guess I should pay more attention.

Also when I first heard "Animal" I thought it was "I gotta be" instead of "I'd rather be"