Misheard Pearl Jam Lyrics?

EvilMerlin

Cropduster84 wrote:

When I first heard it I thought it was "turn to my missus" as in wife

Oh the shame :(

and with the person who thought it was "pulled a fuckin gun" we get the lovely line of:
"Turned to my missus, and pulled a fucking gun" How lovely.

Innocent_Bystander

I always though EVM said "Suck Me" instead of "Saw Things"

holly21

here is what I have always heard on this popular lyric...
"Turn to my nemesis, pull it on f***in God"
this makes no sense, don't ask me why I heard it that way!
Something funny too, recently my best friend asked me, "Hey, what is the title of that Pearl Jam song that goes, Glorified version of a pelican or something like that?" I did not have the heart to tell her that she was crazy so I just told her the title. It seems like the pelican thing is popular! At least she got part of it right.

mccready81

i'm surprised that not one person has mentioned breath! thats one misheard alot!

shampo41

SAD:
"Eleven nights he laid in bed"
is really
"He never masturbates in bed"...

Or vice versa...

eksistirn

At the end of Betterman, I thought Eddie was saying "Hey ma you're better than him."

Joey

In Glorified G I though he was saying “Glorified version of a Pelican”

Bov

First time hearing glorified g i thought the line was "rode five virgins on a pelican" instead of "glorified version of a pellet gun", didn't have the inlay card to check and convinced my sister those were the lyrics too! was only about 14 at the time though.

Joey

I almost peed in my pants....your version of Glorified G is amazing

Bov

i aim to please, it was very embarrassing when i found out the real lyrics though, people thought i was mighty strange! can't really blame them though i mean logistically it's not even possible!

Bradass

LightYear wrote:

The first time I heard Black on the radio I thought he said,

"Her legs spread out before me, as her body once did."

Paging Dr. Freud!

You mean it isn't? God I feel such an idiot. And I thought it said father in Elderly woman too

Bradass

in RVM I thought he was sating suffering when he says saw things...

charlotte28

Smile wrote:

Well, I guess I should be ashamed too, because I've been a PJ fan since the very beginning and to this very moment I would have sworn that was the lyric. I just had to look up the real lyrics on google just to find out what he is really singing. Yikes, all this time I've been singing the wrong line! It's gonna be difficult to sing it the right way now.

Peace.

That's the WORST feeling when you've been listening to them forever and just now realize you've been wrong this whole time, and it sucks because by now "your" lyrics sound better - I just found out a couple of weeks ago that at the end of Black he's saying "star" and not "sun" - I still think sun is better and makes much more sense...oh well...

eden

GivenToFly982 wrote:

OK, most people have trouble understanding Ed's singing...even as a hardcore Pearl Jam fan, I have to admit Iv'e had a few PJ lyrics mixed up before. Like "No Way." The line that says "Of my need to not disappear" I could have sworn was "All I need tonight is a beer." Anyone else recently discover they had some lyrics mixed up?

M personal favorite lyric that I "misheard" for years
is the line in Black that says 'her lace spread out before me'
I always thought it said 'her legs spread out before me'
and I was like - Goodness Eddie, have you no shame?!

spnoone

back in the days of the $50 bootleg, i came accross one that had leash labeled as drop the leaves. and i havent been able to get the title or my response out of my head (drop the leaves, drop the leaves, get outta my fuckin yard) ever since. so frustrating not being able to unthink the wrong words.

ohtheguilt

spnoone wrote:

rats: lick the dirt off a larger one's feet/olajuwon's feet

I didn't think it was possible someone other than me thought he said this. Haha.

CGPJ

There are plent examples of me thinking Eddie was one thing only to find out that he was saying another, but my college roommate told me something that I thought was pretty funny. He said his sister used to tell him how she thought the lyrics in one pearljam song had such stupid lyrics... she thought the hook in Betterman was "can't find the butter, mam."



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""It's egg rolling thick and heavy... all the past we carry... ohh, I could be new, you underestimate meeeeeeeeheee."

ritfw

your real daddy was dyin'/but im glad we talked;

but im playin the guitar;


i thought this till i looked at that explination interview, i specially thought it made sense too, cus of all the good guitar on the song. crazy cunts.

illegal pants

Joey wrote:

In Glorified G I though he was saying “Glorified version of a Pelican”

that's hilarious

Innocent_Bystander

glorified virgin on a pelican