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Oh boy, too many to count.

 

Cygnus X1, The Voyage:

 

Actual lyric: All who dare to cross her course

 

What I heard: God who dared to cross a cult

 

Temples of Syrinx:

 

Actual lyric: We are the priests of the temples of Syrinx

 

What I heard: We are the priests of the devil, I'm serious

 

[Of course at the time - very young kid - had misconstrued the red star of the federation as a satanic pentagram so the power of suggestion was doubtless at play]

 

Freewill:

 

Actual lyric: Genetic blends

 

What I heard: Je ne te plains ("I don't complain" in French, with the required final "pas" omitted)

 

I could go on and on but I'll stop here for now.

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There was (or maybe still is) a video of Red Barchetta on You Tube "with lyrics". Instead of "... from a better, vanished time" the lyrics read "... from a better-managed time."

 

Struck me that even if it sounds that way to someone, "better-managed time" makes no sense coming from Libertarian-leaning Neil (who'd doing the managing, and of what?), and certainly doesn't fit the underlying theme of the song (individual liberty vs the regulatory State). Some people shouldn't take it upon themselves to transcribe lyrics for public use.

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From "Anthem"

 

Original lyric:

 

"Well, I know they've always told you/Selfishness was wrong..."

 

Misheard lyric:

 

"Well, I know they've always told you/SELF-Expression'S wrong..."

 

And who could forget "Wonders OF the world..."

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From "Anthem"

 

Original lyric:

 

"Well, I know they've always told you/Selfishness was wrong..."

 

Misheard lyric:

 

"Well, I know they've always told you/SELF-Exp<b></b>ression'S wrong..."

 

And who could forget "Wonders OF the world..."

 

But considering that in Ayn Rand's book "Anthem" self-expression was not just wrong, but A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY DEATH, it still fits!

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The studio Working Man: "Log it up at seven YAY and I go to work at nine..."

 

and at the very end: "they call me the working MAID...."

 

2112 Temples: "never need to work or have a wife!"

 

Studio Beneath Between Behind: "Plastic dreams come true inventing subcanue"

 

Clockwork Angels middle part where it sounds like Geddy is singing over a speaker phone: "gggxzbngg ????? bbnmgswrgc fddsxhhh????????mmmgbgggg..." Lol

 

 

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Bringing this old thread back, because...

 

"Light the day up, bristle with the energy."

 

Honestly, I like it better.

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I started getting my uncle into Rush, and he told me when he heard New World Man he mistaked the line "Tuned to factories and farms" for "He's a factory tampon". He couldn't stop laughing about it for the rest of the day when we told me about it
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I've had plenty of these over the years, but one that sticks with me because it actually seemed to add something was...

 

I was about 14 when I first heard Vapor Trail, and the line "Memory written on the wind" I heard as "Merrywittan on the wind." Obviously a Merrywittan isn't a thing, but I thought it was some reference to literature, as Neil often does. And so in my head, I was coming up with all sorts of different ideas for what a creature a Merrywittan was.

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"He's a lot more afraid of your lion"

 

I know that's not it, but when I'm in the car, singing along with it, I always sing,

 

"He's a lot more afraid of your lion... and your tiger and your bear"

 

Not misheard, no. I just get a kick out of it. It makes me laugh. Sort of a personal nod to Wizard of Oz in a way.

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