Misheard RUSH lyrics

[shaun3701]

QUOTE (realomind @ Oct 6 2010, 05:20 AM)

"we've been smoking Lebanon" In Driven I thought Geddy was singing: "Driven to the edge of a guitar chord" When really it's: "Driven to the edge of a deep, dark hole"

when T4E first came out my little kid brother (now grown up) thought the line in Driven was "driven to the edge of OUR BEANS ARE COLD"

[Jomboni]

QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Oct 6 2010, 05:37 AM)

My user-name comes from a friend mishearing the line from The Weapon...I thought it was funny, so I nicked it

haha, sorry, I did not see this post, before I quoted the same line from The Weapon

[WIDE-ANGLE WATCHER]

I always though Earthshine was Peartshine

 

And this is what I thought I heard

 

On certain tunes

That Geddy croons

And the lyrics are pretentious

 

A proclivity

For creativity

That's overly inventious

 

Peartshine

Prose imperious

I wince sometimes when I hear

Peartshine

Peartshine

Overly eloquent

Who's he trying to impress with

Peartshine

 

By itself

Sitting on the shelf

I see my 8th grade science book

 

Take a quick peruse

For some lyrical cues

Scientific gobbledygook

 

Peartshine

Look how smart I am

Sneering at the masses

Peartshine

 

High IQ

I'm much smarter than you

I'm such an adept word adapter

 

It's no accident

That I'm president

Of the local Mensa chapter

 

Peartshine

I'm beyond your reach

At least these words aren't Pye's, it's

Peartshine

 

 

( I actually got this off some website)...Stating they were...."Poking a bit of fun at Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart for his sometimes pretentious lyrics."

 

 

[GeddysMullet]

QUOTE (KW84 @ Oct 5 2010, 11:26 PM)

The battle flags are flown at the feet of a GARDEN GNOME.

 

That is SO what I thought the lyric was until I looked it up just now. I even thought it made sense!

 

So battle flags are NOT flown at the feed of a garden gnome? That changes my perception of the universe almost as much as did finding out that the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx don't operate computers as they fill the hallowed halls, or that the brilliant red barchetta didn't come from a better managed time!

[Show Don't Tell]

Force Ten:

 

Be vain and smart, humble and dumb,

We can hit on this like pride

 

 

Also, "we can whirl the rose of romance"

Edited October 6, 2010 by Show Don't Tell

[Babycat]

QUOTE (RASH 2112 @ Oct 5 2010, 11:45 PM)

I've always misheard some lyrics in "A Passage to Bangkok" Breathing smoke in Lebanon We burn the midnight oil The Trade Winds of Afghanistan (yes, Trade Winds) Actual lyric: Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon We burn the midnight oil The fragrance of Afghanistan

I always heard the line "we've been smoking in lebanon..." Still cracks me up!

[jkt2112]

QUOTE (Presto_a RUSH fan_06-08-90 @ Oct 5 2010, 11:01 PM)

An ex friend of mine always thought that Natural Science had the following line: "The most endangered species, BEYOND THIS BAND" It was such a great feeling to tell him it really is: "The most endangered species, THE HONEST MAN" My mis-quote has always been in Subdivisions (and I think it should be!!!jk) "Any escape might help to PROVE The unattractive truth" real lyric: "Any escape might help to SMOOTH The unattractive truth"

Must be why he's an ex-friend!!!

[nappy2112]

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 6 2010, 08:36 AM)

"He's a little bit afraid of dying, but he's a lot more afraid of your lion." What kind of person has a pet lion?

[GeddyRulz]

Wrong:

 

Sometimes

The men talk tough

The men talk hearts

The men talk something else.

 

Correct:

 

Tough times

Demand tough talk

Demand tough hearts

Demand tough songs, demand.

 

 

 

 

Wrong:

Sometimes we all know the way.

 

Correct:

Sometimes the odd number wins.

[shaun3701]

QUOTE (GeddysMullet @ Oct 6 2010, 02:40 PM)

QUOTE (KW84 @ Oct 5 2010, 11:26 PM) The battle flags are flown at the feet of a GARDEN GNOME.   That is SO what I thought the lyric was until I looked it up just now. I even thought it made sense!   So battle flags are NOT flown at the feed of a garden gnome? That changes my perception of the universe almost as much as did finding out that the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx don't operate computers as they fill the hallowed halls, or that the brilliant red barchetta didn't come from a better managed time! I know what the correct lyric is, and I STILL think "garden gnome" in my head every time I hear that song!

[udanax]

I think I've posted this before, but in Subdivisions I always thought that "Unlike moths we drift into the city" was "Unlike mobs we drift into the city"... I also don't know half of the lyrics to Freewill...

[PariahDog]

QUOTE (udanax @ Oct 6 2010, 06:33 PM)

I think I've posted this before, but in Subdivisions I always thought that "Unlike moths we drift into the city" was "Unlike mobs we drift into the city"... I also don't know half of the lyrics to Freewill...

Isn't that supposed to be "drawn like moths?"

 

My favorite is probably still "A Monday warrior, mean mean stride." (Not mine, posted by someone here on TRF.)

 

 

 

 

[GeddysMullet]

QUOTE (PariahDog @ Oct 6 2010, 07:39 PM)

QUOTE (udanax @ Oct 6 2010, 06:33 PM) I think I've posted this before, but in Subdivisions I always thought that "Unlike moths we drift into the city" was "Unlike mobs we drift into the city"... I also don't know half of the lyrics to Freewill... Isn't that supposed to be "drawn like moths?"   My favorite is probably still "A Monday warrior, mean mean stride." (Not mine, posted by someone here on TRF.) I go to a group that meets on Mondays that I have nicknamed the Monday Warriors after that particular mishear

[udanax]

QUOTE (PariahDog @ Oct 6 2010, 06:39 PM)

QUOTE (udanax @ Oct 6 2010, 06:33 PM) I think I've posted this before, but in Subdivisions I always thought that "Unlike moths we drift into the city" was "Unlike mobs we drift into the city"... I also don't know half of the lyrics to Freewill... Isn't that supposed to be "drawn like moths?"   My favorite is probably still "A Monday warrior, mean mean stride." (Not mine, posted by someone here on TRF.) Eh... something like that... I'm terrible with song lyrics lol... Most of my singing to Freewill is just "ehhhhh lalala ...You can choose a ready guide..." you get the idea

[Weakly Criminal]

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 6 2010, 07:36 AM)

"He's a little bit afraid of dying, but he's a lot more afraid of your lion." What kind of person has a pet lion?

My cousin had a cougar for several years. It had it's fangs but was de-clawed. Playing with that beautiful animal was the only thing that could get me to enter that litter box of a trailer he lived in.

[Your_Lion]

QUOTE (Jomboni @ Oct 6 2010, 07:58 PM)

QUOTE (Your_Lion @ Oct 6 2010, 05:37 AM) My user-name comes from a friend mishearing the line from The Weapon...I thought it was funny, so I nicked it  haha, sorry, I did not see this post, before I quoted the same line from The Weapon Haha...great minds think alike, I guess...or at least great ears mishear alike

[joshman]

The Enema Withen.

*Shudder*

[Zanadoo]

In a dog's life, a year is really more like seven.

 

 

 

oh wait.....

[Rushchick10]

[Weakly Criminal]

[jnoble]

when I first heard the FBN version of Beneath Between Behind, I didn't understand a single word of the verses. NOT A SINGLE WORD

 

to me it sounded like: "plastic dreams come true attacking subcanue the greatest mimes forever glowing" instead of 'fantastic dreams..." etc etc

[Ceiling Limited Squishy]

[Astromancer]

"Subdivisions,

in the basement bars,

in the backs of cars,

conform or be cast out"

 

What I heard:

"Subdivisions,

in the basement bars,

in the battle cars,

conform or be cast out"

 

Personally, I think what I heard was more interesting, jk.

[PW_Guitarist]

"Headfirst, you manatee!"

[KW84]

QUOTE (shaun3701 @ Oct 6 2010, 06:26 PM)

QUOTE (GeddysMullet @ Oct 6 2010, 02:40 PM) QUOTE (KW84 @ Oct 5 2010, 11:26 PM) The battle flags are flown at the feet of a GARDEN GNOME.   That is SO what I thought the lyric was until I looked it up just now. I even thought it made sense!   So battle flags are NOT flown at the feed of a garden gnome? That changes my perception of the universe almost as much as did finding out that the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx don't operate computers as they fill the hallowed halls, or that the brilliant red barchetta didn't come from a better managed time! I know what the correct lyric is, and I STILL think "garden gnome" in my head every time I hear that song! Before that verse comes up I always sing it like that.