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Sex Pistols', "Anarchy In The U.K."
The Misheard Lyrics:
Your future dream is a shopping scheme
The Real Lyrics:
Your future gleam is a shopping scheme
The Story: He clearly says gleam - Submitted by: Jordan O
Sex Pistols', "Anarchy in the U.K."
The Misheard Lyrics:
So many ways to get what you want
I use the best
I use the rest
I use the enemy
I use anarchy.
I use the best
I use the rest
I use the enemy
I use anarchy.
The Real Lyrics:
So many ways to get what you want
I use the best
I use the rest
I use the N.M.E.
I use anarchy.
I use the best
I use the rest
I use the N.M.E.
I use anarchy.
The Story: The N.M.E. (New Musical Express) was a British music publication very popular with the punk rock / new wave generation in the 70s and 80s. It helped Malcolm McClaren spread the word and make the Pistols famous. - Submitted by: Cal
Sex Pistols', "Anarchy in the UK"
The Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I wanna be Anarchy No Doug Funnie
The Real Lyrics:
'Cause I wanna be Anarchy No dogsbody
The Story: I thought he was giving out a shout-out to Nickeldeon's Doug, then I realized Doug came significantly after this song was released - Submitted by: AIT
Sex Pistols', "Bodies"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A nine-month party jiggling free.
The Real Lyrics:
Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree.
The Story: Not necessarily funny, but here it is: I was taught to write in 1st-person, active voice, so that's how (I guess) I tend to hear things. So I heard the song lead-off with a girl's name (Jeanne), and the rest flowed, ala' Jeanne was a girl from Birmingham. She just had an abortion. She was a case of insanity. A nine-month-party jiggling free...' - Submitted by: Andy
Sex Pistols', "Bodies"
The Misheard Lyrics:
F*** this and f*** that, f*** it all
F*** now, she's f***ing blacks
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
F*** now, she's f***ing blacks
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
The Real Lyrics:
F*** this and f*** that, f*** it all and
F*** the f***ing brat
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
F*** the f***ing brat
She don’t wanna baby that looks like that
I don’t wanna baby that looks like that.
The Story: This song is controversial enough, the lyrics are not sung clearly and lyrics are not included with the album. I thought the Sex Pistols were broaching the issue of a race selection abortion. All the lyric sites use the word 'brat' rather than 'blacks.' However, I don't understand why 'she don't wanna baby that looks like that' if line above is just about f***ing the brat. Are the posted lyrics really what they say? - Submitted by: Jerry
Sex Pistols', "Friggin in the Riggin"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And a mouse with a big bent penis
And a mouse with a big bent penis
The Real Lyrics:
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And the mast was a big bent penis
And the mast was a big bent penis
The Story: Me and all my mates got the lyric wrong as above and only realised this 20 years later when my mate Dave got a Japanese Swindle cd with the lyric insert. We come from the North of England and so pronounce mast as in 'massed', Steve Jones being a Southerner pronounces it 'marst', closer to our pronunciation of 'mouse'. - Submitted by: Adrian Fleming
Sex Pistols', "Friggin' In the Riggin'"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The cabin boy was Flipper
He was a fuckin' nigger
He was a fuckin' nigger
The Real Lyrics:
The cabin boy was Flipper
He was a fuckin' nipper
He was a fuckin' nipper
The Story: Practically everything about this song is bawdy to put it lightly. As a US Navy veteran I know. Many people, incl. myself generally thought that the offensive racist word would be there as well because sad to say, racism is existant in the USA as the past few years have shown, and there are some racist assholes in the military. They just mumber the sediments to themselves and to whoever else in the vicinity cares to hear it. It never occured to me that British English might have another racist slur word for Black people. No matter how you slice it, RACISTS ARE STUPID. - Submitted by: US Navy Squid
Sex Pistols', "New York"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody knows it's coming to this, and...
The Real Lyrics:
Everybody knows Japan is a dish pan.
The Story: I misheard many lyrics on Bollocks as an American punk teen in the 80s. Love imitating it: lazy pronounced as lie-zay and baby as bye-bay. - Submitted by: Mike Hogan
Sex Pistols', "Pretty Vacant"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Obey c***.
The Real Lyrics:
Pretty vacant
The Story: You could call this a very, uhhh, subliminal message to obey the Sex Pistols and buy their records? - Submitted by: Ravage
Sex Pistols', "Pretty Vacant"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We're so fruity, oh so fruity yeah, we're bacon
The Real Lyrics:
We're so pretty, oh so pretty yeah, we're vacant
The Story: I heard this story years ago in Pinner Middx UK where I grew up from a friend of mine by the name of Sue Crisp. She was in a record shop when she overheard someone ask 'have you got that song called er Fruity Bacon. Y'know it goes....We're so fruity, oh so fruity yeah, we're bacon.' - Submitted by: Simon Le Bon
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