Thread: Silliness Quiz
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Old 03-15-2012, 07:39 AM   #6110
Hamlet53
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
I suck at these music lyrics questions. For years I thought it was "Excuse me while I kiss this guy" by Jemi Hendrix, "Radar Love" by I have no idea, and I still want to know who this Bruce guy is that E.L.O. is singing about.
There is even a name for that confusion. It's called a mondegreen, and that line by Jimi Hendrix is one of the more famous examples. Perhaps the most famous example is from Manfred Mann's Earth Band version of Blinded by the Light where “revved up like a deuce” is often heard as “wrappped up like a douche”.

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake View Post
L - Working class hero? John Lennon?
Right on both counts SneakySnake, that's two points for you.
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