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Reassessments: Freeze a jolly good fellow
As Burt Bacharach sang: "You see the sky, the sky's in love with you." And Jimi Hendrix politely requested: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy."
Or so it sounds. The music publishers of America have just done a deal with Yahoo.com that will finally allow us to know what our favourite singers have been mumbling about. Accurate authorised versions of song lyrics - as opposed to guesses by semi-deafened fans - are about to be published on a website for the first time.
As Ian Rogers, the general manager of Yahoo Music, told The Guardian: "Finally, a free, legal and definitive way to settle a bet with the guy sitting next to you at the bar who is certain the Ramones' most famous anthem declares: 'I wanna piece of bacon [I wanna be sedated].' It fills a huge gap out there.
"Song lyrics are continually among the top 10 searches performed on major search engines, though the results often [give] consumers a frustrating experience filled with inconsistent and incomplete lyrics, and annoying pop-ups."
Initially, Yahoo's database will include the lyrics of 400,000 songs by 9000 artists, ranging from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to Prince and Beyonce. We'll have to wait a little longer for Peter Garrett.
Who mumbles the most? Nominate your most incomprehensible lyrics.
We welcome your comments.
COMMENTS
Elton John's Co co nut AKA Cold cold heart
- by Louise on April 26, 2007 at 08:56 AM
Unfortunately, despite what Mr Rogers says, Yahoo's lyrics database seems to have the same sort of lyrics "guess[ed] by deafened fans" that have flooded the internet for the past decade. I've checked quite a few songs, many have plainly wrong lyrics. One song has the word "Abba" instead of "aha".
- by fester on April 26, 2007 at 11:07 AM
We built this city, We built this city on sausage rolls!
- by Jess on April 26, 2007 at 12:14 PM
there's already a website with this information - misheardlyrics.com or something like that. i found it years ago on google. very funny.
i'm a bit confused why this yahoo thing is being considered the first of its kind...
- by clarey on April 26, 2007 at 12:55 PM
just three words:
"Alex The Seal"
- by john on April 26, 2007 at 01:42 PM
Song sung by Mario Lanza (I think) - used to hear it on the radio when I was a kid: "Take my hand, I'm a stranger in Parrot Eyes" As a child I thought Parrot Eyes was a very exclusive suburb of Sydney. I subsequently and sadly discovered that the word was "Paradise"
Also:this song by
Bruce Springsteen (The Boss): "...Is it you, baby, or just a brick in the skies" . Really! Listen to the song and tell me I wasn't hearing things! Very puzzling. It took me a while, but I now know the words are"(brilliant disguise".
- by Janette on April 26, 2007 at 03:06 PM
I always thought the line sung by Peter Garrett in the Midnight Oil song Blue Sky Mine was "Who's gonna shave me, who's gonna sheve me!! "
- by dean on April 26, 2007 at 05:14 PM
Without a doubt, has to be "Paralyzed" by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Who knows WHAT he is on about??!
- by Matty G on April 26, 2007 at 05:19 PM
I thought of this topic yesterday, when my 5 year old was loudly singing along to my favourite Dusty Springfield song. Apparently he really enjoys 'Son of a Creature Man'.
- by Malibu Stacey on May 03, 2007 at 08:12 AM
I can't make heads or tails of most of Eskimo Joes' lyrics.
- by Tim on May 03, 2007 at 08:26 AM
I had a bet with a mate regarding the Chisel song....He swore it was "Cheap wine and cheese on toast".......(that was an easy $5 bucks).
Also, another famous lyrical mixup is "Dick the Horse eats bowls of holly" for "Deck the halls with boughs of holly".....we could go on, but if you want to see more go to http://www.kissthisguy.com/.
- by AJ on May 03, 2007 at 10:53 AM
The Fray - How to save a life.
Entire song goes .... mumble mumble mumble ... How to save a life.
That phrase is the only coherent one in the entire song).
- by Bluedave on May 03, 2007 at 03:03 PM
Australian Crawl - Things Don't Seem. "Things just-a don't seem-a to be going right"
- by Daniel on November 18, 2007 at 12:40 AM
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it would have to be James Reyne from Australian Crawl wouldn't it?
any of his songs are indechiperable