Did you ever misunderstand any NO/JD lyrics?

There's a great site on the web: www.kissthisguy.com, which is a database of misunderstood song lyrics, indexed by songtitle, as well as artist. You can also browse the site, and they'll give you a random lyric. They compile songs from the public, with some often hilarious results. It's one of the funniest sites on the web. Highly recommended!

Anyway, my contribution to the site involving NO/JD will be the following, the first verse of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart': 'When Rudy bites hard, inhibitions are low, and the sentiment rides high, 'cuz the mushrooms won't grow' :o

I think i realized what the song was really saying sometime in the early '90s. I wasn't too embarassed because, fortunately, I hadn't shared my version with anyone else!

Does anyone else have any embarrasing and/or entertaining lyrical misunderstandings?

I've been waiting for a guy to come and take me by the hand....

actually, i thought it was: 'save it for another day, the school girls and the kids have run away' until about 30 seconds ago when i looked at the lyrics page!

i always get the lyrics wrong - and usually get caught out singing them. for example, at finsbury i was happily singing 'here comes love, it's not funny' to crystal. better clean my ears out.
it is quite possible that barney gets them wrong whilst he's recording, as so few seem to make any sense.

I got you all beat for the ignorance category lol!

Right at the end of Vanashing Point:

"And they gave it away, like it was some underwear. But by the look on his face, he never cared"

Crystal's chorus:

"I don't know, what to say. You don't give, anyway. I'm a man, in a blaze. Without good. I would trade. Hear comes love. Gets me horny. You can't buy, it with money. You're not at home, anymore. You shot me to the corn" ...seriously!:)

The end chorus for Special:

"Patiently you wait for me You'll survive. I know what could have been Then changed my mind Drowning in the embessey Like all those lies"...

And last but not least, I could've sworn Barney said this on tbthog:

"And I was touched by the hand of God I never knew it, but I curse alot"

The extra verse to SLC:

"I can't look over there, all the miserable eyes When the garden closed in, I nearly broke down and cried"

Where the hell I got that from, I'll never know.....

For ages I thought that 'Regret' went:

'I want success, you see...'

The problem with Barney's lyrics are than often than not misunderstood lyrics are either completely plausible or even improvements on the real thing.

Special has always been for me

It was so special it was like water down the drain and into security every time I hear your name

For temptation, I said '...Tonight I think I'll walk alone, I'll find myself while I go home". I like my version better than 'find my soul'.

There are a million others but most of my mistakes involve making up sounds and fake words becuase I have no idea what's being said.

oh, one more.... Digital: "They in, they out, they in, they out (etc)"

Originally posted by KW1 For temptation, I said '...Tonight I think I'll walk alone, I'll find myself while I go home". I like my version better than 'find my soul'.There are a million others but most of my mistakes involve making up sounds and fake words becuase I have no idea what's being said.oh, one more.... Digital: "They in, they out, they in, they out (etc)"

Ah that was the one - my temptation was

"Tonight I think I walk alone, I find my self inside a hole"

But that was probably just associative after a drunken stumble home from the University Pub

BM: "I see a ship in the harbour, i can in shallow bay"

Troofaith: "... somethings got a hold on me, i get this feeling - an emotion, a sudden sense of liberty.."

Ceremony (87): most of it

Transmission: the whole "i would call out.." bit i never could hear right

Regret: "I wouldn't ever trust you..." or is it "I wouldn't even trust you" ? It sounds like he starts singing even and ends up saying ever, so you get "eeever"!

and finally: In that songbook effort with the cross in the front it gives the lyrics to the shellshock chorus as being "DARLING its never enough, never enough.. etc" Surely the lyric is "HOLD ON its never enough..." ?

On Temptation I always heard: "Tonight I think I'll walk alone and find my soul inside a hole"

and...

"Faults from above here the people down below"

Originally posted by JORGE TEIXEIRA On Temptation I always heard:"Tonight I think I'll walk aloneand find my soul inside a hole"and..."Faults from above herethe people down below"

Which reminds me......

is it "force" or "bolts" ??

Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes > Originally posted by JORGE TEIXEIRA> On Temptation I always heard:> "Tonight I think I'll walk alone> and find my soul inside a hole"> > and...> > "Faults from above here> the people down below"

Which reminds me......

is it "force" or "bolts" ??

Bolts... i think...

"Bolts from above hit the people down below"

Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.

I thought it was 'The thoughts from above hit the people down below'

That line ITS A SCHOOL EXAM THE KIDS HAVE RUN AWAY line got me confused for aaaaages in Regret!!

I pretty well know most of their lyrics now though :D

Originally posted by KW1 I thought it was 'The thoughts from above hit the people down below'

Frequently BOTH!! I think Barney adopts 'poetic license' when singing it live!!

Originally posted by DoN Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Originally posted by Tout est devenu vert > Originally posted by DoN> > Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.> >

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Yes there is, other Benny !!!

Never mind that. How about this one:

'Love is the air that supports the ego.'

Originally posted by David Gladwin Never mind that. How about this one:'Love is the air that supports the ego.'

man, i thought that's what it was too until i looked it up just now on the lyrics page!

Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes > Originally posted by Tout est devenu vert> > > > Originally posted by DoN> > > > Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.> > > > >

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Yes there is, other Benny !!!

ok, the lyrics page says 'bolts...hit', but i think 'thoughts...hurt' makes more sense. of course it could sound like either one. any thoughts on this?

Originally posted by The Village Idiot yeah...well...I thought I heard them say something like this...Thoughts from above hurt good people down below....so who the hell knows what Barney really says...he probably can't even remember what lyrics he recorded for this, or any other, song....

I've always heard it as "Thoughts" or "Gods from above" hit the people down below!

Do JD lyrics count?

I remember arguing over several years with my friend Al about whether 'Shadowplay' contained the line:

'...with cold steel odour on their bodies,'

or:

'...and with cold steel loaded round their bodies.'

The ultimate controversy over lyrics still is:

Look at me I love you

or

Look at me I'm not you

on REGRET

It has been probably discussed to death in previous threads, mind.

Originally posted by Agentwood > Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes> > > > Originally posted by Tout est devenu vert> > > > > > > Originally posted by DoN> > > > > > Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.> > > > > > > > >

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Yes there is, other Benny !!!

ok, the lyrics page says 'bolts...hit', but i think 'thoughts...hurt' makes more sense. of course it could sound like either one. any thoughts on this?

Its definetly BOLTS. as in bolts of lightning. how can thoughts from above hurt anyone??

My fav is still... "Ive been waiting for a GUY to come and take me by the hand... Someone who can make me feel the pleasures of another man..." needless to say, I was taken aback by that, until my ex bought the book by Ian's wifey and we read the lyrics in the back.

Originally posted by Armand d´Hubert The ultimate controversy over lyrics still is:

Look at me I love you

or

Look at me I'm not you

on REGRET

It has been probably discussed to death in previous threads, mind.

its the second one

What about the electronic lyrics. Every time I play Reality off the first album I hear Barney sing: 'Can't you see there's nothing in your head, and your fart is on vacation'. Am I the only one?

Originally posted by Major Tarantino > Originally posted by Agentwood> > > > Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes> > > > > > > Originally posted by Tout est devenu vert> > > > > > > > > > Originally posted by DoN> > > > > > > > Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.> > > > > > > > > > > > > >

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Yes there is, other Benny !!!

ok, the lyrics page says 'bolts...hit', but i think 'thoughts...hurt' makes more sense. of course it could sound like either one. any thoughts on this?

Its definetly BOLTS. as in bolts of lightning. how can thoughts from above hurt anyone??

'thoughts from above' Its a reference to God innit ;)

Dont believe what you read in the papers!! especially lyric and guitar tabs!!!

Originally posted by Bart Dupré What about the electronic lyrics. Every time I play Reality off the first album I hear Barney sing: 'Can't you see there's nothing in your head, and your fart is on vacation'. Am I the only one?

Speaking of Electronic unusually the lyrics to TwistedTenderness are printed in the inlay.

Originally posted by Bart Dupré What about the electronic lyrics. Every time I play Reality off the first album I hear Barney sing: 'Can't you see there's nothing in your head, and your fart is on vacation'. Am I the only one?

Yes you're the only one. He who smelt it, dealt it.

I've given up trying to sing the lyrics correctly in NO songs. I sing what I THINK the words are at the top of my lungs (if possible) and just have fun. It's REALLY fun in the car on a warm day at a stop light with the windows down!!!!

:D:D:D:D:D:D anita

In Avalanche, I thought Gillian was singing "Paste".

Just kidding

Originally posted by DoN > Originally posted by Major Tarantino > Originally posted by Agentwood> > > > Originally posted by Benny's Cobweb Eyes> > > > > > > Originally posted by Tout est devenu vert> > > > > > > > > > Originally posted by DoN> > > > > > > > Its THOUGHTS from above, hurt the people down below, people in this world who have no place to go.> > > > > > > > > > > > > >

It's Bolts from above hit the people down below. Definitively. There is no question about this.

Yes there is, other Benny !!!

ok, the lyrics page says 'bolts...hit', but i think 'thoughts...hurt' makes more sense. of course it could sound like either one. any thoughts on this?

Its definetly BOLTS. as in bolts of lightning. how can thoughts from above hurt anyone??

'thoughts from above' Its a reference to God innit ;)

Dont believe what you read in the papers!! especially lyric and guitar tabs!!!

i was thinking along the lines of ideological thoughts. like particular ideologies hurting the people on the bottom of society in economic, political or sociological ways. ...oh, f*ck it.

and for a brief period i thought the line in 'regret' was: 'look at me, i'm a jew.'

Originally posted by AgentWood > > and for a brief period i thought the line in 'regret' was: 'look at me, i'm a jew.'

Maybe Barney was trying to make up for the Nazi accusations, perhaps?

At any rate I stand by my fave misinterpretation of lyrics, True Faith: "When I was a very small boy, very small boys tortured me.."

"Save it for another it, the school ends and the kids have run away"

I prefer my version :). I also thought BM was "I can in shallow bay". Something about a bay and beach, you know?

for the longest time, in JD's "day of the lords", i thought ian was saying "our hearts are the same but the bodies have changed." i still really like that line though.

I read an interview w/ Barney and Hooky right after "Technique" came out, and the question about lyrics came up. I can't remember if it was either Barney or Hooky who said it, but one of them said something to the effect that it doesn't matter, that what the lyrics mean to one person don't mean the same thing to another, and so forth...

But if I had a dollar for every time I heard different NO/JD lyrics from the originals, I'd be pretty rich now!

One of my misheard lyrics:

(Thieves Like Us) "Love is the cure for every evil, Love is, and it supports the ego It's called love, and it's so unclothed it's called love..."

i always thought 'picture me and then you start watching' in ceremony was 'picture me, in ten years time watching'....i fink ian was awar he was gonna kill himself soom when he wrote that, it seems like a kinda final good bye :,(

For years i always thought chosen time went "sometimes they keep you waiting...fuck around".

perfect kiss...precious soul instead of pleasure zone. i still like my version better.:D

Okay heres one from ROUND AND ROUND

I just remembered that for years i used to think that this line was...

"the picture you see is no portrait of me, its a reel to be shown, to someone i don't know"

then i thought it was...

"the picture you see is no portait of me, its surreal to be shown, to someone i don't know"

and this site says its...

"the picture you see is no portait of me, its too real to be shown, to someone i don't know"

so really im still none the wiser!!

did Barney say 'I was a virgin to myself' in Temptation? did Ian have 'a mask of sulphate' in Atmosphere?

Originally posted by chris brogan did Barney say 'I was a virgin to myself' in Temptation? did Ian have 'a mask of sulphate' in Atmosphere?

I agree with everything this man says.

But then I convinced myself I could hear "it was aversion to myself I do believe"

.....so the lads at libero. are wasting their/our monday morning trying to recreate the cruyff turn with a rolled up ball of lecture notes..... happily avoiding doing our psychodynamics assignment.... singing along to confusion, theives like us etc.....as you do.... and that gets us talking about strange new order lyrics..... some of us are certain we did hear 'love is the id, it supports the ego' (this debate goes on for an hour) but the thing is...... the id doesn't support the ego... the ego manages the id... and the superego as well as it happens.... now all of which makes us sound a bit like our hero mr know-it-all cruyff (did you know johan cruyff was considered so complex he was assigned not just one analyst.... but two..... or so they say).... any how... we should get back to our homework.... melanie klein seems to be saying - bad breast resents baby - that sounds like it should be another n/o lyric.... we at team libero. love new order!

ps we suspect that we, like cruyff are probably stuck in our anal psycho-sexual stage............

You're all in good company

was this the last time Barney didnt use an autocue?:\ohwell:

I see a ship in the harbour I count a shallow bay!

Major Tarantino wrote: BM: "I see a ship in the harbour, i can in shallow bay"

I thought it was "pike in a shallow bay" :)

Missy Jem wrote: I see a ship in the harbour I count a shallow bay!

I see a ship in the harbour Icon in shallow bay

never realy listened to them to be honest.

you get these words wrong, everytime, i just smile

"when I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me..." ?????

Bizarre Keyboard Player wrote: I also thought BM was "I can in shallow bay".

I always thought that what Barney sang in Blue Monday. If it's not, is he singing,"I can and shall obey?"

we're some kind of beetle struggling for air

something must break

For awhile I thought All The Way went "To find the truth, beside yourself," instead of "To find the truth inside yourself".

To this day I am still slightly uncertain as to what exactly is going on with Temptation. It doesn't help every time I've heard them do it it sounds completely different.

Temptation

"that was urgent or that was emerging" to myself?

Atmosphere

"Naked or aching" to see?

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