So this is a follow-up to PURRA UT ALEMÁN! in which I made this out of more funny misheard lyrics from my childhood and adolescence:
1: Karma Commedia
Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon
You come and go, you come and go
Misheard as:
Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma commedia
You come and go, you come and go
Why?
Slurred pronunciation that rendered that L as a D and familiarity with commedia dell'arte
2: Red golden dreams
Karma Chameleon, Culture Club
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green
Misheard as:
Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams
Red, golden dreams, red, golden dreams
Why?
He'd already said 'dreams' in the previous stanza and as a kid I was used to 'golden dreams' (sueños de oro, in Spanish)
3: Money for nothing and chips for free
Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
Money for nothing and chicks for free
Misheard as:
Money for nothing and chips for free
Why?
Didn't know what the slang term 'chick' meant back in those days. Also, my oral fixation and thirst for calories...
4: Like a wee woman
Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
We've got to install microwave ovens
Misheard as:
We've got to instill like a wee woman
Why?
A mainstream group like Dire Straits won't sing about appliances, am I right? Plus I knew what 'wee' meant and means to the Scots...
5: Like a gay lover
Money For Nothing, Dire Straits
We've got to install microwave ovens
Misheard as:
We've got to instill like a gay lover
Why?
A mainstream group like Dire Straits won't sing about appliances, am I right? Plus I had tasted the sweet fujobait of CLAMP and Ikuhara, not to mention Greek myths, and was inured at 8-9 to queer culture...
6: That little fellow...
Money for Nothing, Dire Straits
See that little faggot with the earring and the make-up?
That's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet aeroplane
that little faggot is a millionaire
Misheard as:
See that little fellow with the earring and the make-up?
That's his own hair
That little fellow got his own jet aeroplane
that little fellow is a millionaire
Why?
I had tasted the sweet fujobait of CLAMP and Ikuhara, not to mention Greek myths, and was inured at 8-9 to queer culture... but I was completely unaware of the existance of queerphobic Anglo-Saxons and the slurs they used; my black-and-white kid mindset thought all Protestants were open-minded... (my khyber pass!)