These 16 musical misunderstandings are funny – and very relatable
9.
"Wrapped up like a douche, another boner in the night"
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) July 16, 2019
10.
"All the boys think she's a guy, she's got…Bette Davis eyes…"
— Alex Mentes (@alexandrabeutel) July 17, 2019
11.
Not mine, but: my best friend spent weeks insisting that the “Hey Ya” lyric was “shake it like a corduroy pizza” instead of “shake it like a Polaroid picture”
— Kellie Herson (@kellieherson) July 16, 2019
12.
"Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you."
— Josh Liebster (@jlobster) July 16, 2019
Not all the misunderstandings were about lyrics.
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van morrison is not the same person as morrissey
— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) July 16, 2019
14.
Pink Floyd is not a person. (I'd heard of P!nk first so…I assumed Pink Floyd was just a guy doing a similar-to-P!nk thing. Yes, I am youthful.)
— lisa martine jenkins (@l_m_j_) July 16, 2019
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In high school, I once said out loud, in creative writing class, that I liked The Doors because they “didn’t take themselves too seriously.”
— Rachel Klein (@racheleklein) July 16, 2019
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For probably the first thirty years of my life, I thought Hall & Oates was a band called “Haulin’ Oats.”
— M.W. Grieco (@mwgrieco) July 16, 2019
Playwright, Eliana Meira, shared a misunderstanding about a threat by King George in the hit musical, Hamilton.
My son: "I'll send a fully armed Italian to remind you of my love" @dailyjgroff @RoryOMalley @Lin_Manuel
— Eliana Meira (@erantz2) July 16, 2019
Only to get this stunning response from its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) July 16, 2019
Sometimes, the wrong lyric just has a beauty of its own.