azriel wrote:
i always considered the bourgeoisie to be the middle class (not the working class).
yup...as opposed to the proletariat... and on the whole misheard lyric front, a little searching found this:
The term "mondegreen" can be attributed to a 1954 Atlantic article by Sylvia Wright. In the article, she wrote of a folk song she thought contained the lyrics "They had slain the Earl of Moray/And Lady Mondegreen." It took her years to discover that she had been wrong; the lyrics had actually been "They had slain the Earl of Moray/ And laid him on the green."
i can't even remember how many b&s lyrics i originally misunderstood (i think i've blocked it out of my memory due to embarrassment) but my favorite mishearing of all time was committed by my college roommate. she believed that the lyric of r.e.m.'s anti-suicide epic "everybody hurts," rather than "don't blow your hand," (weird poker analogy), went "don't blow your head off." so much for subtlety. reading judy blume, felicia ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+