Nothing is as it appears or at least as it sounds like in rock n' roll. You are not alone, dear rock posse. You have the songs stuck in your head. You play the air guitar and sing the air mic to them a million times. You think you know the lyrics. But do you really?
1. The KKK Took My Baby Away by Ramones
It sounds like: The Gay Gay Gay Took My Baby Away... She never got fat...
The truth is: The KKK took my baby away.... She never got there...
2. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC
It sounds like: Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep
The truth is: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Either way, AC/DC songs are always slightly *cough* provocative.
Here's the animal loving version.
3. Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam
Yellow Ledbetter is one of the most beautiful song written in the 90s. But who could really understand what Eddie Vedder was mumbling about? Even though 98.5% sure that the following version of the lyrics isn't quite what Vedder meant but its poetic diction just feels so right...somehow.
4. Get Back by The Beatles
It sounds like: Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a woman.
The truth is: Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner.
The misheard lyrics actually makes more sense if you look at the song in its entirety. Maybe that was Paul McCartney's original line but later masqueraded to avoid the controversy. Conspiracy theorists may come to the conclusion that the song was nothing but a cheap jab at Yoko Ono.
5. Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel
It sounds like: She's so funky, Yeah.
The truth is: Jeux Sans Frontieres.
It is French. Plus that distracting cowbell. So you can be excused.
