Tag: Misheard Lyrics

  • An Analysis of The Lyrics to ZZ Top’s Ten Foot Pole

    An Analysis of The Lyrics to ZZ Top’s Ten Foot Pole

    “I bet you can’t work out these lyrics” said a friend in 1986, holding a copy of ZZ Top‘s El Loco album with an evil glint in his eye. I guessed it couldn’t be too tricky. Child’s play. The sort of thing that I could probably sort out whilst a) assembling some flat pack furniture…

  • Beelzebub Had A Devil For A Sideboard and Other Misheard Lyrics

    Beelzebub Had A Devil For A Sideboard and Other Misheard Lyrics

    With the possible exception of deciphering the lyrics to 2Unlimited’s “No Limits” (it really loses its sparkle when listening to the 12″ extended remix. By Pete Waterman) it’s quite fun to decipher lyrics, mainly because there’s quite a lot of scope to get it wrong. You have probably seen that there’s an entire website devoted…