| The word "mondegreen" meaning "misheard lyric" IS a
mondegreen,
itself!! Sylvia
Wright first used the term in 1954. She had misheard part of a line in
the Scottish ballad, "The
Bonny Earl of Murray." Wright interpreted the lyric as "They hav slay
the Earl of Murray/And Lady Mondegreen," when it was actually as "They hae
slay the Earl of Murray and laid him on the green."
Thanks to Ed Hughes for the explanation! |
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| I have been collecting Duran Duran
mondegreens from Tiger List and
various other places. Thank you to everyone who posted and contributed these! If you have a mondegreen to add to the list please email it to me. |
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Duran Duran songs |
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| A View To A Kill All She Wants Is American Science Be My Icon Big Bang Generation Burning The Ground Careless Memories Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile) Electric Barbarella Fallen Angel Fame Femme Fatale Girls On Film Hold Me Hold Back The Rain Hungry Like The Wolf I Take The Dice I Believe/All I Need To Know Is There Something I Should Know Khanada Lava Lamp Lonely In Your Nightmare |
Meet El Presidente |
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Arcadia songs |
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Election Day The Flame |
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A
View To A Kill: "The
fatal kiss is always me." "I see you as the view to a
kill. "Dance into the lier" "Feel Nicks for the flame" |
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All
She Wants Is: "What
does your whore say now" "You've been pulling 'em by the hand inside
Oh...let's see all of your toys" |
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American
Science: "Don't
keep me waiting come and lymazine me" "Don't keep me waiting for the lovers
I've made" "Don't keep my waiting,
come the madness I've made"
"An African Lady's down"
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| Be
My Icon:
"I know Mrs. Fields and me, we belong together." |
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| Big
Bang Generation:
"Big Fat Generation" |
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| Burning
The Ground: "presidential
suit" "Would you like to see?" |
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| Careless
Memories: "With a
careless samurai." "and a dance jamboree" "with a careless memory" "With the girls from Planet
Ree" "With a girl's memory" "look out planet bee" "With a girl that's named
Marie" "with a gas in the rain" "with a girl thats named marie" |
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Come
Up and See Me (Make Me Smile): "pulled the lever to the floor" |
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| Election
Day: "I got a
look to be tamed." "All over U.S.S.A" "Are you aware your bein' an
eagle" "And I pull my shot off the raid" |
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| Electric
Barbarella: "Electric
pedicure" "put on your fake firm balls for
me" "Major domo plastic
homo..." "Don't ya never cue eccentric
Barbarella" "Made you don more plastic
armor" "Then we touch, the music made us tranquilized" "You're mostly cold latex and steel..." "made you come on plastic, cum on Barbarella" "you know your cold matrix of steel" "hyper-viewin'" |
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| Fallen
Angel:
"Love is flawed now, see the goddess cry" "I spy you on
tiny beaches" |
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| Fame: "fame hurts your brain just a flame a funny tin to dip you insane. actual lyrics: fame not your brain just a flame that burns the change to keep you insane. and..." "fame not your brain just a flame that burns the change to keep you insane. and..." "fame the dirty swine it's just his line. he's only trying to drive you to crime" " fame "nein! it's mine!" is just his line. to bind your time it drives you to ah, crime" fame, a ticket for you, a ticket for me. i've gotta
get to witchitta. |
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| Femme Fatale
"She's a paper towel..." |
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Girls
on Film: "waterbaby,
smile, and you've just made a million" "Girls are fun" "Cause the crowd all love
pulling belly by the hair" "Girls on Bill" "and a sister rhythm humming in a frenzy all the way down her spine" "gimme a
fever" "She's more than
I made her" "And a sister with 'em humming in a frenzy of the weight on her
spine" |
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Hold
Back the Rain: "and
if the STARS burn out there..." "hold me back hold he back" "And if the flies burn out theres only
five to blame" |
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Hold Me: "Does the body you can't see" |
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Hungry
Like the Wolf: "Trapped
in the city, night is a wall" "Strut on the line in disco and
rhyme" "Smell like a sow,
I'm lost and I'm found" "Chatting On line with disco and Rhyme" "Drugs on the line" " I had all the wine , I'm after you"
"I'll be a porcupine by
the moonlight shine"
"seen in the subway,
elephants on fire" |
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| I
Believe/All I Need To Know:
"Until the devil makes a plan" |
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| I Take
the Dice: "Hold
tight, onto Daddy's braced lips" "Head right into Mother's vapors" "Headlines, into my rose papers" |
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Is
There Something I Should Know: "people staring cross the road from me, and draw your guns, they all
clear the way for me" "Don't say you're easy oh man" "Don't say you're easy on me" "I made a great guy run out yesterday" "I made a break, I run out yesterday" "with broken bats for us to hold" "with broken glass for us to hold" "Please please tell me
now can you see what makes me blow" |
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Khanada: "help me as the rain falls, i might go outside. just because you're with me doesn't mean that i'll be safe" "heavy as the rain falls, i might go outside. just because you're with me doesn't mean you're not the same." |
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| Lava
Lamp:
"Dimes may be right to let go" |
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Lonely
in Your Nightmare: "Because
there's heat beneath your window" "Because your bloney in your
rightmare" "Leaves fall gently on the ground when all around you earth turns to fire" |
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Meet El
Presidente: in russian the first association
that strikes your mind is: You may not like it a mina v peske - that means "that even if you don't like it the bomb is already in the
sand." "Your mother fought some
attitude" |
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My Own
Way: "Running
like a f%$# to keep up with me" |
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| New
Moon on Monday: "Breaking
away with the best of the muffles" "I saved the code day with a
lonely set of lights." "Send me your wallowing silent
as I could have a high" "and five days through the
night" "All of Friday through the
night" "I like my torture way
before the new moon on Monday" "Breaking away with the Houston Bullfrogs" "a fire dance through the night" "You moved the Monday, and the Friday through the
night" "New lunar Monday" " ....and the FIVE DAYS through the night" "New moon on Monday, and a
fire dance through the night, i killed your mother with a rusty set of
knives." |
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New
Religion: "Bring
my diamond in" |
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Night
Boat: "purple
with the yellows" "Headlice flashing on the wall for
me" "Listening
to the rising water moan" |
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None of
the Above: "I am
I myself alone, and realize I never need to use the phone" |
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| Notorious: "from the strain in your eyes." "you pay the prophets to justify
your reasons." "Spare your seed
adjustments" "Bare your seat
adjustments" "Life comes hard to disguise" "And who really gives a damn, oh thank you Bandit" "Where's the strength in
your eyes?" |
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Ordinary
World: "Crazy
summer's day" "But I wont buy for
yestery" "Passion or coincidence, what's prompted you to stay?" "Crazy some are
sane" or "Crazy some would say" |
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Out of
My Mind: "I'm not
sure what's left to believe in?" "Got to bet you loud of my
cry" "When you just stick close to me" |
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| Planet
Earth:
"My head is stuck on something
facist..." |
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| Rio:
"At the end of the drive, along for the ride, You make me feel alive, alive, alive" "Her name is Rio and she's prancing on the ham" "Like a bird of prey or a pretty view" "I've seen you on the beach , and I've seen you on t.v. To all the billions of stores." |
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| Save
a Prayer:
"and the lights of passion on
your window sill" "Don't ask me
why, I'll keep my promise, Melt the Ice" "You don't have
to dream at all, drink lemonade" |
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| Secret
Oktober: "holding
your arm in a battered car allnight parties, godd**n bars "Your eyes awake before the dancing is over, wives are naked in secret
oktober" "Holding your own in a battered car, allnight parties, cocktail bars and smiles, when the butterfly escapes, the killing joy" |
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| Sinner
or Saint: "Miss
December, will you ever really be the same?" |
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| Skin Trade: "way kill on the weekend baby" |
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| Sound of Thunder: "I've been on this cross here, for the
last ten hours. My clothes are dirty but my mouth isn't dry. How does it
happen? Does it fly through the air? Oh I gave a pass key days away. I
gave a passkey. Days away." "I gave up water skiing days
away" "I gave up water skiing days
away" "Drudgie Davis is running out, no more heroes to twist and shout" "Normal heroes be twist
and shout" |
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The Chauffeur: "And the sun slips dowm very heavy
behind." "Sing...Lucilda" "And
the sun strips down very heavy behind" |
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| The Flame:
"In smoke he holds, a circled door" |
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| The Reflex: "The reflex is a lonely child..." "I'll punch that
bitch, when I find her" "I sold the wire and the TV
set" "the reflex is in charge of
finding treasure in the gold" "I saw the red and white TV
set" "You've got your fathers time but,
I'm dancing on the bed of time" "I saw the red wired TV set" "Every little finger reflex pulls" *"High time is no time for a sandwich" *"The Reflex is a lonely sound just waiting by the bar" "Night time is no time for recycling" "The Reflex is an only child waiting by the pork" "The reflex is a lonely shadow who's waiting for the dawn" "The Reflex is a HOMELY child just waiting to be parked" "The reflex is an only
child he's waiting in the park" "Is in charge of finding
Trevor in the dark"
"The reflex is a lonely child
waiting by the phone" "The reflex is a lonely child
sitting in a pub" |
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| The Wild Boys: "In a so afraid new world." "Now the finger heads of
hell" "Because there's murder by the roadside, and they're so afraid you
would" "Breakfast and they're
hungered" |
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| To The Shore: "Blue the poor now" |
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| Union of the Snake: "Oysters in my body coming through on the
radio" "Telegram for somebody" "The onion and the steak is on the
rice" "Elegant force of nature" "Elegant force I'm ready" "We were young and the snake was on the rise" "American force,
baby" "Elephants forced
to living" |
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| We Need You: "We lead moose" |
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| White Lines:
"Something of a phenomenon, turn your back and come along" "White Lions" |
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| Who Do You Think
You Are: "This is
not a question of Barbara..." "Everybody isn't so
impressed" "It is not a question of mine." |
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