Misheard Green Day Lyrics

[The Grouch is Tracy]

I thought that the song "Amanda" was about a transgender person.  Kind of like "Lola".

 I thought some of the lyrics were.  "Amanda, couldn't be a man? ".    And " is this some kind of love, that only he would understand", and I thought that the lyrics  "You're a different woman That's for certain I don't know a thing about" , and the playing with your mind bit were also alluding to this.

Apparently i am very wrong.  😬

 

 

[LaughingClock]

2 minutes ago, The Grouch is Tracy said:

I thought that the song "Amanda" was about a transgender person.  Kind of like "Lola".

 I thought some of the lyrics were.  "Amanda, couldn't be a man? ".    And " is this some kind of love, that only he would understand", and I thought that the lyrics  "You're a different woman That's for certain I don't know a thing about" , and the playing with your mind bit were also alluding to this.

Apparently i am very wrong.  😬

 

 

It's truly amazing the lyrics people here from Billie. It's definitely part of the mystique and the reason that so many love him. People literally hear what they want to hear. LOL.  Great stuff.

4 hours ago, Whatsername_123 said:

From Macy's Day parade:

''With a credit report for duty call'' = with a credit report for Judy Carr

SERIOUSLY?!?! LOL!!!

Another classic one.  So you thought the song was about a credit report for a jewish philanthropist???

This thread is a coffee table book. I've said it a million times and I'm saying it again. It's pure laughter.

[A Celebrity Martyr]

I always thought that in Homecoming Billie says 'now we're back in the barrio, but to you and me, all shit goes down' 

[UNICORN VOMIT]

4 hours ago, A Celebrity Martyr said:

I always thought that in Homecoming Billie says 'now we're back in the barrio, but to you and me, all shit goes down' 

great first post - welcome.

 

[Maid Meringue]

7 hours ago, The Grouch is Tracy said:

I thought that the song "Amanda" was about a transgender person.  Kind of like "Lola".

 I thought some of the lyrics were.  "Amanda, couldn't be a man? ".    And " is this some kind of love, that only he would understand", and I thought that the lyrics  "You're a different woman That's for certain I don't know a thing about" , and the playing with your mind bit were also alluding to this.

Apparently i am very wrong.  😬

 

Kathleen by PHGP is kind of like that, but it's about Kathleen Hannah being a lesbian lol

Speaking of which, in Letterbomb I sometimes sing "the underbelly stacks a thousand high", "like they're fucking only along for the ride", "and this city's mine, or it's pulverized". 

[Hermione]

I was listening to Peacemaker with my nephew on Saturday evening (one of his favourites, he requested to listen to it three times before bed). He totally thought "at the end of the serenade" was "at the end of the Saturday". Went with it because it was so fitting  

[A Celebrity Martyr]

7 hours ago, Tinkle said:

great first post - welcome.

 

thanks 

[DeJennsitized]

10 hours ago, Maid Meringue said:

 

Kathleen by PHGP is kind of like that, but it's about Kathleen Hannah being a lesbian lol

Speaking of which, in Letterbomb I sometimes sing "the underbelly stacks a thousand high", "like they're fucking only along for the ride", "and this city's mine, or it's pulverized". 

I sometimes do that too!! I actually did think it was 'fucking' the first few times I heard the song until I read the lyric book and realised it was flunkie  

And it's been nearly three weeks and I'm still singing 'I got my vol au vent' instead of 'I got my photobomb' during Bang Bang  

[Billie Hoe]

In Jesus of Suburbia I always thought he sang "While the moms and brats are away" as opposed to "Brads"...  I imagined Jesus being alone while his mother and his siblings were away  I guess "Brads" refers to step-fathers?

Also in Bang Bang I thought until today that he sang "the leading man in my own private drama" instead of "little man"... was quite surprised today when I watched the lyric video again and saw it was "little"... I feel like "leading" makes more sense  

[Second favourite son]

9 hours ago, Jenn123 said:

And it's been nearly three weeks and I'm still singing 'I got my vol au vent' instead of 'I got my photobomb' during Bang Bang  

Thanks for that.  Now I'm hearing vol au vent every time too

5 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said:

Also in Bang Bang I thought until today that he sang "the leading man in my own private drama" instead of "little man"... was quite surprised today when I watched the lyric video again and saw it was "little"... I feel like "leading" makes more sense  

Wait... I thought it was leading man and the video was wrong?

 

[Billie Hoe]

1 minute ago, Second favourite son said:

Wait... I thought it was leading man and the video was wrong?

The video is wrong? What's the POINT of a lyric video when the lyrics are WRONG  

[Chanderson]

7 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said:

Also in Bang Bang I thought until today that he sang "the leading man in my own private drama" instead of "little man"... was quite surprised today when I watched the lyric video again and saw it was "little"... I feel like "leading" makes more sense  

 

1 minute ago, Second favourite son said:

Wait... I thought it was leading man and the video was wrong?

The Facebook exclusive lyric video says "little man". The YouTube video says "leading man". Since the YouTube video came after, I can only assume the YouTube video is the corrected version with the right lyrics.

[Billie Hoe]

2 minutes ago, Chanderson said:

The Facebook exclusive lyric video says "little man". The YouTube video says "leading man". Since the YouTube video came after, I can only assume the YouTube video is the corrected version with the right lyrics.

ah, the more you know  i was watching it on facebook because last time i checked the YT video was BLOCKED in Germany  fucking GEMA

[Billie Hoe]

1 minute ago, Jake69 said:

That's some bs.

Yeah the video probably would have a LOT more views if these motherfuckers hadn't blocked it. Dunno how that's their business anyway. I kinda get blocking re-uploaded music videos but if GREEN DAY uploads their OWN video, why tf do they block it? I swear this institution is the biggest bag of cunts in Germany right after the AfD and a pain in everyone's ass. They even wanted to charge kindergartens for playing music... just to make clear how much they suck. Sorry for thar rant, let's go back on topic  

[Maid Meringue]

Speaking of Bang Bang, my bf thought the words were "boulevard of memories".
I still sing "I am alive just like anybody else"

[unextraordinarygirl]

If there hadn't been a lyric video for Bang Bang I would've misheard or not understood a lot of the lyrics.

[That Dude]

I've tried and tried but I cannot hear "war" in the "private holy war" part of BANG BANG.   All I hear is

"HO - LY" and then "Oh baby, baby this is viva vendetta: 

Also, 1039 and Kerplunk.....I just don't know the words to all the songs.  It's my greatest shame as a fan.   Those albums I don't recognize the songs by their titles either.    But from Dookie onward I know every word, every note, every drum beat.     So I'm good.   

[UNICORN VOMIT]

2 minutes ago, thatdude03 said:

I've tried and tried but I cannot hear "war" in the "private holy war" part of BANG BANG.   All I hear is

"HO - LY" and then "Oh baby, baby this is viva vendetta: 

 

Its hard to hear it - it doesnt help either with the lyric video - there is a lag with "War"

[Maid Meringue]

i thought maybe the chorus said "war" but not billie on lead vox. like it was left out intentionally.

[Private Ale.]

On 29.08.2016 at 10:33 PM, The Grouch is Tracy said:

I thought that the song "Amanda" was about a transgender person.  Kind of like "Lola".

 I thought some of the lyrics were.  "Amanda, couldn't be a man? ".    And " is this some kind of love, that only he would understand", and I thought that the lyrics  "You're a different woman That's for certain I don't know a thing about" , and the playing with your mind bit were also alluding to this.

Apparently i am very wrong.  😬

 

 

this made me laugh out loud 

[Hermione]

5 hours ago, thatdude03 said:

I've tried and tried but I cannot hear "war" in the "private holy war" part of BANG BANG.   All I hear is

"HO - LY" and then "Oh baby, baby this is viva vendetta: 

  

It's being shouted out in the background. It actually goes "HO (ho) LY (war)", the words in brackets in the background.

[Private Ale.]

reading posts from this thread was a laugh 

mines are : "Why did you have to leave Suzanne?" from At The Library

"Living in a learn-shit ,taking back what's mine!" from Castaway

[ZSebs]

I guess this counts since it is technically a Green Day song

When I first heard Ordinary World from the recordings on YouTube, I thought he was saying "Maybe I don't have much, but this world we have is more than enough." And then later I thought it was "but ordinary is more than enough." I liked both of those lines more than what they turned out to be.

[Libertine Angel]

17 hours ago, Maid Meringue said:

i thought maybe the chorus said "war" but not billie on lead vox. like it was left out intentionally.

Yeah, I keep hearing the lead vocals sing "private glory" with "holy war" in the background.

[Blasting Out the Stereo]

50 minutes ago, Libertine Angel said:

Yeah, I keep hearing the lead vocals sing "private glory" with "holy war" in the background.

I thought it was 'private movie'

But it sounds weird - sounds like 'holy' and 'movie' are merged and he says 'holvie'

Edited August 31, 2016 by Joshua James