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‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: And Other Misheard Lyrics
2Jun2008 Filed under: chris brown lyrics Author: admin
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Product Details
- Paperback: 189 pages
- Publisher: Fireside (April 13, 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671501283
- ISBN-13: 978-0671501280
- Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy is a hilarious collection of over 275 lines people think they’ve
heard in pop songs from the 1960s to the 1990s. Now you can come out of that closet and proudly sing
whatever you think you hear. Don’t deny it! You know you’ve sung totally absurd lyrics in
place of the real-and usually less interesting-ones. (It’s nothing to ashamed of-most rock stars
never took elocution classes.) Breeze through some of the world’s most widely misinterpreted lyrics,
including:
“The ants are my friends/They’re blowin’ in the wind” (”The answer my friend/Is blowing’ in the wind”-Bob Dylan)
“Sweet dreams are made of cheese” (”Sweet dreams are made of this“-Eurythmics)
“The girl with colitis goes by” (”The girl with kaleidoscope eyes“-The Beatles)
Whether it’s Eddie Vedder singing about “forty-five versions of a pelican” or Bruce Springsteen
proclaiming “everybody’s got a hungry horse,” ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy is sure to make
you want to get your hearing checked.
Simon & Schuster
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?
Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy is a hilarious collection of over 275 lines people think they’ve heard in pop songs from the 1960s to the 1990s. Now you can come out of that closet and proudly sing whatever you think you hear. Don’t deny it! You know you’ve sung totally absurd lyrics in place of the real-and usually less interesting-ones. (It’s nothing to ashamed of-most rock stars never took elocution classes.) Breeze through some of the world’s most widely misinterpreted lyrics, including:
“The ants are my friends/They’re blowin’ in the wind” (”The answer my friend/Is blowing’ in the wind“-Bob Dylan)
“Sweet dreams are made of cheese” (”Sweet dreams are made of this“-Eurythmics)
“The girl with colitis goes by” (”The girl with kaleidoscope eyes“-The Beatles)
Whether it’s Eddie Vedder singing about “forty-five versions of a pelican” or Bruce Springsteen proclaiming “everybody’s got a hungry horse,” ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy is sure to make you want to get your hearing checked.
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06月 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
By Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System)
The title of this book was the big thing that caught me, since that’s exactly what I thought Jimi was actually saying when I first heard `Purple Haze’! Small world, huh? And being someone who comes from a long line of song lyric-manglers, this book proved that I wasn’t alone in this world when it came to makin’ some of the words up as I went along. Heck, even to this day ma & I still argue over whether that guy’s little bottle in `Love Potion Number 9′ was broken by a cop or a clock! I’m going with the cop on this one, by the way. Needless to say, this little paperback was the perfect gag gift for ma on her birthday!
The only real problem I had with this book was its brevity. At most, each page has only two sets of lyrics (the incorrect version(s) above, the song & artist in the middle, & the proper words below). Because of this, I found it to be a bit pricey for the amount of content it contains. However, it does have an index at the end, which is a real plus if you’re looking for a particular verse that you’ve been tryin’ to figure out. And if it’s not in this tome, you can always check the indexes of the other `…Kiss This Guy’ books that have been published!
Although I agree with the thought that some of the incorrect lyrics in this book seem too far off the mark to be legitimate equivocations, I’ve personally experienced and have been a witness to far worse verse-mangling. So it’s no real surprise to me when I read some of the more seemingly far-fetched examples!
`Late
admin
06月 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
By Alice Fielding “secularkangaroo” (Norman, OK USA)
When I came across this book in a bookstore, I laughed so hard I nearly wet my pants, and decided I should buy it before I got arrested for disturbing the peace. I’m still laughing. The illustrations are as good as the text and it is all so funny, it makes me smile no matter how bad my day has been. Absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended.
admin
06月 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 pm
By La Luna Lupe “Grim” (Knoxville, TN)
My best friend and I picked up a copy of this book at a used book store on a lark, and afterwards, we stopped for ice cream. We brought the book in with us, and began to read. It was hysterical! It was a lot of fun to read the misheard lyrics together, and we were laughing so hard we had the attention of everyone else at the ice cream parlor. My best friend picked a guy up because of this book. Fun stuff.