mondegreen revisited
RonButters at AOL.COM
RonButters at AOL.COM
Tue Sep 5 14:38:31 UTC 2000
In a message dated 9/5/2000 4:05:18 AM, rtroike at U.ARIZONA.EDU writes:
<< I wonder if Ron Butters could demystify the mangled lyrics he celebrated?
It amazes me that anyone could understand any of the lyrics of most of the
rock music of the past 30 years -- I long ago stopped trying.
Rudy >>
I never could hear anything but "douche in the night"--I've been told what
the "real" words were, but I can't remember what they were.
By the way, the Dylan "mondegreen" seems pretty unlikely to me: *"The ants
are, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, the ants are is blowin' in the wind"
just doesn't parse!
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