So this week at choir, Vanessa encouraged us to get on with learning the words to our songs, and put down our lyric and music sheets as quickly as possible. There’s no cheating at the gig, after all!
But some choir members get a shock when the lyric sheets go around, and they discover that the words to a song aren’t quite what they thought they were….
This week some of the Brighton choir were surprised to learn that Toto were singing “I bless the rains down in Africa”, rather than “I bet it rains down in Africa”; “I left my brains down in Africa”, or even better, “I bet Lorraine’s down in Africa”! Who’s Lorraine? And why has she gone to Africa?!
If you’ve got any misheard lyrics stories, we’d love you to share them!
“I’ve got shoes, they’re made of plywood
And I’m losing the sole!”
Best mis-heard lyric I ever heard of. Can you guess what it really is? “You’re The One That I Want” from Grease by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John. Unbelievable.