"Just like the one-winged dove..."
 

I swear, every non-Stevie friend, coworker, and family member I know thinks that what the lyric is until I correct them. Anybody else find that, too? I guess I can see how it would sound like "one" to the uninitiated, but I always ask these people, "Seriously, did it ever occur to you that that doesn't make any sense...?" :shrug:

~Kat

Umm, I actually thought that was what she was singing for the longest time. I was only a casual Stevie fan back in the 80's, and wasn't a huge fan of this song. It really sounded to me like she was singing "one winged dove". I did think that was pretty f*cked up!

I have come up against this as well...many times, actually! And I am always left thinking...do these people REALLY pay attention to what they are singing? :shrug:

It cracks me up!

rbs

Thank God for online lyrics sheets....

I used to hear things like "He was no more than a baby then... someday we'll kill him!" "Sometimes to be near you is to be your...A-hole!" in Eo17! :lol:

I'm still gonna swear to the day I die that it's "unable to feel you" and not "unable to hear you". :rolleyes:

Rosie O'Donnell thought it was "one winged dove" also...remember when Stevie was a guest on her show - and Rosie kept pushing buttons at her desk that would cue up Stevie songs, and Rosie was singing along? She even held up one finger while she sang it. :lol:

Now THAT is frickin' hilarious! :lol:

That's like I always used to think Jimi Hendrix was gay cause I thought he was saying Scuse me while I kiss this guy.":shocked:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

http://www.kissthisguy.com/

I love this site!

Apparently, there are many different ways people have heard "Just like the white winged dove"

To be honest, I too used to hear "one winged dove". Hey, I was ten when I first heard the song (I guess I was deaf the first nine years) and Stevie sounded pretty pissed off, you know, and I thought "gee, a one-winged dove wouldn't sound too happy either!" :lol:

Or how 'bout Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water":
Smoke on the water, and fire in the sky..
has been heard as:
Slow motion Walter, the fire engine guy...:laugh:

Really? :laugh: I'm not immune to mis-heard lyrics myself (I can't even begin to tell you what I thought the words to "Seven Wonders" were before I finally looked them up!), but I find it very odd that this, which seems to be the most popular, isn't one of mine. Maybe I heard someone else sing it the right way early in my Stevie-fandom. Or maybe I'm just some idiot bird-savante whose kinship with our feathered friends goes beyond all conscious understanding... :lol:

~Kat

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Arthur: "The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?"

Soldier #1: "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?"

I just went to this site and laughed so hard I p'd my pants. Hilarious!!!

Me, too. I was only 11 when it came out... I thought it was one winged dove for a long time. :o

I have a friend who was convined the name of the song was White Winged Dove. Her boyfriend told her it wasn't, but that he didn't know the name, so she called me. :D

And my boyfriend thought she was singing "sings a song, sounds like she's singing . . .coooo...cooo....cooo..."

Because that is what a bird would say!!

I had someone call me today, "What's that FM song that goes 'you could be my silver spring...' and what album is it on?" :rolleyes: