Do you do lyric substitutions on any Stevie songs?

[David]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Real lyric: long distance winner where we survived the flight
I thought: come Mr. Squinard where we survived the flight

Well that's an interesting one.

I always knew the "she was dark at the top of the stairs" line because of the Inge play. But I always wondered how the Ingle play title got into a Stevie Nicks song.

[Hawkeye]

For the longset freaking time before l looked at the lyrics I thought in Long Distance Winner it went:

You Go into the Dusty BIG day instead of Dusty PINK day.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

For the longset freaking time before l looked at the lyrics I thought in Long Distance Winner it went:

You Go into the Dusty BIG day instead of Dusty PINK day.

And in Frozen Love, even tho I had the gatefold with the lyrics I never looked at em but once or twice and so for many years I was singing FATE gave me you for a lover. Then Michelle pointed out one day the real lyric was HATE gave me you for a lover.

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by vivfox

And in Frozen Love, even tho I had the gatefold with the lyrics I never looked at em but once or twice and so for many years I was singing FATE gave me you for a lover. Then Michelle pointed out one day the real lyric was HATE gave me you for a lover.

Me too! I always sang 'Fate' instead of 'Hate'. And I also had the gatefold BN, but must not have studied it very hard, LOL.

[softsilverchain]

For the longest time I thought Stevie was singing

"Damn my wild heart"

real lyrics. " dare my wild heart"

oh and i also thought she was singing

" the children lay hopelessly in chains"

real lyrics:
"where are the children well are they hopelessly enchanted"

silly silly me

[Moz]

Originally Posted by softsilverchain

For the longest time I thought Stevie was singing

"Damn my wild heart"

real lyrics. " dare my wild heart"

I like "damn my wild heart" better.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by vivfox

it is ARE her game.


Real lyric: long distance winner where we survived the flight
I thought: come Mr. Squinard where we survived the flight

I thought this was "where we survived the fight"

[wildheart048]

Originally Posted by petep9000

On purpose? I do. I think some of my misheard lyrics sound better, or make the song more interesting. Here are some examples:

Real lyric-
"Well it's hard to be civil, and it's real hard to be nice..."

My substitution-
"Well it's hard to be civil, and it's real hard to be blind..."

Doesn't that sound cooler? Now she's saying "it's hard for me to be in the same room as you, and not only that, now I have to pretend I don't see what you're up to with her? "

Does anyone else do this? Or, just me..

I Do the EXACT same thing on this song! That's what I originally thought it was, and I do kinda like it better....

I also do "Well baby, I'm just thinkin' that the rooms are all on fire every time that you come into view that one I do on purpose, because I think the real lyric repeats the word 'room' too much...ha!

[DestinyRules]

I used to think "Edge of Seventeen" had a weird lyric:

Instead of: "I went forth with an age old desire to please"

I thought it was: "I would fart with an angel, desire to wheeze."

I don't sing it like that, though!

The only "lyric substitutions" I know I make are in "Stand Back" when I do it at karaoke. The most noticeable one is when I sing: "No one knows how I feel or what I mean unless you read between my lines" instead of "or what I say unless you read between my lines." And that's because I like it when Stevie sings "mean" instead of "say" so much better.

[petep9000]

I was in the supermarket just a few minutes ago humming 'Gypsy' and I suddenly remembered the mother-of-all-on-purpose lyric substitutions I used to do.

Flash back to 1982, when I heard 'Gypsy' for the first time, no internet back then and I didn't own the album or cassette so I couldn't verify the lyrics. But this is how I sang along to the radio:

Real Lyric-
"I have no fear
I have only love.
And if I was a child...
and the child was enough...
Enough for me to love...
enough to lovvvvvvve!
She is dancing, away...from you now..."

Lyric Substitution (which should actually be categorized as a mis-heard lyric, but I prefer my own version so now it really is a lyric substitution)
"Well have no fear...
have only love.
And if I had a child...
and the child was in love...
She doesn't need love...
she wants to, falllllllll!
She is dancing...in the rain, for you now"

Doesn't my version just make your skin crawl? The 'dancing in the rain' part is such homage to the 'Gypsy' video, and doesn't it sound like she is pining away for her own baby when she sings "And if I had a child...?"

[UndoingTheLaces]

I'm so embarrassed I'm sharing this with you guys. When Timespace came out my friends and I used to love to sing along to Sometimes It's A Bitch and always sing the chorus wrong. Just to be silly. Some of the things we'd sing...

Sometimes it's a bitch
Sometimes it's a breeze
Sometimes you cough
And sometimes you sneeze

or...

Sometimes it's carrots
and sometimes it's pees

or

Sometimes mosquitoes
and sometimes it's fleas

or

Sometimes your elbows
and sometimes your knees

Oh, we were bad! But really, the possibilities are endless.

[michelej1]

From Molly Snyder Edler, a writer at Onmilwaukee.com
http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articl...est061207.html


Everyone has a story about a word or lyric they misunderstood as a kid. For me, it was "Second Hand News" by Fleetwood Mac. When I was six or seven, this was my favorite radio song. I would often belt out the chorus -- which officially goes "I'm just second hand news, second hand news, second hand news." However, I was certain Stevie was saying "I'm just sittin' here nude, sittin' here nude, sittin' here nude..." Whoops.

[throughthefog]

Real lyric: "...said you'd give me light, but you never told me about the fire."
My lyric: "...said you'd give me life, but you never told me about the fire."



I always sing that too! Didnt even know that that wasn't right

What about this one of Gypsy:

instead of she was just a wish:

she was just a witch, just a wiiitch

[melacine]

Mine's boring, but on Two Kinds of Love:

Real lyric: one for the way you walk, one for the way you love me

My lyric: one for the way you are, one for the way you love me.

I still like mine better

luv,
Shel

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by melacine

My lyric: one for the way you are, one for the way you love me.

I still like mine better

luv,
Shel

I know. I can only reconcile that lyric if it doesn't mean, walk as in stride or step. If walk actually means perambulate, then it's too stupid for words.

In my mind, I have it mean "walk away" or "walk out the door. So, I have "one for the way you walk and one for the way you love me" mean something like, "one for the way you leave and one for the way you stay." I mean, maybe we're talking about tough love here, like Jimmy Iovine leaving because he couldn't put up with the cocaine or Joe Walsh leaving because he supposedly told Sharon he and Stevie would kill each other if they stayed.

So, I hear Stevie saying there are two different kinds of love, someone can love you if they stay with you no matter what or they can love you if they leave, even though leaving is painful, if they think leaving is the only way to save you or the love you've shared.

Michele