Do you do lyric substitutions on any Stevie songs?

[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..

[michelej1]

Sometimes with HSML I say, "you go your own way" instead of "you go your way."

I don't make this substitution, but I always thought the better lyric would be in Goodbye Baby, if the first time she said, she went to sleep as two and woke up as one and then the next time she said, she went to sleep as one and woke up as two.

Then, the song could have both meanings, it could be a pregnancy ending, 2 to 1.

And it could also mean a love affair ending, the united couple (1) separating (into 2).

When I first heard Red Rover, I thought the lyrics were, "Christine you were dying and no one was crying," as a reference to maybe Christine's unhappiness during The Dance. But then I read the lyric sheet and saw the words were "could see".

Sometimes I say "thrown down like a hurricane," not because I think "hurricane" is better. It just comes more easily to my lips. If walls, obstacles and barricades are being thrown down, that's actually a good thing and I wouldn't stand in the way of that.

Michele

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Sometimes I say "thrown down like a hurricane," not because I think "hurricane" is better. It just comes more easily to my lips. If walls, obstacles and barricades are being thrown down, that's actually a good thing and I wouldn't stand in the way of that.

Michele

Wait Michele, I thought that was the lyric. That's how I always sing it. Oh, I thought of another one I do sometimes.

Real lyric-
"Well I know you are going, which voice..."

Substitution lyric-
"Well I know you are going, witch boy..."

I don't actually know what a 'witch boy' is. Probably 'warlock' or 'wizard' is more proper, but that doesn't rhyme.

Another..

Real lyric-
"Long nets of white cloud my memory..."

Substitution lyric-
"Moments in wine cloud my memory..."

That speaks for itself. What could cloud your memory more than wine? Or brandy and cocaine? Or Klonopin?? Yup, that's the lyric she really meant to write.

Does this count as a lyric substititution? I add "wells" even where their not supposed to go!

[David]

I do this a lot with more recent songs because I don't know the real words, like with GOODBYE BABY & DESTINY RULES & EVERY DAY.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Wait Michele, I thought that was the lyric. That's how I always sing it.

Maybe we just think Stevie, being a weather girl, would know more about hurricanes than barricades. But no . . .

Michele

[petep9000]

Here is another one...with a twist.
For years I have been singing the following:
"My mind won't rest and I don't sleep...not even in my dreams."
and all this time I actually thought that was my own, cooler, more dramatic lyric. I thought the real lyric was:
"My mind won't rest and I don't see you...not even in my dreams."

Turns out, that wasn't the real lyrci at all! And all this time, I really was singing correctly and taking credit for a more clever lyric! I totally sold Stevie short...she really did write that interesting and perplexing lyric.
Think of that, "...I don't sleep, not even in my dreams." Well, if you can't sleep, how can you dream? Isn't that weird? Enigmatic?

[HejiraNYC]

Back in the old days when I wore out my vinyl copy of Tusk, which had no lyric sheets, I made all kinds of blunders:

Real lyric: "...and a black widow spider makes more sound than she"
My lyric: "...and a black widow spider mates, falls behind her cheek"

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 think it's a bit more haunting if sung from the hypothetical baby's point of view.

Real lyric: "...some say illusion's... all her game..."
My lyric: "...some say I'll just... walk again..."

I still wonder whether she was popping 'ludes when she recorded "Sisters of the Moon," since she had such a mush-mouth on that song!

[wolfontherun]

When I was real young and stupid I thought she was saying

Said youd give me life
But you never told bout the power

[Ghost_Tracker]

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? :

"So with the snow -
Graceful flow -
of age;
I have fought
with an angel's desire
to please
one the edge of -
seven-teen."


Also,

"He was just like a great dark wing
within the winds of a storm."

Somehow the double use of the word "wing" doesn't do it for me - - - How does a STORM have a WING!? "Winds" seems to fit much better there, for me.


By the way, I like the new format in here. I think it looks pretty cool.

[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!

[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.