lyrics

I'm usually pretty good at mishearing lyrics.

Even so, I'm amazed at just how badly I managed to mishear "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga. I don't think I've mangled lyrics quite so much since spending almost a decade wondering why "Stuart Diver" featured in an American song (short answer: he didn't, actually.)

So I looked up the "Poker Face" lyrics. The bit I was wondering about was in the chorus:

Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She’s got to love nobody)

"She's got to love nobody".

Which I was hearing as "Shame she's got to [something] nobody."

No idea where the extra word "shame" came from, or why I couldn't hear 'love' in there at all.

The funny thing is I'm still hearing it as "shame" even though I know what it's supposed to be.

Same as 'Stuart Diver', which I've never managed to hear as the correct lyric (if I manage to remember what the hell the actual song is or who it's by then I'll tell you what the correct lyric allegedly is.)

Still, at least I managed to work out "St George save yourself" before it got hardwired into my brain.

Edit: just realised I'm subconsciously 'hearing' the Lady Gaga thing as "Shame she's got to be nobody" which doesn't make a huge amount of sense either. I'm wondering if my subconscious is just filking for the hell of it now.

beyonce

And a better explanation than I can write of why Single Ladies (put a ring on it) irritates me so much.

Also:

I can’t even start on “If I Were A Boy”… that’s like a whole nother blog in itself.

Hell yeah. And it's maudlin to boot.

Edit: Hm, not sure that "maudlin" is the exact word I'm after here. "Mawkishly maudlin"? "Annoyingly depressing"? "Reminds me of 'Hey True Blue' - seriously, Worst Ever Big Finale Song Choice I've ever been involved with, and no one will bloody listen when you point that out dammit"? "Blah and depressing"? OK, most of those aren't 'words' per se, but God I hate that song, and the lyrics are seriously only part of it. Amongst the other parts are Mix playing it every bloody half hour, it's depressing and God, Beyonce, Get Over It. Dump him and leave and Stop Singing about it! Meh. And get over your stupidly idealised idea of manhood, sheesh.