As Mick is sometimes hard to understand, I still don't know a lot of the lyrics to songs I've loved for more than 30 years! One that stands out to me is in "Beast of Burden". I thought he was saying "crying laughter" when he says "throw it all at me"! Anybody else misheard any Stones lyrics?

The first time I heard All Down The Line, I misheard the "I need a shot of salvation" line in the following way: "I need a short starvation"...

It took me some time to figure out Start Me Up. The part that goes;

i walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine!

Great phrase, by the way!

Mr. E



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-04-21 16:36 by mr edward.

I thought he was saying

I want a smooth ride in a lean, clean machine.

Who knows?

Is possible. I'll look into it. Just a moment...

If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop
I’ve been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop
You make a grown man cry
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up
If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can’t compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up
Don’t make a grown man cry
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She’s a mean, mean machine
Start it up
If start me up
Give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Never, never
Slide it up
You make a grown man cry
Ride like the wind at double speed
I’ll take you places that you’ve never, never seen
Start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never stop, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop, never stop
You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man cum
You, you make a dead man cum

Everybody figured out the last line pretty quickly!

Beast Of Burden

I'll never be your big Suburban
I'll never be obese Roberta
I'll never be your bee, Roberta
I'll never leave your pizza burnin'
I'd never pee if your feets were burnin'
I'll never be your beast of Bourbon.

Get Off Of My Cloud

Hey, Hugh, get off of McCleod!
Don't hang around; go screw the clown!

There are some really funny websites with misheard lyrics!

Yeah, I forgot about "pizza burnin".

Lou Kelly one my mates always thought that in 100 Years Ago, Mick was singing

Call me lizard balls aint got no time to waste away

instead of

Call me lazy bones

ROCKMAN

In my very early days of being or becoming a Stones fan I heard "Star Star" on the radio. Due to my bad English understanding in those days I understoof "The Stopper" instead of "Starf....". I really thought this was a song about a football/soccer player ... ;-))))