Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Mispronunciation

I was listening to the radio for a few days and there was a song that came on that got my attention as it didn't make sense. Not as if songs these days make much sense but the line I heard was out of this world. The line that stumped me was :

"All the camels coming out for a private buffet"

If anyone can guess where the line came from before I give out the title of the song, then I guess I'm not the only one who misheard it.

For almost a week I was wondering what the title of the song was and who actually sang it. From the singer's voice you could roughly guess who it was but something just didn't click in me to look up the song online. A week passed and I was looking for a certain music video when I finally got to watch the video for this particular song right after. Even after finding out the whole gist of the "Public Affair" and what the lyrics were, I still heard the song and couldn't make out the proper lyrics, especially the chorus. I don't know if it's singers who sing so fast they don't realise that their words sound totally different or is it me.

Then came another song which had an Asian twist to it, "Tokyo Drift" by the Teriyaki Boyz. Part of the chorus is

"fast and furious (drift, drift, drift)"

but what I'm hearing is

"fas n foo-wee-ous dip dip dip"

My ears need a break

1 comment:

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