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| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman |
The term mondegreen for misheard lyrics comes from this. It originated from Sylvia Wright's mishearing of the "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Morray and laid him on the green" from the Scottish folk song, The Bonny Earl Of Morray as "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Morray and Lady Mondegreen". 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy (Meaning |
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| Dr. Octopus |
Meaning Misheard lyric. Origin The correct lyric from Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is 'scuse me while I kiss the sky'. Actually, even after knowing the authorised version of the lyric, it still sounds to me that Hendrix is singing 'kiss this guy'. It is possible that he phrased it ambiguously. He certainly played around with the lyric in later live performances, once the misheard version became well known. |
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