Meme of the day

[muckefuck]

In her her journal entry today, magdalene put out a call for "mondegreens". I've already posted a couple in response and two more just occurred to me over second lunch. Rather than continuing to burden her journal, I thought I'd post them here.

Eurythmics "Here Comes the Rain Again"

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a newt in motion.

Talking Heads "Psycho-Killer"

I could never figure out the French part. Here's what I always sing:

Sic can I be sesquoila
Sic je ma vie sesquoila
Rayo dissant Monespa
Gerbil lancers belle est quoi---o-o-okay!

A friend told me the last line is actually "Je me lance vers le feu." Whatever!

Comments

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

What does that (either version) mean in English?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

My lyrics are total nonsense which just happens to incorporate some French-sounding syllables. The actual lyrics, according to this fan site, are:

Ce que j´ai fais, ce soir la
Ce qu´elle a dit, ce soir la
Realisant mon espoir
Je me lance, vers la gloire ... OK

Which I would translate as:

"What I did tonight
What she said tonight
Realising my hope
I propel myself to glory...OK"

For fun, see what Babblefish has to say!

[I'm assuming fais is a typo for fait, 'cause otherwise the VP contains two finite verbs, which just ain't kosher. Réaliser translates "realise" in the sense of "make real", though there's no guarantee a non-native speaker like David Byrne is using it correctly.]

But I'll always prefer "jerboa lancers".

hehehe

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

Gerbil lancers?

Is that anything like Ant Cowboys (I mean aphidboys.)

?

Just wondering, I'm having a problem with Unwelcome Farming Ants.

[(Anonymous)]

I always insert:

Say something French, David Byrne!
Say something else, David Byrne!
"When I mumble you can't tell
what I'm saying very well. It's OK!"

- Movie Man