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Subject: Misheard Singer and Group Names
One time, a kid was talking to my mom and asked her "Do you remember Aerosmith?", and my mom said "Who's Earl Smith?"
I wonder if anybody knows any other misheard names of groups or singers?
Subject: Re: Misheard Singer and Group Names
My three favorites are:
Because a radio station mispronounced their name, "Herb Alpert & the Didja Wanna Brass." (They pronounced "Tijuana" as "didja wanna.")
Another is Hot. Because I was familiar with the group Heart, when I heard the radio station announce the song "Angel in Your Arms" as by what I thought was Heart, I wondered, "This doesn't sound like Heart!" I later found out the group's name was "Hot," and to me "Hot" and "Heart" sound a lot alike…
A third is Hall & Oates, which, when I first heard the name, sounded like "Harlan Oates."
Subject: Re: Misheard Singer and Group Names
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A third is Hall & Oates, which, when I first heard the name, sounded like "Harlan Oates."
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When I first heard that name, spoken by a DJ or something, I thought he said they were "Paul & Oats"
Subject: Re: Misheard Singer and Group Names
A classic from the 'Bloopers' in the 60s had some Wolfman Jack-type jock mispronouncing the composer "Racmaninov" (SIC) as "Rock Monov" and said, "Must be some new cat." :D
Subject: Re: Misheard Singer and Group Names
And that guy with the big nose, what was his name again? Barely Man Enough or something like that...
Phil