musical happiness

[firecat]

There's another source of delight in my life, now that I have discovered Aretha Franklin's version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (From Painted Black, a compilation of Rolling Stones cover tracks).

Not only that, but I discovered it while listening to the Coverville podcast devoted to mondegreens (misheard lyrics). (Don't miss the comments on the web page for the podcast.)

A version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" made it onto the show because someone misheard a line in the second verse as line as "I was raised by a toothless spinning ham".

Also, I would rather listen to a song called "Love Dogs in Space" than one called "Love Comes in Spurts" any time.

Comments

[raanve]

Somehow I always forget about Coverville! This is ridiculous, because I LOVE COVERS. And a whole episode about mondegreens? Sign me up!

Thanks for the reminder!

[eggcrack]

Coverville sounds totally awesome! And yes, Love Dogs in Space beats Love Comes in Spurts in every possible front.

[nisi-la.livejournal.com]

Rather prone to mondegreens myself, all my life. There was that song "Groovin" by those early proponents of polyamory, The Young Rascals ("That would be ecstasy: you and me and Leslie!"). And a few years back, wasn't it Pinc who proudly proclaimed "When I walk through the door I'm a dead guitar!"

The toothless spinning ham brought tears to my eyes.

[pogodragon.livejournal.com]

Does it mention the advert that Wings made for Mulligan's Tyres?

(Sorry, I'm tired, brain is on automatic here)