tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post3132179123147199498..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: The Poor Hearing Approach to Good StoriesCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-84730105811414929272011-09-24T15:09:18.229-05:002011-09-24T15:09:18.229-05:00Carole, oh that's good. Really good.Carole, oh that's good. Really good.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-67912631492303481842011-09-20T14:03:22.595-05:002011-09-20T14:03:22.595-05:00There might be a little dust on the bottle
But don...There might be a little dust on the bottle<br />But don't let it fool ya about what's inside<br />There might be a little dust on the bottle<br />It's one of those things that gets sweeter with time<br />David Lee Murphy sings this song.<br /><br />When I first heard it and many times after I thought bottle was bible.<br /><br />I told my husband we needed to sing this country song I heard in church. He listened to it and crushed me to pieces with the real lyrics. But seriously Bible works too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-84237619408743587362011-09-20T12:45:26.154-05:002011-09-20T12:45:26.154-05:00snowbrush, often mine are too. I just don't s...snowbrush, often mine are too. I just don't share those. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-392932258228978082011-09-18T00:28:15.093-05:002011-09-18T00:28:15.093-05:00I've no doubt that some of your mishearings ar...I've no doubt that some of your mishearings are more to the point than the actual word. As for me, my mishearings are usually ridiculous.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-77634093240372430272011-09-17T21:43:31.936-05:002011-09-17T21:43:31.936-05:00Candy, I just learned that word. Didn't know i...Candy, I just learned that word. Didn't know it. Hum, I could easily mishear gaga as gag or gaggle.<br /><br />eric1313, I can hear "cannonball" myself. Never heard of Goebbels beer. We had some cheapies around our area too, especially Blatz. "Better chop around" would make a good title.<br /><br />ivan, I'd forgotten that one from the Beatles. Yeah, I've got a lot of images on my page. I probably need to cut back on some stuff and simplify it a bit so it'll load faster.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17244833989392892812011-09-17T20:26:56.109-05:002011-09-17T20:26:56.109-05:00PPS:
I especially like the line out the
Beatles&#...PPS:<br /><br />I especially like the line out the<br />Beatles' Lucy and the Sky with Diamonds, where "The girl with colitus goes by."<br />LOL. I guess people would notice.ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-80046994434409658002011-09-17T20:22:22.327-05:002011-09-17T20:22:22.327-05:00My students used to groan when I'd introduce t...My students used to groan when I'd introduce them to the concept of The God Out of the Machine.<br /><br />"Deus ex machina. Synchronicity. The God Out of the Machine. Bullshit!"<br /><br />But there is something to be said about "The poor hearing approach to good stories."<br />I think they eventually got the idea and I sallied forth with a story.<br />Happily, no groans. :)<br /><br />PS:<br /><br />Your site is so loaded with stuff that it takes my browser some time to bring it up. Maybe it's my oldfashioned Explorer.ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-16533842173844572692011-09-17T14:47:13.399-05:002011-09-17T14:47:13.399-05:00Not sure if those above have good literary inspira...Not sure if those above have good literary inspirations, but they sure do make one laugh at the way we hear certain things. <br /><br />To make up for that, here's an old Motown hit song:<br /><br />"My momma told me--ya better chop around"<br /><br />Got to be a strange family-centric horror story in there somewhere.eric1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807078704660045859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-59024929301231154902011-09-17T14:37:54.778-05:002011-09-17T14:37:54.778-05:00Another one was from the Def Leppard song Rock of ...Another one was from the Def Leppard song Rock of Ages. The half chanted gibberish part right at the beginning, we always interpreted it as "Smokin dope and drinkin Goebbels" (Not sure if you had Goebbels beer down there, it's uber cheap brew in case you were unfamiliar)eric1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807078704660045859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-5881840368267153852011-09-17T14:30:11.531-05:002011-09-17T14:30:11.531-05:00Cannonball! Cannonball-all oh oh oh oh...
(Ins...Cannonball! Cannonball-all oh oh oh oh... <br />(Instead of Panama, by Van Halen, that one always gets me laughing at myslef)eric1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807078704660045859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-90056372360437260072011-09-17T14:28:08.935-05:002011-09-17T14:28:08.935-05:00There's a word for that: mondegreen, a slip of...There's a word for that: mondegreen, a slip of the ear.<br /><br />They say Lady Gaga got her name from an autocorrected text message.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-86219470451106053252011-09-17T09:00:25.380-05:002011-09-17T09:00:25.380-05:00Mary Witzl, the Hollies did a lot of good music. I...Mary Witzl, the Hollies did a lot of good music. I think Mondegreens really show us a bit how our thoughts work.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17634492670377175822011-09-17T07:20:46.737-05:002011-09-17T07:20:46.737-05:00I love this post! I love Mondegreens and prefer ...I love this post! I love Mondegreens and prefer some of the weird things I've imagined to the actual lyrics. My youngest daughter used to sing 'Say Hi's' line about having 'the dogs, the tots, the pretty wife' as 'the dog that talks to pretty wives'. I still love that image.<br /><br />For some reason, the long tall woman in a black dress song has been in my mind recently. I had no idea it was done by the Hollies!Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40599443306250358802011-09-16T22:04:56.361-05:002011-09-16T22:04:56.361-05:00Richard, "Green Heaven." I like that ver...Richard, "Green Heaven." I like that very much.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17521633917477642602011-09-16T18:41:17.634-05:002011-09-16T18:41:17.634-05:00I like "Harmland." Very good.
Much of m...I like "Harmland." Very good.<br /><br />Much of my own made-up lyrics I blame on poor transistor radio reception in my youth. The first few weeks it was out, I thought the Fleetwood Mac song "Rhiannon" was "Green-heaven"Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-77678459659969695862011-09-16T17:33:57.670-05:002011-09-16T17:33:57.670-05:00X-Dell, I actually think I've looked up those ...X-Dell, I actually think I've looked up those Hollies lyrics before but I always still remember them the way I mishear them. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks. My friend David has visited Japan several times and says they have t-shirts there that repeat complete nonsense phrases in English but they sound good apparently.<br /><br />Sidney, I forgot about the Green Ripper. I remember that. And there was something in there I think about the "Twinight Double Header," which the kid took to be some kind of monster.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-59826043207752715272011-09-16T16:29:37.084-05:002011-09-16T16:29:37.084-05:00John D. McDonald's The Green Ripper came from ...John D. McDonald's The Green Ripper came from a child mishearing and being scared of the Grim Reaper. I read movie poster tagline wrong once and still get a chuckle. The real tag was: Heroes aren't made. They're cornered." I read it first as "Heroes aren't made. They're concerned." I still kind of like that.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-66669084034323020972011-09-16T15:30:36.089-05:002011-09-16T15:30:36.089-05:00As you can see from that last comment, I also forg...As you can see from that last comment, I also forgot how to count.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40172334945750970042011-09-16T15:29:49.348-05:002011-09-16T15:29:49.348-05:00(1) Well, the title might draw interest, since it...(1) Well, the title might draw interest, since it will immediately remind some readers of the song.<br /><br />Actually, that would be a good title for a movie.<br /><br />(2) Maybe I should write a story called "Twisting the Hide Away." It'll either be about weight loss or taxidermy. I'm not sure.<br /><br />(3) Apropos Laughingwolf's comment, there's a type of Japanese pop song (can't remember the exact term at the moment) that is a cover version of songs in other languages (typically English). Instead of translating the lyrics straight to Japanese, they translate the lyrics into Japanese words that the English words sound like.<br /><br />A hypothetical English example would be if I translated the song lyric "Eres Tu" to "Earaches Too." <br /><br />(3) In case nobody else here is pointing it out, the Hollies passage:<br /><br />"<i>Well the DA was pumping my left hand,<br />And She was a-holding my right.</i>"X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-53449511878175091702011-09-16T13:00:58.777-05:002011-09-16T13:00:58.777-05:00David Cranmer, Sometimes I'd just like to writ...David Cranmer, Sometimes I'd just like to write titles and not bother with the rest of the story.<br /><br />Jodi, perhaps, if it is an evil enough bathroom. ;)<br /><br />Oceangirl, sometimes I wonder if any song gets heard correctly. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-36448611906372888682011-09-16T09:51:55.766-05:002011-09-16T09:51:55.766-05:00This is cute an interesting. I know we always mis...This is cute an interesting. I know we always mishear song lyrics but my husband and I for a long time thought that the lyric and title of our love song was fool in your heart. When it was actually room in your heart. Well, we didn't really mind being fools for each other. That was the story.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02399300464457820101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-37031965029720405372011-09-16T09:39:20.073-05:002011-09-16T09:39:20.073-05:00Charles, how about 'there's a bathroom on ...Charles, how about 'there's a bathroom on the right'?jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798858210138821711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-11425606285050631412011-09-16T08:28:20.726-05:002011-09-16T08:28:20.726-05:00I love a good title and I've pulled a Harlan E...I love a good title and I've pulled a Harlan Ellison once or twice.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-41404303049606952862011-09-16T08:19:57.232-05:002011-09-16T08:19:57.232-05:00Ron Scheer, lol. I misheard a few of church songs ...Ron Scheer, lol. I misheard a few of church songs as well.<br /><br />Natasha Fondren, thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed. It makes going slowly deaf seem not so bad.<br /><br />Sage, my wife is a cool woman and sometimes wears a black dress, but she’s not very long!<br /><br /> Ty Johnston, you should try listening to foreign bands, like when Rammstein sings in German. I get ideas from them because it sounds “almost” English at times.<br /><br />Heather, I still like to type titles up on the top of a new clean page and just riff off of that. It’s a very enjoyable type of play.<br /><br />Travis Cody, my wife will do the same thing as you. I seldom do. Could be laziness on my part, or maybe I’m just protecting my creative space. :)<br /><br />Cloudia, it works for me.<br /><br /> Drizel, jingles are a good source of mishearing!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-72246665631205324692011-09-16T05:57:59.786-05:002011-09-16T05:57:59.786-05:00Well it can also be very funny, as my sister can n...Well it can also be very funny, as my sister can never hear anything the right way. We have a restaurant add here that says It is a taste of life in the jingle. She sang along out loud, I am gonna take my life....whahahahaha.....but yes those are some awesome misheards there....I must try that some time:)Drizelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746480963316566816noreply@blogger.com