Subtitles for the hard of hearing
I used to worry that I’m the only one who mis-hears pop songs. I heard a cool band playing in a bar once and couldn’t work out why they were singing “Another day with Jesus Christ” - it turned out to be the Phil Collins song “Another Day in Paradise”. There was also the time I was surprised by the intellectual pop line, “You’ve such amazing brains” and was disappointed to learn later that it was actually “You’ve such amazing grace”.
Now, I’m relieved to see that other people have this affliction too - check out the subtitles on this video to help people like me…
Thanks to CC Chapman who first shared this on Twitter
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Mon, January 12th, 2009 - Author
Yang-May Ooi - Category
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January 15th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Wonderful! What we need now is a translation or glossary.
Many years ago I was impressed with the Everley Brothers singing something like ‘If you will please forgive me, dear, I’ll never make another vow’ when the crucial word was ‘break’. How disappointing.
Things have moved on since then. I’m tempted to admire him for offering any rubbish that entered his head. Saves learning words.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Sometimes it can be inspiring… I used to mishear various lyrics from my favourite artist, Tori Amos, and some of them inspired stories, I’m sure. :)
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Hey Yang-May,
Not sure if it’s just me, but I was unable to play this vid. It said no longer available because of some copyright issue…
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Oh, what a shame - thanks for pointing that out, Susan.