[TOMT][SONG][70s-80s] Song where misheard line is actually gibberish.
Sometimes your mind likes to mess with you and just remind you that you’ve forgotten something. About a year ago while surfing the Internet I stumbled on an article that was an interview with an artist whose song I can’t remember in even the slightest. What I do know is that there’s a line in the song that had been debated on what the artist actually said, with multiple interpretations I can’t remember. In the interview he was asked about it and admitted that it wasn’t even a word or words, it was just a random noise he made into the mic.
I googled this, I tried solving this with my friend to no avail. He suggested posting here and I was hesitant because of how little information my mind even retained from this but now it’s just eating away at me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted Apr 4, 2020, 11:00 PM UTC
https://youtu.be/qj8kMmUxkSE
Don’t Bring me Down - Electric Light Orchestra?
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!" In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word.
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Solved! Oh my God right after I said it couldn’t be done!
I remember my dad playing this all the time when I was younger, and I always sung along “Bruce”. It stuck with me later on when I realised he wasn’t saying that.
That’s exactly it too, I’m so glad I’m not crazy and it actually does exist.
I always thought it was "Chris"
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