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Misheard lyric coverup conspiracy

Even when I tried to hear leopress I couldn't. Played it normal speed and it was the least clear. Slowed it down and the "Oh" sound was very prominent at the beginning of the word. Definitely not an "aye" then leopress. I really wanted to see if I could force myself to hear leopress so I did 1.5x and 2x speed and it was actually more clearly Olympus the faster I played it.
 
I have a similar issue with some other songs too where I hear one lyric and see no way that the "official" lyric is what is really said. One great example is Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann. How in the world is the lyric "wrapped up like a DEUCE" in this song? It is clearly a feminine hygiene product.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GCr1eTbxbw

revved up like a deuce. Like "little deuce coupe" from the beach boys. Not "wrapped up like a douche" as some claim. A deuce has come to mean any two seat hot rod from back in the day.

Fun fact, this song was written by, and first recorded by, Bruce Springsteen. And that lyric was changed by Manfred Mann. It didn't originally say "revved up like a deuce". It said "cut loose like a deuce".
 
revved up like a deuce. Like "little deuce coupe" from the beach boys. Not "wrapped up like a douche" as some claim. A deuce has come to mean any two seat hot rod from back in the day.

Fun fact, this song was written by, and first recorded by, Bruce Springsteen. And that lyric was changed by Manfred Mann. It didn't originally say "revved up like a deuce". It said "cut loose like a deuce".

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku_KhAX3BIA&ab_channel=BruceSpringsteenVEVO
 
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Probably the most famous example of all. We were so juvenile, lol:

Yeah my mom and dad got mad at me when they heard me listening to this song at maybe 8 years old in the 70's even, when I borrowed a record from a friend. Hilarious.
 
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When I was a senior in high school our local oldies station was about to begin some sort of rebrand. I was in my "college prep" class, so named because the current principal objected to the previous name of the class Gifted & Talented saying that gifted and talented student don't go to Valley High, an alternative education High School that offered night and afternoon classes. Well, when we were just working on projects and such the teacher would play the oldies station on a radio. So, Louie Louie comes on, then it came on again, then it came on again at which point some of us started looking at each other like why are they playing this song over and over again? I think they did that, play Louie Louie on loop, for 72hrs or something. Then they announced whatever they were up to. Still the same spot on the dial and still an oldies station, only now they play songs that were popular when I was in HS :(
 
When I was a senior in high school our local oldies station was about to begin some sort of rebrand. I was in my "college prep" class, so named because the current principal objected to the previous name of the class Gifted & Talented saying that gifted and talented student don't go to Valley High, an alternative education High School that offered night and afternoon classes. Well, when we were just working on projects and such the teacher would play the oldies station on a radio. So, Louie Louie comes on, then it came on again, then it came on again at which point some of us started looking at each other like why are they playing this song over and over again? I think they did that, play Louie Louie on loop, for 72hrs or something. Then they announced whatever they were up to. Still the same spot on the dial and still an oldies station, only now they play songs that were popular when I was in HS :(
I believe all of my siblings had attended Valley at one point, sometime before all but one dropped out. Did anything become of Valley after they tore it down? Does it exist anywhere? I had a 20 year reunion last week (didn’t attend) and at some point I was wondering if Valley had reunions. Probably not.
 
When I was a senior in high school our local oldies station was about to begin some sort of rebrand. I was in my "college prep" class, so named because the current principal objected to the previous name of the class Gifted & Talented saying that gifted and talented student don't go to Valley High, an alternative education High School that offered night and afternoon classes. Well, when we were just working on projects and such the teacher would play the oldies station on a radio. So, Louie Louie comes on, then it came on again, then it came on again at which point some of us started looking at each other like why are they playing this song over and over again? I think they did that, play Louie Louie on loop, for 72hrs or something. Then they announced whatever they were up to. Still the same spot on the dial and still an oldies station, only now they play songs that were popular when I was in HS :(
It was this (the second story on here):

 
It was this (the second story on here):

Some interesting stuff in that article as well as some downright hilarious stuff.

It mentions Q-99, which was my favorite station at the time. It references Fisher and Todd. It’s always odd to me how radio works. You get familiar with names and voices (or even stations) that become staples. Then, one day you wake up and that person or even station is no longer there, never to be heard from again, as if they never existed. There’s never an explanation. You just have to figure it out yourself. Fisher and Todd became Fisher and Todd and Erin, then Todd and Erin got married and Fisher… well, I dunno. Then Todd and Erin bounced around and have now faded into oblivion.

But, the best part was how it mentioned that Bill Allred and Kerry Jackson hated all of another station’s programming except Tom Barberi and Rush Limbaugh.
 
Some interesting stuff in that article as well as some downright hilarious stuff.

It mentions Q-99, which was my favorite station at the time. It references Fisher and Todd. It’s always odd to me how radio works. You get familiar with names and voices (or even stations) that become staples. Then, one day you wake up and that person or even station is no longer there, never to be heard from again, as if they never existed. There’s never an explanation. You just have to figure it out yourself. Fisher and Todd became Fisher and Todd and Erin, then Todd and Erin got married and Fisher… well, I dunno. Then Todd and Erin bounced around and have now faded into oblivion.

But, the best part was how it mentioned that Bill Allred and Kerry Jackson hated all of another station’s programming except Tom Barberi and Rush Limbaugh.
The best Utah had to offer were John and Dan, from mid-80's to mid-90's. Great stuff.
 
It was this (the second story on here):

John and Dan referenced here...

The "Jon and Dan" show on KLZX Monday was titled "mudslinging Monday" so listeners could trash BYU following their weekend gridiron loss to the University of Utah . . .
 
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