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Saturday, February 24th, 2018 02:26 am
Saturday, February 24th, 2018
misheard lyrics - Billie Jean
Saturday, February 24th, 2018 03:46 pmre: 80's music...: "Billie Jean: not my lover"
I usually heard that line as "*uh* my love" or "of my love", implying "I feel love for her", which is sort of the opposite of "not my lover". So I looked up the rest of the lyrics.
"But the kid is not my son"... huh? I always heard that line as "For the chance of my son". That didn't make much sense to me, but I interpreted it as Billie Jean offered him a chance at having a son with her. How could I have misheard "kid" as "chance" - those words don't sound at all alike? I checked another lyrics site, which also listed the word as "kid". So then I went back and listened to the actual song, and yes, I can hear it as "kid" now, but there really is a "ch" sound in there, which explains my mishearing it.
Well anyway, that gives a totally different spin to the song.
I usually heard that line as "*uh* my love" or "of my love", implying "I feel love for her", which is sort of the opposite of "not my lover". So I looked up the rest of the lyrics.
"But the kid is not my son"... huh? I always heard that line as "For the chance of my son". That didn't make much sense to me, but I interpreted it as Billie Jean offered him a chance at having a son with her. How could I have misheard "kid" as "chance" - those words don't sound at all alike? I checked another lyrics site, which also listed the word as "kid". So then I went back and listened to the actual song, and yes, I can hear it as "kid" now, but there really is a "ch" sound in there, which explains my mishearing it.
Well anyway, that gives a totally different spin to the song.