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  • Ganja420, on 07/02/2008, -3/+48Potato Wave!
    • jakefloyd, on 07/02/2008, -0/+17That and "Make me fries" made me laugh to the point of pain.
    • brundlefly76, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I prefer Pearl Jam's classic "Even Though" (only knew the real title about 3 years ago)
  • db0255, on 07/02/2008, -3/+4i always do this to songs.
  • tas08, on 07/02/2008, -6/+4I don't know all the words yet.
  • Hefelumpman, on 07/02/2008, -2/+75Make me fries.
  • woofers07, on 07/02/2008, -1/+11One of my favorite Eddie Vedder songs and I still don't know half the lyrics
    • danconia, on 07/02/2008, -0/+9i'm pretty sure he changes the lyrics up all the time anyways.
      • cam0man, on 07/02/2008, -1/+3vedder's voice was supposed to just act as another instrument in this song, not be a vehicle for words....so you'll never be able to break the entire song down into concrete words.
      • IglooBurner, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I agree with cam0man, there's not much of a lyric to this song. But if you go to songmeanings.com an interpretation is posted there.
      • davdev, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Interestingly if you go to PearlJam.com they have a list of all their songs, and almost all of them have the lyrics with them. Yellow Ledbedder does not have any lyrics on the site. I went to see them 2 nights ago, and was hoping they would play this, but they didn't. Great show otherwise though
      • mecharabbit, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1and Mike McCready changes the outro solo all the time too, sometimes incorporating his favorite riffs from other artists
    • duewydo, on 07/02/2008, -1/+4Unsealed
      On a porch a letter sat
      Then you said i wanna leave it again
      Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
      And on the sand I wanna leave it again... yeah
      On a weekend I wanna wish it all away yeah...
      And they called and I said that I want what I said
      And then I call out again
      And the reason oughta leave her calm I know
      I said i dont know whether
      Im the boxer or the bag
      Ah yeah ehh....
      Can you see them
      Out on the porch
      But they dont wave
      I see them round the front way yeah
      And I know I dont want to stay...

      Make me cry

      Ooooh I see
      I dont know theres something else
      I wanna drum it all away
      Oh I said I dont, I dont know whether Im a boxer or the bag
      Ah yeah ehh....
      Can you see them
      Out on the porch
      But they dont wave
      I see them round the front way yeah
      And I know I dont want to stay
      I dont wanna stay (2x)
      Dont
      Dont wanna
      Oh... yeah... oooh...
    • mcfly99, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Just sing the words in the video...no one will know the difference! Great song, great band.
    • TheSuperunknown, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Yellow Ledbetter doesn't really have any lyrics. The made up stuff on Google-clogging lyrics sites doesn't count.
  • AppleGeorge, on 07/02/2008, -27/+8Pearl Jam is one of the worst bands I've ever heard.
  • Tomamama, on 07/02/2008, -1/+37Reminds me of one of my all time YouTube favorites. Except instead of Pearl Jam, it's a church:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY
    • badassninja, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1I have never heard that hymn before so I spent my time trying to understand the real lyrics. I have never seen a church so... huge before and olds chool at the same time.
  • ray86, on 07/02/2008, -2/+21One of the great bands of the 90's
    • lamiaconfitor, on 07/02/2008, -3/+4them and Nirvana...
    • ChunkerMunker, on 07/02/2008, -2/+7Correction....

      Of "all time."

      .
    • avatarpalin, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2Listen to their latest Album it's pretty damn good
  • hollywoodphony, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1There are multiple versions, the best being "Yellow Bedwetter", about his childhood problem.
  • eclipsefire, on 07/02/2008, -2/+7*Insert random line from video here*
    • youthinkicare, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1*Insert random line with typo*
  • kamerononfire, on 07/02/2008, -0/+6Lyrical cohesion is overrated.
  • patpl22391, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5Benny Lava?
  • drewfer, on 07/02/2008, -0/+19"I don't want a whale in a box or in a bag." I guess the song protests animal rights.

  • chaos7, on 07/02/2008, -5/+1he mumbles all the way through that song (obviously)
  • chaos7, on 07/02/2008, -10/+1so tired of pearl jam. but this video is great.
  • drummerguy520, on 07/02/2008, -2/+2I like most of them in here, but that part about Anna Nicole falling is just a little creepy. Seems to be a little too exact.
  • yensed, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Now I can't help but hear these lyrics when I play the song. I like it so much better now!
  • Jeepy, on 07/02/2008, -1/+12http://www.break.com/index/kids-songs-sung-by-rock ...

    skip to 1:01.
  • ps3udonym, on 07/02/2008, -3/+9Retarded password policy dig. Thanks for reducing the answer space for us and making it easier to hack!

    For the record, the lyrics to that song to the best of my, and several other's ablities. This was several months worth of work to figure out.

    Yellow Leadbetter

    Unsealed, on a porch a letter lay.
    And I said, I want to be there agian
    Once I saw her, on a beach of weathered sand,
    and I said I want to be there again.

    On a weekend, I want to wish it all away.
    And she called and she said that I know what you said
    and I called out again.

    And the reason, aught to leave you calm I know,
    and I said I don't know if I am the boxer or the bag!

    Oh ya, can you see them.
    Round the porch, but they don't wave.
    Yes I see them, round the front way, ya
    yes I know, I know, I don't want to stay.

    That is the first part and what I can recall off hand. The part ".. And I said I don't know if I am the boxer or the bag" has always been in huge dispute as no one has ever figured out what he actually says there. I have the rest written down some place but it basicly repeats the first verse again. I LOVE playing this on open stage nights, doesn't matter WHAT you sing!

    Enjoy!

    • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -2/+0Just want to thank you for one single line:

      "and I said I don't know if I am the boxer or the bag!" To me, that's an amazing line whether that's what he said or not.

      *****..one of my favorite songs for years, and my personal thought was always "and I said I don't know if it was a box or a bag." Which somehow seemed cool..it didn't make sense, but neither did Eddie. The rest you typed out just fits as well. I'd love to see your complete to-the-best-of-your-ability lyrics if you can dig them up.
    • MadHarvey, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3You worked on that for months? I just looked on the Internet... I guess I cheated.
  • MrTito, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7I wanna leave Bennigan's - on a wheel, on wizard, on a whale.
  • MyDiggIsBig, on 07/02/2008, -3/+4speaking of misheard words. Am i the only one who hears some old guy say "nipples and dimes" in the that Vonage commercial?
    • Mononuclear, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Every time I see Family guy I think the theme song says F'ing cry instead of Laugh and Cry.
    • whatsthatsmell, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1i hear "nipples and dimes" every time too!
    • magicalhobo, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Every time I hear the "Secret agent man" song on the Chase credit card commercial where someone tries to use his credit card, I hear "Secret Asian man"

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkzBvOOCcc

      Maybe its just my crappy speakers on my tv.
    • bunnyman1, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Uh I mean, nickles and boobs.
  • arcooke, on 07/02/2008, -9/+2Stop ***** quoting the video everyone here JUST FINISHED WATCHING. The video was funny. You are not.
  • cadmiumpaint, on 07/02/2008, -0/+5made me lol. I'm wearing doc martens and a a flannel shirt tomorrow.
  • pear1jamten, on 07/02/2008, -3/+4pearl jam is my favorite band... and they are easiest the best band live, don't believe what everyone says that Radiohead is the best.. they are no comparison to the ground shaking beneath you at madison square garden :)
  • avatarpalin, on 07/02/2008, -6/+4Great song, I pissed myself.

    Hey not sure if you guys knew but you can get 256k mp3 DRM FREE concerts from their site. for only $9, sometimes thats about thirty songs..

    A bit of a bargain me thinks..
    • tedrock, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1what the hell are they injecting adsense into digg comments now?
    • TheSuperunknown, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3No, I'm glad avatarpalin brought that up. More bands should follow their example and release ALL their live shows. FLAC, DRM free MP3s, and physical CDs are a great selection on top of that.
  • blackhappy, on 07/02/2008, -1/+3I use to think the Offspring lyrics to Genocide was "Donkey Kong, everyday, on our fellow man we play" I learned later is was not. "Dog eat dog, everyday, on our fellow man we prey" are the real lyrics

    Years later I driving in a car with my buddy when it came on and randomly he start singing Donkey Kong, everyday" I about ***** my pants with laughter!
    • williamlee, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Wow. All these years, I've gone without knowing the actual lyrics to Genocide.
  • shagg187, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcG_XblHTjA
    Hold devil's pot of tea
  • Dignin, on 07/02/2008, -6/+2Not to be hateful, however...Curt said it best, " He’s the one who likes all our pretty songs
    and he likes to sing along. And he likes to shoot his gun. But he knows not what it means,
    knows not what it means. When I say..." The Song I refer to is In Bloom by Nirvana. Listen, Learn and separate yourselves from those who can and from those who do...Misinterpretations abound; just don't limit yourself by thinking that (yes I get the humor in our own interpretations) what you interpret is intended or true without corroborative evidence...lest you enjoy falling victim to said mentioned song...
    • carthach, on 07/02/2008, -1/+10Not to be hateful, however... RAMBLE RAMBLE RAMBLE
      • Dignin, on 09/11/2008, -0/+1Thank you ever so kindly for proving my point...
    • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1What you say is true. And thank you for giving me that thought on "Bloom", I never got that, but now makes so much sense. Interpretation is really just personal. And many songs can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on your situation. It's like grade-school English class, being asked to interpret what Shakespeare was saying. No one will ever really know, but that's probably the point.

      That said, there's so many of these out there now, but the first I ever saw was this Trivium "interpretation", and it still makes me laugh to the point of tears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLDLyeepVs
    • TheSuperunknown, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2That guy goes to every Pearl Jam concert. He's the one that's always shouting "Play Jeremy!"
  • Digitalicious, on 07/02/2008, -9/+4This is less about mishearing lyrics and more about Eddie Vedder slurring and stumbling through another disaster of a song. Do you know what I had to sit through at Bonnaroo?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2PvdIZu5Dg

    You can't even makes heads or tails of what he's sayin' even when he's speaking normally, let alone singing.

    Not to mention he's trying to be as self-righteous as Bono.
    • ravenze, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1at least he's trying to draw attention/change the injustices he sees. I hate it when the crowd tells the band to shut-up and play. If you want them to just play, buy the CD and listen at home. At the concert, listen to the band.
  • str3ama, on 07/02/2008, -3/+1beats Jimmi Hendrix's Purple Haze - "excuse me while I kiss the sky" always heard it as "excuse me while I kiss this guy"
    how progressive for that time..lol
    • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -4/+0Anyone who thought, or listens to the song today, and thinks Jimi ACTUALLY said "excuse me while I kiss this guy" was a ***** retard to begin with, and really shouldn't have been alive then, or now really. That's the most ignorantly "misinterpreted" lyric of all time. That's all about someone making money off a retarded day-by-day calendar.
    • ThisCommentSux, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0http://kissthisguy.com/
      • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0http://www.amazon.com/Scuse-While-Misheard-Lyrics- ...

        If you've been lucky (or unlucky) enough to see this piece of garbage, that site posted just above this comment probably has a part in it. It's stupid beyond explanation, unless you're really that dumb. "Copyright Humor Box Entertainment." lol. I've found more humor in your mother's box, if you knowhatimsayin.
      • ThisCommentSux, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0There is no way the examples on kissthisguy.com are legit, unless you really are that stupid, or 4 years old. I get the impression that the retards contributing these "mishearings" are attempting, very poorly, to be funny by finding dumb word substitutions that *sort of* sound like the original lyrics.

        Losing My Religion - "Let's pee in the corner, Let's pee in the spotlight."
        Addicted To Love - "Might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove."
        Bad Moon Rising - "There's a bathroom on the right."

        I mean, come on... you can't tell me anyone ever actually thought those were the real lyrics. And those are in the list of "funniest of all time"!

        Funniest of all time? Really??
      • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0I guess I misinterpreted your original post, and only sorta flamed you 'cause I thought you were linking that as an argument to my comment. But, exactly. And if you've ever seen that amazingly offensive calendar I linked from Amazon (and I have), it makes you want to punch babies. It's what I would called "intentional misinterpretation", and ya know what, there are actually some people out there that buy it, and really find it funny. In the words of George Carlin: "some people are *****' stupid!"
  • f3rr3r, on 07/02/2008, -1/+0what the ***** is at 4:12?
    • PhattyMcGee27, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3A b&w picture of JImi Hendrix playing guitar. Not sure how it fits. Apparently subliminally. Pause and unpause real quick like and you'll see it. I don't feel like uploading a screenshot.
  • FiveAlive, on 07/02/2008, -3/+1It's funny, but it's no fishmaster.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ
  • shadowmoose, on 07/02/2008, -0/+4Damn I'm tired.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw
  • yragrelluf, on 07/02/2008, -6/+1Pearl Jam is about as incoherent as a cracked out drunken streetwhore trying to get a free ride to main south for a pick-me-up. Im amazed Pearl Jam ever got so big. Good job America!
  • kong27, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Super Smash Bros. Brawl Theme decoded
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJwrcAIj3k
  • greenvortex, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Those who remember the days before the Internet may recall this "Dunk the Wombat" version of "Go" from alt.music.pearl-jam:

    Oh, please don't go down on me
    Don't grow on me now
    Never lacked a ruptured boar
    Don't blow on me now
    Swear I never shook it, Atlanta
    Just a shot of it, now
    Suppose I reused you
    Just passing a bong

    Once...gas-leak...survival
    Now yogurt in shards
    Mooning goats at Thrifty
    Which sucks this arm
    Pulled three lovers
    Listen to The Alarm
    Turned on to Genesis
    I'm full of ***** God

    Don't
    Turn
    Set
    Burn

    Please
    Dunk the Wombat
    Dunk the Wombat!
  • mttyd, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Make me fries...
  • DroogInPhoenix, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1I am not a Pearl Jam fan, but that was funny, my favorite misheard lyrics is Slayers Reign In Blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwi7xqoREfo
  • MasterGrief, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1http://www.kissthisguy.com/

    The archive of misheard lyrics. I stumbled upon it a while back and I think it's pretty relevant here so there's the link.
  • BenderFlexo, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1This is a good one, but do we really need to digg it AGAIN?
  • socketman, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Sounds about right
  • obliviousfool, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Old, but still funny.
  • mrshickadance9, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1really old. geeze. get on your game.
  • bigfatdummy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I have listened to this so many times over the last year or so that I actually sing most of these lyrics when the song comes on the radio. Potato Wave, Make Me Fries, & Whale in a Box or in a Bag are some of my favorites.
  • justice91406, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Here is a Fallout Boy misheard lyrics http://www.flektor.com/view/_1176141971_127806_896 ...
  • cavie2002, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1WHAT THE ***** IS GOING ON WITH THIS MCDONALDS CHICKEN AD
  • da_dude, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I am literately crying
  • ravenze, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm surprised more diggers haven't already seen this... this is at least a couple years old.
  • zunkus, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1In an actual interview with Mr. Vedder he admits that the lyrics change each time it's performed live. So guess what, everyones wrong!
  • avatarpalin, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Cheers thanks, no this wasn't an ad I was seriously passing on something that I thought was pretty cool, they were doing DRM Free way before iTunes or even amazon, and in some cases the songs are 30c each.. So if you like Pearl Jam it's a great way to get a live set.
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