Flashback to the many road trips I took with my family when I was young. Listening to Dad's favorite music (Alabama, Eagles, Oakridge Boys, The Beatles, Garth Brooks, Credence Clearwater Revival, John Denver, Neil Diamond, and more). Kacee and me singing along - driving Kelli crazy. Using the seat belt as a guitar and the seat as a drum. We didn't need DVD players or our individual iPods to keep us busy (even though Kelli probably would have liked that better). We were perfectly happy singing along to Dad's music - even when we didn't know the correct words.
On my way to work this morning Credence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising" came on my iPod. As I was singing along in my head I was brought back to one particular family trip when my sister was singing along to this song...but it didn't sound quite right. When we asked her to sing the chorus for us we found out what was wrong. Apparently the song doesn't say "there's a bad moon on the rise" but "there's a bathroom on the right." Needless to say, as I was walking this morning I began laughing to myself and thinking about all the other song blunders my family has run across on our road trips. Here are just a couple of my favorites:
- The Beatles - Paperback Writer: "Take the back right door"
- Alabama - Going down backwoods: "Going down backwards" - Alabama couldn't say their "r's" just like someone else in the family
- Wilson Philips - Next to You - 'Keep the candle burnin': "Keep the can of Finesse"
Believe me, there were many other songs that someone in the family was singing incorrectly. It made for fun family vacations!
4 comments:
We discovered my little sister was singing, "Little Miss Cook" instead of The Beach Boys, "Little Deuce Coup".
cute post.
Kristy, that post made me smile and think of the good old times of family road trips! We also listened to John Denver, which is one of my dad's favorites. Oh, and James Taylor! Good times, good times.
So, we REALLY need to get together soon! I can't believe we've been living just a few miles away from eachother this long and haven't gotten together. But now we don't have tax season excuses or busy husband excuses, so, what do ya say? I've been wanting to get over to the east side for a while. I'll call soon and we'll plan something out!
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