Blue... green... how did people mishear this so badly?

[sallycinnamon78]

How did people mishear this so badly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFEhhcp3gfQ

This song. The chorus goes "I'm blue, da ba dee da da dee da ba dee da da".

Many people I know misheard it as "I'm blur, if I was green I'd die, if I was green I would die".

I just pointed out to them that the title is "I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee)" , which pretty much tells all you need to know. There's a long and bizarre debate about it here: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2905

What do you hear? Are the 'green hearing' people insane? Is it me?

 

[GibsonGirl]

All I hear is a bad song.

In all seriousness, I only hear those alternate 'lyrics' if I read them while the chorus is playing. It's like those backwards subliminal message recordings - I wouldn't hear things like 'hello I am Satan and I am in this Led Zeppelin song, isn't that nice' unless I was looking at the words while the song was playing.

 

[sallycinnamon78]

Hey, I never said it was good!

 

[GibsonGirl]

Hey, I never said it was good!

I know, but the opportunity to belittle the song was too great.

This brings back bad memories from the 90s...I remember when this first hit the radios and MTV, along with the other crap from 1999.

 

[bono_212]

1999

 

[Axver]

They're insane.

My favourite mis-hearing of those lyrics is "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy".

 

[Tiger Edge]

My favourite mis-hearing of those lyrics is "I'm blue, I'm in need of a guy".

I think this is the guy that started that rumor:

 

[Utoo]

I still don't understand how that became such a big hit.

 

[LMP]

I think this is the guy that started that rumor:

Tobias... you blowhard!

I love the high quality special effects of the video though.

 

[Bonochick]

I like that song.

Speaking of green though...sally's avatar...