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Mark Deeks
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You're The One That I Want, beginning at the 2 minute mark:
If you're filled with affection,
You're to shy to convey,
Betta take my direction.
And not, as I thought:
If you're filled with affection,
You're to shy to convey,
Maintain my erection
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That's what happens when you think about it too hard
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The one that used to get me was the opening line of Big Mouth Strikes Again by the Smiths
Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash a greeters in your head
instead of every tooth in your head
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So I just found out today that there is speculation that Yanis Varoufakis' wife is the subject of Pulp's Common People. In finding this out I also came across someone who thought the lyric was "She came from Greece she had a thirst for Norwich".
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The Black Keys - Gotta Get Away

"I went from Xanadu to Kalamazoo"
Apparently it's San Berdoo.
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I remember my disappointment when I realised that the lyric in Creeque Alley about who is sat in the coffee shop is really (John) "Sebastian" rather than "the bastards".
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Apart from the obvious Sue Lawley /So Lonely mondegreen The Police have another one.
In Message in a Bottle, I hear the lyric A year has passed since I broke my nose instead of the more obvious wrote my note
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Howard Jones - New Song

Shout out to the menopausal ladies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fjg7N_mGaU&t=61s

"Throw off your menstrual chains"

(good excuse for a bit of 80s pop - I had a Howard Jones haircut when I was 15 :) )
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