20%-Off the Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix Guitar Tab
THE MISHEARD:
'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy.
| Real Lyric | 'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky |
| Artist | Jimi Hendrix (Click for more) |
| Song | Purple Haze (Click for more) |
The story:
[Editor's note: this is the singlemost commonly misheard lyric we've ever received, and is in fact the name of our new domain name!]
20%-Off the Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix Guitar Tab
| Submitted by | Anonymous |
| Submitted on | 10/01/1997 12:00 AM |
| Age it happened | 20 |
| Age you realized | --- |
| Better than original? | No |
| Convinced others you were right? | Yes |
| Was partying involved? | No |
Comments
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listen to the anthology version where He wants to kiss the policeman overthere ...(probably a guy)
dePenno Aug 05, 2011 1:47 pm
Never heard anything other than this, even convinced many people these were the right lyrics. You can hear both and its so close, easily hear it wrong but once you know, you can still hear both, which isn't always the case.
DXMarx Aug 05, 2011 12:47 pm
actually, in some live versions, he says "scuse me, while i kiss that guy"
minotti Jun 24, 2011 12:41 pm
Better than original? Yes.
Paraprakrti May 28, 2010 3:45 pm
It's soooo close!
hattrick Aug 29, 2009 12:53 am
It still sounds like that even after all these year of listening to it.
kingmebob4 Jul 28, 2009 6:45 pm
I was listening to it today and the D.J said it was kiss this guy...
RubberDuckiesOfDeath Jul 16, 2009 11:31 am
on some live recordings there is no doubt: Jimi sings: kiss this guy ! no point in that, the young god liked to joke
dePenno Aug 15, 2008 12:06 pm
