Mondegreens

[stoutfellow]

1. The title, and first line, of the Sly and the Family Stone song is "Love City". Nonetheless, I can't help but hear it as "Love, Sidney".

2. Which song is it in which Paul McCartney does not sing "Sufferin' jets!"? (The answer "All of them", though technically correct, will be regarded as a deliberate provocation.)

Comments

Could this be it?

[subcreator.livejournal.com]

Paul McCartney and Wings', "Jet"

Misheard Lyrics:
And Jet
I thought the Major was a lady
Sufferin' again.

Original Lyrics:
And Jet
I thought the Major was a lady
Suffragette.

http://www.amiright.com/misheard/new/1090558800.shtml

Re: Could this be it?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

That's almost certainly it: it gives a plausible source for the mondegreen, and the immediately preceding words fit my memory. Thanks!

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

o/~ Don't call me Sidney, Jaime
Don't call me Jaime, Sidney

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

You're good at that, y'know?