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Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1967

"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy."

That isn't the lyric.

What you hear
"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy."
What's actually sung
"'Scuse me while I kiss the sky." Purple Haze — Jimi Hendrix (1967)

Why the ear defaults

So famous the word "mondegreen" almost got replaced by "kiss-this-guy." Hendrix leaned into it on stage — pointing at a bandmate when he sang the line.

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