Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1969
"Sweet crime alone."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Sweet crime alone."
What's actually sung
"Sweet Caroline." Sweet Caroline — Neil Diamond (1969)
Why the ear defaults
Diamond's low register smears the consonants; once you've heard "Caroline" as "crime alone," the singalong is ruined. The trombone blasts mask the middle syllable.
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