Misheard lyrics or quotes

Originally posted by markp91:TTTYAATW: The sentence with Dali and a shopping trolley is absolutely not understandable...

Originally posted by adamlosthisspoons:It took me ages to figure out what Bono was saying in the Bullet talking break - my friend and I used to argue about whether he said 'and I see those spider planes' or 'and I see those spy planes' and then somebody else pointed out that it was 'fighter planes.'

Originally posted by jofice:Speaking of misheard lyrics I only found out today that in UTEOTW he sings "I was drowning the sorrows". I always thought it was drowning my sorrows for some reason, maybe he sings it live that way.

Originally posted by LikeASong: I have always sung "drowning my sorrows" because I learnt the lyrics from my parent's Achtung Baby vynil sleeve:

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I have checked my AB's CD and the lyrics are exactly the same as on the vynil, saying "my sorrows". But hearing the album version of the song, I couldn't tell if he says my or the, although I would bet on "the". It obviously sings "my" on the live version though.

Originally posted by LikeASong:I've listened to it both in vynil and CD and I can hear a "the", most prominent on the vynil version to my ears. In the CD (=cleaner sound) I can only notice a short "da", but if I didn't know at all what's he singing, I couldn't tell for sure if a "the" is included on the lyrics or not.