BOTCHED Lyric Turned INNOCENT #1 HIT Into a DIRTY WORD I Can't EVEN Say On Here! | Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What was the first album or song you bought with your own money?

[@christineml1476]

Styx "Paradise Theatre"

[@Lam_3-22-23]

Poco- Legend

[@karmab4391]

Kiss Alive 2 - Kiss

[@Lam_3-22-23]

​@@christineml1476terrific album

[@Whisper_292]

I can't remember the album (I think it might have been a K-Tel), but the first singles I bought were New Kid in Town--Eagles, and The Things We Do for Love--10CC.

[@BostonG]

I didn't even need to watch the opening and I already knew what the song was.

[@shirleymarchand5800]

Me too 😂

[@RBS_]

...but of course, it's the 5th posting!...ha-HAAA!! ...jus'kiddin' Prof.! ; )

[@festivelady826]

So did I! I always thought it said "like a douche", also!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! YES!

[@jeremybowers3181]

SAME!!

[@waynevia6976]

I loved blinded by the light by manfred Mann when I was little it was my favorite song I couldn't get enough of it. My parents said I wanted to hear it over and over again in the late 1970's. Now that I'm older I like both versions of the song. Great show today. Runner was great in the 1984 movie The Philadelphia experiment.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Wayne!

[@JosephTavano]

As a kid I always thought Robert Plant was saying "You need Kool-Aid..." in Whole Lotta Love.

[@charlesezrarevmongoosecane5097]

😮. Now I can’t sing it without saying Kool Aid. This is awesome!!!

[@JosephTavano]

@charlesezrarevmongoosecane5097 lol youre welcome :) when I want to make myself smile, I typically sing, You need Kool-Aid, baby I'm not fool-aid... I'm gonna send ya...back to school-aid...

[@evandoorbell4278]

By the way if anyone DOES need to use one of those hygiene products, there's a bathroom on the right.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

🤣

[@JW...-oj5iw]

That's probably beyond many folks' lyrics recall. John Fogerty iis still alive and well.

[@rboss5919]

Unfortunately the door is being blocked by that guy being held close by Tony Danza.

[@californiahiker9616]

Bad moon on the rise…. 😂

[@lauricahoon-draus4062]

​@@rboss5919and he's saying, "Excuse me while I kiss this guy... "

[@allengray5748]

Noooo no! Douche is NOT why that was a Hit. It's because it's a musical masterpiece!! The slow down with that guitar solo before the lyrics: But Mama,,,, that's where the fun is!!! Beautifully done! Thanks Adam! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼

[@ProfessorofRock]

I love it too!

[@FredGroenke55]

Amen, Allen!

[@j.graham8068]

Agreed. The douche thing is news to me. No one I knew thought that. Maybe that was just an American thing.

[@allengray5748]

@j.graham8068 Yes! Probably after a couple bong hits! ☯️☮️

[@user-kcrpine]

Nah… it’s was douche.

[@kevinramsey417]

My favorite use of Blinded by the Light in pop culture is on a short-lived Canadian sketch comedy show called The Vacant Lot. These guys are playing poker and arguing about what the lyrics say and they're all getting it wrong. One sings about a french bath towel, another thinks it's about a loufa sponge and another says some kind of nonsense. and the fourth guy snaps and corrects them going "It is BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, RACKED UP LIKE A DEUCE, ANOTHER ROLLER IN THE NIGHT". Of course he screws up the lyrics too and what I love is that it's a joke that only audiophiles like us will get.

[@rmhartman]

Revved up

[@chrisorsten]

I thought it was The Frantics that did it! Thanks, now maybe I can find it!

[@tims.449]

Yep. Deuce, which is a 1932 hot rod.

[@jillwklausen]

Haha! That's hilarious. 😂 I never knew Springsteen wrote this song. Thanks for a funny episode, Adam. Great way to start the day.

[@TheDopekitty]

Me either

[@helendayle6502]

I knew Bruce wrote the song "Pink Cadillac," which was covered by Natalie Cole; but I didn't know he wrote "Fire" for the Pointer Sisters. I also loved "Hungry Heart." Back in the day, Bruce was among the talented and prolific singer/songwriters. You learn something new every day. Thanks Professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

THanks Helen!

[@BigBri550]

Springsteen also wrote "Because The Night" which was another giveaway to Patti Smith in 1978, later covered by 10,000 Maniacs in 1993.

[@DDKaraokeOutlaw]

@@BigBri550 I absolutely love the 10,000 Maniacs version.

[@JimmeShelter]

My favorite cover of Fire is the one done by Robin Williams.

[@BigBri550]

@@DDKaraokeOutlaw Yes! I also like Patti Smith's. Still don't know if I ever heard Springsteen do it.

[@o0oTyPow]

I think you need to do more misunderstood lyrics! This was great!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

I am listening to this song right now as I wait for your video. That's got to be at least 20x ProRo!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Rad!

[@deantoso5376]

Great video. I was one of those first 25,000 that bought Bruce's first album. So when Manfred Mann did Blinded By The Light, I knew the lyrics. I was constantly trying to tell people they were hearing it wrong. I finally gave up. It is a great song and one of my all time favorites in both versions.

[@adotintheshark4848]

@@deantoso5376 They did Springsteen's Spirits In The Night too, better than he did!

[@evandoorbell4278]

As a sound engineer, let me state that the "skewed azimuth" explanation is quite simply... True, in my opinion. Both the "s" sound and the "sh" sound are just white noise, the only difference being the frequency band. And a skewed azimuth CAN turn an "s" into an "sh." That said, it's good to hear Bruce had a sense of humor about the whole thing; In other words, he wasn't a...

[@cjcurtis8944]

So well said!

[@PhoenixLyon]

Thanks for this! I'm a 62 year old sound engineer apprentice, and hearing about the 'skewed azimuth' is something to remember, and be alert for. ✌️😸

[@sigma80]

Well the way Bruce acts now about politics (The old cliche; "Shut up and sing" comes to mind.) a lot of folks think it says "I'll be a douche yeah, later in life".

[@cjcurtis8944]

@ fragile boy, he’s been political his whole effing career. Whine and cry harder.

[@-mattwood]

Blinded by the Light was a nothing less than a 7 minute long storybook of wild and mysterious images spread out over an utterly fantastic magical musical flying carpet that took my imagination to places that I could've never have visited on my own. See! I can do the fanatical phrase flipping too, prof! LOL. Loved this song as a kid... had no idea what a douche was but my brother did and he'd emphasis that word every time... boy... that got old. Thanks for the memories!

[@Katahdinbound24]

Springsteen version of blinded by the light sucks, but Manfred Manns really made it the song it should have been.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Mann's version is better for sure.

[@meowmaxaroni]

Best remake of an original song along with UB40's "Red Red Wine", in my opinion.

[@rogeragan3074]

MMEB’s versions of BBTL, spirits in the night and for you are all better then BS’s

[@russellrobinson4888]

I agrèe. Another example of a cover being better than the original adding to a considerabele list.

[@FrizleFry00]

Such a great story and list of interesting facts in this video. This is why he is called the Professor!

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

For decades i thought bon jovi's "you give love a bad name" was you give love a band-aid !

[@ProfessorofRock]

Now that's Weird Al Style!

[@RobertL_0563]

😂

[@UnholiestJedi]

How?! That lyric is the name of the song

[@TheRuns2]

Same with me thinking Nine Inch Nails, "Terrible Lie", was "Dead Or Alive."

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

HAHA that’s so funny!

[@38bass]

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band did an absolutely amazing job covering “For You”!!! ❤️ It’s, miles and away, far better than the Greg Kihn version.

[@beenaplumber8379]

Those 3 Springsteen songs were from the same Springsteen album, and Manfred Mann rocked them all. I don't think I've ever heard Springsteen's version of any of those songs on the radio, but I've heard Manfred Mann's covers of all of them regularly on classic rock radio.

Professor - The first time I heard this song was New Years Eve 1976 by Manfred Mann. I was 8 years old at the time and our older neighbor girl who I think was 12 or 13 at the time was babysitting a bunch of the neighborhood kids as all the adults went to a New Years Eve party. As it was time for her to get all of us kids to settle down and be quiet, she said she'd play some records for us. This was one of the songs, which we kept asking to listen to about 10 times over. Not sure why at that time we all liked that song, maybe the music or rhythm or whatever, but it's definitely been a lasting memory in my mind. Love that song. I wonder what our old neighbor girl Kim is doing now......? Thanks again for bringing back such cherished memories.

[@norwoodwildlife9849]

It's funny, as a kid my mother would shut the song off when it came on the radio, thinking it was disgusting

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! Love it.

[@KyleInTexas]

😂 Hilarious!

[@JimmeShelter]

Yeah thats a good topic. Music parents hated, music parent groups hated, music on the Noriega playlist....

[@KyleInTexas]

@@JimmeShelter Noriega...now that's a "blast" from the past! Quite literally! 📢🎛🎸

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Over the Shoulder Boulder Holders!😅

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

Around the butt nut hut 😅😅

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha!

[@speedfreak8200]

Double Barrelled Slingshot

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Those shoulders are older.

[@starrywizdom]

I've been singing it "With an over the shoulder boulder holder/ Feelin' kinda older" since 1983. Hope that constipation works out for ya.

[@JeffTaggart-p6o]

The 2nd best “commercial” for feminine hygiene ever. Second only to Martin Lawerence’s SNL monologue in 1994!

[@marcoc8494]

Don't forget John Madden's commercial for Vagisil on MadTV (with John being played by Frank Caliendo).

[@MyName-pl7zn]

Gotta give Manfred Mann credit on this one they took a song with fantastic lyrics and made it even better, kinda their thing. I can't tell you how many times I have heard the guys in my youth shout that particular lyric every time this song came on. Bruce like Dylan could write some of the best lyrics of our time and the proof is how many songs were reinterpreted musicality that became staples for many artists. Great episode professor, more Bruce!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks My Name! Will do!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I wonder if anyone got in trouble for singing that “douche” lyric out loud in class…

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I don't know if anyone was crazy enough to sing it in class

[@blazerhawkdarren68]

I love misheard lyrics like this one as well as CCR Bathroom on the Right Jimi Hendricks Purple Haze "kiss this guy"😅

[@daveporter9222]

Because I thought it was “excuse me while I kiss this guy“ I couldn’t stand Hendrix then after I found out what he was really saying, I love this music. I am 59. 🤘♾️☮️♾️🇺🇸

[@tedsperos1620]

@@daveporter9222 You're 59 and homophobic.

[@ILJ68]

For years I thought the Four Tops I’ll Be There was I’ll Be Damned

[@sigma80]

@blazerhawkdarren68 Famous misheard lyrics is on a lot of websites with some hilarious ones. John Fogerty had a bit on I think a musical "Behind the Music" I believe. He said, "I thought I had a true eternal hit with 'Bad Moon'. Then I heard someone sing there's a bathroom on the right". John seemed to take it well.

[@NordicDan]

What's funny is John Fogerty even acknowledged it briefly during a concert when he very deliberately sings "bathroom on the right". I hear it on the regular on Pandora and get a chuckle every time.

[@clarkkent459]

I'm so relieved that I wasn't the only one, I thought I just had a messed up mind.

[@rogerdeahl9629]

LOL!!! Maybe the greatest botched lyrics ever! Love this song. Forgot it was originally about a car. And finally for the first time this week, I am in time for class. Yay me. Thanks for the laugh today, Professor. Awesome shirt today!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Roger!

[@FredGroenke55]

As much as I love Blinded by the Light and Spirit in the Night from Greetings…my personal favorite is For You. Love the imagery and raw emotion.

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure! Thanks Fred!

[@mikenixon2401]

Ha, ha. Yeah I remember. Car guys knew, but you are correct about the argument's caused over "Blinded by the Light" and even censored by some a.m. radio stations in 1970s.

[@FrizleFry00]

Don't forget that Elton John song: Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza!

[@RBS_]

...yeeesh, don't remind me I'm still trying to forget the last Seasons of "Who's The Boss"! ...ha-HAAA!

[@FrizleFry00]

@@RBS_ lol nice

[@Whisper_292]

And, "She's got electric boobs."

[@skylx0812]

...not too far off from the troof

[@linda.christie]

Who heard that?

[@paulendicott9151]

We were so confused back then.... thanks for another great show, Professor.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very welcome!

[@ponzo1967]

One of my favorite songs ever. I never get tired of hearing Blinded by the light by MMEB ⭐

[@ProfessorofRock]

Rad!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey this is one of the most joy inducing songs ever! Blinded by

[@ProfessorofRock]

It so true!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@ProfessorofRock I'm going to call you between 2 and 4 your time today

[@eauhomme]

"Runner" is an absolute gem, one of the songs written for the 1984 Olympics. Rarely do you see a good song about Track and Field, and this rivals "Chariots of Fire" as the best one.

[@sephfyr]

Actually, Ian Thomas' album The Runner, which also has Hold On covered by Santana and Chains covered by Chicago, was released in '81 and the song is about Terry Fox.

[@periannwashenfelder-uw9qj]

Blinded by The Light is a favorite! Great video, I love the history.

[@luissallard9761]

Being a kid in the 70's listening to THAT lyric;Thinking " um...is that from the Summer's Eve commercial on TV??"🤔 No joke. But😂😂😂😂

[@chadvanderlinden9548]

I first heard Manfred Mann's version of Blinded by the Light when I was 9 or 10. It was a head trip! When the song was done I felt like i'd spent a day at the carnival. Not a lot of other songs did that at the time other than Kraftwerk's Autobahn and Kansas- Dust in the Wind.

[@Whisper_292]

This is one of those great songs with so many lyrics, sung fast, that it became a major quest to learn all the words and sing along.

[@ProfessorofRock]

FOr sure! It was very dylanesque!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

The words do get garbled sometimes but they are pearly wurly.

[@Whisper_292]

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 🤣

[@Susie_Floozie]

Haha, I used to say I wanted to go on SHARK TANK with my idea to market a car bidet...and I was gonna call it "Little Coupe Douche"™

[@starrywizdom]

Love your name & your word play!

[@Susie_Floozie]

@@starrywizdom And I like your placement of that Z in your nym. It gives your intellect a mystical edge. Cool!

[@autdrew]

Me & my sister were singing it wrong & my mom was horrified 😂. She was like what did you just say? Then she started cracking up

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! Love it.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Haha, she acted like you all just cursed!

[@jiggsborah7041]

Oh boy Chopsticks and the ruler... teacher would rap my knuckles hahaha... I love this song

[@dustybrand]

I would love to see The Professor do a show about songs containing "mondegreens" in music- misunderstood lyrics which have become well known and often comic twists on the original. The two biggest ones that come to mind are "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" from "Purple Haze" and "There's a bathroom on the right" from "Bad Moon Rising".

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes I'm aware and have covered both!

[@starrywizdom]

@@ProfessorofRock & I remember both episodes. Yikes.

[@kevingrierson2331]

I love their song Runner! It is definitely underplayed.

[@donalddixoninlou]

Brucie could mess up "Happy Birthday" if he had the chance.........

[@bigtods001]

I always knew that "douche" made no sense in the context so I figured it had to be deuce. Also, I thought the line, "She got down but she never got tight," was more provocative anyway. LOL Great show as always, POR.

[@SurfsideRick]

I referenced Living Without You (cover of Randy Newman's tune) the other day on your other vIdeo about songs that should have been hits.

[@DaxMaboyder]

Springsteen's original sounds like a circus tune. Mann took it to an entirely different, nay, respectable level

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for your comment.

[@DaxMaboyder]

@ProfessorofRock Fun story though. I've always wondered how Springsteen kept the label paying to make his albums without big hits before they finally said : ok you need a big hit or else we're cutting you off

[@JimmeShelter]

27 Oct 1975. Bruce Sprinsteen made the cover of Newsweek and Time on the same day. They predicted a glowing career for him. He really milked a distinctive sound. Like Phil Collins.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Mann’s version is better!

[@kathyjaissle6791]

Yep, I always thought the lyrics were “wrapped up like a douche” 😂😂😂 Couldn’t understand what the heck it meant! Hilarious!!!!

[@tmr626]

PoR, you mentioned the Manfred Mann hit song "Runner." This particular song was written by Canada's singer/songwriter Ian Thomas. He also wrote the hit song "Hold On" by Santana. Dave Thomas of SCTV fame is also Ian's brother. Many people probably don't know that Ian Thomas had numerous AOR Canadian radio hit songs since '73. Here is a big catalog list of his best songs of which many of your commenters may find a fave song: 1) Painted Ladies '73 2) Coming Home 3) Come The Sun 4) Long Long Way 5) Time Is The Keeper 6) Liars 7) Pilot 8) Right Before Your Eyes 9) Back To Square One (Great song!) 10) Levity (Great song!) NOTE: Ian also went on to form the band The Boomers. Their best songs are: 1) One Little Word (Great song!) 2) Wishes. Enjoy people!

[@PhoenixLyon]

I still sing 'Painted Ladies' Heard it on AM radio at 12, still know it at 62. ✌️😸

[@dianefontaine7204]

When I’m in a store after Halloween and a lot of Christmas songs are already playing, Wonderful Christmastime perks me up and once again gives me a reason to live. Really enjoy that fluffy little song.

[@cherylreichardt]

Ah that's what I always thought he sang about too 🤭 Where else but here can I get the real explanation! Thanks for the facts Professor! Love Blinded by the Light! 👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Cheryl!

[@sheryljohnson5906]

Love the Boss !! Always have. And the funny thing is,I never misheard the lyrics,I was told I didn't know what I was talking about,even after I quoted Little duece coup ! Lmao ! Proves I'm right once again as far as this song goes,but the laugh is on all those who doubted me !! 😂

[@Mistertwist.]

Adam 2028!!!! This channel is awesome!!! The Professor Rocks!!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

He probably shouldn’t run for president. He has no presidential experience.

[@authority378]

I knew which song it was before I watched it. I would play the radio at work when the song was released and an older co-worker would argue with me about what that word was. I clearly heard "deuce" but I couldn't convince her of that. She would grumble about it every time it came on. Great song, I didn't realize Bruce Springsteen wrote it.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

I remember watching 👀 this performance on th Midnight Special!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Cool!

[@treeskier802]

Runner! Great song. One I’d forgotten about. Thanks for reminding me of it Adam. This was an awesome video. Thank you!!

[@unwokehillbilly4827]

So it’s not a douche😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

Maybe!

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

You know how many people thought that was in the lyric, my sisters who were older than me. 🤣😂✌🏼🎄

[@dionkirkland9669]

The original artist is.

[@sparagmos4748]

I always thought it was 'like a deuce'.

[@elbutch7486]

Yes. It is not, "wrapped up like a douche," like my friend once told me.

[@Egginamagail]

I remember when it was on the radio! I didn't realize at that time what the misunderstood word was. 😂

[@speedfreak8200]

I'm a gearhead plus my next door neighbor's Dad had a 32' Ford. I knew the beach boys Little Deuce Coupe. I never thought the blinded by the light lyrics revved up like a douch. My first album was on 8 track Blood Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Cool!

[@jamesd8956]

One of the greatest songs of the 70s. I learnt it word for word and still belt it out periodically in the car at the top of my voice. With incorrect lyrics of course :)

[@OTOss8]

Great story.

[@paulwilson8672]

The first time I can remember hearing this song when it came out was in elementary advance band dance. I was in 4th grade, but advance band was for 5th and 6th graders. The advantage of being in combination classes. I was the youngest kid at the dance. The older kids were laughing at the lyrics. Since I was naive, and still am at times, they were teasing me. It's what kids do and they were not being mean. I was clueless for the simple fact I didn't know what the word they were hearing meant. It happens when you grow up on a farm as a poor country boy. They asked me what I heard and I said I hear deuce. I still didn't know what that meant. They said that was the correct word, because I think the lyrics was on the back of the album sleeve. I've always liked the song. Great memories!!!

[@Steve-ub6zr]

I thin my biggest botch was thinking ELO’s Evil Woman was “Medieval Woman”. My wife thought Boston’s Piece of Mind was “Piece of Pie”.

[@starrywizdom]

Wow, I love both of those & I'm gonna sing 'em that way from now on!

[@josephalexander5161]

I love the Boss. Had the joy of seeing him in concert five times. My favorite was fifth row in a smaller venue for The Ghost of Tom Joad tour, his solo acoustic tour. I was awestruck. I still tear up every time I watch The E Street Band do "If I Should Fall Behind", knowing that Clarence and Danny are gone. Thank you Adam!

[@ahappyshow]

Hmm... "Let loose like a deuce" can also have it's own dirty connotation, such as dropping a deuce. 😀

[@cjcurtis8944]

Not in context of the rest of the lyrics

[@ahappyshow]

@@cjcurtis8944 "Wrapped up like a douche" fits the context of "Blinded by the light"?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Doadab13]

Loved cranking this one up as a kid. I was on side douche. Lol

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

How I miss The Big Man!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same!

[@robertcronin6603]

I'm amazed YT lets you say douche without de-monetizing and suppressing the vid....but yet another great episode.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I thought it was bleeped? Did my editor not bleep it?

[@realmaindrianpace]

A Deuce refers to only one car, the 1932 (or '32) Ford. It can be any body style. It was and still is the most popular car in hot rodding, the Deuce name refers to the 2 in '32, a deuce is the #2 card in a deck of cards.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for the insight!

[@johnjones928]

It originated there, but later some started using it to describe a car with twin carbs. And some call the Buick Electra 225 the Deuce and a quarter.

[@pcno2832]

@@johnjones928 That reminds me of the way my great aunts used to call the refrigerator "the Frigidaire" .

[@jamesslick4790]

@@johnjones928 I've owned 3 Buick Electra 225s and YEP "Deuce and a Quarter" was the nickname for the model, Sometimes (Confusingly) simply a "Deuce"

[@skipcfya]

67 Nova is also a “Deuce “.

[@cindysnow2123]

I knew what song it was by your title!! My nephew swears he's saying the feminine hygiene product and not douce!! I don't blame Springsteen for being mad over it!! Have an awesome day Professor Of Rock!! Cindy Snow

[@ProfessorofRock]

Exactly!!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

I think that if Elvis would have sung I'm on fire 🔥 It would've been Elvis Presley last # 1 song!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I think you're right! How are ya!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@ProfessorofRock I have been way better. And far worse. Thursday night we are doing the sneak premiere of Kraven The Hunter!

[@michaelkappes8226]

Mondegreen of the century, right there -- still sing the wrong lyrics to it too, because it's so fun to do that.

[@AniMerDol]

I believe it also gave rise to the use of douche as a derogatory term. Suddenly, every A-hole was being called a D-bag. 😆

[@MicheleNisporic]

I laughed out loud! 😂 I knew what you were talking about immediately. I would like you to make the connection between Americas “Ventura Highway” lyric “I got hit by purple rain “, and Princes Purple Rain. I’ve wondered for years if there’s a connection.

[@jerrynobbe2705]

Fun fact: the word douche is actually french. It just means shower

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Jerry.

[@bigskygeneration4474]

Same in Spanish. Where did we go wrong in English?

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I never knew that!

[@GuyGoreham]

Mr. Professor Manfred did do FOR YOU by Springsteen. Manfred is one of my favorite groups! Thank you for covering them.

[@jamesbullock9209]

Blinded ‘cause I’m white Took off my shirt Blinded everyone in sight… Maybe I need a tan…

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha!

[@Savage_Furya_1312]

Just found your channel yesterday and subscribed after 2 videos! Very cool channel! Thank you for all you do here! Much love from SW Louisiana 💚!

[@ProfessorofRock]

THANKS!

[@Savage_Furya_1312]

@ProfessorofRock You're very welcome!💚

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Over four years ago I found his channel and been here. Great bunch of classmates here so WELCOME!

[@Savage_Furya_1312]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr Thank you!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@@Savage_Furya_1312 hopefully we will talk again in the comments.

[@johnwinnard5589]

Wrapped up like a Bruce is interchangeable. Because he is.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ba da da dum! That was pretty good!

[@johnwinnard5589]

@ if he’d just stick to music, just sayin.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Hahaha!

[@FredGroenke55]

In college, I had a guy try to diss the Boss by telling me that he only got famous by recording Manfred Mann’s songs. Talk about a douche…

[@hallucinati]

😂😂😂

[@ldoney]

@@hallucinati Sounds like tje guy was just another Boner in the night!

[@starrywizdom]

Ah, but the genius part was how the Boss recorded them years before Manfred Mann did. Sneaky, really!

[@kariqualters5908]

LOVE THIS SONG!!! I haven’t even gotten to the part of the video when Adam says the song he’s talking about, but I knew IMMEDIATELY from the thumbnail!!! ❤😊

[@FrizleFry00]

I always knew I was singing the wrong lyrics, but didn't care. Great song! lol

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it!

[@Code.Name.V]

Happy Birthday to David Gates (84) AND Nikki Six(66)!

[@TerrickTerran]

CNV the Birthday Machine. Hello, my friend.

[@Code.Name.V]

​@@TerrickTerranGreetings and Salutations

[@pseudokowski]

@Codename what about Chuck Thompson legendary drummer who's 76 and Big Mama Thornton who wrote Hound Dog? Plus Rita Moreno from West Side Story she's 93 today.

[@TerrickTerran]

@@pseudokowski Rita is an amazing woman.

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

*Sixx

[@jmarsh5791]

I remember listening to that song and asking my dad what it meant to be "wrapped up like a douche, " and he just laughed and didn't say anything. 😅

[@TerrickTerran]

Happy Hump Day, gang.

[@Code.Name.V]

Have a Terrickrific Day!

[@TerrickTerran]

@@Code.Name.V clever.😄

[@FredGroenke55]

Hello, Terrick and all fellow music junkies.

[@Whisper_292]

Right back atcha, mah friend!

[@TerrickTerran]

@@FredGroenke55 greetings, Fred. Have a great day.

[@2StrokeDriptroit]

Manfred Mann for me!! It hit me like a bolt from the blue when I was about 7 when it came out! Probably one reason this drummer wanted a Hammond organ then! I got my C-3/Leslie 122 in 2016! I was so overwhelmed with the fact I had been given my dream ultimate instrument for FREE caused me to have to stop because I was in tears! It is identical to the one Jon Lord played! Thing of beauty! The Hammond riffs, they are epic! The drumming is fantastic and the cymbals are obviously PAiSTe 2oo2’s, and one of the reasons I play these incredible cymbals as well, since I swapped to them in 1995! I did have a 16” MEDIUM in my set up since 1986 though and still have it and play it regularly! It still looks new! I also thought the lyric was “douche” myself until I realized it was “deuce” as in a 2 seater car! Lol 😆

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally

[@hjw7975]

So funny! Glad it wasn't just me. My husband translated it correctly one day when we were driving in the car. Love that song!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it!!

[@TerrickTerran]

Sometimes messing it up just makes a song legendary as is the case for this one.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very true!

[@alexnejako777]

This was one where we knew the dj was taking a lengthy bathroom break in the 80s. we could always count on hearing a couple of times a day.

[@dionkirkland9669]

The original sucked so massively. I would be embarrassed if I were the "Boss".

[@ldolphin34]

You mentioned that Greg kihn did the 1977 cover of for you, but it's Manfred Mann's cover in the early eighties featuring Chris Thompson's vocal again that is my favorite song by that band. I don't know what it is about when that band covers Springsteen singles, but I have to say they've got a gift.

[@ianashleigh]

Chris Thompson is a New Zealander who played with a band called Filthy McNasty on the London pub circuit prior to joining Manfred Mann's Earthband. I always put the pronounciation and mis-heard lyric down to his accent. I love the album Roaring Silence and Blinded by the Light in particular.

[@BornToPun7541]

To be honest, I always heard it as "deuce". 😂

[@badkitty4922]

I LOVE Blinked By The Light. I found out the actual lyric some years ago and thought to myself "You couldn't annunciate when it really mattered?!" Lol!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I know, right?!

[@C.O.G.]

@badkitty4922, *Enunciate. Not so easy as it seems, huh?

[@badkitty4922]

@@C.O.G. and Blinded came out Blinked........someone didn't have their coffee, or proof read before posting, lol! Thanks! I went from miss heard lyrics to misspelled words. 😂

[@laguna3fase4]

At last you have cleared up the doubts in my mind about those lyrics. I live in the UK and always thought it was douche, but couldn’t work out the context. In 1977 I went to stay with my aunt and uncle in Nelson BC , and while there I asked them what a douche was as in the song. I was so embarrassed when she explained what it was, but then explained that the lyrics were deuce. Now I know that I’m not the only person who thought it was douche.

[@PaulSteinmayer]

Love this song... BOTH versions! Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is actually one of my favorite Springsteen albums!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@mrandisg]

This is so funny!!! I _never_ heard "douche" in MMEB's version. I heard "deuce!" I did think it was "wrapped" instead of "revved" though. To be totally honest, I never thought too deeply about the meaning of the lyrics at all when it came to this song. I just always enjoyed it for the vocals, arrangement, and overall coolness factor. It's just a great song! (I was going to say "period," but...never mind. 🤣)

[@ChadGriffey-w9m]

My stepsister used to watch Days of Our Lives and I remember in high school they had two characters singing this song and sang the line as “wrapped up like a goose in the middle of the night”. I thought that was the real lyric until the late 90’s when I decided to look up the lyrics on the web. Wow, not even close! LOL

[@Morganstein-Railroad]

The funniest mis-singing of this chorus I ever heard was drom a KZbinr called Dr. Becky Smethurst, who does a very good channel concerning Astronomy. She was singing to herself in her office "Blinded by the light, Wrapped up like a GOOSE, Another owner in the night". She repeated this a couple of times and I even left her a comment, saying how funny it sounded and told her the correct lyric. She'd been doing some equipment testing at the time, and included it in her out-takes and Bloopers section at the end of one of her posts. I haden't laughed so much in years. She never responded to my comment...

[@BrentCox-m3r]

Love the T-shirt!! Favorite concert of mine!🤘🔥

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks Brent!

[@KubeyHunter]

I want one!

[@donwarrington4916]

Bruce also wrote This Little Girl & Out Of Work for Gary U.S. Bonds