Can the past change? The Mandela Effect has gone mainstream. Now that the internet is buzzing with wild theories and new examples every day, it's time to go over where the ideas originated, and consider in detail what exactly might be causing it.
- Eve Clemmons 0 Comments
I love Rock n Roll
MMDE: "Saw him standing there by the record machine"
Current: "Saw him dancing there by the record machine"
Joan Jett's cover of The Arrows 1975 track "I love Rock N Roll" is the one most remember, and probably don't realise the lyrics were suitably swapped around on account of their version being sung by a woman.
Fans are now saying that's not the only lyric change, and one in particular is causing them to point to the Mandela Effect as an explanation because there's no evidence it was originally the way they remember.
"I saw him standing there by the record machine...." is the way they remember it, but it's now "I saw him dancing there... ".
- Railen Herman 0 Comments
Men without Hats: Safety Dance
MMDE: You can dance if you want to
Current: We can dance if we want to
The classic '80s song "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats is a song that still is a hit with the general public today.
With a catchy melody and memorable lyrics (and dance), it's no wonder the song is still popular 30 years later. However, one of the song's most memorable lines is also one of the most misheard.
The line "We can dance if we want to" is often sung as "You can dance if you want to". While Ivan Doroschuk, the lead singer of Men Without Hats, did sing "You can dance if you want to" at a live show, we're talking about the original recording. And "You can dance if you want to" is nowhere to be heard.
- Tracy Cooper 0 Comments
Who always told me?
MMDE: Mama always told me
Current: Mother always told me
When changes are noticed in worldwide massive hits, it's always a surprise to those who think they know the original. This is the case with Michael Jackson's classic Billie Jean - who always told him to be careful of who he loves?
It's one of his most famous songs, and he's said to be inspired by the never ending line of back stage groupies that were always trying to claim his brothers fathered their children when he was in the Jackson 5.
The line is question is at the end of the first verse.:
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth
Yet most people replace "mother" with "mama", as a quick search on YouTube for cover versions confirms.
- Railen Herman 0 Comments
Where shouldn't you carry the world?
MMDE: Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
Current: Don't carry the world upon your shoulder
"Hey Jude" is one of the most popular songs in The Beatles' catalogue.
Packing in over 7 minutes of music, and remaining extremely popular since its release.
So, imagine a ton of people questioning the infamous lyric "Don't carry the world upon your shoulder". Many have said that the word 'shoulder' is plural. Thus, the lyric must be "Don't carry the world upon your shoulders". However, this is not the case today.
The song was written by Paul McCartney to help cheer up John Lennon's young son, Julian, who was upset at the break-up of his mother and father at the time.
- Railen Herman 0 Comments
Put a gun against his head...
MMDE: Pulled the trigger now he's dead
Current: Pulled my trigger now he's dead.
With such an iconic song, it comes as a surprise when there's a Mandela Effect involved in it that everyone should know.
During the piano solo, Freddie Mercury sings about how he killed a man and feels remorseful for it. While the cause of death is undisputed, a minor lyric is called into question. Mercury sings "Put a gun against his head. Pulled my trigger now he's dead". However, many swear that the lyric was actually "Pulled THE trigger now he's dead". It would certainly make more sense to say " the trigger" and not "my trigger", but this is not the case
Many on the opposite side remember it the way it is now, according to Moneybags73's like/dislike ratio on the subject.
- Helen Phillips 0 Comments
Seal: Kiss from a rose
MMDE: "Kissed by a rose on the grave"
Current: "Kissed by a rose on the grey"
Seal's 1994 hit 'Kiss from a rose' was used in the Batman Forever soundtrack.
There's something odd about the lyrics, though.
It mentions in the first line a greying tower, and is full of imagery surrounding color. So the main refrain, which many people are sure is '...kissed by a rose on the grave' is seen today as ''...kissed by a rose on the grey"
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
- Cory Grajales 0 Comments
First appeared?
MMDE: 1970's
Current: 1930's
Boom boom chakka chakka boom boom.
The dance associated with the rhythmic delights of a beat box pumping out it's mega bass tunes, in which a youthful gyrator would acrobatically spin round on their head or whatever other appendage was appropriate at the time, is one most people think of as being a modern phenomenon. Certainly, they would place break dancing as a thing of the 80's, or maybe 70's if pushed.
Footage showing this exact same thing being done in the 1930's is catching many by surprise.
