Origin of "beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard"?

Posted by Lewis on April 24, 2003

In Reply to: Origin of "beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard"? posted by Mama Mia on April 24, 2003

: The listing in the Mondegreen section of the Phrase Finder does not give a source for the mis-hearing of the line from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

: Could it come from the cover version of B.R. done by the Young Ones? They certainly use the line "Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard" instead of the correct lyric.

: Of course, they may just have been repeating a popular mishearing, but I am not enough of a Queen fan to know....

: Mama Mia

There is a site about misheard lyrics under the name of Kissthisguy.com I think - named after the line in the Hendrix song Purple Haze where he sings "'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky" - Jimi did deliberately sing "Kiss this Guy" after they realised that the lyric was often misheard. As for Queen - the late, great Freddie Mercury sang "Fried Chicken" instead of "One Vision" for the same reason.

• Origin of "beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard"? gordonw 04/27/03
  • Origin of "beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard"? gordonw 04/27/03