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Line 151: * Most people familiar with Neutral Milk Hotel can tell you that ''The King of Carrot Flowers Parts Two & Three'' starts off with Jeff Mangum bellowing [[Large Ham\|"IIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOU JEEEEEEEESUSSSSSS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIST,"]] but... not that much past that point. * [http://www.eltonography.com/ Here's] a site for deciphering [[Elton John]]'s lyrics if you're stuck. "She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know, I read it in a magazine". [https://web.archive.org/web/20120315135155/http://www.fartparty.org/2006/06/14/blowjob/ ELECTRIC BOOBS?!] "you know a yaddayaddayaddayaddaeIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIaaaa oh....B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss....." *** From 27 Dresses: Line 298: == Theatre == * [[Christopher Durang]]'s ''Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge'' has a number of people at a bar attempting to sing "Good King Wenceslas": "Da da da da... moon that night, though the frost was cruel! Da da da da... came in sight... something... [[Mondegreen\|Christmas gruel]]...?" * Every [[wikipedia:Patter song\|patter song]] ever written! Gilbert and Sullivan? To begin with, the [[Major -General ~~song~~Song]] and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQGrQPZMLK8&feature=related It Really Doesn't Matter]'', in which they actually lampshade it—the line "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter isn't generally heard" is repeated several times! [it should be noted here that, theoretically, while the ''actors'' are singing, for the most part the ''characters'' aren't supposed to be, rendering this line even more amusing] Admittedly, the singers in this sort of situation are generally of a degree of skill such that they ''do'' enunciate every word clearly, but at that speed? And even if you can hear and understand it (not a given in a theater!) that doesn't mean that you know the words; most people likely can't recite much of the Major General song beyond "I am the very model of a modern major general"! ** Well, most people who aren't trained actors or singers. The Major General song is a standard speech exercise during training ''because'' it's so difficult to do. * Inverted with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5xMqb_Aomg "The Speed Test"] from ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''. It's the same thing over and over and starts out fairly slow, but start at 5:10 and see how many words you can make out.