He's Got the Whole World in His Pants (Paperback)

by Gavin Edwards (Author), Seth (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review
One of the funniest music books to appear in 1996 was this collection, which will be a solid and ongoing laugh for any who've long listened to music lyrics and misunderstood them. Misheard lyrics and blunders are presented in an engaging collection spiced with cartoons. Familiarity with contemporary rock is a 'must' for appreciation of many of these contemporary jingles. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Description
A collection of misheard popular song lyrics includes such gems as Aerosmith's ""Love in an elevator"" heard as ""Loving an alligator"" and Elton John's ""Someone saved my life tonight"" misinterpreted as ""Someone shaved my wife tonight."" 100,000 first printing.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 185 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (November 7, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684825090
• ISBN-13: 978-0684825090
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #611,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laughing so hard I was crying!, June 2, 2005

By	K. Murray "LadieKerrie613" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I, for one, found this book to be really funny. My husband and I were rolling on the floor with laughter reading this book. Whoever cannot find at least SOME humor in this book takes themselves and life WAY too seriously.....

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his other books, January 1, 2008

By	John Smith (Hill Valley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hes Got the Whole World in His Pants (Paperback)

I love Gavin Edwards's other books. 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, When A Man Loves A Walnut, and Deck The Halls With Buddy Holly were hilarious and had great illustrations. However, I was really disappointed with this one. The "misheard lyrics" seem much more contrived (does anyone really hear "my goat knows the bowling score" instead of "Michael, row the boat ashore?"), and the illustrations (which are the real meat and drink of these books) were not only unimaginative and badly done, but many were blatantly sexual, which I feel goes against the simple, childlike atmosphere the illustrations are supposed to create. There's nothing wrong with a blatantly sexual misheard lyric, but my problem is with the illustrations. I'd been looking for this book for a long time, so you can imagine how disappointed I was by it.

If you're looking for a book on misheard lyrics, get his other books. They are hilarious, and I love the pictures in those.

4.0 out of 5 stars The deafer you are, the funnier it gets, July 22, 2006

By	T. Nielsen Hayden (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

Some people don't believe in mondegreens because (1.) they have exceedingly good hearing, and (2.) they've failed to notice that other people hear a higher ratio of noise to signal than they do. Being the unobservant gits that they are, they assume that Gavin Edwards must have made up the misheard lines collected in this book. Edwards didn't. His mondegreens are real. It's why they're so funny.