Movin' On Up

Is there a single better TV theme song than that of "The Jeffersons?" I honestly don't think so. Proof of this came just after the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve when suddenly the strains of "Movin' On Up" began at the party I was attending. I immediately ceased the conversation I was having and joined the group of dancers--which grew exponentially in that one minute, 10 seconds of pure soulful joy.

"Nothing brings people together like the theme from The Jeffersons," I said. And it's true. (Read a very detailed essay juxtaposing the lyrics of The Jeffersons with those of the Good Times theme here).

As much as we all love "Movin' On Up," this song is a case where it seems almost everyone has, at one time or another, misheard at least some of the lyrics... Proof positive is on the very funny website amiright.com, which specializes in misheard lyrics. My favorites from "The Jeffersons":

Misheard Lyrics:
Long sweet lips, chewin' me baby
Original Lyrics:
As long as we live it's you and me baby

Misheard Lyrics:
We're Movin' on up, Judy's High. She's finally got a piece of my mind
Original Lyrics:
We're movin' on up, to the East Side. We've finally got a piece of the pie

Misheard Lyrics:
We're movin' on up, to this high.
Original Lyrics:
We're movin' on up, to the East Side.

Misheard Lyrics:
It took a whole lot of too-rye-ay Just to get up that hill.
Original Lyrics:
It took a whole lot of tryin' Just to get up that hill.

Misheard Lyrics:
Now we're up in the big league...Gettin' our turnips up.
Original Lyrics:
Now we're up in the big league...Gettin' our turn at bat.

I love the "too-rye-ay" reference (perhaps a Dexy's Midnight Runners fan came up with this one). And of course, "Gettin' our turnips up" is hilarious.