[mpthrapp]

I've always liked "Wrapped up like a douche" (Revved up like a deuce) in Blinded by the Light.

[tokenadult]

I always heard it as "ripped off like a douche," which sounded very indecent, even though it makes no sense at all. Yes, "Blinded by the Light" as performed by Manfred Mann's Earth Band is my all-time longest-misheard song. I finally looked up the lyrics. "Revved up like a deuce" doesn't mean anything to me, which is why I never heard the song that way, but now at least I know what the songwriter (Bruce Springsteen) intended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light

[saretired]

A "deuce" was a two-seater hot rod (cf. "Little Deuce Coupe" by the Beach Boys). I suppose it's now archaic slang. But I'm still puzzled, because Springsteen's original lyric is "cut loose like a deuce" and I have no idea what that means.

[werdnapk]

Here's a skit from an old Canadian comedy show about this song (apologies for the quality, but the original aired sometime in the early 90's I believe).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9_3nQFNy-w

Mark McKinney's (from Kids in the Hall) younger brother was part of this group. Every time I hear that song, I remember this skit.

[grubles]

"Wrapped up like a douche. Another boner in the night."

[dghughes]

Yeah that one always throws me and I always forget to look up what it's supposed to be and then when I hear it again I forget, repeat.

By the way I will forget this comment too.