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When I was seven, I really liked John Denver. His music inspired me so much as to persuade my parents to buy me a small cheap acoustic guitar.
One day I heard one of his songs on the radio. I believed that he was in the radio studio there performing the song. I did not understand that they used recordings for broadcasts. I believed that this was how all radio operated. I supposed that since DJ's are live, then ...etc.
I even pictured John Denver riding the elevated to the station (I live in Chicago), guitar in hand, straw hat on head. I believed this despite the fact I owned a couple of his records then.
And to think that at that time I made fun of my sister for believing that my parents grew up in a monochrome world...
TIPScommissar
When I was about six, Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' was in the charts for ages and the video was on Top Of The Pops every week. Right near the end of the video he is wearing tattered clothes and holding on to two trees. Every week I could've sworn the clothes were becoming more tattered - I thought he re-made the video week on week!
Alice
Me and my twin sister are really, really pale and have very dark hair. We lived in an orphanage when we were younger, and one day some stupid asshole 5th grader told us Michael Jackson was our real father and he was coming to get us. The terror we felt at this idea was undescribable. I had this weird idea that whenever Micheal Jackson was on TV, since we could see him he could see us too. So whenever he came on TV we would scream and run out of the room or hide behind something. We were afraid he would see us and come and adopt us or something. We had seen "Thriller" and we thought this guy was major-league creepy.
By the time I was about 7, I knew that people on the television couldn't see us on the other side. But I still believed Jacko was my father until I was at least 10 years old....talk about major nightmares.
Reno
My mother was a Beatles fan, and for many, many years I was convinced that, somehow, George Harrison and John Lennon were just different names for the same person. When I heard John Lennon died I was really very sad. When I found out that George Harrison died, I was really very confused.
It wasn't until recently that I got them straightened out.
Wolfgangerl
When I was very little, I thought that my dad and Elvis Presley were the same person.
Monty
My dad told me when I was a kid that Ringo Starr (Beatles Drummer) had a big nose because he used to drum with his drumsticks sticking out of his nose. I told all my friends in the street this and we believed it! My I was (still am) gullible. And my dad, well... He forgets he ever told me such a thing. I will never let him forget it!
vstar
At one point during my life, this was the equation I thought I understood:
Charles Manson = Marilyn Manson = Same Person
leliathomas
I believed when I was a kid that Steve Davis (British snooker star, champion in the 80's) was a member of The Beatles. (Maybe if you look carefully at the Sgt Pepper album...)
John
when i was a kid my parents sheltered me from a lot: i wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons, friends, etc. i wasn't allowed to watch mtv without fear of getting caught until i was 12. as far as music goes, up until i was about ten my mom had me sincerely believing that bands like Aerosmith just 'got up on stage and screamed.' when i actually heard Aerosmith and hard rock music i went crazy! and i've loved it ever since.
elvis died when i was seven. until i was about 21, i thought he dropped dead on stage from singing a really long song
george
I used to believe that Micheal Jackson was a girl, which confused me a great deal. Strangely enough, I don't seem to be the only one who shares this belief!
Jay
i have no idea why, but i used to believe David Hasselhoff was actually named Michael Jackson. Every time someone mentioned the real Micheal Jackson, i mentioned the funny "fact" that there was another star with exactly the same name.
some people got really insecure because i was so convinced about it.
anna asisa
I used to be sure that Elton John and John Lennon were the same person - I'd heard some Beatles as a little boy, but knew that no one but a Beatle could have sung Rocket Man. It also made sense since Paul McCartney had 'Uncle Albert' out around the same time.
andrew
My little sister told all her friends that Clint Eastwood was the singer of the band Gorrilaz.. ^^;
Saffy
When I was 11, I started getting into music, and Foreigner, at the time, ruled the radio. I therefore thought they were considered universally one of the all-time great bands, alongside the Beatles.
Brad
I used to believe that when stars were called pre-madonna's (prima donnas) that it has something to do with the way Madonna used to act before she before famous or something...i still don't actually know what it means...
Chris
may the muse of good music forgive me for this...
i used to think that Elvis Presley was Elton John, that the George from the Beatles was Boy George, and that George Michael was George Harrison. it took me years to sort them all out.
fluss
When i was like 4 my dad had a bunch of 8 tracks. I used to think meat loaf and bread were like the same band lol.
For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.
Louis
My mother used to call me a Prima Donna. I always thought it was a compliment, because I wasn't allowed to listen to Madonna because she was trashy. Therefore, a pre-Madonna must mean an older, classier kind of star!
pmegan
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