I used to think that Boney M were really cool, being a geek I was inspired by space travel, physics and so on. Nightflight to Venus appealed for obvious reasons, although I thought the button on your backside was a bit naughty (it's "left side"). I can't remember the other song I really liked but until only a few days ago (I'm 35) I thought they were singing "When we hit those atoms there's going to be a big hello." I didn't know what a big hello was but I figured it was artistic licence for the wacky effects you get in nuclear physics. It's "islands," not "atoms." I'm still gutted....
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought the white circles you see when looking at a bright window were what atoms of air look like.— H.
- I thought venus fly traps are from the planet Venus— Ted Snow
- Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"
— WailerMan - I used to think that Bananarama's song "I'm You Venus" was "I'm Your Penis"Anon
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ
- I thought that islands and continents were floating rocks so you could swim underneath them.— Kat