I used to think that musicians made songs fade out by moving away from the microphone. I had this mental image of the whole band walking backwards with their instruments as they approached the end of the song.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- i used to think the song "walking in a winter wonderland" was "walking in a womens underwear"— stephen s
- i used to believe the song "band on the run" was "band on the rug"— someone
- I thought Scott Joplin and Janis Joplin were related. Two musicians with the same last name - it made sense!— Rita
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon - when i was little, i used to believe that a Hawaiian tan would never fade away.— Joan