This isn't so much misheard as misunderstood. I thought the line "And hamsters turn on frequently" from Simon and Garfunkel's "At the Zoo" was talking about robotic hamsters that could turn on and off with a switch. My dad told me the song was about the Central Park Zoo in New York City and I always wanted to go to New York to see the hamsters turn on and off.
A childhood belief about songs
others believed things like this
- ...that ham came from hamsters.— Tom Raywood
- I used to believe that ham came from hamsters.— Paul
- When I was little, I thought that Amsterdam was the world capital of hamsters!— CountryWay
- I used to believe that male hamsters just had very big bottoms.— Karen
- i used to believe Amster dam was a dam made out of hamstersAnon
- I used to believe Amsterdam was a dam made out of hamsters.Anon